"[1] As an active player, Vollmer threw and batted right-handed; he stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).

Vollmer graduated from Western Hills High School in 1938 and signed as a free agent with the Reds the following year.

He appeared in 129 games for Washington in 1949 and hit 14 home runs, then was traded to the Red Sox in the early weeks of 1950.

[1] 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.

[5] For the season, however, Vollmer leveled off to a .251 average (matching his career mark), although he set personal bests in homers (22) and RBI (85).