Clyde Vollmer
1942–1954 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators (1901-60)
685G
.251AVG
.335OBP
.402SLG
More career statistics
508H
69HR
339RBI
7SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 6 | 7 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 328 | 331 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,285 | 2,288 |
| Batting · RBI | 339 | 338 |
| Batting · Walks | 243 | 246 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 685 | 2,285 | 2,021 | 283 | 508 | 77 | 10 | 69 | 339 | 243 | 328 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 812 | .251 | .335 | .402 | .737 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1951-07-04 to 1951-07-19
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1951-07-26 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1949-05-03 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1950-06-07 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 352 | 1201 | 276 | 39 | 197 | 136 | 163 | .263 | .343 | .425 |
| Away | 333 | 1087 | 232 | 30 | 141 | 110 | 168 | .239 | .315 | .377 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 54 | 179 | 35 | 5 | 28 | 12 | 35 | .212 | .263 | .339 |
| May | 132 | 451 | 99 | 16 | 73 | 60 | 53 | .257 | .353 | .436 |
| June | 131 | 450 | 106 | 12 | 61 | 42 | 62 | .264 | .329 | .401 |
| July | 111 | 362 | 80 | 16 | 66 | 39 | 55 | .248 | .329 | .446 |
| August | 158 | 532 | 127 | 15 | 82 | 56 | 84 | .267 | .344 | .415 |
| September | 98 | 309 | 59 | 5 | 28 | 37 | 41 | .221 | .311 | .315 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 94 | 334 | 91 | 15 | 64 | 46 | 45 | .318 | .410 | .559 |
| chicago-white-sox | 92 | 338 | 73 | 13 | 62 | 40 | 51 | .250 | .334 | .442 |
| detroit-tigers | 84 | 306 | 72 | 9 | 42 | 23 | 47 | .255 | .310 | .397 |
| new-york-yankees | 81 | 275 | 54 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 47 | .220 | .298 | .347 |
| st-louis-browns | 75 | 297 | 63 | 9 | 48 | 42 | 39 | .251 | .354 | .398 |
| cleveland-guardians | 73 | 224 | 47 | 9 | 32 | 33 | 39 | .246 | .357 | .414 |
| boston-red-sox | 44 | 164 | 45 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 20 | .294 | .335 | .373 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 32 | 97 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | .224 | .320 | .353 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Cincinnati Reds | 12 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 4 | – | .093 | – | – |
| 1946 | Cincinnati Reds | 9 | 22 | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | .182 | – | – |
| 1947 | Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 156 | 34 | 1 | 13 | – | .218 | – | – |
| 1948 | Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 8 | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | .214 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 129 | 443 | 112 | 14 | 59 | 1 | .253 | – | – |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 63 | 183 | 52 | 7 | 38 | 2 | .284 | – | – |
| 1951 |  Boston Red Sox | 115 | 385 | 97 | 22 | 84 | – | .252 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox | 90 | 250 | 66 | 11 | 50 | 2 | .264 | – | – |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 119 | 408 | 106 | 11 | 74 | – | .260 | – | – |
| 1954 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 62 | 117 | 30 | 2 | 15 | – | .256 | – | – |