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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYG		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS	13	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 18	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 19	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 22	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 23	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 26 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	Apr 26 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	14	Apr 28	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	Apr 29	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	Apr 30	NYG	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	NYG	@	CHC	L,9-13	CG	47	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	18	May 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	20	May 4	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-15	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 7 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	43	10.1	4	0	0	4	0
23	23	May 7 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
24	24	May 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	25	May 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	26	May 12	NYG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 13	NYG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 14	NYG		CIN	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 15	NYG		CIN	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 16	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 17 (1)	NYG		STL	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	32	May 17 (2)	NYG		STL	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 18	NYG		STL	L,4-16	CG	53	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	May 19	NYG		STL	L,4-8	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 20	NYG		CHC	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	36	May 22	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	37	May 23	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	38	May 24	NYG		BRO	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	39	May 25	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	43	10.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	May 26	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	May 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	42	May 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	43	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	44	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	45	May 31 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	46	May 31 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 3	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 5	NYG	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 7 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 7 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	53	Jun 9	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	54	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 13	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	56	Jun 14 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	57	Jun 14 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 16	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	60	Jun 17	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	61	Jun 19 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	62	Jun 19 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	63	Jun 20	NYG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	64	Jun 21 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	65	Jun 21 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	66	Jun 23	NYG		CIN	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	67	Jun 24	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	68	Jun 26	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	69	Jun 27	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	70	Jun 28 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	71	Jun 28 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
72	72	Jun 30	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	73	Jul 3	NYG		BSN	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	76	Jul 5 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	77	Jul 5 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	78	Jul 9	NYG	@	STL	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 10	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	80	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	81	Jul 12 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	82	Jul 12 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	83	Jul 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	85	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	86	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	87	Jul 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	88	Jul 19 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	GF	33	6.2	2	0	0	2	0
89	89	Jul 19 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	90	Jul 21	NYG		PIT	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	91	Jul 23	NYG		PIT	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	92	Jul 24	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	93	Jul 25	NYG		CIN	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	94	Jul 26 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,2-6	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	96 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	97	Jul 28 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	98	Jul 29 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
98	99	Jul 29 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	100	Aug 1 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	101	Aug 1 (2)	NYG		STL	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	102	Aug 2 (1)	NYG		STL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	103	Aug 2 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	104	Aug 3	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	105	Aug 4	NYG		BRO	T,1-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	106	Aug 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
106	107	Aug 6	NYG		BRO	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	108	Aug 7	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	109	Aug 9 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	110	Aug 9 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	111	Aug 11	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	112	Aug 12 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
112	113	Aug 12 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
113	114	Aug 14	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	115	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	116	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	117	Aug 16	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	118	Aug 17	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	119	Aug 18	NYG		BSN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	120	Aug 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	121	Aug 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	40	7.0	2	1	1	4	0
121	122	Aug 23 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
122	123	Aug 23 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	25	4.2	2	0	0	2	0
123	124	Aug 25	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	125	Aug 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	126	Aug 27	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	127	Aug 29 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	128	Aug 29 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	129	Aug 30 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	130	Aug 30 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	T,5-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	131	Aug 31	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	132	Sep 1	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	133	Sep 2	NYG	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	134	Sep 3	NYG	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	135	Sep 5	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	136	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
136	137	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
137	138	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	139	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	140	Sep 10	NYG		STL	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
140	141	Sep 11	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
141	142	Sep 13 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	143	Sep 13 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	144	Sep 14	NYG		PIT	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	145	Sep 16	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	146	Sep 17	NYG		CIN	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	147	Sep 19	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
147	148	Sep 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	50	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
148	149	Sep 24 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
149	150	Sep 24 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
150	151	Sep 25 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
151	152	Sep 25 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
152	153	Sep 26 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							152gm			224	13	3	240	3