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.

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYG	@	BRO	T,1-1	CG	47	14.0	4	1	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 20	NYG		BSN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 21	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 22	NYG		BSN	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 24	NYG		BRO	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 25	NYG		BRO	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 26	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 27	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 30 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	Apr 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	NYG		CHC	L,0-11	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	May 4 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 4 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	17	May 5	NYG		CIN	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
18	18	May 7 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 7 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 8	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 11	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 12	NYG		PIT	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 13	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	24	May 14	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	25	May 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 18 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	27	May 18 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 19	NYG	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	48	9.1	5	0	0	5	0
29	29	May 20	NYG	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 21 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	31	May 21 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 23	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
34	34	May 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	35	May 26	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	May 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	40	Jun 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	41	Jun 3 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 3 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 4 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 4 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 6	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 8	NYG		PHI	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
47	47	Jun 10	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 11	NYG		PHI	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 13	NYG		BSN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 14	NYG		BSN	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 15	NYG		BSN	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 16	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 17 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 17 (2)	NYG		BRO	T,3-3	CG	41	11.0	2	0	1	3	0
55	55	Jun 18	NYG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 19	NYG		CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	57	Jun 20	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 21	NYG		CHC	W,3-1	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 22	NYG		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	60	Jun 23	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	61	Jun 24	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	62	Jun 25 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	63	Jun 25 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	64	Jun 28 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	65	Jun 28 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,7-4	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	66	Jun 29	NYG		STL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	67	Jun 30	NYG		STL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	NYG		STL	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	69	Jul 2 (1)	NYG		STL	W,1-0	CG	59	18.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	70	Jul 2 (2)	NYG		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	71	Jul 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	74	Jul 7	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	46	9.2	0	0	0	0	0
75	75	Jul 8	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	76	Jul 9 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	77	Jul 9 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
78	78	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	80	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	81	Jul 14	NYG	@	STL	W,12-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	82	Jul 16 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	58	14.1	4	0	0	4	0
83	83	Jul 16 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	84	Jul 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	85	Jul 19 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	86	Jul 19 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	87	Jul 20	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
88	88	Jul 21	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	89	Jul 22 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	90	Jul 22 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	91	Jul 23	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	92	Jul 26 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	93	Jul 26 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	95 (1)	Jul 29	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	96	Jul 30	NYG		BSN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	97	Aug 1	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	98	Aug 2 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-13	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	99	Aug 2 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,18-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	100	Aug 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,18-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	101	Aug 5 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	102	Aug 5 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	103	Aug 6 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	104	Aug 6 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-2	GS	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	105	Aug 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-1	GS	42	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
105	106	Aug 10	NYG		PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
106	107	Aug 12	NYG		PHI	W,2-0	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	108	Aug 13	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	109	Aug 16	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	110	Aug 17	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	111	Aug 18	NYG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	112	Aug 19	NYG		CHC	W,8-4	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	113	Aug 20	NYG		CHC	W,6-1	GS	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
113	114	Aug 25 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,8-5	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	115	Aug 25 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	116	Aug 26 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	GS	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	117	Aug 26 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	118	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
118	119	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		STL	T,5-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
119	120	Aug 28	NYG		STL	L,8-12	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	121	Aug 29 (1)	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	122	Aug 29 (2)	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	123	Aug 30	NYG		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	124	Aug 31	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	125	Sep 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-0	GS	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	126	Sep 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	127	Sep 2	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	128	Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
128	129	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	T,4-4	GS	42	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
129	130	Sep 5	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	131	Sep 6 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	45	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
131	132	Sep 6 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
132	133	Sep 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-14	GS	32	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	134	Sep 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
134	135	Sep 9	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
135	136	Sep 10 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
136	137	Sep 10 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	138	Sep 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	139	Sep 13	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
139	140	Sep 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
140	141	Sep 15 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	142	Sep 15 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	143	Sep 16 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
143	144	Sep 16 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
144	145	Sep 17	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
145	146	Sep 18	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
146	147	Sep 19	NYG	@	STL	L,3-12	GS	22	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
147	148	Sep 23 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
148	150 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
149	152 (1)	Sep 26	NYG		BSN	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
150	153	Sep 27 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
151	155 (1)	Sep 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
152	156	Oct 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
							165gm			269	11	5	285	3