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Mel Ott Stats

Mel Ott was born on Tuesday, March 2, 1909, in Gretna, Louisiana. Ott was 17 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 27, 1926, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mel Ott baseball stats page.

"Every time I sign a ball, and there have been thousands, I thank my luck that I wasn't born (Stan) Coveleski or (Bill) Wambsganss or (Roger) Peckinpaugh." - Ott, Mel. The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball. Light, Jonathan Fraser. McFarland & Company. 1 September 2017. Page 56.

Birth Name:	Melvin Thomas Ott
Nickname:	Master Melvin
Born On:	03-02-1909 (Pisces)
Born In:	Gretna, Louisiana
Died On:	11-21-1958 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Died In:	New Orleans, Louisiana
Cemetery:	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana

High School:	Gretna High School (Gretna, LA)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-09	Weight:	170
First Game:	04-27-1926 (Age 17)
Last Game:	07-11-1947
Draft:	Not Applicable / Signing Bonus = $400

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Mel Ott Mel Ott Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1926	17	Giants	35	60	7	23	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	.383	.393	.417
1927	18	Giants	82	163	23	46	7	3	1	0	19	13	1	9	4	0	0	1	.282	.335	.380
1928	19	Giants	124	435	69	140	26	4	18	0	77	52	0	36	10	0	2	7	.322	.397	.524
1929	20	Giants	150	545	138	179	37	2	42	0	151	113	3	38	10	0	6	5	.328	.449	.635
1930	21	Giants	148	521	122	182	34	5	25	0	119	103	1	35	20	0	2	7	.349	.458	.578
1931	22	Giants	138	497	104	145	23	8	29	0	115	80	2	44	1	0	2	9	.292	.392	.545
1932	23	Giants	154	566	119	180	30	8	38	0	123	100	4	39	3	0	4	4	.318	.424	.601
1933	24	Giants	152	580	98	164	36	1	23	2	103	75	4	48	4	0	2	10	.283	.367	.467
1934	25	Giants	153	582	119	190	29	10	35	0	135	85	13	43	1	0	3	10	.326	.415	.591
1935	26	Giants	152	593	113	191	33	6	31	1	114	82	12	58	5	0	3	4	.322	.407	.555
1936	27	Giants	150	534	120	175	28	6	33	0	135	111	16	41	10	0	5	8	.328	.448	.588
1937	28	Giants	151	545	99	160	28	2	31	0	95	102	9	69	4	0	3	4	.294	.408	.523
1938	29	Giants	150	527	116	164	23	6	36	1	116	118	13	47	2	0	5	8	.311	.442	.583
1939	30	Giants	125	396	85	122	23	2	27	0	80	100	5	50	11	0	1	5	.308	.449	.581
1940	31	Giants	151	536	89	155	27	3	19	0	79	100	7	50	5	0	6	9	.289	.407	.457
1941	32	Giants	148	525	89	150	29	0	27	1	90	100	4	68	6	0	3	2	.286	.403	.495
1942	33	Giants	152	549	118	162	21	0	30	2	93	109	2	61	3	0	3	8	.295	.415	.497
1943	34	Giants	125	380	65	89	12	2	18	0	47	95	9	48	4	0	3	4	.234	.391	.418
1944	35	Giants	120	399	91	115	16	4	26	0	82	90	14	47	2	0	3	3	.288	.423	.544
1945	36	Giants	135	451	73	139	23	0	21	0	79	71	10	41	2	0	8	6	.308	.411	.499
1946	37	Giants	31	68	2	5	1	0	1	0	4	8	0	15	2	0	0	1	.074	.171	.132
1947	38	Giants	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
22 Years			2,730	9,456	1,859	2,876	488	72	511	7	1,860	1,708	129	896	109	0	64	115	.304	.414	.533

Mel Ott Mel Ott Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1926 Giants	LF	10	9	201	23	2.3	21	18	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.913	2.82
1927 Giants	CF	21	16	427	36	1.7	35	33	2	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.972	2.21
1927 Giants	LF	13	11	309	19	1.5	19	19	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.66
1928 Giants	2B	5	5	129	28	5.6	27	14	13	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	5.65
1928 Giants	3B	1	0	12	2	2.0	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.50
1928 Giants	CF	1	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1928 Giants	LF	5	5	132	15	3.0	15	15	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.07
1928 Giants	RF	109	97	2,623	220	2.0	213	199	14	7	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	2.19
1929 Giants	2B	1	1	27	6	6.0	5	4	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	5.00
1929 Giants	CF	1	1	27	1	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.00
1929 Giants	RF	149	147	3,985	372	2.5	362	337	25	10	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	2.45
1930 Giants	RF	146	146	3,828	354	2.4	343	320	23	11	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	2.42
1931 Giants	CF	71	71	1,882	188	2.6	182	173	9	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	2.61
1931 Giants	RF	67	66	1,735	171	2.6	170	159	11	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.994	2.65
1932 Giants	RF	154	154	4,123	364	2.4	358	347	11	6	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.34
1933 Giants	CF	29	28	679	58	2.0	57	55	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	2.27
1933 Giants	RF	136	124	3,401	242	1.8	238	228	10	4	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	1.89
1934 Giants	CF	17	16	427	41	2.4	41	40	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.59
1934 Giants	RF	137	137	3,680	265	1.9	257	246	11	8	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	1.89
1935 Giants	3B	15	15	396	47	3.1	44	19	25	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.936	3.00
1935 Giants	RF	137	137	3,684	305	2.2	302	285	17	3	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	2.21
1936 Giants	RF	148	147	3,934	274	1.9	270	250	20	4	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	1.85
1937 Giants	3B	60	58	1,566	165	2.8	155	42	113	10	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.939	2.67
1937 Giants	RF	91	91	1,566	169	1.9	169	156	13	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.91
1938 Giants	3B	113	113	2,977	351	3.1	336	98	238	15	14	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	3.05
1938 Giants	RF	37	36	960	68	1.8	68	65	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.91
1939 Giants	3B	20	19	515	60	3.0	54	15	39	6	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	2.83
1939 Giants	RF	96	96	2,498	186	1.9	181	175	6	5	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	1.96
1940 Giants	3B	42	39	1,049	121	2.9	113	30	83	8	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.934	2.91
1940 Giants	RF	111	111	2,970	223	2.0	219	210	9	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	1.99
1941 Giants	LF	2	2	39	3	1.5	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.08
1941 Giants	RF	143	143	3,791	281	2.0	272	253	19	9	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	1.94
1942 Giants	RF	152	150	3,995	287	1.9	284	269	15	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	1.92
1943 Giants	3B	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1943 Giants	RF	111	111	2,877	237	2.1	231	219	12	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	2.17
1944 Giants	3B	4	4	57	18	4.5	14	1	13	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.778	6.63
1944 Giants	RF	103	101	2,583	208	2.0	205	199	6	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	2.14
1945 Giants	RF	119	116	3,021	232	1.9	228	217	11	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	2.04
1946 Giants	RF	16	15	321	25	1.6	25	23	2	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.10
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
RF Totals		2,162	2,125	55,575	4,483	2.1	4,395	4,157	238	88	59	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	2.14
3B Totals		256	248	6,573	764	3.0	718	205	513	46	34	n/a	n/a	n/a	.940	2.95
CF Totals		140	132	3,448	324	2.3	316	301	15	8	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	2.47
LF Totals		30	27	681	60	2.0	58	55	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	2.30
2B Totals		6	6	156	34	5.7	32	18	14	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.941	5.54
21 Years		2,594	2,538	66,433	5,665	2.2	5,519	4,736	783	146	99	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	2.24

Mel Ott Mel Ott Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1926 Giants	1	0	1.000	24	1	n/a	0.0	6.7	15.0	-	-	-
1927 Giants	2	5	.286	50	0	n/a	163.0	18.1	8.6	-	-	-
1928 Giants	3	6	.333	4	0	n/a	24.2	12.1	5.6	-	-	-
1929 Giants	6	13	.316	0	0	n/a	13.0	14.3	3.6	-	-	-
1930 Giants	9	7	.563	2	0	n/a	20.8	14.9	4.4	-	-	-
1931 Giants	10	6	.625	1	0	n/a	17.1	11.3	4.3	-	-	-
1932 Giants	6	5	.545	0	0	n/a	14.9	14.5	4.6	-	-	-
1933 Giants	1	5	.167	0	0	n/a	25.2	12.1	5.6	-	-	-
1934 Giants	0	3	.000	0	0	n/a	16.6	13.5	4.3	-	-	-
1935 Giants	7	5	.583	0	0	n/a	19.1	10.2	5.2	-	-	-
1936 Giants	6	4	.600	2	0	n/a	16.2	13.0	4.0	-	-	-
1937 Giants	7	7	.500	1	0	n/a	17.6	7.9	5.7	-	-	-
1938 Giants	2	4	.333	1	0	n/a	14.6	11.2	4.5	-	-	-
1939 Giants	2	3	.400	10	0	n/a	14.7	7.9	5.0	-	-	-
1940 Giants	6	6	.500	0	0	n/a	28.2	10.7	6.8	-	-	-
1941 Giants	5	7	.417	3	0	n/a	19.4	7.7	5.8	-	-	-
1942 Giants	6	3	.667	0	0	n/a	18.3	9.0	5.9	-	-	-
1943 Giants	7	3	.700	13	0	n/a	21.1	7.9	8.1	-	-	-
1944 Giants	2	1	.667	14	0	n/a	15.3	8.5	4.9	-	-	-
1945 Giants	1	2	.333	17	0	n/a	21.5	11.0	5.7	-	-	-
1946 Giants	0	0	.000	15	0	n/a	68.0	4.5	17.0	-	-	-
1947 Giants	0	0	.000	4	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
22 Years	89	95	.484	161	1	n/a	18.5	10.6	5.1	-	-	-

Mel Ott Mel Ott Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1926 New York Giants	n/a	$1,800.00	n/a	-
1927 New York Giants	n/a	$3,600.00	n/a	-
1928 New York Giants	n/a	$6,000.00	n/a	-
1929 New York Giants	n/a	$8,000.00	n/a	-
1930 New York Giants	n/a	$13,500.00	n/a	-
1931 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1932 New York Giants	5	Undetermined	n/a	-
1933 New York Giants	4	Undetermined	-	Stats
1934 New York Giants	4	Undetermined	Stats	-
1935 New York Giants	4	Undetermined	Stats	-
1936 New York Giants	4	Undetermined	Stats	Stats
1937 New York Giants	4	$17,500.00	Stats	Stats
1938 New York Giants	4	$17,500.00	Stats	-
1939 New York Giants	4	$21,000.00	Stats	-
1940 New York Giants	4	Undetermined	Stats	-
1941 New York Giants	4	Undetermined	Stats	-
1942 New York Giants	4	Undetermined	Stats	-
1943 New York Giants	4	Undetermined	Stats	-
1944 New York Giants	4	Undetermined	Stats	-
1945 New York Giants	4	Undetermined	n/a	-
1946 New York Giants	4	$35,000.00	-	-
1947 New York Giants	4	Undetermined	-	-
Mel Ott Stats by Baseball Almanac

Melvin Thomas Ott was a Major League Baseball player who spent his entire twenty-two year career with the New York Giants (1926-1947). Did you know that Mel, his nickname, led the Giants in home runs for eighteen consecutive seasons (1928-1945)? That is a still-standing Major League record for most consecutive seasons leading a team in home runs! The next two closest players are Jimmie Foxx, eleven consecutive seasons (1930-1940 / Philadelphia & Boston) and Hank Aaron, also eleven consecutive seasons (1962-1972 / Milwaukee & Atlanta)?

MEL OTT ROOKIE CARD

Mel Ott Rookie Card | 1933 Goudey Baseball Card (#36 | Checklist)
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Who are the ten best players who never won a Most Valuable Player Award? Historian / Author Bill James said, "I credit Ott with 525 career Win Shares, making him easily the best player to have struck out in MVP voting." Round out his top-ten: 2. Eddie Mathews, 3. Al Kaline, 4. Eddie Murray, 5. Dave Winfield, 6. Paul Molitor, 7. Warren Spahn, 8. Wade Boggs, 9. Tom Seaver, and 10. Tony Gwynn.

MEL OTT HALL OF FAME PLAQUE

Mel Ott | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1951 (HOF)

On August 1, 1945, Mel Ott hit the five hundredth home run of his Hall of Fame career — the first National League player to enter the 500 Home Runs Club. The historic homer was hit in the Polo Grounds, in the bottom of the third inning, with no outs, and no runners on base. The newspaper story:

MEL OTT 500TH HOME RUN NEWSPAPER STORY

Mel Ott 500th Home Run (Box Score) | The Lincoln Journal | August 2, 1945 | Page 7
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