» May 31, 1942: Against the Pirates, the Reds Clyde Vollmer chops a home run on the first ML pitch he sees, the 4th major leaguer to do so. Pitcher Max Butcher is the instant loser as the Reds go on to win 3–0 in this 2nd game of a doubleheader. Vollmer's next homer won't come until 1947. » May 3, 1949: Taking advantage of the shortened fence installed by White Sox GM Frank Lane, the Senators belt seven homers—and need them all—in beating Chicago, 14–12 in 10 innings. This is only time a team has collected seven homers in an extra inning contest. Clyde Vollmer leads the hit parade with 2, followed by Mark Christman, Gil Coan, Al Evans, Eddie Robinson, and Bud Stewart. The Sox get homers from Joe Tipton and Gus Zernial.
» May 8, 1950: The Senators send Clyde Vollmer to Boston for SS Merrill Combs and OF Tom O'Brien. Tomorrow the Sox well sell P Harry Dorish to the Browns.
» June 7, 1950: Junior Stephens and Clyde Vollmer each have two home runs and five RBI for the Red Sox, as they trounce the lowly Browns, 20–4, at Fenway. The Bosox tally five homers and 23 hits in their total. Joe Dobson is the winner.
» June 8, 1950: In the most lopsided score in history, the Boston Red Sox annihilate the St. Louis Browns at Fenway Park, 29–4. Bobby Doerr has three home runs and eight RBI; Walt Dropo, two home runs and seven RBI, and Ted Williams, two home runs and five RBI, all collecting a round tripper in the 8th inning. Pitcher Chuck Stobbs walks four times in four innings, Al Zarilla adds four doubles, including two in one inning, and a single—with no ribbies—as the Sox set a major-league record with 58 total bases. Another mark is set of most extra bases on long hits (32) in a game, and the most extra bases on long hits in consecutive games (51). The Red Sox have 28 hits, with four players collecting four hits apiece, to total a record 51 for two days against the woeful Browns. Leadoff batter Clyde Vollmer goes to the plate eight times in eight innings, the only time this has happened in history. Boston has now scored 104 runs in their last seven games and a record 49 in two straight games.
» August 27, 1950: The Indians Ray Boone and Clyde Vollmer of the Red Sox match grand slams today. Boone’s comes in the 7-run third to give Bob Feller a 7–0 cushion. Vollmer’s pinch slam against Al Benton in the Sox 6-run seventh helps Boston to an 11–9 win. It is the Red Sox ninth slam of the season.
» July 7, 1951: At Fenway, the Yankees lose to the Red Sox, 10–4 with the Sox being led by Clyde Vollmer's grand slam in the first inning. Vollmer had a 2-run triple in yesterday's 6–2 win over the Yankees. Mantle, a late inning defensive replacement, hits a ninth inning HR off Ellis Kinder, the complete game winner.
» July 8, 1951: The feud between Joe DiMaggio and Casey Stengel reaches a head in second inning against the Red Sox. Because of a misplay in the first, Stengel sends reserve Jackie Jensen out to CF to relieve the Yankee Clipper after he had already taken his position. The Red Sox clip the Yankees, 6–3, as the red-hot Clyde Vollmer belts a 2-run homer.
» July 12, 1951: The Red Sox and White Sox draw a record crowd of 52,592 for a twi-night doubleheader at Comiskey. Boston wins the opener, 3–2. In the second game, Saul Rogovin of the White Sox goes the route in a 17-inning contest, only to lose 5–4, on Clyde Vollmer's sac fly. Ellis Kinder of Boston pitches 10 scoreless innings in relief for the win.
» July 13, 1951: The Red Sox and White Sox play 19 innings under the lights, tying a major-league record. Mickey McDermott pitches the first 17 innings for Boston, as Chicago wins this marathon, 5–4. Clyde Vollmer has a homer and two singles for the Bosox and 3B Vern Stephens plays the entire game (18 1/3 innings) without a put out. Boston scores twice in the top of the 19th, but the Sox strike back with three runs. For the second night in a row, the two teams set a record for the longest night game. Tomorrow the Sox will set a major-league mark when they pull off their 14th DP in four games.
» July 14, 1951: Clyde Vollmer singles in two runs in the ninth inning and the Red Sox tip the White Sox, 3–2.
» July 19, 1951: Despite a pair of homers by Clyde Vollmer, the Indians edge the Red Sox, 5–4 in 11 innings.
» July 26, 1951: At Fenway, Clyde Vollmer knocks in six runs on three homers to lead the Red Sox to a 13–10 win over the White Sox.
» July 28, 1951: Clyde Vollmer, who started the month on the bench, continues his explosive fireworks against the Indians. He singles in the tying run in the 15th and then in the 16th hits a grand slam off reliever Bob Feller for an 8–4 Red Sox win. The grand slam is the latest hit in a game in major-league history. Mickey McDermott pitches all 16 innings for the Sox, striking out 15 and walking one.
» July 31, 1951: In an 8–6 Red Sox loss to the Browns, Clyde Vollmer doubles to finish the month with 13 homers, four doubles and a triple among his 31 hits. "Big Un" knocks in 40 runs with his outburst.
» May 22, 1953: Yanks OF Irv Noren ends the game by lining back to P Bob Porterfield, who starts a triple play, as the Senators beat the Yankees 12–4. The Nats score five in the 1st inning off Allie Reynolds. Washington tallies 18 hits including a 3-run homer and 2-run double by Clyde Vollmer. Johnny Mize hits pinch single in the 9th, his 5th pinch single in a row, breaking a mark set by Cleveland's Les Fleming in 1947. Mize has had a walk and been hit by a pitch in his last seven pinch appearances.
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