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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 24	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 25	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 28	NYG		BSN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 29	NYG		BSN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	May 1 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,0-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	May 2 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	May 2 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	May 4	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	14 (2)	May 7	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	15	May 8	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	16	May 9 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	17	May 9 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	18	May 13	NYG		CHC	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
17	19	May 14	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	20	May 15	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	21	May 16 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	22	May 16 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	23	May 17	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	24	May 18	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	41	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
23	25	May 19	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	26	May 22 (1)	NYG		STL	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	27	May 22 (2)	NYG		STL	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	28	May 23 (1)	NYG		STL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
27	29	May 23 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	30	May 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	31	May 27	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	32	May 28	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	33	May 29	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
32	34	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	35	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	36	May 31 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	37	May 31 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	T,0-0	CG	22	5.1	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	38	Jun 1	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	39	Jun 2	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-13	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	40	Jun 3	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	41	Jun 4	NYG	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	42	Jun 5	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	43	Jun 6 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-18	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	45 (1)	Jun 12 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	46	Jun 12 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	47	Jun 13 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	48	Jun 13 susp	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	49	Jun 15	NYG		BRO	W,6-5	GS	30	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	50	Jun 16	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	51	Jun 17	NYG		BRO	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	52	Jun 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-8	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
50	53	Jun 19	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	54	Jun 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	52	9.2	0	1	0	1	0
52	55	Jun 21	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	56	Jun 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	57	Jun 23 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
55	58	Jun 23 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	59	Jun 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	60	Jun 25	NYG		BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	61	Jun 26	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	62	Jun 27 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	63	Jun 27 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	64	Jun 30 (1)	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	65	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		STL	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	66	Jul 2	NYG		STL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	67	Jul 3 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	68	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	70	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	71	Jul 5 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	72	Jul 5 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	73	Jul 9	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	54	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	74	Jul 10 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
72	75	Jul 10 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	76	Jul 11 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	77	Jul 11 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	78	Jul 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	79	Jul 17 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
77	80	Jul 17 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	81	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-6	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	82	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	83	Jul 21 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	84	Jul 21 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-14	CG	48	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
82	85	Jul 22	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	86	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	87	Jul 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	88	Jul 25 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	89	Jul 25 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	90	Jul 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	91	Jul 27	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	92	Jul 28	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	94 (1)	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	97 (2)	Aug 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
92	98	Aug 6	NYG		PHI	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	99	Aug 7	NYG		PHI	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	100	Aug 8 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	101	Aug 8 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	102	Aug 11	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	103	Aug 12	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	104	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
99	105	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		STL	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	106	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	107	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
102	108	Aug 16	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	109	Aug 17	NYG		CIN	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	110	Aug 18 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	111	Aug 18 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	112	Aug 19	NYG		PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	113	Aug 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	114	Aug 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	115	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	127 (11)	Sep 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	153 (25)	Sep 30	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	154	Oct 1	NYG	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
							112gm		2.0	190	13	6	209	1