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, 5,650th in MLB 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

110.8

AB

9456

H

2876

HR

511

BA

.304

R

1859

RBI

1860

SB

OBP

.414

SLG

.533

OPS

.947

OPS+

155

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1926	17	NYG	NL	35	61	60	7	23	2	0	0	4	1		1	9	.383	.393	.417	.810	120	25		0	0			H7
1927	18	NYG	NL	82	180	163	23	46	7	3	1	19	2		13	9	.282	.335	.380	.716	91	62		0	4			H87
1928	19	NYG	NL	124	500	435	69	140	26	4	18	77	3	6	52	36	.322	.397	.524	.921	139	228		2	10		0	*9H/4758
1929	20	NYG	NL	150	675	545	138	179	37	2	42	151	6	13	113	38	.328	.449	.635	1.084	165	346		6	10		3	*9/48H	MVP-11
1930	21	NYG	NL	148	648	521	122	182	34	5	25	119	9	7	103	35	.349	.458	.578	1.036	150	301		2	20		1	*9/H
1931	22	NYG	NL	138	580	497	104	145	23	8	29	115	10	6	80	44	.292	.392	.545	.937	152	271		2	1		2	*89/H
1932	23	NYG	NL	154	673	566	119	180	30	8	38	123	6	5	100	39	.318	.424	.601	1.025	174	340		4	3		4	*9	MVP-10
1933	24	NYG	NL	152	661	580	98	164	36	1	23	103	1	5	75	48	.283	.367	.467	.834	138	271	10	2	4		4	*98
1934	25	NYG	NL	153	671	582	119	190	29	10	35	135	0	3	85	43	.326	.415	.591	1.006	168	344	10	3	1		13	*98	AS,MVP-5
1935	26	NYG	NL	152	683	593	113	191	33	6	31	114	7	5	82	58	.322	.407	.555	.962	157	329	4	3	5		12	*95	AS,MVP-20
1936	27	NYG	NL	150	660	534	120	175	28	6	33	135	6	4	111	41	.328	.448	.588	1.036	177	314	8	5	10		16	*9/H	AS,MVP-6
1937	28	NYG	NL	151	654	545	99	160	28	2	31	95	7	7	102	69	.294	.408	.523	.931	150	285	4	3	4		9	95/H	AS,MVP-7
1938	29	NYG	NL	150	654	527	116	164	23	6	36	116	2	4	118	47	.311	.442	.583	1.024	178	307	8	5	2		13	*59/H	AS,MVP-4
1939	30	NYG	NL	125	508	396	85	122	23	2	27	80	2	3	100	50	.308	.449	.581	1.030	174	230	5	1	11		5	95H	AS,MVP-11
1940	31	NYG	NL	151	647	536	89	155	27	3	19	79	6	6	100	50	.289	.407	.457	.864	137	245	9	6	5		7	*95/H	AS
1941	32	NYG	NL	148	634	525	89	150	29	0	27	90	5	7	100	68	.286	.403	.495	.898	150	260	2	3	6		4	*9/H7	AS,MVP-19
1942	33	NYG	NL	152	664	549	118	162	21	0	30	93	6	3	109	61	.295	.415	.497	.912	165	273	8	3	3		2	*9	AS,MVP-3
1943	34	NYG	NL	125	485	380	65	89	12	2	18	47	7	3	95	48	.234	.391	.418	.810	134	159	4	3	4		9	*9H/5	AS,MVP-20
1944	35	NYG	NL	120	494	399	91	115	16	4	26	82	2	1	90	47	.288	.423	.544	.967	172	217	3	3	2		14	*9H/5	AS,MVP-16
1945	36	NYG	NL	135	534	451	73	139	23	0	21	79	1	2	71	41	.308	.411	.499	.910	151	225	6	8	2		10	*9H	MVP-13
1946	37	NYG	NL	31	78	68	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	8	15	.074	.171	.132	.303	-13	9	1	0	2		0	H9
1947	38	NYG	NL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0	/H
22 Yrs				2730	11348	9456	1859	2876	488	72	511	1860	89	90	1708	896	.304	.414	.533	.947	155	5041	82	64	109		128
162 Game Avg.				162	673	561	110	171	29	4	30	110	5		101	53	.304	.414	.533	.947	155	299		4	6
				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

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Sabermetric Batting

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