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

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

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 16	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 17	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 18	NYG		PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 19	NYG		PHI	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	L,9-10	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 23	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	54	10.2	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 27	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	Apr 29	NYG		STL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	Apr 30	NYG		STL	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	NYG		STL	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 2	NYG		PIT	T,7-7	CG	62	13.0	1	0	1	2	0
17	17	May 3	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	18	May 4	NYG		CHC	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 6	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 7	NYG		CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 10 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 10 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 11	NYG		BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 13	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
25	25	May 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 20	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	31	May 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 22	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 27	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 29	NYG		BSN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
37	37	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
38	38	May 31	NYG		BRO	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	40	Jun 1 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	Jun 3	NYG		CIN	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 6 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
44	44	Jun 6 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 7	NYG		STL	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
46	46	Jun 8 (1)	NYG		STL	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 8 (2)	NYG		STL	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 9	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 10	NYG		CHC	L,0-11	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 11 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 11 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 12	NYG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 15 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	54	Jun 15 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 16	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	57	Jun 18	NYG	@	PIT	T,2-2	CG	44	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	60	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	61	Jun 22 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	62	Jun 22 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	63	Jun 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	6	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
65	65	Jun 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	66	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	67	Jun 28	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	50	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	68	Jun 29	NYG		PHI	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	69	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	44	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	71	Jul 2 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	72	Jul 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	73	Jul 6	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	74	Jul 10	NYG		STL	L,9-13	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 12	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
76	76	Jul 13 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	77	Jul 13 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	78	Jul 14	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 15	NYG		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
80	80	Jul 16	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	81	Jul 17	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	82	Jul 20 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	83	Jul 20 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 22	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	49	11.2	1	0	0	1	0
86	86	Jul 24	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	4	1	0	5	0
87	87	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	88	Jul 26	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	89	Jul 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	90	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	91	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	92	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	93	Aug 1	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	94	Aug 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	95	Aug 3 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	96	Aug 3 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	35	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
97	97	Aug 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	103 (5)	Aug 11	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-15	GS	29	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
99	104	Aug 12 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	105	Aug 12 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
101	106	Aug 13 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	107	Aug 13 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	108	Aug 14	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	109	Aug 16	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	110	Aug 17 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	111	Aug 17 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-18	CG	49	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	112	Aug 18 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	113	Aug 18 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	114	Aug 20	NYG		CHC	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
110	115	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	116	Aug 22	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	117	Aug 23 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
113	118	Aug 23 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	119	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,9-13	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	120	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	121	Aug 26 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	122	Aug 26 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	123	Aug 27	NYG		STL	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	124	Aug 28	NYG		STL	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	125	Aug 29	NYG		BRO	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
121	126	Aug 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
122	127	Aug 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	128	Aug 31	NYG		BRO	L,6-13	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	129	Sep 1 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	130	Sep 1 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	131	Sep 6	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	132	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-13	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	133	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	6	0	0	6	0
129	134	Sep 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	135	Sep 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
131	136	Sep 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	137	Sep 12	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	138	Sep 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	139	Sep 14 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	140	Sep 14 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	51	9.2	0	0	1	1	0
136	141	Sep 16	NYG	@	STL	T,1-1	CG	40	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
137	142	Sep 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	143	Sep 18	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	144	Sep 20 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
140	146 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	148 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	150 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	151	Sep 23 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	152	Sep 24 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-1	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
145	154 (1)	Sep 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							145gm			206	18	9	233	3