Ed Ott

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: July 11, 1951 in Muncy, PA us

Died: March 3, 2024 in Danville, PA

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 23rd round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Muncy HS (Muncy, PA).

High School: Muncy HS (Muncy, PA)

Debut: June 10, 1974 (Age 22-334d, 13,498th in major league history)
vs. SDP 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1981 (Age 30-083d)
vs. TEX 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Nathan Edward Ott

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1979 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.9

1792

465

.260

196

RBI

195

OBP

.311

SLG

.368

OPS

.680

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	PIT		MON	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 8	PIT		MON	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
3	4	Apr 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	6 (1)	Apr 12	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
5	7	Apr 13	PIT		STL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
6	8	Apr 14	PIT		STL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	12 (3)	Apr 20	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	13	Apr 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS	36	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
9	14	Apr 22	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
10	15	Apr 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	16	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	17	Apr 27	PIT		HOU	L,8-9	CG	52	11.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
13	18	Apr 29	PIT		HOU	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	19	May 1	PIT		ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
15	22 (2)	May 5	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	C
16	23	May 6	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	25 (1)	May 8	PIT	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	26	May 9	PIT	@	ATL	W,17-9	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
19	27	May 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
20	28	May 12	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
21	29	May 13	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	30	May 15	PIT		NYM	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	31	May 16	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	34 (2)	May 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
25	35	May 20	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	36	May 21	PIT	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	38 (1)	May 23	PIT	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	39	May 25	PIT	@	NYM	T,3-3	CG	37	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
29	40	May 26	PIT	@	NYM	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	8	0	2	10	0	C
30	44 (3)	May 30	PIT		CHC	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	45	May 31	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	46	Jun 1	PIT		SDP	W,9-8	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	47	Jun 2	PIT		SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
34	49 (1)	Jun 4	PIT		LAD	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
35	50	Jun 5	PIT		LAD	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	55 (4)	Jun 12	PIT	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	57 (1)	Jun 14	PIT	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	58	13.2	8	3	0	11	0	C
38	58	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	59	Jun 16	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	61 (1)	Jun 19	PIT	@	SFG	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	62	Jun 20	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-5	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	63	Jun 22	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
43	64	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	65	Jun 24	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	66	Jun 25 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	68 (1)	Jun 26	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
47	69	Jun 27	PIT		NYM	L,9-12	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	70	Jun 28	PIT		NYM	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
49	72 (1)	Jun 30	PIT		MON	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	73	Jul 2	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	74	Jul 3	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	75	Jul 4	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	76	Jul 5	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
54	77	Jul 6	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	78	Jul 7	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-6	GS	28	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
56	80 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	81	Jul 10	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	82	Jul 11	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
59	83	Jul 12	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	84	Jul 13	PIT	@	ATL	L,4-13	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	85	Jul 14	PIT	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	86	Jul 15	PIT	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
63	87	Jul 19 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
64	89 (1)	Jul 20	PIT		HOU	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	90	Jul 21	PIT		HOU	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
66	91	Jul 22 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	93 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	95 (1)	Jul 24	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	96	Jul 25	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
70	97	Jul 26	PIT		CIN	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
71	99 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	MON	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
72	101 (1)	Jul 29	PIT	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	102	Jul 30	PIT		NYM	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	103	Jul 31	PIT		NYM	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	104	Aug 1	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
76	105	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
77	106	Aug 3 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	108 (1)	Aug 4	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
79	110 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
80	111	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-15	CG	51	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
81	112	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	42	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	113	Aug 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
83	116 (2)	Aug 11	PIT	@	PHI	W,14-11	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	117	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	118	Aug 14	PIT		SDP	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	120 (1)	Aug 16	PIT		SDP	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
87	121	Aug 17	PIT		LAD	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	123 (1)	Aug 19	PIT		LAD	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
89	124	Aug 20	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	GS	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
90	126 (1)	Aug 22	PIT		SFG	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	128 (1)	Aug 25	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	86	19.0	14	2	0	16	0	C
92	130 (1)	Aug 27	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	36	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	131	Aug 28	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	132	Aug 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	134 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
96	136 (1)	Sep 2	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
97	137	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
98	139 (1)	Sep 5	PIT	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	47	11.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
99	140	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	L,6-8	GS	36	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
100	141	Sep 7	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-4	GS	30	7.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
101	142	Sep 8	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GF	31	7.2	5	2	0	7	1	C
102	143	Sep 9	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-5	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
103	144	Sep 11	PIT		STL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
104	145	Sep 12	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	148 (2)	Sep 17	PIT	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
106	149	Sep 18	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
107	150	Sep 19 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	151	Sep 19 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
109	153 (1)	Sep 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
110	155 (1)	Sep 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
111	158 (2)	Sep 25	PIT		MON	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
112	159	Sep 26	PIT		MON	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
113	160	Sep 27	PIT		STL	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	161	Sep 28	PIT		CHC	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
115	162	Sep 29	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	GS	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
116	163	Sep 30	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	C
							116gm		957.0	612	53	4	669	6