Mel Ott

Positions: Rightfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: March 2, 1909 in Gretna, LA us

Died: November 21, 1958 in New Orleans, LA

Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA

High School: Gretna HS (Gretna, LA)

Debut: April 27, 1926 (Age 17-056d, 6,396th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 11, 1947 (Age 38-131d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1951. (Voted by BBWAA on 197/226 ballots)
View Mel Ott's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1927 season

Full Name: Melvin Thomas Ott

Nicknames: Master Melvin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

110.9

9456

2876

511

.304

1859

RBI

1860

OBP

.414

SLG

.533

OPS

.947

OPS+

155

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	6-29 / in Starts: 3-6
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 61 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	28 (14-9-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 61 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (20-12-7)

Most Driven In
P Florence	2
I Meusel	1
T Tyson	1
R Youngs	1

Most Driven In By
G Kelly	2
T Jackson	2
D Farrell	1
H Mueller	1
B Southworth	1
F Lindstrom	0

1926 Batting Game Log

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1926 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	12 (11)	Apr 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.40	-0.011	1.43	-0.02%	-0.26	PH
2	2	14 (1)	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	2.79	-0.070	9.85	-0.15%	-0.42	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	3	17 (2)	May 2	NYG		PHI	L,4-7	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	2.71	0.125	8.98	0.25%	0.94	PH
4	4	21 (3)	May 8	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.97	-0.025	3.39	-0.05%	-0.17	PH
5	5	23 (1)	May 10	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.34	-0.009	.82	-0.01%	-0.11	PH
6	6	24	May 11	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.92	0.043	2.28	0.06%	0.39	PH
7	7	28 (3)	May 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	8	1.44	-0.037	3.71	-0.06%	-0.23	PH
8	8	29	May 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	7-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
9	9	31 (1)	May 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9	.79	0.039	1.63	0.05%	0.39	PH
10	10	33 (1)	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-7	3-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.444	.444	.889	9	.46	0.020	.99	0.03%	0.27	PH
11	11	34	May 22	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	5.07	0.174	9.57	0.20%	0.73	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	12	45 (10)	Jun 2 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.455	.455	.455	.909	9	.18	-0.005	.48	-0.01%	-0.26	PH
13	13	59 (13)	Jun 19	NYG		PIT	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.417	.417	.833	9	3.34	-0.049	10.09	-0.09%	-0.20	PH
14	14	60	Jun 20	NYG		PIT	L,0-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.385	.385	.769	9	.07	-0.002	.16	0.00%	-0.24	PH
15	15	62 (1)	Jun 22	NYG		PHI	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	7	.09	0.004	.16	0.00%	0.13	PH
16	16	66 (3)	Jun 28	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	1.85	-0.046	3.12	-0.05%	-0.16	PH
17	17	68 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9	.21	-0.005	.33	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	18	73 (4)	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.353	.353	.706	9	.22	-0.006	.52	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
19	19	95 (21)	Jul 30	NYG		STL	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	.22	-0.006	.32	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
20	20	96	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		STL	W,8-6	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.316	.632	9	1.03	-0.024	1.41	-0.02%	-0.36	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	21	109 (12)	Aug 11	NYG		CHC	L,1-11	6-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.350	.350	.700	8	.06	0.004	.17	0.01%	0.80	PH
22	22	110	Aug 14	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-4	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	2.44	-0.025	5.27	-0.03%	-0.10	PH
23	23	111	Aug 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-7	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	8	.66	0.029	1.21	0.03%	0.39	PH
24	24	113 (1)	Aug 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.348	.348	.696	8	2.82	-0.081	4.16	-0.07%	-0.24	PH
25	25	114	Aug 20	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	8	.24	0.010	.35	0.01%	0.27	PH
26	26	115	Aug 21	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.321	.321	.643	1	1.55	-0.201	1.53	-0.12%	-1.88	LF
27	27	116	Aug 22	NYG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.344	.656	1	1.32	0.053	.78	0.02%	0.58	LF
28	28	118 (1)	Aug 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.297	.324	.622	1	1.29	-0.119	.24	-0.01%	-0.89	LF
29	29	119	Aug 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.317	.341	.659	1	.86	0.092	.07	0.01%	0.87	LF
30	30	120	Aug 26	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-15	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.326	.348	.674	1	.56	0.013	.08	0.00%	-0.47	LF
31	31	121	Aug 27	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.340	.347	.687	1	.78	0.031	.05	0.00%	-0.10	LF
32	32	122	Aug 28	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-8	6-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.346	.373	.719	5	1.63	-0.026	.06	0.00%	-0.11	PH LF
33	33	124 (1)	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.339	.351	.375	.726	1	.40	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.52	LF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	34	125	Sep 3	NYG		BSN	W,17-3	GS-5	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.373	.383	.407	.790	1	.65	0.092	.00	0.00%	1.69	LF
35	35	126	Sep 4 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	GS-1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.383	.393	.417	.810	1	.87	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.38	LF
							6-29		61	60	7	23	2	0	0	5	1	0	9	0	0		1		1	0	.383	.393	.417	.810		1.04	0.030	1.30	-0.05%	1.73

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