Mel Ott

Melvin Thomas Ott
Born: March 2, 1909
Gretna, LA USA
Deceased: 1958
New Orleans, LA USA
Primary Position: RF
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 170
Career: 1926-1947
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.
Minor League Statistics

Mel Ott compiled a career batting average of .304 with 511 home runs and 1860 RBI in his 2730-game career with the New York Giants. He began playing during the 1926 season and last took the field during the 1947 campaign. Ott was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.

New York Giants

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
1926	NL	New York Giants	35	61	60	7	23	2	0	0	4	1	1	9	.383	.393	.417	.810	25	0	0	0
1927	NL	New York Giants	82	180	163	23	46	7	3	1	19	2	13	9	.282	.335	.380	.716	62	0	0	4
1928	NL	New York Giants	124	499	435	69	140	26	4	18	77	3	52	36	.322	.397	.524	.921	228	0	2	10
1929	NL	New York Giants	150	674	545	138	179	37	2	42	151	6	113	38	.328	.449	.635	1.084	346	0	6	10
1930	NL	New York Giants	148	646	521	122	182	34	5	25	119	9	103	35	.349	.458	.578	1.036	301	0	2	20
1931	NL	New York Giants	138	580	497	104	145	23	8	29	115	10	80	44	.292	.392	.545	.937	271	0	2	1
1932	NL	New York Giants	154	673	566	119	180	30	8	38	123	6	100	39	.318	.424	.601	1.025	340	0	4	3
1933	NL	New York Giants	152	661	580	98	164	36	1	23	103	1	75	48	.283	.367	.467	.834	271	10	2	4
1934	NL	New York Giants	153	671	582	119	190	29	10	35	135	0	85	43	.326	.415	.591	1.006	344	10	3	1
1935	NL	New York Giants	152	683	593	113	191	33	6	31	114	7	82	58	.322	.407	.555	.962	329	4	3	5
1936	NL	New York Giants	150	660	534	120	175	28	6	33	135	6	111	41	.328	.448	.588	1.036	314	8	5	10
1937	NL	New York Giants	151	654	545	99	160	28	2	31	95	7	102	69	.294	.408	.523	.931	285	4	3	4
1938	NL	New York Giants	150	652	527	116	164	23	6	36	116	2	118	47	.311	.442	.583	1.024	307	8	5	2
1939	NL	New York Giants	125	508	396	85	122	23	2	27	80	2	100	50	.308	.449	.581	1.030	230	5	1	11
1940	NL	New York Giants	151	647	536	89	155	27	3	19	79	6	100	50	.289	.407	.457	.864	245	9	6	5
1941	NL	New York Giants	148	634	525	89	150	29	0	27	90	5	100	68	.286	.403	.495	.898	260	2	3	6
1942	NL	New York Giants	152	664	549	118	162	21	0	30	93	6	109	61	.295	.415	.497	.912	273	8	3	3
1943	NL	New York Giants	125	482	380	65	89	12	2	18	47	7	95	48	.234	.391	.418	.810	159	4	3	4
1944	NL	New York Giants	120	494	399	91	115	16	4	26	82	2	90	47	.288	.423	.544	.967	217	3	3	2
1945	NL	New York Giants	135	532	451	73	139	23	0	21	79	1	71	41	.308	.411	.499	.910	225	6	8	2
1946	NL	New York Giants	31	78	68	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	8	15	.074	.171	.132	.303	9	1	0	2
1947	NL	New York Giants	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals			2730	11337	9456	1859	2876	488	72	511	1860	89	1708	896	.304	.414	.533	.947	5041	82	64	109

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1926	NL	New York Giants	OF	10	18	3	2	0	.913	2.100
1927	NL	New York Giants	OF	32	52	2	1	1	.982	1.688
1928	NL	New York Giants	2B	5	14	13	1	4	.964	5.400
1928	NL	New York Giants	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
1928	NL	New York Giants	OF	115	214	14	7	4	.970	1.983
1929	NL	New York Giants	2B	1	4	1	1	0	.833	5.000
1929	NL	New York Giants	OF	149	335	26	10	12	.973	2.423
1930	NL	New York Giants	OF	146	320	23	11	6	.969	2.349
1931	NL	New York Giants	OF	137	332	20	7	4	.981	2.569
1932	NL	New York Giants	OF	154	347	11	6	5	.984	2.325
1933	NL	New York Giants	OF	152	283	12	5	3	.983	1.941
1934	NL	New York Giants	OF	153	286	12	8	1	.974	1.948
1935	NL	New York Giants	3B	15	19	25	3	3	.936	2.933
1935	NL	New York Giants	OF	137	285	17	3	7	.990	2.204
1936	NL	New York Giants	OF	148	250	20	4	3	.985	1.824
1937	NL	New York Giants	3B	60	42	113	10	5	.939	2.583
1937	NL	New York Giants	OF	91	156	13	0	1	1.000	1.857
1938	NL	New York Giants	3B	113	98	238	15	14	.957	2.973
1938	NL	New York Giants	OF	37	65	3	0	0	1.000	1.838
1939	NL	New York Giants	3B	20	15	39	6	4	.900	2.700
1939	NL	New York Giants	OF	96	175	6	5	2	.973	1.885
1940	NL	New York Giants	3B	42	30	83	8	8	.934	2.690
1940	NL	New York Giants	OF	111	210	9	4	2	.982	1.973
1941	NL	New York Giants	OF	145	256	19	9	3	.968	1.897
1942	NL	New York Giants	OF	152	269	15	3	3	.990	1.868
1943	NL	New York Giants	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1943	NL	New York Giants	OF	111	219	12	6	1	.975	2.081
1944	NL	New York Giants	3B	4	1	13	4	0	.778	3.500
1944	NL	New York Giants	OF	103	199	6	3	0	.986	1.990
1945	NL	New York Giants	OF	118	217	11	4	1	.983	1.932
1946	NL	New York Giants	OF	16	23	2	0	1	1.000	1.563
Totals				2575	4734	783	146	98	.974	2.143

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	IBB
1933	NL	New York Giants	WS	5	22	18	3	7	0	2	4	1	4	4	.389	.500	.722	1.222	13	0	1
1936	NL	New York Giants	WS	6	26	23	4	7	2	1	3	0	3	1	.304	.385	.522	.906	12	1	0
1937	NL	New York Giants	WS	5	21	20	1	4	0	1	3	0	1	4	.200	.238	.350	.588	7	0	0
Totals				16	69	61	8	18	2	4	10	1	8	9	.295	.377	.525	.901	32	1	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1933	NL	New York Giants	WS	RF	5	5	47.0	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.915	2.000
1936	NL	New York Giants	WS	RF	6	6	53.0	12	0	1	0	.923	2.038	2.000
1937	NL	New York Giants	WS	3B	5	5	43.0	5	9	1	1	.933	2.930	2.800
Totals					16	16	143.0	27	9	2	1	.947	2.266	2.250

Awards

1934 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star CF
1935 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1938 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star CF
1939 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF

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