Clyde Vollmer

Full Name: Clyde Frederick Vollmer	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: May 31, 1942
Birthdate: September 24, 1921	Final Game: September 1, 1954
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: October 2, 2006
Deathplace: Florence, Kentucky
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Clyde Vollmer (Clyde Frederick Vollmer) was born on September 24, 1921 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on May 31, 1942 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .219 with 1 home run and 13 RBI. Vollmer played for the Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Clyde Vollmer's best season was 1951, when he slugged 22 home runs and knocked in 85 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1942	CIN	N	12	43	2	4	1	4	.093	.114	.163	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
1946	CIN	N	9	22	1	4	0	1	.182	.217	.182	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	0
1947	CIN	N	78	155	19	34	1	13	.219	.267	.303	10	0	9	18	1	3	0	2
1948	WAS	A	1	5	1	2	0	0	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1948	CIN	N	7	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.200	.111	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
1948	Total		8	14	1	3	0	0	.214	.267	.214	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
1949	WAS	A	129	443	58	112	14	59	.253	.335	.391	17	1	53	62	2	1	1	13
1950	WAS	A	6	14	4	4	0	1	.286	.375	.286	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0
1950	BOS	A	57	169	35	48	7	37	.284	.363	.467	10	0	21	35	0	0	1	5
1950	TOT	A	63	183	39	52	7	38	.284	.364	.454	10	0	23	38	0	0	2	5
1951	BOS	A	115	386	66	97	22	85	.251	.346	.456	9	2	55	66	1	3	0	20
1952	BOS	A	90	250	35	66	11	50	.264	.370	.476	12	4	39	47	3	1	2	14
1953	WAS	A	118	408	54	106	11	74	.260	.342	.392	15	3	48	59	3	1	0	6
1953	BOS	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1953	TOT	A	119	408	54	106	11	74	.260	.343	.392	15	3	49	59	3	1	0	6
1954	WAS	A	62	117	8	30	2	15	.256	.331	.342	4	0	12	28	1	0	0	3
Total	NL		106	229	22	43	2	18	.188	.231	.258	10	0	12	27	1	4	2	3
Total	AL		579	1792	261	465	67	321	.259	.347	.420	67	10	231	301	10	6	5	61
Total			685	2021	283	508	69	339	.251	.335	.402	77	10	243	328	11	10	7	64

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1942	CIN	N	OF	11	32	0	0	0	1.000
1946	CIN	N	OF	7	9	0	0	0	1.000
1947	CIN	N	OF	66	125	2	2	0	.984
1948	WAS	A	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000
1948	CIN	N	OF	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1948	Total		CF	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1948	Total		OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000
1949	WAS	A	OF	114	324	3	6	1	.982
1950	WAS	A	OF	3	5	1	0	0	1.000
1950	BOS	A	OF	39	80	3	4	0	.954
1950	TOT	A	OF	42	85	4	4	0	.957
1950	TOT	A	LF	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1951	BOS	A	OF	106	206	5	3	0	.986
1952	BOS	A	OF	70	143	3	0	1	1.000
1953	WAS	A	OF	106	227	8	5	1	.979
1954	WAS	A	OF	26	33	2	0	1	1.000
Total			OF	551	1187	27	20	4	.984

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1939).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Washington Senators in exchange for Carden Gillenwater (September 27, 1948).
Traded by Washington Senators to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Tommy O'Brien and Merl Combs (May 8, 1950).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Washington Senators (April 22, 1953).
Released by Washington Senators (September 17, 1954).

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