Ed Ott
Nathan Edward Ott
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: July 11, 1951 in Muncy, PA
High School: Muncy (Muncy, PA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 23rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1974
Final Game: October 2, 1981
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1974 22 PIT NL 7 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1975 23 PIT NL 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1976 24 PIT NL 27 43 39 2 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 5 .308 .349 .359 .708 102 14 0 0 0 1 1 /2
1977 25 PIT NL 104 347 311 40 82 14 3 7 38 7 7 32 41 .264 .334 .395 .730 94 123 4 2 0 2 6 2
1978 26 PIT NL 112 410 379 49 102 18 4 9 38 4 1 27 56 .269 .315 .409 .724 98 155 7 0 1 3 6 2/7
1979 27 PIT NL 117 439 403 49 110 20 2 7 51 0 1 26 62 .273 .314 .385 .699 86 155 8 0 6 4 8 *2
1980 28 PIT NL 120 430 392 35 102 14 0 8 41 1 6 33 47 .260 .317 .357 .674 86 140 9 0 4 1 8 *2/7
1981 29 CAL AL 75 282 258 20 56 8 1 2 22 2 1 17 42 .217 .266 .279 .545 58 72 7 1 4 2 1 *2
8 Seasons 567 1961 1792 196 465 76 10 33 195 14 16 138 254 .259 .311 .368 .680 86 660 35 3 15 13 30
162 Game Avg. 162 560 512 56 133 22 3 9 56 4 5 39 73 .259 .311 .368 .680 86 189 10 1 4 4 9
PIT (7 yrs) 492 1679 1534 176 409 68 9 31 173 12 15 121 212 .267 .319 .383 .702 90 588 28 2 11 11 29
CAL (1 yr) 75 282 258 20 56 8 1 2 22 2 1 17 42 .217 .266 .279 .545 58 72 7 1 4 2 1
NL (7 yrs) 492 1679 1534 176 409 68 9 31 173 12 15 121 212 .267 .319 .383 .702 90 588 28 2 11 11 29
AL (1 yr) 75 282 258 20 56 8 1 2 22 2 1 17 42 .217 .266 .279 .545 58 72 7 1 4 2 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1974 22 PIT NL 5 5 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .259 .000 .330 .000 .374 .000 .704 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1975 23 PIT NL 5 4 0 0.0 95 .200 .200 .264 .200 .335 .200 .382 .400 .716 12 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1976 24 PIT NL 43 28 5 4.8 92 .343 .308 .263 .349 .329 .359 .374 .708 .703 102 .574 0.3 0.0 .630 .128 .051
1977 25 PIT NL 347 242 41 4.6 105 .283 .264 .272 .334 .340 .395 .414 .730 .753 94 .495 -2.8 -0.3 .654 .235 .132 7.0
1978 26 PIT NL 410 289 49 4.5 99 .293 .269 .268 .315 .336 .409 .394 .724 .730 98 .538 -2.6 -0.3 .649 .219 .140 5.5
1979 27 PIT NL 439 312 48 4.1 104 .305 .273 .275 .314 .341 .385 .408 .699 .749 86 .471 -8.4 -0.8 .596 .174 .112 .0
1980 28 PIT NL 430 310 42 3.7 97 .278 .260 .270 .317 .333 .357 .392 .674 .725 86 .433 -7.9 -0.8 .551 .168 .097 1.8
1981 29 CAL AL 282 216 19 2.4 89 .250 .217 .256 .266 .321 .279 .373 .545 .693 58 .268 -14.4 -1.5 .433 .132 .062 2.0
8 Seasons 1961 1406 204 3.9 99 .285 .259 .269 .311 .335 .368 .396 .680 .731 86 .456 -37.8 -3.9 .580 .185 .109 19.7
162 Game Avg. 560 402 58 3.9 99 .285 .259 .269 .311 .335 .368 .396 .680 .731 86 .456 -37.8 -3.9 .580 .185 .109 6
PIT (7 yrs) 1679 1190 185 4.2 101 .290 .267 .271 .319 .337 .383 .400 .702 .738 90 .483 -23.4 -2.4 .606 .194 .117 17.3
CAL (1 yr) 282 216 19 2.4 89 .250 .217 .256 .266 .321 .279 .373 .545 .693 58 .268 -14.4 -1.5 .433 .132 .062 2.0
NL (7 yrs) 1679 1190 185 4.2 101 .290 .267 .271 .319 .337 .383 .400 .702 .738 90 .483 -23.4 -2.4 .606 .194 .117 17.3
AL (1 yr) 282 216 19 2.4 89 .250 .217 .256 .266 .321 .279 .373 .545 .693 58 .268 -14.4 -1.5 .433 .132 .062 2.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 27 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 3 13 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .231 .462 3 0 0 0 0 0
1979 27 PIT NL WS BAL W 3 13 12 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .333 .308 .417 .724 5 0 0 0 1 0
1 Season (2 Series) 6 26 25 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .280 .269 .320 .589 8 0 0 0 1 0
1 NLCS 3 13 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .231 .462 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 13 12 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .333 .308 .417 .724 5 0 0 0 1 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1974 22 PIT NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 0.33 80%
1975 23 PIT NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 100%
1976 24 PIT NL 43 0.0% 11.6% 7.0% 4.7% 17% 1.67 7.8 7.8 1.75 81%
1977 25 PIT NL 347 2.0% 11.8% 9.2% 6.9% 29% 1.28 7.6 44.4 8.2 1.38 76%
1978 26 PIT NL 410 2.2% 13.7% 6.6% 7.6% 30% 2.07 6.8 42.1 10.0 1.13 77%
1979 27 PIT NL 439 1.6% 14.1% 5.9% 6.6% 26% 2.38 6.5 57.6 7.9 1.03 77%
1980 28 PIT NL 430 1.9% 10.9% 7.7% 5.1% 22% 1.42 8.3 49.0 9.6 1.33 79%
1981 29 CAL AL 282 0.7% 14.9% 6.0% 3.9% 20% 2.47 6.1 129.0 11.7 1.56 77%
8 Seasons 1961 1.7% 13.0% 7.0% 6.1% 26% 1.84 7.1 54.3 9.2 1.26 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 22 PIT NL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 23 PIT NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 PIT NL 1 0 13% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 25 PIT NL 7 0 30% 124 7 7 50% 7 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 12 40% 17 12 5 5 3 2 13 5 7
1978 26 PIT NL 2 0 33% 154 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 42% 20 14 5 3 1 2 18 6 10
1979 27 PIT NL 5 0 33% 164 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 49% 25 16 9 2 1 1 14 4 10
1980 28 PIT NL 2 0 21% 161 1 6 14% 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 42% 25 16 8 3 2 1 10 2 7
1981 29 CAL AL 3 0 25% 91 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 55% 10 6 4 3 1 2 7 2 5
8 Seasons 20 0 28% 713 14 16 47% 14 15 0 1 0 0 6 0 17 43 44% 98 65 31 16 8 8 62 19 39
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1974 22 PIT NL 5 100% 0 5 0 0 0 1.79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 23 PIT NL 5 100% 1 4 0 0 0 2.12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
1976 24 PIT NL 43 98% 12 17 6 0 2 1.67 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 3 2 67% 26 5 19% 4 3 75% 2 0 0% 0
1977 25 PIT NL 347 86% 82 18 3 0 3 1.98 7 0 3 6 1 2 5 0 0 0 66 4 6% 27 9 33% 222 34 15% 21 11 52% 32 17 53% 0
1978 26 PIT NL 410 81% 102 15 5 0 1 1.84 9 0 8 7 2 5 4 0 1 1 100% 79 7 9% 34 13 38% 237 31 13% 21 12 57% 27 13 48% 0
1979 27 PIT NL 439 86% 110 3 1 0 2 2.24 7 1 12 4 3 4 3 0 7 6 86% 84 8 10% 55 20 36% 310 44 14% 23 8 35% 34 12 35% 0
1980 28 PIT NL 430 85% 102 7 1 0 1 2.57 8 0 9 8 0 6 2 0 5 4 80% 69 9 13% 28 12 43% 251 34 14% 20 11 55% 25 5 20% 0
1981 29 CAL AL 282 87% 56 6 0 0 1 2.77 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 100% 53 7 13% 27 9 33% 176 22 13% 14 7 50% 11 6 55% 0
8 Seasons 1961 85% 465 75 16 0 10 2.00 33 1 39 27 6 17 16 0 17 15 88% 363 35 10% 175 65 37% 1231 170 14% 103 52 50% 133 55 41% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 22 7 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 23 12 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -43 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 39 53 49 3 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 6 .265 .302 .306 .608 73 15 0 0 0 1 1
1977 25 143 400 360 43 95 16 3 7 43 7 7 35 47 .264 .330 .383 .713 91 138 4 2 0 3 7
1978 26 255 810 739 92 197 34 7 16 81 11 8 62 103 .267 .323 .396 .719 95 293 11 2 1 6 13
1979 27 372 1249 1142 141 307 54 9 23 132 11 9 88 165 .269 .320 .392 .712 92 448 19 2 7 10 21
1980 28 492 1679 1534 176 409 68 9 31 173 12 15 121 212 .267 .319 .383 .702 90 588 28 2 11 11 29
1981 29 567 1961 1792 196 465 76 10 33 195 14 16 138 254 .259 .311 .368 .680 86 660 35 3 15 13 30

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 22 7 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1975 23 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1976 24 27 44 40 2 13 2 0 0 6 0 3 5 .325 .364 .375 .739 6 27
1977 25 104 346 310 39 81 14 3 7 37 7 32 41 .261 .332 .394 .726 40 104
1978 26 112 412 381 51 104 18 4 9 40 4 28 56 .273 .320 .412 .732 51 112
1979 27 117 431 401 49 108 20 2 7 51 0 26 62 .269 .311 .382 .692 48 117
1980 28 120 425 391 37 101 14 0 8 43 1 33 47 .258 .315 .355 .671 44 120
1981 29 114 431 398 35 92 13 2 3 39 3 28 64 .231 .283 .296 .580 33 75
8 Seasons 606 2099 1931 214 499 81 11 34 216 15 150 276 .258 .311 .365 .676 222 567
162 Game Avg. 162 561 516 57 133 22 3 9 58 4 40 74 .258 .311 .365 .676 59 567

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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