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Clyde Vollmer
Clyde Frederick Vollmer

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 24, 1921 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Western Hills (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1942
Final Game: September 1, 1954
Died: October 2, 2006 in Florence, KY
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Clyde Vollmer
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos
1942	20	CIN	NL	12	44	43	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		1	5	.093	.114	.163	.276	-20	7	0	0	0		O

1946	24	CIN	NL	9	24	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	2		1	3	.182	.217	.182	.399	16	4	0	0	1		/O
1947	25	CIN	NL	78	168	155	19	34	10	0	1	13	0		9	18	.219	.267	.303	.570	52	47	2	1	3		O
1948	26	TOT	MLB	8	15	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.214	.267	.214	.481	32	3	1	0	0		/O
1948	26	CIN	NL	7	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-13	1	1	0	0		/O
1948	26	WSH	AL	1	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	116	2	0	0	0		/O
1949	27	WSH	AL	129	499	443	58	112	17	1	14	59	1	2	53	62	.253	.335	.391	.726	93	173	13	2	1		*O
1950	28	TOT	AL	63	206	183	39	52	10	0	7	38	2	0	23	38	.284	.364	.454	.818	101	83	5	0	0		O
1950	28	WSH	AL	6	16	14	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	.286	.375	.286	.661	75	4	0	0	0		/O
1950	28	BOS	AL	57	190	169	35	48	10	0	7	37	1	0	21	35	.284	.363	.467	.831	103	79	5	0	0		O
1951	29	BOS	AL	115	445	386	66	97	9	2	22	85	0	0	55	66	.251	.346	.456	.802	108	176	20	1	3		*O
1952	30	BOS	AL	90	293	250	35	66	12	4	11	50	2	2	39	47	.264	.370	.476	.846	127	119	14	3	1		O
1953	31	TOT	AL	119	461	408	54	106	15	3	11	74	0	2	49	59	.260	.343	.392	.736	100	160	6	3	1		*O
1953	31	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0
1953	31	WSH	AL	118	460	408	54	106	15	3	11	74	0	2	48	59	.260	.342	.392	.734	99	160	6	3	1		*O
1954	32	WSH	AL	62	130	117	8	30	4	0	2	15	0	0	12	28	.256	.331	.342	.673	90	40	3	1	0	0	9/7
10 Seasons				685	2285	2021	283	508	77	10	69	339	7	6	243	328	.251	.335	.402	.737	96	812	64	11	10	0
162 Game Avg.				162	540	478	67	120	18	2	16	80	2		57	78	.251	.335	.402	.737	96	192	15	3	2

WSH (5 yrs)				316	1110	987	125	254	36	4	27	149	2	4	115	153	.257	.338	.384	.722	95	379	22	6	2	0
BOS (4 yrs)				263	929	805	136	211	31	6	40	172	3	2	116	148	.262	.358	.465	.822	113	374	39	4	4
CIN (4 yrs)				106	246	229	22	43	10	0	2	18	2		12	27	.188	.231	.258	.489	34	59	3	1	4

AL (7 yrs)				579	2039	1792	261	465	67	10	67	321	5	6	231	301	.259	.347	.420	.767	103	753	61	10	6	0
NL (4 yrs)				106	246	229	22	43	10	0	2	18	2		12	27	.188	.231	.258	.489	34	59	3	1	4

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1942	20	CIN	NL	44	39	1	0.7	87	.081	.093	.256	.114	.328	.163	.356	.276	.684	-20	.042	-6.8	-0.8	.205	.093	.070	.0

1946	24	CIN	NL	24	19	1	1.4	89	.211	.182	.258	.217	.332	.182	.361	.399	.693	16	.127	-2.5	-0.3	.389	.136	.000	.0
1947	25	CIN	NL	168	126	12	2.5	105	.243	.219	.273	.267	.348	.303	.404	.570	.752	52	.249	-10.8	-1.1	.463	.142	.084	.0
1948	26	TOT	MLB	15	12	1	2.2	101	.250	.214	.267	.267	.344	.214	.391	.481	.735	32	.214	-1.3	-0.1	.333	.071	.000
1948	26	CIN	NL	10	9	0	0.0	99	.125	.111	.265	.200	.339	.111	.393	.311	.732	-13	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.222	.111	.000
1948	26	WSH	AL	5	3	1	8.9	103	.500	.400	.269	.400	.354	.400	.389	.800	.743	116	.768	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000
1949	27	WSH	AL	499	347	57	4.4	105	.267	.253	.268	.335	.360	.391	.390	.726	.750	93	.478	-5.6	-0.6	.656	.255	.138	1.9
1950	28	TOT	AL	206	136	31	6.0	121	.326	.284	.289	.364	.378	.454	.433	.818	.811	101	.589	-0.0	0.0	.794	.306	.169	3.1
1950	28	WSH	AL	16	10	2	5.3	109	.364	.286	.272	.375	.358	.286	.408	.661	.766	75	.530	-0.4	0.0	.700	.214	.000	.0
1950	28	BOS	AL	190	126	29	6.1	122	.323	.284	.290	.363	.379	.467	.435	.831	.814	103	.594	0.4	0.0	.802	.314	.183	1.8
1951	29	BOS	AL	445	312	61	5.2	109	.252	.251	.278	.346	.361	.456	.407	.802	.768	108	.569	2.6	0.3	.751	.347	.205	.0
1952	30	BOS	AL	293	201	43	5.8	103	.286	.264	.269	.370	.350	.476	.393	.846	.743	127	.647	9.4	1.0	.805	.368	.212	3.4
1953	31	TOT	AL	461	311	53	4.6	101	.281	.260	.267	.343	.343	.392	.393	.736	.736	100	.511	0.0	0.0	.677	.248	.132	.0
1953	31	BOS	AL	1	0	0						1.000	.352							0.3	0.0
1953	31	WSH	AL	460	311	53	4.6	101	.281	.260	.267	.342	.343	.392	.393	.734	.736	99	.511	-0.3	0.0	.674	.245	.132	.0
1954	32	WSH	AL	130	90	13	3.9	94	.322	.256	.258	.331	.333	.342	.377	.673	.710	90	.456	-1.5	-0.2	.589	.188	.085	.0
10 Seasons				2285	1593	273	4.6	105	.270	.251	.271	.335	.354	.402	.398	.737	.751	96	.510	-16.5	-1.8	.674	.271	.150	12.7
162 Game Avg.				540	377	65	4.6	105	.270	.251	.271	.335	.354	.402	.398	.737	.751	96	.510	-16.5	-1.8	.674	.271	.150	3

WSH (5 yrs)				1110	761	126	4.4	102	.281	.257	.267	.338	.350	.384	.390	.722	.740	95	.493	-7.8	-0.8	.656	.241	.127	3.7
BOS (4 yrs)				929	639	133	5.6	110	.277	.262	.278	.358	.361	.465	.409	.822	.770	113	.599	12.8	1.3	.780	.348	.202	5.6
CIN (4 yrs)				246	193	14	1.9	100	.205	.188	.268	.231	.342	.258	.391	.489	.733	34	.180	-21.5	-2.3	.392	.131	.070	2.0

AL (7 yrs)				2039	1400	259	5.0	106	.279	.259	.272	.347	.355	.420	.398	.767	.753	103	.544	5.0	0.5	.712	.289	.161	9.3
NL (4 yrs)				246	193	14	1.9	100	.205	.188	.268	.231	.342	.258	.391	.489	.733	34	.180	-21.5	-2.3	.392	.131	.070	2.0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1942	20	CIN	NL	44	2.3%	11.4%	2.3%	2.3%	25%	5.00	8.6	43.0	10.8		84%

1946	24	CIN	NL	24	0.0%	12.5%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	3.00	7.3		22.0		79%
1947	25	CIN	NL	168	0.6%	10.7%	5.4%	6.6%	32%	2.00	8.6	155.0	11.9		81%
1948	26	TOT	MLB	15	0.0%	13.3%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	7.0				80%
1948	26	CIN	NL	10	0.0%	10.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	9.0				80%
1948	26	WSH	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0				80%
1949	27	WSH	AL	499	2.8%	12.4%	10.6%	6.4%	29%	1.17	7.1	31.6	7.5		74%
1950	28	TOT	AL	206	3.4%	18.5%	11.2%	8.3%	33%	1.65	4.8	26.1	4.8		67%
1950	28	WSH	AL	16	0.0%	18.8%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.50	4.7		14.0		69%
1950	28	BOS	AL	190	3.7%	18.4%	11.1%	9.0%	35%	1.67	4.8	24.1	4.6		67%
1951	29	BOS	AL	445	4.9%	14.8%	12.4%	7.4%	34%	1.20	5.8	17.5	4.5		67%
1952	30	BOS	AL	293	3.8%	16.0%	13.3%	9.2%	41%	1.21	5.3	22.7	5.0		66%
1953	31	TOT	AL	461	2.4%	12.8%	10.6%	6.3%	27%	1.20	6.9	37.1	5.5		73%
1953	31	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
1953	31	WSH	AL	460	2.4%	12.8%	10.4%	6.3%	27%	1.23	6.9	37.1	5.5		73%
1954	32	WSH	AL	130	1.5%	21.5%	9.2%	4.6%	20%	2.33	4.2	58.5	7.8	1.07	67%
10 Seasons				2285	3.0%	14.4%	10.6%	6.8%	31%	1.35	6.2	29.3	6.0	1.07	71%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	32	WSH	AL	0	0	15%	42	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	31%	12	9	2	1	0	1	3	1	2
10 Seasons				0	0	31%	42	7	6	64%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	31%	12	9	2	1	0	1	3	1	2
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	32	WSH	AL	131	44%	30			31	6	0	4	1.79	2	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		27	3	11%	4	0	0%	103	13	13%	7	4	57%	9	2	22%	0
10 Seasons				131	44%	508			31	6	0	4	1.79	69	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	10		27	64	237%	4	0	0%	103	13	13%	7	4	57%	9	2	22%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1942	20	12	44	43	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		1	5	.093	.114	.163	.276	-20	7	0	0	0
1943	21	12	44	43	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		1	5	.093	.114	.163	.276	-20	7	0	0	0
1944	22	12	44	43	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		1	5	.093	.114	.163	.276	-20	7	0	0	0
1945	23	12	44	43	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		1	5	.093	.114	.163	.276	-20	7	0	0	0
1946	24	21	68	65	3	8	0	0	1	5	2		2	8	.123	.149	.169	.318	-7	11	0	0	1
1947	25	99	236	220	22	42	10	0	2	18	2		11	26	.191	.233	.264	.496	35	58	2	1	4
1948	26	107	251	234	23	45	10	0	2	18	2	0	12	28	.192	.235	.261	.496	35	61	3	1	4
1949	27	236	750	677	81	157	27	1	16	77	3	2	65	90	.232	.302	.346	.648	74	234	16	3	5
1950	28	299	956	860	120	209	37	1	23	115	5	2	88	128	.243	.315	.369	.684	80	317	21	3	5
1951	29	414	1401	1246	186	306	46	3	45	200	5	2	143	194	.246	.325	.396	.721	89	493	41	4	8
1952	30	504	1694	1496	221	372	58	7	56	250	7	4	182	241	.249	.333	.409	.742	95	612	55	7	9
1953	31	623	2155	1904	275	478	73	10	67	324	7	6	231	300	.251	.335	.405	.741	96	772	61	10	10
1954	32	685	2285	2021	283	508	77	10	69	339	7	6	243	328	.251	.335	.402	.737	96	812	64	11	10	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1942	20	13	47	46	3	5	0	0	1	5	0	1	5	.109	.128	.174	.302	1	12

1946	24	9	25	24	1	5	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	.208	.240	.208	.448	1	9
1947	25	82	171	161	19	35	10	0	1	13	0	9	19	.217	.263	.298	.561	13	78
1948	26	8	16	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.267	.313	.267	.579	1	8
1949	27	135	516	460	58	114	17	1	14	59	1	54	65	.248	.329	.380	.710	57	129
1950	28	66	206	185	33	48	9	0	6	32	2	21	40	.259	.335	.405	.740	26	63
1951	29	121	452	398	61	94	9	2	21	78	0	53	69	.236	.327	.427	.755	56	115
1952	30	94	303	260	36	68	12	4	11	51	2	40	49	.262	.366	.465	.832	44	90
1953	31	124	480	426	57	110	16	3	11	78	0	51	62	.258	.342	.387	.729	56	119
1954	32	65	140	125	10	34	5	0	2	18	0	14	29	.272	.350	.360	.710	16	62
10 Seasons		717	2356	2100	279	517	78	10	67	335	7	245	343	.246	.328	.389	.717	271	685
162 Game Avg.		162	532	474	63	117	18	2	15	76	2	55	77	.246	.328	.389	.717	61	685

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 1951 AL--22--8th	Strikeouts s c a p y 1949 AL--62--9th 1951 AL--66--9th	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1951 AL--20--3rd	AB per HR s c a p y 1951 AL--17.545--4th**
Youngest s c a p y 1942 NL--born 1921-09-24--6th

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 8 (1980), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1980), Average HOFer ≈ 50