Clyde Vollmer

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb

BornSeptember 24, 1921 · Cincinnati, OH, USA

MLB debutMay 31, 1942

Final gameSeptember 1, 1954

Seasons10 (1942–1954)

Cincinnati Reds 1942; Cincinnati Reds 1946–1948; Washington Senators 1948–1949; Boston Red Sox 1950; Washington Senators 1950; Boston Red Sox 1951–1953; Washington Senators 1953–1954

Percentile snapshot

1949 season — qualified batters

129

14.7

499

443

9.3

21.3

112

6.7

58.7

RBI

30.7

29.3

22.7

10.7

34.7

.253

OBP

.335

22.7

SLG

.391

33.3

OPS

.726

26.7

wRC+

89.4

22.7

OPS+

92.2

wOBA

.345

29.3

sWAR

1.1

of 76 qualified 1949 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

4.2

77.4

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1942	12	44	43	2	4	0	0	1	4	1	5	0	0	.093	.114	.163	.276	-39.4	-18.9	.131	-0.6
1946	9	24	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	.182	.217	.182	.399	3.0	15.9	.197	-0.2
1947	78	168	155	19	34	10	0	1	13	9	18	0	0	.219	.267	.303	.570	45.7	51.5	.265	-0.5
1948	8	15	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	28.4	29.5	.237	-0.1
1949	129	499	443	58	112	17	1	14	59	53	62	1	2	.253	.335	.391	.726	89.4	92.2	.345	1.1
1950	63	206	183	39	52	10	0	7	38	23	38	2	0	.284	.364	.454	.818	99.3	100.9	.376	0.5
1951	115	445	386	66	97	9	2	22	85	55	66	0	0	.251	.346	.456	.802	105.0	106.7	.370	1.3
1952	90	293	250	35	66	12	4	11	50	39	47	2	2	.264	.370	.476	.846	129.3	127.4	.391	1.7
1953	119	461	408	54	106	15	3	11	74	49	59	0	2	.260	.343	.392	.736	101.2	100.5	.344	1.0
1954	62	130	117	8	30	4	0	2	15	12	28	0	0	.256	.331	.342	.673	89.6	89.1	.320	0.1

Career totals

685

2,285

2,021

283

508

RBI

339

243

328

.2514

OBP

.3349

SLG

.4018

OPS

.7367

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1951-07-26	CWS @ BOS Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	6	0	12
1952-05-06	CWS @ BOS Gameday	4	3	4	1	2	6	1	11
1949-05-03	MIN @ CWS Gameday	5	4	4	1	2	3	0	11
1953-08-18	MIN @ NYY Gameday	5	3	4	0	2	3	0	10
1950-06-07	BAL @ BOS Gameday	5	3	3	0	2	5	1	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1942-04-14	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-15	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-16	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-17	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-19	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.