Clyde Vollmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1921
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 02-Oct-2006
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Clyde Vollmer
- Clyde Frederick Vollmer (September 24, 1921 – October 2, 2006) was an American professional baseball player.
- An outfielder, he played in 685 Major League games for three teams: the Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox.
- During the 1951 season with the Red Sox, his hot hitting earned him the nickname "Dutch the Clutch." Vollmer threw and batted right-handed; he stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). Vollmer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- As a youth, he played for the Bridgetown Baseball League in Hamilton County, Ohio; Vollmer was a leader on the team that won the Hamilton County Grade School baseball championship in 1935, according to a publication called "News of the Reds" dated May 20, 1947. Vollmer graduated from Western Hills High School in 1938 and signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds the following year. Vollmer did not appear for the Reds until May 31, 1942.
- After playing only 12 games, the 21-year-old joined the Army.
- He fought in World War II for three years.
- After his discharge, Vollmer returned to the Reds.He played in the majors over ten seasons between 1942 and 1954.
- Vollmer's torrid stretch as a member of the 1951 Red Sox lasted from July 6–28.
- In 21 games played, Vollmer had 31 hits, including 13 home runs, four doubles, one triple, 40 runs batted in and 25 runs scored.
- The streak saw him raise his batting average from .267 to .287 and included a three-homer game on July 26 against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park.
- For the season, however, he leveled off to a .251 average (matching his career mark), although he set personal bests in homers (22) and RBI (85).
- Boston sent him back to the Senators in 1953, and he finished his MLB career in September 1954 as a reserve outfielder and pinch hitter.
- In his 685 games in the majors, Vollmer had 508 total hits, including 77 doubles and 69 homers.
- Defensively, he was a good outfielder, recording a .984 fielding percentage at all three outfield positions. In 1947 Vollmer married and later had a daughter, Claudia.
- Vollmer retired from baseball and acquired the Lark Lounge, which he owned for 20 years.
- He later was a member of the American Legion, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Cheviot Aerie No.
- 2197 and the Delhi Senior Citizens. Clyde Vollmer died October 2, 2006, at St.
- Luke Hospital in Florence, Kentucky.
- He is interred at Old St.
- Joseph's Cemetery in Cincinnati.
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