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) Wambsgnass or (Roger) Peckinpaugh." - Mel Ott

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Mel Ott
 
 
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Birth Name:   Melvin Thomas Ott
Nickname:   Master Melvin
Born On:   03-02-1909
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Gretna, Louisiana
Zodiac:   Pisces
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-21-1958
Place of Death Data Died In:   New Orleans, Louisiana
Cemetery:   Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana Click For Grave Photo
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09
Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   04-27-1926 (Age 17)
Last Game:   07-11-1947
Draft:   Not Applicable
Mel Ott

Mel Ott Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Mel Ott

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

Mel Ott Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1926 Giants LF 10 - - 23 2.3 21 18 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .913 0.00 -
1927 Giants OF 32 - - 55 1.7 54 52 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00 -
1928 Giants 2B 5 - - 28 5.6 27 14 13 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1928 Giants 3B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1928 Giants OF 115 - - 235 2.0 228 214 14 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1929 Giants 2B 1 - - 6 6.0 5 4 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00 -
1929 Giants RF 149 - - 371 2.5 361 335 26 10 12 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1930 Giants RF 146 - - 354 2.4 343 320 23 11 6 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00 -
1931 Giants OF 137 - - 359 2.6 352 332 20 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .981 0.00 -
1932 Giants RF 154 - - 364 2.4 358 347 11 6 5 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 -
1933 Giants OF 152 - - 300 2.0 295 283 12 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 -
1934 Giants OF 153 - - 306 2.0 298 286 12 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00 -
1935 Giants 3B 15 - - 47 3.1 44 19 25 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .936 0.00 -
1935 Giants RF 137 - - 305 2.2 302 285 17 3 7 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00 -
1936 Giants RF 148 - - 274 1.9 270 250 20 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1937 Giants 3B 60 - - 165 2.8 155 42 113 10 5 n/a n/a n/a .939 0.00 -
1937 Giants RF 91 - - 169 1.9 169 156 13 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1938 Giants 3B 113 - - 351 3.1 336 98 238 15 14 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1938 Giants RF 37 - - 68 1.8 68 65 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1939 Giants 3B 20 - - 60 3.0 54 15 39 6 4 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00 -
1939 Giants RF 96 - - 186 1.9 181 175 6 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1940 Giants 3B 42 - - 121 2.9 113 30 83 8 8 n/a n/a n/a .934 0.00 -
1940 Giants RF 111 - - 223 2.0 219 210 9 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00 -
1941 Giants OF 145 - - 284 2.0 275 256 19 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00 -
1942 Giants RF 152 - - 287 1.9 284 269 15 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00 -
1943 Giants 3B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1943 Giants RF 111 - - 237 2.1 231 219 12 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1944 Giants 3B 4 - - 18 4.5 14 1 13 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .778 0.00 -
1944 Giants RF 103 - - 208 2.0 205 199 6 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00 -
1945 Giants RF 118 - - 232 2.0 228 217 11 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 -
1946 Giants RF 16 - - 25 1.6 25 23 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
RF Totals 1,569 0 0 3,303 2.1 3,244 3,070 174 59 44 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00 --
OF Totals 734 0 0 1,539 2.1 1,502 1,423 79 37 16 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 --
3B Totals 256 0 0 764 3.0 718 205 513 46 34 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00 --
LF Totals 10 0 0 23 2.3 21 18 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .913 0.00 --
2B Totals 6 0 0 34 5.7 32 18 14 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00 --
21 Years 2,575 - - 5,663 2.2 5,517 4,734 783 146 98 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00 --
Mel Ott

Mel Ott Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1926 Giants 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 6.7 15.0 - - -
1927 Giants 2 - - - - n/a 163.0 18.1 8.6 - - -
1928 Giants 3 - - - - n/a 24.2 12.1 5.6 - - -
1929 Giants 6 - - - - n/a 13.0 14.3 3.6 - - -
1930 Giants 9 - - - - n/a 20.8 14.9 4.4 - - -
1931 Giants 10 - - - - n/a 17.1 11.3 4.3 - - -
1932 Giants 6 - - - - n/a 14.9 14.5 4.6 - - -
1933 Giants 1 - - - - n/a 25.2 12.1 5.6 - - -
1934 Giants 0 - - - - n/a 16.6 13.5 4.3 - - -
1935 Giants 7 - - - - n/a 19.1 10.2 5.2 - - -
1936 Giants 6 - - - - n/a 16.2 13.0 4.0 - - -
1937 Giants 7 - - - - n/a 17.6 7.9 5.7 - - -
1938 Giants 2 - - - - n/a 14.6 11.2 4.5 - - -
1939 Giants 2 - - - - n/a 14.7 7.9 5.0 - - -
1940 Giants 6 - - - - n/a 28.2 10.7 6.8 - - -
1941 Giants 5 - - - - n/a 19.4 7.7 5.8 - - -
1942 Giants 6 - - - - n/a 18.3 9.0 5.9 - - -
1943 Giants 7 - - - - n/a 21.1 7.9 8.1 - - -
1944 Giants 2 - - - - n/a 15.3 8.5 4.9 - - -
1945 Giants 1 - - - - n/a 21.5 11.0 5.7 - - -
1946 Giants 0 - - - - n/a 68.0 4.5 17.0 - - -
1947 Giants 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
22 Years 89 - - - - n/a 18.5 10.6 5.1 - - -
Mel Ott

Mel Ott Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1926 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1928 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1929 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 New York Giants n/a Undetermined 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 Undetermined Stats Stats
1938 New York Giants 4 Undetermined Stats -
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1945 New York Giants 4 Undetermined n/a -
1946 New York Giants 4 Undetermined - -
1947 New York Giants 4 Undetermined - -




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