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When speaking of Elmer, Jimmy Dykes, the A's manager said, "No one can beat him for hustle." One of the most daring players in baseball, Elmer came up with the A's at the end of the 1941 season after having a trial in 1940. He missed the 1944 and 1945 seasons while serving as a Lieutenant in the Army. Coming back in 1946, he hit .307 and followed up with .300 in '47 and .305 in '48. He starred in 3 sports in high school.
Red Sox skipper Alex Cora did not need a long look at Enmanuel to find something he liked about the 2022 trade acquisition. "He can hit," Cora says. "I do believe the bat is going to play at the big-league level." It certainly did early. In his first 10 games following his mid-April promotion in 2023, Valdez went 12-for-35 (353) with an .875 OPS.
Darrell & Mickey Cochrane are A.L.'s only catchers to have totalled 100 RBI's, Walks & Runs in a year.
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