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.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
2	9	Apr 29 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	11 (1)	Apr 30	NYG		BRO	W,14-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12	May 1	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	14 (1)	May 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
6	15	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
7	16	May 6	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
8	17	May 7	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
9	18	May 8	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	2
10	19	May 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	20	May 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	21	May 12	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
13	22	May 13	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	23	May 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	25 (1)	May 18	NYG	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	26	May 19	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
17	28 (1)	May 20 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	29	May 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	30	May 23 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	31	May 23 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	33 (1)	May 25	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	34	May 26	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	35	May 27 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
24	36	May 27 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	37	May 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	38	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	39	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	T,2-2	CG	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	40	Jun 1	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	41	Jun 2	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	42	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	43	Jun 6	NYG		STL	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	44	Jun 7	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	45	Jun 8	NYG		STL	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	46	Jun 9	NYG		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	47	Jun 10	NYG		CIN	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	48	Jun 11	NYG		CIN	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	49	Jun 12	NYG		CIN	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	50	Jun 13	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	51	Jun 14	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	52	Jun 15	NYG		PIT	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	53	Jun 16	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	54	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	55	Jun 21 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	56	Jun 21 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	57	Jun 23 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	58	Jun 23 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	59	Jun 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	60	Jun 25 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
49	61	Jun 25 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	62	Jun 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	63	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	W,11-8	GS	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
52	64	Jun 28	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	65	Jun 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,7-4	GS	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	68 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
56	70	Jul 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-7	GF	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	71	Jul 7 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	72	Jul 7 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	73	Jul 9	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	75 (1)	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	76	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	L,1-11	CG	31	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	77	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	L,6-11	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	79 (1)	Jul 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	80	Jul 16	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
65	81	Jul 17	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	82	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	83	Jul 21 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
68	84	Jul 21 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	43	9.2	0	1	0	1	0
69	85	Jul 22	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	86	Jul 24	NYG		PIT	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	87	Jul 25	NYG		PIT	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	88	Jul 26	NYG		PIT	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	92 (3)	Jul 29 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	93	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
75	94	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,8-7	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	95	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	96	Aug 2	NYG		CIN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	97	Aug 3	NYG		CIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	99 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
80	101 (1)	Aug 7	NYG		STL	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	102	Aug 8	NYG		STL	W,10-5	GF	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	103	Aug 10	NYG		PHI	W,8-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	104	Aug 11	NYG		PHI	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	105	Aug 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-2	GS	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	106	Aug 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	109 (2)	Aug 18	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	111 (1)	Aug 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	112	Aug 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	113	Aug 22	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	114	Aug 23 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
91	116 (1)	Aug 24	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-16	CG	46	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
92	117	Aug 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
93	119 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	121 (1)	Aug 29	NYG		BSN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	122	Aug 31	NYG		BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	124 (1)	Sep 2	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	125	Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	126	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	127	Sep 4 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	128	Sep 4 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
101	129	Sep 5	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
102	130	Sep 8 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	132 (1)	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
104	133	Sep 10 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	134	Sep 10 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	135	Sep 11 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	137 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-2	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	138	Sep 13 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	139	Sep 14 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	140	Sep 14 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-1	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	141	Sep 15	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	143 (1)	Sep 17	NYG		PIT	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	144	Sep 18	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	146 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	148 (1)	Sep 23	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	51	14.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	149	Sep 24	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	152 (2)	Sep 27 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	153	Sep 28	NYG		CHC	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	154	Sep 29	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	155	Sep 30	NYG		STL	W,4-2	GS	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
							121gm		47.0	220	27	8	255	7