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Mel Ott Mel Ott

Full name: Melvin Thomas Ott Born: March 2, 1909, Gretna, Louisiana Died November 21, 1958, New Orleans, Louisiana Buried at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana First Game: April 27, 1926; Final Game: July 11, 1947 Managed First Game: April 14, 1942; Managed Final Game: July 15, 1948 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 170 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1951 OF on TSN All-Star Team (1934 to 1936 and 1938) Mel Ott Collectibles! Mel Ott Memorabilia! Mel Ott Cards! Mel Ott Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Find cards like this at eBay!

Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1926 NY  N                35    60    7   23   2   0   0    4    1    9   0   0        1      .383  .393  .417   0.2 1926 NY  N
1927 NY  N                82   163   23   46   7   3   1   19   13    9   0   4        2      .282  .335  .380  -0.7 1927 NY  N
1928 NY  N               124   435   69  140  26   4  18   77   52   36   2  10        3      .322  .397  .524   1.5 1928 NY  N
1929 NY  N               150   545  138  179  37   2  42  151  113   38   6  10        6      .328  .449  .635   5.0 1929 NY  N
1930 NY  N               148   521  122  182  34   5  25  119  103   35   2  20        9      .349  .458  .578   3.7 1930 NY  N
1931 NY  N               138   497  104  145  23   8  29  115   80   44   2   1       10      .292  .392  .545   3.4 1931 NY  N
1932 NY  N               154   566  119  180  30   8  38  123  100   39   4   3        6      .318  .424  .601   5.2 1932 NY  N
1933 NY  N               152   580   98  164  36   1  23  103   75   48   2   4  10    1      .283  .367  .467   1.6 1933 NY  N
1934 NY  N               153   582  119  190  29  10  35  135   85   43   3   1  10    0      .326  .415  .591   3.6 1934 NY  N
1935 NY  N               152   593  113  191  33   6  31  114   82   58   3   5   4    7      .322  .407  .555   4.2 1935 NY  N
1936 NY  N               150   534  120  175  28   6  33  135  111   41   5  10   8    6      .328  .448  .588   4.8 1936 NY  N
1937 NY  N               151   545   99  160  28   2  31   95  102   69   3   4   4    7      .294  .408  .523   3.5 1937 NY  N
1938 NY  N               150   527  116  164  23   6  36  116  118   47   5   2   8    2      .311  .442  .583   6.4 1938 NY  N
1939 NY  N               125   396   85  122  23   2  27   80  100   50   1  11   5    2      .308  .449  .581   3.4 1939 NY  N
1940 NY  N               151   536   89  155  27   3  19   79  100   50   6   5   9    6      .289  .407  .457   2.6 1940 NY  N
1941 NY  N               148   525   89  150  29   0  27   90  100   68   3   6   2    5      .286  .403  .495   3.0 1941 NY  N
1942 NY  N               152   549  118  162  21   0  30   93  109   61   3   3   8    6      .295  .415  .497   3.9 1942 NY  N
1943 NY  N               125   380   65   89  12   2  18   47   95   48   3   4   4    7   1  .234  .391  .418   1.3 1943 NY  N
1944 NY  N               120   399   91  115  16   4  26   82   90   47   3   2   3    2   1  .288  .423  .544   3.3 1944 NY  N
1945 NY  N               135   451   73  139  23   0  21   79   71   41   8   2   6    1      .308  .411  .499   2.1 1945 NY  N
1946 NY  N                31    68    2    5   1   0   1    4    8   15   0   2   1    0      .074  .171  .132  -1.2 1946 NY  N
1947 NY  N                 4     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0    0      .000  .000  .000  -0.1 1947 NY  N
Total                   2730  9456 1859 2876 488  72 511 1860 1708  896  64 109  82i  89   2i .304  .414  .533  60.7 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

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World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1933 NY  N Daily Splits    5    18    3    7   0   0   2    4    4   1    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .389  .500  .722 1933 NY  N
1936 NY  N Daily Splits    6    23    4    7   2   0   1    3    3   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .304  .385  .522 1936 NY  N
1937 NY  N Daily Splits    5    20    1    4   0   0   1    3    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .238  .350 1937 NY  N
Total            Splits   16    61    8   18   2   0   4   10    8   1    9   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   1  .295  .377  .525 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1934 NL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .000  .000 1934 NL   
1935 NL    Daily Splits    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1935 NL   
1936 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1936 NL   
1937 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1937 NL   
1938 NL    Daily Splits    1     4    1    1   0   1   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .250  .750 1938 NL   
1939 NL    Daily Splits    1     4    0    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1939 NL   
1940 NL    Daily Splits    1     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     - 1.000     - 1940 NL   
1941 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1941 NL   
1942 NL    Daily Splits    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1942 NL   
1943 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1943 NL   
1944 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1944 NL   
Total            Splits   11    23    2    5   1   1   0    0    1   0    6   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .217  .250  .348 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1926 NY  N        OF   10    18    3    2    0  .913    10    0    0 
1927 NY  N        OF   32    52    2    1    1  .982    13   21    0 
1928 NY  N        OF  115   214   14    7    4  .970     5    1  108 
1928 NY  N        2B    5    14   13    1    4  .964
1928 NY  N        3B    1     0    2    0    0 1.000
1929 NY  N        OF  149   335   26   10   12  .973     0    0  149 
1929 NY  N        2B    1     4    1    1    0  .833
1930 NY  N        OF  146   320   23   11    6  .969     0    0  146 
1931 NY  N        OF  137   332   20    7    4  .981     0   71   66 
1932 NY  N        OF  154   347   11    6    5  .984     0    0  154 
1933 NY  N        OF  152   283   12    5    3  .983     0   19  143 
1934 NY  N        OF  153   286   12    8    1  .974     0   16  137 
1935 NY  N        OF  137   285   17    3    7  .990     0    0  137 
1935 NY  N        3B   15    19   25    3    3  .936
1936 NY  N        OF  148   250   20    4    3  .985     0    0  148 
1937 NY  N        OF   91   156   13    0    1 1.000     0    0   91 
1937 NY  N        3B   60    42  113   10    5  .939
1938 NY  N        3B  113    98  238   15   14  .957
1938 NY  N        OF   37    65    3    0    0 1.000     0    0   37 
1939 NY  N        OF   96   175    6    5    2  .973     0    0   96 
1939 NY  N        3B   20    15   39    6    4  .900
1940 NY  N        OF  111   210    9    4    2  .982     0    0  111 
1940 NY  N        3B   42    30   83    8    8  .934
1941 NY  N        OF  145   256   19    9    3  .968     1    0  144 
1942 NY  N        OF  152   269   15    3    3  .990     0    0  152 
1943 NY  N        OF  111   219   12    6    1  .975     0    0  111 
1943 NY  N        3B    1     0    0    0    0     -
1944 NY  N        OF  103   199    6    3    0  .986     0    0  103 
1944 NY  N        3B    4     1   13    4    0  .778
1945 NY  N        OF  118   217   11    4    1  .983     0    0  118 
1946 NY  N        OF   16    23    2    0    1 1.000     0    0   16 
Total             OF 2313  4511  256   98   60  .980    29  128 2167 
Total             3B  256   205  513   46   34  .940
Total             2B    6    18   14    2    4  .941
Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1933 NY  N Daily  OF    5    5    5    47       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    5 
1933 NY  N        RF    5    5    5    47      10    0    0    0   0 1.000
1936 NY  N Daily  OF    6    6    6    53       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    6 
1936 NY  N        RF    6    6    6    53      12    0    1    0   0  .923
1937 NY  N Daily  3B    5    5    5    43       5    9    1    1   0  .933
Total             OF   11   11   11   100       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0   11 
Total             RF   11   11   11   100      22    0    1    0   0  .957
Total             3B    5    5    5    43       5    9    1    1   0  .933
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1934 NL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1934 NL           RF    1    0    0     4       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1935 NL    Daily  OF    1    1    1     8       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1935 NL           RF    1    1    1     8       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1936 NL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1936 NL           RF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1938 NL    Daily  OF    1    1    1     9       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    1    0 
1938 NL           CF    1    1    1     9       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1939 NL    Daily  OF    1    1    0     8       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    1    1 
1939 NL           RF    1    0    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
1939 NL           CF    1    1    0     4       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1940 NL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1940 NL           RF    1    0    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
1942 NL    Daily  OF    1    1    1     9       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1942 NL           RF    1    1    1     9       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             OF    7    4    3    43       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    2    6 
Total             RF    6    2    2    30       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             CF    2    2    1    13       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1942 NY  N  154   85   67  .559   675   600                  3
1943 NY  N  156   55   98  .359   558   713                  8
1944 NY  N  155   67   87  .435   682   773                  5
1945 NY  N  154   78   74  .513   668   701                  5
1946 NY  N  154   61   93  .396   612   685                  8
1947 NY  N  155   81   73  .526   830   761                  4
1948 NY  N   76   37   38  .493   410   357          7-15    5  5
Total      1004  464  530  .467  4435  4590
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

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