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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	NYG		BSN	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 20	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 21	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
5	5	Apr 23	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 26	NYG		PHI	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
8	8	Apr 27 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 27 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
10	10	Apr 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 30	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	13	May 2	NYG		BRO	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	14	May 3	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	16	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
17	17	May 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
18	18	May 7	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 8	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	20	May 10	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	21	May 11	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
22	22	May 16	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-12	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	0	3	1	4	0
24	24	May 18	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
25	25	May 19	NYG		CHC	L,0-1	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	26	May 20	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	27	May 21	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	28	May 22	NYG		PIT	W,18-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	29	May 23	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	30	May 24	NYG		STL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
31	31	May 25	NYG		STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
32	32	May 28 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	33	May 28 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,11-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	34	May 29	NYG		PHI	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	5	1	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
38	38	Jun 3	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 4	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	40	Jun 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
41	41	Jun 6	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 7	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	43	Jun 8 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 8 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
45	45	Jun 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 10	NYG	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 11	NYG	@	STL	T,2-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	2
48	48	Jun 12 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
49	49	Jun 12 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 14	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 15	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 16	NYG		PIT	L,2-10	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 17	NYG		STL	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	55 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	NYG		STL	L,7-8	GS	0		0	2	2	4	0
55	56	Jun 19 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	57	Jun 21	NYG		CIN	L,2-6	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
57	58	Jun 22	NYG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
58	59	Jun 23	NYG		CIN	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
59	60	Jun 24	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
60	61	Jun 25	NYG		CHC	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
61	62	Jun 26	NYG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	63	Jun 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
63	64	Jun 29 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	65	Jun 30	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	66	Jul 1	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
66	67	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
67	68	Jul 3 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	69	Jul 3 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
69	70	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	71	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,16-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	72	Jul 8	NYG		BSN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
72	73	Jul 9	NYG		BSN	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
73	74	Jul 10	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	75	Jul 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-13	GS	27	4.0	1	0	1	2	0
75	76	Jul 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
76	77	Jul 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
77	78	Jul 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	79	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	80	Jul 17 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	81	Jul 17 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	T,7-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
81	82	Jul 18	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
82	83	Jul 19	NYG	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
83	84	Jul 20 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
84	85	Jul 20 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	86	Jul 21	NYG	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
86	87	Jul 23 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
87	88	Jul 23 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	89	Jul 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	66	14.2	1	5	0	6	0
89	90	Jul 26	NYG		STL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
90	91	Jul 27	NYG		STL	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	92	Jul 28	NYG		STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
92	93	Jul 29	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
93	94	Jul 30	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
94	95	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	L,6-7	CG	54	11.0	0	5	1	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	96	Aug 2	NYG		CHC	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
96	97	Aug 3	NYG		CHC	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	98	Aug 4	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	99	Aug 5	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
99	100	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
100	101	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-13	CG	48	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
101	102	Aug 9	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
102	103	Aug 10	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
103	104	Aug 12	NYG	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
104	105	Aug 13 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	106	Aug 13 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	21	5.2	0	3	0	3	1
106	107	Aug 14 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-0	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	108	Aug 14 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
108	109	Aug 16	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	110	Aug 17	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
110	111	Aug 18	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	113 (1)	Aug 20	NYG		PHI	L,7-8	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	114	Aug 21	NYG		PHI	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	115	Aug 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	116	Aug 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	117	Aug 25	NYG	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	46	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	118	Aug 26	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
117	120 (1)	Aug 28	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	121	Aug 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	122	Aug 30	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
120	123	Aug 31 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	124	Aug 31 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	125	Sep 1	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
123	126	Sep 3	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	127	Sep 4 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
125	128	Sep 4 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	129	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
127	130	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	131	Sep 6	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	132	Sep 7	NYG		BSN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	133	Sep 8	NYG		BSN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	134	Sep 9	NYG		BRO	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	135	Sep 10	NYG		BRO	W,20-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	136	Sep 11	NYG		BRO	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
134	137	Sep 14 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	138	Sep 14 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	139	Sep 15	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	140	Sep 17 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	141	Sep 17 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	142	Sep 22 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
140	143	Sep 22 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	144	Sep 24 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
142	145	Sep 24 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
143	146	Sep 25 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
144	147	Sep 25 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
145	148	Sep 27 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
146	149	Sep 27 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
147	150	Sep 29	NYG		PHI	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
148	151	Oct 1	NYG		BSN	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
149	152	Oct 2	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							150gm		991.0	147	241	15	403	14