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)
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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	8-23 / in Starts: 7-8
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	39 (22-13-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	50 (26-16-8)

Most Driven In
M Witek	1
B Voiselle	1
G Rosen	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
Self	1
W Cooper	1

1946 Batting Game Log

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1946 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	2696	1	Apr 16	NYG		PHI	W,8-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	3	.48	0.194	1.26	0.31%	1.68	RF
2	2697	2	Apr 17	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.667	.952	3	1.21	-0.043	3.27	-0.07%	-0.37	RF
3	2698	4 (1)	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.545	.795	3	1.35	0.033	3.85	0.06%	-0.24	RF
4	2699	5	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.133	.188	.400	.588	3	1.61	-0.183	4.14	-0.28%	-1.12	RF
5	2700	6	Apr 22	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.150	.316	.466	3	1.21	-0.127	2.78	-0.18%	-0.91	RF
6	2701	8 (1)	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	L,7-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.143	.300	.443	8	1.77	-0.044	3.97	-0.06%	-0.40	PH
7	2702	9	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.300	.482	9	1.66	0.048	3.36	0.06%	0.12	PH
8	2703	10	Apr 26	NYG		BRO	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.250	.404	3	.31	-0.031	.63	-0.04%	-0.85	RF
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
9	2704	23 (12)	May 12 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.080	.148	.240	.388	9	1.16	-0.032	3.33	-0.06%	-0.21	PH
10	2705	25 (1)	May 15	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.231	.374	9	1.19	-0.030	2.47	-0.04%	-0.09	PH
11	2706	29 (3)	May 22	NYG		STL	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.200	.325	3	.11	-0.011	.19	-0.01%	-0.47	RF
12	2707	30	May 23	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.061	.139	.182	.321	3	.72	-0.045	1.10	-0.04%	-0.07	RF
13	2708	31	May 24	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.054	.125	.162	.287	3	1.83	-0.172	1.98	-0.11%	-0.66	RF
14	2709	32	May 25	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.049	.114	.146	.260	3	.85	-0.079	1.12	-0.06%	-1.11	RF
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
15	2710	41 (8)	Jun 3	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.048	.111	.143	.254	9	2.81	-0.070	5.27	-0.08%	-0.22	PH
16	2711	44 (2)	Jun 6	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-10	10-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.045	.106	.136	.243	6	3.04	-0.171	4.04	-0.14%	-0.76	PH RF
17	2712	49 (4)	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.044	.104	.133	.238	9	.83	-0.020	.89	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
18	2713	51 (1)	Jun 12	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.043	.102	.130	.232	9	3.12	-0.083	2.71	-0.04%	-0.33	PH
19	2714	52	Jun 15	NYG		STL	W,11-5	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.061	.148	.143	.291	3	.48	-0.035	.35	-0.02%	-0.11	RF
20	2715	53	Jun 16 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.057	.138	.132	.270	3	.98	-0.096	.93	-0.06%	-0.66	RF
21	2716	57 (3)	Jun 21	NYG		CHC	L,4-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.057	.153	.132	.285	9	3.31	0.132	2.07	0.05%	0.37	PH
22	2717	58	Jun 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.175	.143	.317	3	.66	-0.020	.31	-0.01%	0.07	RF
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
23	2718	94 (35)	Jul 28 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.070	.172	.140	.312	9	3.30	-0.089	.16	0.00%	-0.21	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
24	2719	107 (12)	Aug 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.086	.185	.155	.340	9	1.33	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.12	PH
25	2720	120 (12)	Aug 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.085	.182	.153	.334	9	1.31	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
26	2721	121	Aug 28 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,8-13	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.179	.150	.329	9	2.10	-0.018	.00	0.00%	0.07	PH
27	2722	124 (2)	Aug 30	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.082	.176	.148	.324	9	3.31	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
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
28	2723	127 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.081	.174	.145	.319	9	3.31	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
29	2724	129 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-3	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.078	.181	.141	.321	5						RF
30	2725	130	Sep 3	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.075	.173	.134	.308	5	1.31	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.57	RF
31	2726	131	Sep 4	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.074	.171	.132	.303	9	3.31	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
							8-23		78	68	2	5	1	0	1	4	8	0	15	0	2		0	1	0	0	.074	.171	.132	.303		1.25	-1.297	1.63	-0.83%	-7.80

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