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
    About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1974 PIT NL 22 OF 2 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.86 0.50 1.000 2.31 1.95
1974 PIT NL 22 RF 2 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.86 0.50 1.000 1.93 1.65
1975 PIT NL 23 C 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 1.00 1.000 6.12 5.25 1 0 0 0
1976 PIT NL 24 C 8 5 53.2 26 20 6 0 1 1.000 1.0 22.4 1 4.36 3.25 .985 5.97 5.16 1 2 3 4 57%
1977 PIT NL 25 C 90 78 712.2 513 455 49 9 6 .982 2.0 3.4 2 6.36 5.60 .985 6.49 5.54 8 18 40 29 42%
1978 PIT NL 26 C 97 92 838.0 594 537 42 15 7 .975 -7.0 -10.0 -7 6.22 5.97 .985 6.17 5.11 10 26 67 26 28%
1978 PIT NL 26 LF 4 4 32.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -0.3 -11.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 2.25 2.00 .978 2.00 1.55
1978 PIT NL 26 OF 4 4 32.0 12 10 1 1 0 .917 -0.3 -11.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 3.09 2.75 .983 2.31 1.95
1979 PIT NL 27 C 116 103 957.0 669 612 53 4 6 .994 -2.0 -2.5 -2 6.25 5.73 .985 6.13 5.27 7 34 72 33 31%
1980 PIT NL 28 C 117 105 944.1 653 569 73 11 5 .983 9.0 11.4 9 6.12 5.49 .983 6.09 5.23 6 14 82 49 37%
1980 PIT NL 28 LF 3 0 9.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 49.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 2.79 1.00 .967 2.05 1.67
1980 PIT NL 28 OF 3 0 9.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 49.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 1.86 0.67 1.000 2.33 1.97
1981 CAL AL 29 C 72 68 603.1 330 287 36 7 1 .979 3.0 6.0 3 4.82 4.49 .987 5.51 4.76 4 11 45 31 41%
7 Seasons C 502 451 4114.0 2787 2482 259 46 26 .983 6.0 1.8 6 6.00 5.46 .985 6.10 5.20 37 105 309 172 36%
3 Seasons OF 9 4 44.0 15 13 1 1 0 .933 0.1 2.7 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 2.86 1.56 .987 2.31 1.96
2 Seasons LF 7 4 41.2 12 11 0 1 0 .917 0.1 2.9 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 2.38 1.57 .975 2.01 1.60
1 Season RF 2 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.86 0.50 1.000 1.93 1.65
8 Seasons TOT 511 455 4158.0 2802 2495 260 47 26 .983 6.1 1.8 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 6 5.96 5.39 .968 6.06 5.15 37 105 309 172 36%

Appearances

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 PIT NL 22 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 1
1975 PIT NL 23 5 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1976 PIT NL 24 27 5 27 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1977 PIT NL 25 104 78 104 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
1978 PIT NL 26 112 96 112 100 0 97 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 16 0
1979 PIT NL 27 117 103 117 116 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1980 PIT NL 28 120 105 120 118 0 117 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 8 0
1981 CAL AL 29 75 68 75 72 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
8 Seasons 567 455 567 508 0 502 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 9 0 85 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1975 PIT NL 23 20 0.00 3.60 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PIT NL 24 238 2.52 3.35 3 100% 0 0 21 1 0 1 19 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1977 PIT NL 25 3043 3.23 3.70 38 92% 0 0 457 22 3 15 417 48 12 0 0 2 9 0 4 5 2 6 0 2 4 7 86%
1978 PIT NL 26 3698 3.38 3.92 49 88% 1 1 538 32 6 11 489 45 11 2 0 2 15 0 6 9 1 7 1 2 3 14 71%
1979 PIT NL 27 4190 3.59 3.97 52 94% 0 1 618 34 2 20 561 49 9 2 0 3 5 0 1 4 1 8 1 0 2 8 100%
1980 PIT NL 28 4126 3.55 3.96 42 95% 1 0 570 28 5 15 521 67 13 0 0 4 11 0 3 8 2 5 0 1 3 7 86%
1981 CAL AL 29 2633 3.68 4.16 30 97% 0 0 286 19 1 10 255 37 8 0 0 2 6 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 6 83%
7 Seasons 17948 3.47 3.93 214 93% 2 2 2492 136 17 72 2264 251 55 4 0 13 46 0 14 32 6 29 2 5 12 44 84%
MLB Averages 3.75 4.23 95% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1975 PIT NL 23 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 PIT NL 24 1 2 98 3 4 3 57% 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 1.67 1.35
1977 PIT NL 25 8 18 993 40 29 28 42% 38 26 2 2 0 1 2 0 81 33 1.30 1.04
1978 PIT NL 26 10 26 1338 67 26 23 28% 61 23 5 3 1 0 0 0 126 26 1.29 1.30
1979 PIT NL 27 7 34 1486 72 33 29 31% 70 29 2 3 0 1 2 0 132 37 1.20 1.27
1980 PIT NL 28 6 14 1374 82 49 41 37% 74 44 8 2 0 3 2 0 122 60 1.52 1.16
1981 CAL AL 29 6 11 952 45 31 23 41% 42 26 3 2 0 3 2 0 84 34 1.17 1.10
7 Seasons 39 105 6248 309 172 147 36% 288 151 20 13 1 8 8 0 554 194 1.32 1.17
MLB Averages 35% 1.29 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 PIT NL 26 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 133 65% 83% 26% 16 50%
1980 PIT NL 28 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 0 0 0 0 0 44 64% 80% 30% 4 75%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 177 64% 82% 27% 20 55%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.7% 58% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 PIT NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 21 67% 71% 10% 3 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 21 67% 71% 10% 3 33%
MLB Averages 42.9% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 52%

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Ed Ott    

Viewed 35,402 times through December 3, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Nathan Ed eddie eddy Edward ep Ott

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.