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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 18	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 19 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-13	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 24	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 26	NYG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 27	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	6	1	0	7	1
12	12	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,15-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	May 5 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	16	May 6 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 6 (2)	NYG		BSN	T,1-1	CG	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 9	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 11	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 12	NYG		STL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 13 (1)	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 13 (2)	NYG		STL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 14	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 15	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	25	May 16	NYG		CHC	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	28	May 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	29	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 23	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 24	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 27 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-16	CG	51	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 27 susp	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	36	May 29	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
40	40	Jun 2	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 3 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 3 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 5	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	CG	59	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 7	NYG		BRO	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 10 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 10 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 14	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 15	NYG		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 16	NYG		PHI	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 17 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,9-11	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 17 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	55	Jun 18	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	51	12.2	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 19	NYG		BSN	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	57	Jun 20	NYG		BSN	L,10-15	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	58	Jun 22 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 22 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
60	60	Jun 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	53	10.1	0	1	0	1	0
61	61	Jun 24 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	63 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	64	Jun 27 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	65	Jun 28	NYG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	66	Jun 29	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	67	Jun 30	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	68	Jul 1 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	69	Jul 1 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
69	70	Jul 3	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	71	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		STL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	72	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-19	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	73	Jul 5	NYG		STL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	77 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	78	Jul 8 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
75	84 (5)	Jul 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	85	Jul 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	86	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
78	87	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	88	Jul 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	89	Jul 20	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	90	Jul 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	91	Jul 22 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	97 (5)	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	99 (1)	Aug 1	NYG		BSN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	100	Aug 4	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	101	Aug 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,14-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	103 (1)	Aug 8	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	104	Aug 9	NYG		STL	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	105	Aug 10	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	106	Aug 11	NYG		STL	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	107	Aug 12 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	109 (1)	Aug 13	NYG		CIN	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	110	Aug 14	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	111	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	113 (1)	Aug 16	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	114	Aug 17	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	115	Aug 18	NYG		PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	116	Aug 19 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	117	Aug 19 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-8	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	118	Aug 20	NYG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	119	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
102	120	Aug 23	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	123 (2)	Aug 26	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	124	Aug 27 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	126 (1)	Sep 1	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	127	Sep 2 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	CG	54	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	128	Sep 2 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	129	Sep 3 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
109	131 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
110	133 (1)	Sep 6	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	134	Sep 7	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	135	Sep 8	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	136	Sep 9 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	138 (1)	Sep 10	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	139	Sep 11	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
116	142 (2)	Sep 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	143	Sep 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	146 (2)	Sep 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
119	148 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	GF	17	4.2	1	0	0	1	0
							119gm			216	11	4	231	1