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Clyde Vollmer

Clyde Frederick Vollmer

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 24, 1921 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1942
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox/Reds 1942-1954

Final Game: September 1, 1954
Died: October 2, 2006 in Florence, KY
Buried: St. Joseph Old Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1942 CIN NL 20 OF 11 11 11 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.91 .981 2.34
1942 CIN NL 20 LF 10 10 10 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .983 2.32
1942 CIN NL 20 CF 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 2.60
1946 CIN NL 24 OF 7 6 5 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 .977 2.39
1946 CIN NL 24 LF 6 4 4 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.83 .976 2.27
1946 CIN NL 24 CF 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 2.80
1946 CIN NL 24 RF 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 2.10
1947 CIN NL 25 OF 66 36 30 129 125 2 2 0 .984 1.92 .977 2.42
1947 CIN NL 25 CF 57 34 28 123 119 2 2 0 .984 2.12 .978 2.79
1947 CIN NL 25 LF 9 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.44 .975 2.31
1948 TOT MLB 26 OF 3 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .973 2.43
1948 TOT MLB 26 CF 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .977 2.90
1948 CIN NL 26 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
1948 CIN NL 26 CF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1948 CIN NL 26 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1948 WSH AL 26 CF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .977 3.00
1948 WSH AL 26 OF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .973 2.50
1949 WSH AL 27 OF 114 110 105 333 324 3 6 1 .982 2.87 .980 2.44
1949 WSH AL 27 CF 99 96 92 292 285 3 4 1 .986 2.91 .980 2.84
1949 WSH AL 27 LF 16 14 13 37 35 0 2 0 .946 2.19 .982 2.36
1950 TOT AL 28 OF 42 37 35 350.0 93 85 4 4 0 .957 2.29 2.12 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 TOT AL 28 LF 20 19 19 173.0 39 33 4 2 0 .949 1.92 1.85 .977 2.41 2.37
1950 WSH AL 28 LF 3 3 3 26.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 2.00 .977 2.42 2.37
1950 WSH AL 28 OF 3 3 3 26.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 2.00 .978 2.53 2.47
1950 BOS AL 28 OF 39 34 32 324.0 87 80 3 4 0 .954 2.31 2.13 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 BOS AL 28 LF 17 16 16 147.0 33 28 3 2 0 .939 1.90 1.82 .977 2.41 2.37
1950 BOS AL 28 CF 11 9 9 92.0 33 32 0 1 0 .970 3.13 2.91 .981 2.95 2.89
1950 BOS AL 28 RF 11 9 7 85.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 1.91 1.64 .975 2.12 2.09
1951 BOS AL 29 OF 106 101 99 927.0 214 206 5 3 0 .986 2.05 1.99 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 BOS AL 29 RF 97 92 90 824.2 173 165 5 3 0 .983 1.86 1.75 .978 2.06 2.05
1951 BOS AL 29 CF 8 8 8 68.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 3.00 .981 2.85 2.82
1951 BOS AL 29 LF 2 1 1 34.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.93 7.50 .973 2.44 2.40
1952 BOS AL 30 OF 70 67 37 530.0 146 143 3 0 1 1.000 2.48 2.09 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 BOS AL 30 LF 43 40 22 316.0 80 78 2 0 0 1.000 2.28 1.86 .979 2.28 2.28
1952 BOS AL 30 RF 21 19 8 142.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 1.24 .976 1.91 1.91
1952 BOS AL 30 CF 9 8 7 72.0 31 30 1 0 1 1.000 3.88 3.44 .983 2.91 2.91
1953 WSH AL 31 OF 106 105 97 911.2 240 227 8 5 1 .979 -5 -7 2.32 2.22 .981 2.43 2.41
1953 WSH AL 31 LF 104 103 95 894.2 233 220 8 5 1 .979 -6 -8 2.29 2.19 .973 2.22 2.21
1953 WSH AL 31 RF 2 2 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.12 2.00 .985 2.06 2.10
1954 WSH AL 32 OF 26 21 18 194.2 35 33 2 0 1 1.000 -3 -18 1.62 1.35 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 WSH AL 32 RF 21 18 15 165.2 32 30 2 0 1 1.000 -2 -14 1.74 1.52 .975 2.05 2.03
1954 WSH AL 32 LF 5 3 3 29.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -41 0.93 0.60 .977 2.27 2.24
10 Seasons OF 551 496 439 2913.1 1234 1187 27 20 4 .984 -8 -3 2.21 2.20 .979 2.44 2.42
9 Seasons LF 215 196 169 1447.0 446 423 14 9 1 .980 -7 -6 2.26 2.03 .976 2.26 2.26
8 Seasons CF 188 159 147 232.0 510 497 6 7 2 .986 3.38 2.68 .980 2.91 2.83
7 Seasons RF 154 141 123 1234.1 256 245 7 4 1 .984 -2 -2 1.82 1.64 .977 2.05 2.03
10 Seasons TOT 551 496 439 2913.1 1234 1187 27 20 4 .984 -8 -3 2.21 2.20 .979 2.44 2.42
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1942 CIN NL 20 LF
1942 CIN NL 20 CF
1946 CIN NL 24 LF
1946 CIN NL 24 CF
1946 CIN NL 24 RF
1947 CIN NL 25 CF
1947 CIN NL 25 LF
1948 CIN NL 26 CF
1948 CIN NL 26 RF
1948 WSH AL 26 CF
1949 WSH AL 27 CF
1949 WSH AL 27 LF
1950 WSH AL 28 LF
1950 BOS AL 28 LF
1950 BOS AL 28 CF
1950 BOS AL 28 RF
1951 BOS AL 29 RF
1951 BOS AL 29 CF
1951 BOS AL 29 LF
1952 BOS AL 30 LF
1952 BOS AL 30 RF
1952 BOS AL 30 CF
1953 WSH AL 31 LF -6 -8 -5 -1 -3 -1
1953 WSH AL 31 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 WSH AL 32 RF -2 -14 -1 -1 -0 -1
1954 WSH AL 32 LF -1 -41 -1 -1 -0 0
9 Seasons LF -7 -6 -6 -2 -3 -1
8 Seasons CF
7 Seasons RF -2 -2 -1 -1 -0 -1
10 Seasons TOT -8 -3 -7 -2 -4 -1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1942 CIN NL 20 12 11 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 11 0 1 0
1946 CIN NL 24 9 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 7 0 1 1
1947 CIN NL 25 78 36 78 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 57 0 66 0 11 1
1948 CIN NL 26 7 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 6 0
1948 WSH AL 26 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1949 WSH AL 27 129 110 129 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 99 0 115 0 16 0
1950 BOS AL 28 57 34 57 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 11 11 39 0 20 1
1950 WSH AL 28 6 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0
1951 BOS AL 29 115 101 115 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 97 106 0 8 2
1952 BOS AL 30 90 67 90 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 9 21 70 0 21 1
1953 WSH AL 31 118 105 118 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 2 106 0 12 0
1953 BOS AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1954 WSH AL 32 62 21 62 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21 26 0 38 0
10 Seasons 685 496 685 552 0 0 0 0 0 0 215 188 154 552 0 138 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1949 WSH AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 7 1 0 3 2 0 4 1 0 6 5 0 29 15 51.7% 14 0 0.0% 0 460 53% 80% 24% 61 41%
1950 BOS AL 28 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 12 7 0 6 0 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 26 12 46.2% 14 0 0.0% 3 610 62% 78% 29% 63 48%
1950 WSH AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 127 57% 82% 20% 14 43%
1951 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 142 71% 80% 32% 25 60%
1952 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 17 12 1 11 0 1 4 1 0 5 2 0 7 7 0 44 22 50.0% 20 2 4.5% 0 1340 64% 81% 27% 161 50%
1953 WSH AL 31 5 0 5 0 2 8 0 0 2 4 70 49 4 34 2 1 24 13 2 8 2 1 15 14 0 151 80 53.0% 63 8 5.3% 0 3811 60% 84% 31% 491 47%
1954 WSH AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 139 78% 80% 27% 11 27%
6 Seasons 9 0 9 0 4 14 0 4 4 4 110 75 5 65 6 2 37 20 2 21 6 1 32 30 0 265 137 51.7% 118 10 3.8% 4 6629 61% 82% 29% 826 47%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.6% 62% 82% 31% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 33% 0
1950 BOS AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 218 54% 81% 30% 22 59%
1951 BOS AL 29 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 2 1 2 55 21 1 24 2 0 16 7 2 8 0 0 23 15 0 126 45 35.7% 78 3 2.4% 2 3592 67% 80% 27% 318 54%
1952 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 0 566 62% 81% 26% 43 56%
1953 WSH AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 65% 92% 42% 6 67%
1954 WSH AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 2 0 7 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 24 7 29.2% 15 2 8.3% 0 720 72% 83% 31% 69 45%
6 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 7 0 3 1 3 69 25 1 36 3 0 23 11 3 13 0 0 32 22 1 173 61 35.3% 107 5 2.9% 2 5176 66% 81% 28% 458 53%
MLB Averages 43.7% 3.2% 62% 82% 31% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 WSH AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 41 56% 76% 29% 8 38%
1949 WSH AL 27 4 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 65 35 0 40 6 0 14 8 0 26 3 1 38 27 0 183 79 43.2% 102 1 0.5% 2 3606 58% 82% 29% 488 55%
1950 BOS AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 418 68% 76% 28% 49 65%
1951 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 13 4 30.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 301 64% 83% 28% 37 65%
1952 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 10 5 50.0% 4 1 10.0% 0 297 61% 80% 29% 42 71%
5 Seasons 5 0 5 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 76 42 0 47 7 0 18 10 0 35 4 1 47 33 1 223 96 43.0% 124 2 0.9% 2 4663 60% 82% 29% 624 58%
MLB Averages 45.2% 2.9% 62% 82% 31% 60%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  104 (5th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  220 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  8 (3rd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  5 (5th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  99 (4th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  285 (3rd)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  97 (5th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  165 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1953 AL  2.29 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  2.19 (2nd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  .979 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  2.91 (3rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  .986 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1951 AL  1.86 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  1.75 (5th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  .983 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1949 AL  2.87 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1942 NL  born 1921-09-24 (6th)

             

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