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
Year
Age
Team
G
GS
GF
W
L
PCT
ERA
CG
SHO
SV
IP
BFP
H
ER
R
HR
BB
IBB
SO
WP
HB
BK
HLD
-
-
Did Not Pitch
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career
G
GS
GF
W
L
PCT
ERA
CG
SHO
SV
IP
BFP
H
ER
R
HR
BB
IBB
SO
WP
HB
BK
HLD
Yr
Age
Team
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
GRSL
RBI
BB
IBB
SO
SH
SF
HBP
GIDP
AVG
OBP
SLG
1926 17
Giants 35 60
7
23
2
0
0
0
4
1
-
9
0
-
0
-
.383
.393
.417
1927 18
Giants 82 163
23
46
7
3
1
0
19
13
-
9
4
-
0
-
.282
.335
.380
1928 19
Giants 124 435
69
140
26
4
18
0
77
52
-
36
10
-
2
-
.322
.397
.524
1929 20
Giants 150 545
138
179
37
2
42
0
151
113
-
38
10
-
6
-
.328
.449
.635
1930 21
Giants 148 521
122
182
34
5
25
0
119
103
-
35
20
-
2
-
.349
.458
.578
1931 22
Giants 138 497
104
145
23
8
29
0
115
80
-
44
1
-
2
-
.292
.392
.545
1932 23
Giants 154 566
119
180
30
8
38
0
123
100
-
39
3
-
4
-
.318
.424
.601
1933 24
Giants 152 580
98
164
36
1
23
2
103
75
-
48
4
-
2
10
.283
.367
.467
1934 25
Giants 153 582
119
190
29
10
35
0
135
85
-
43
1
-
3
10
.326
.415
.591
1935 26
Giants 152 593
113
191
33
6
31
1
114
82
-
58
5
-
3
4
.322
.407
.555
1936 27
Giants 150 534
120
175
28
6
33
0
135
111
-
41
10
-
5
8
.328
.448
.588
1937 28
Giants 151 545
99
160
28
2
31
0
95
102
-
69
4
-
3
4
.294
.408
.523
1938 29
Giants 150 527
116
164
23
6
36
1
116
118
-
47
2
-
5
8
.311
.442
.583
1939 30
Giants 125 396
85
122
23
2
27
0
80
100
-
50
11
-
1
5
.308
.449
.581
1940 31
Giants 151 536
89
155
27
3
19
0
79
100
-
50
5
-
6
9
.289
.407
.457
1941 32
Giants 148 525
89
150
29
0
27
1
90
100
-
68
6
-
3
2
.286
.403
.495
1942 33
Giants 152 549
118
162
21
0
30
2
93
109
-
61
3
-
3
8
.295
.415
.497
1943 34
Giants 125 380
65
89
12
2
18
0
47
95
-
48
4
-
3
4
.234
.391
.418
1944 35
Giants 120 399
91
115
16
4
26
0
82
90
-
47
2
-
3
3
.288
.423
.544
1945 36
Giants 135 451
73
139
23
0
21
0
79
71
-
41
2
-
8
6
.308
.411
.499
1946 37
Giants 31 68
2
5
1
0
1
0
4
8
-
15
2
-
0
1
.074
.171
.132
1947 38
Giants 4 4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
-
0
0
.000
.000
.000
Career
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
GRSL
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
Team
POS
G
GS
OUTS
TC
TC/G
CH
PO
A
E
DP
PB
CASB
CACS
FLD%
RF
1926 Giants LF
10
9
174
23
2.3
21
18
3
2
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
.913
3.26
1927 Giants CF
21
16
375
136
6.5
135
133
2
1
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
.993
9.72
1927 Giants LF
13
11
288
19
1.5
19
19
0
0
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
1.000
1.78
1928 Giants 2B
5
5
129
28
5.6
27
14
13
1
4
n/a
n/a
n/a
.964
5.65
1928 Giants 3B
1
0
-
2
2.0
2
0
2
0
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
1.000
0.00
1928 Giants CF
1
0
-
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
.000
0.00
1928 Giants LF
5
5
132
215
43.0
215
215
0
0
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
1.000
43.98
1928 Giants RF
109
97
2,286
2,220
20.4
2,213
2,199
14
7
4
n/a
n/a
n/a
.997
26.14
1929 Giants 2B
1
1
27
6
6.0
5
4
1
1
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
.833
5.00
1929 Giants CF
1
1
27
1
1.0
1
0
1
0
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
1.000
1.00
1929 Giants RF
149
148
435
371
2.5
361
335
26
10
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
.973
22.41
1930 Giants RF
146
146
3,735
354
2.4
343
320
23
11
6
n/a
n/a
n/a
.969
2.48
1931 Giants CF
71
71
1,869
1,188
16.7
1,182
1,173
9
6
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
.995
17.08
1931 Giants RF
67
66
1,701
2,171
32.4
2,170
2,159
11
1
3
n/a
n/a
n/a
1.000
34.44
1932 Giants RF
154
154
4,593
364
2.4
358
347
11
6
5
n/a
n/a
n/a
.984
2.10
1933 Giants CF
29
28
393
58
2.0
57
55
2
1
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
.983
3.92
1933 Giants RF
136
124
3,264
2,242
16.5
2,238
2,228
10
4
3
n/a
n/a
n/a
.998
18.51
1934 Giants CF
17
16
420
241
14.2
241
240
1
0
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
1.000
15.49
1934 Giants RF
137
137
3,657
2,265
16.5
2,257
2,246
11
8
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
.996
16.66
1935 Giants 3B
15
15
396
47
3.1
44
19
25
3
3
n/a
n/a
n/a
.936
3.00
1935 Giants RF
137
137
3,684
305
2.2
302
285
17
3
7
n/a
n/a
n/a
.990
2.21
1936 Giants RF
148
147
3,906
274
1.9
270
250
20
4
3
n/a
n/a
n/a
.985
1.87
1937 Giants 3B
60
58
1,545
165
2.8
155
42
113
10
5
n/a
n/a
n/a
.939
2.71
1937 Giants RF
91
91
2,388
169
1.9
169
156
13
0
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
1.000
1.91
1938 Giants 3B
113
113
2,901
351
3.1
336
98
238
15
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
.957
3.13
1938 Giants RF
37
36
954
68
1.8
68
65
3
0
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
1.000
1.92
1939 Giants 3B
20
19
510
60
3.0
54
15
39
6
4
n/a
n/a
n/a
.900
2.86
1939 Giants RF
96
96
2,418
186
1.9
181
175
6
5
2
n/a
n/a
n/a
.973
2.02
1940 Giants 3B
42
39
1,014
121
2.9
113
30
83
8
8
n/a
n/a
n/a
.934
3.01
1940 Giants RF
111
111
2,922
223
2.0
219
210
9
4
2
n/a
n/a
n/a
.982
2.02
1941 Giants LF
2
2
27
3
1.5
3
3
0
0
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
1.000
3.00
1941 Giants RF
143
143
423
312
2.2
259
257
2
53
19
n/a
n/a
n/a
.830
16.53
1942 Giants RF
152
15
24,393
287
1.9
284
269
15
3
3
n/a
n/a
n/a
.990
0.31
1943 Giants 3B
1
0
-
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
.000
0.00
1943 Giants RF
111
111
2,877
237
2.1
231
219
12
6
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
.975
2.17
1944 Giants 3B
4
4
57
18
4.5
14
1
13
4
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
.778
6.63
1944 Giants RF
103
101
2,583
208
2.0
205
199
6
3
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
.986
2.14
1945 Giants RF
118
116
3,021
232
2.0
228
217
11
4
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
.983
2.04
1946 Giants RF
16
15
321
25
1.6
25
23
2
0
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
1.000
2.10
Career
POS
G
GS
OUTS
TC
TC/G
CH
PO
A
E
DP
PB
CASB
CACS
FLD%
RF
RF Totals
2,161
1,991
69,561
12,513
5.8
12,381
12,159
222
132
74
n/a
n/a
n/a
.989
4.81
3B Totals
256
248
6,423
764
3.0
718
205
513
46
34
n/a
n/a
n/a
.940
3.02
CF Totals
140
132
3,084
1,624
11.6
1,616
1,601
15
8
2
n/a
n/a
n/a
.995
14.15
LF Totals
30
27
621
260
8.7
258
255
3
2
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
.992
11.22
2B Totals
6
6
156
34
5.7
32
18
14
2
4
n/a
n/a
n/a
.941
5.54
21 Years
2,593
2,404
79,845
15,195
5.9
15,005
14,238
767
190
114
n/a
n/a
n/a
.987
5.07
Baserunning Statistics
Other Positions
Common Hitting Ratios
Common Pitching Ratios
Team
SB
CS
SB%
PH
PR
DH
AB/HR
AB/K
AB/RBI
K/BB
K/9
BB/9
1926 Giants 1
-
-
24
1
n/a
0.0
6.7
15.0
-
-
-
1927 Giants 2
-
-
50
0
n/a
163.0
18.1
8.6
-
-
-
1928 Giants 3
-
-
4
0
n/a
24.2
12.1
5.6
-
-
-
1929 Giants 6
-
-
0
0
n/a
13.0
14.3
3.6
-
-
-
1930 Giants 9
-
-
2
0
n/a
20.8
14.9
4.4
-
-
-
1931 Giants 10
-
-
1
0
n/a
17.1
11.3
4.3
-
-
-
1932 Giants 6
-
-
0
0
n/a
14.9
14.5
4.6
-
-
-
1933 Giants 1
-
-
0
0
n/a
25.2
12.1
5.6
-
-
-
1934 Giants 0
-
-
0
0
n/a
16.6
13.5
4.3
-
-
-
1935 Giants 7
-
-
0
0
n/a
19.1
10.2
5.2
-
-
-
1936 Giants 6
-
-
2
0
n/a
16.2
13.0
4.0
-
-
-
1937 Giants 7
-
-
1
0
n/a
17.6
7.9
5.7
-
-
-
1938 Giants 2
-
-
1
0
n/a
14.6
11.2
4.5
-
-
-
1939 Giants 2
-
-
10
0
n/a
14.7
7.9
5.0
-
-
-
1940 Giants 6
-
-
0
0
n/a
28.2
10.7
6.8
-
-
-
1941 Giants 5
-
-
3
0
n/a
19.4
7.7
5.8
-
-
-
1942 Giants 6
-
-
0
0
n/a
18.3
9.0
5.9
-
-
-
1943 Giants 7
-
-
13
0
n/a
21.1
7.9
8.1
-
-
-
1944 Giants 2
-
-
14
0
n/a
15.3
8.5
4.9
-
-
-
1945 Giants 1
-
-
17
0
n/a
21.5
11.0
5.7
-
-
-
1946 Giants 0
-
-
15
0
n/a
68.0
4.5
17.0
-
-
-
1947 Giants 0
-
-
4
0
n/a
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
-
-
Career
SB
CS
SB%
PH
PR
DH
AB/HR
AB/K
AB/RBI
K/BB
K/9
BB/9
22 Years
89
-
-
161
1
n/a
18.5
10.6
5.1
-
-
-
Did you know that for 18 consecutive seasons (1928-1945) Mel Ott led the New York Giants in home runs? That is still the Major League record and the next two closest are Jimmie Foxx , 11 consecutive seasons (1930-1940) and Hank Aaron , also 11 consecutive seasons (1962-1972)?
Who are the 10 best players who never won a Most Valuable Player Award ? Bill James said, "I credit Ott with 525 career Win Shares, making him easily the best player to have struck out in MVP voting." Round out his top-ten: 2. Eddie Mathews, 3. Al Kaline, 4. Eddie Murray 5. Dave Winfield, 6. Paul Molitor, 7. Warren Spahn, 8. Wade Boggs, 9. Tom Seaver, 10. Tony Gwynn.
Mel Ott | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1951 (HOF ) August 1, 1945 , Mel Ott hit the five hundredth home run of his Hall of Fame career - the first National League player to enter the 500 Home Runs Club .Mel Ott 500th Home Run (Box Score ) | The Lincoln Journal | August 2, 1945 | Page 7
Last-Modified: February 1, 2018 10:05 AM EST
