Biography [ ]
Mel Ott (Melvin Thomas Ott) was born on March 2, 1909 in Gretna, Louisiana. He made his Major League debut on April 27, 1926 for the New York Giants . In 1927 , his rookie year, he hit .282 with 1 home run and 19 RBI. Ott played for the New York Giants for his entire 21 year career.
Most people believe that Mel Ott's best season was 1929 , when he slugged 42 home runs, hit for a .328 average and knocked in 151 runs.
Ott was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951 .
He led the National League in home runs 6 times: 1932 , 1934 , 1936 -38 , 1942 .
Was the first NL player to reach the 500 home run mark.
Was the all-time National League leader in home runs (511) from 1937 until 1966 when Willie Mays passed him.
Twice scored 6 runs in a single game (8/4/29 and 4/30/44).
First National Leaguer to drive in 100 runs in 8 straight seasons.
Served as Manager of the New York Giants from 1942 -1948 .
All-Time MLB Ranks [ ]
Home Runs - 21st (511)
Runs Scored - 15th (1859)
RBIs - 11th (1860)
Total Bases - 17th (5041)
Statistics [ ]
Batting Stats [ ]
1926
NY
N
35
60
7
23
0
4
.383
.393
.417
2
0
1
9
0
0
1
0
0
1927
NY
N
82
163
23
46
1
19
.282
.335
.380
7
3
13
9
0
4
2
0
0
1928
NY
N
124
435
69
140
18
77
.322
.397
.524
26
4
52
36
2
10
3
0
0
1929
NY
N
150
545
138
179
42
151
.328
.449
.635
37
2
113
38
6
10
6
0
0
1930
NY
N
148
521
122
182
25
119
.349
.458
.578
34
5
103
35
2
20
9
0
0
1931
NY
N
138
497
104
145
29
115
.292
.392
.545
23
8
80
44
2
1
10
0
0
1932
NY
N
154
566
119
180
38
123
.318
.424
.601
30
8
100
39
4
3
6
0
0
1933
NY
N
152
580
98
164
23
103
.283
.367
.467
36
1
75
48
2
4
1
0
10
1934
NY
N
153
582
119
190
35
135
.326
.415
.591
29
10
85
43
3
1
0
0
10
1935
NY
N
152
593
113
191
31
114
.322
.407
.555
33
6
82
58
3
5
7
0
4
1936
NY
N
150
534
120
175
33
135
.328
.448
.588
28
6
111
41
5
10
6
0
8
1937
NY
N
151
545
99
160
31
95
.294
.408
.523
28
2
102
69
3
4
7
0
4
1938
NY
N
150
527
116
164
36
116
.311
.442
.583
23
6
118
47
5
2
2
0
8
1939
NY
N
125
396
85
122
27
80
.308
.449
.581
23
2
100
50
1
11
2
0
5
1940
NY
N
151
536
89
155
19
79
.289
.407
.457
27
3
100
50
6
5
6
0
9
1941
NY
N
148
525
89
150
27
90
.286
.403
.495
29
0
100
68
3
6
5
0
2
1942
NY
N
152
549
118
162
30
93
.295
.415
.497
21
0
109
61
3
3
6
0
8
1943
NY
N
125
380
65
89
18
47
.234
.391
.418
12
2
95
48
3
4
7
0
4
1944
NY
N
120
399
91
115
26
82
.288
.423
.544
16
4
90
47
3
2
2
0
3
1945
NY
N
135
451
73
139
21
79
.308
.411
.499
23
0
71
41
8
2
1
0
6
1946
NY
N
31
68
2
5
1
4
.074
.171
.132
1
0
8
15
0
2
0
0
1
1947
NY
N
4
4
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
2730
9456
1859
2876
511
1860
.304
.414
.533
488
72
1708
896
64
109
89
0
82
Fielding Stats [ ]
1926
NY
N
OF
10
0
0
18
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.913
1927
NY
N
OF
32
0
0
52
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.982
1928
NY
N
3B
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1928
NY
N
OF
115
0
0
214
14
7
4
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1928
NY
N
2B
5
0
0
14
13
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
.964
1929
NY
N
OF
149
0
0
335
26
10
12
0
0
0
0
0
.973
1929
NY
N
2B
1
0
0
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.833
1930
NY
N
OF
146
0
0
320
23
11
6
0
0
0
0
0
.969
1931
NY
N
OF
137
0
0
332
20
7
4
0
0
0
0
0
.981
1932
NY
N
OF
154
0
0
347
11
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
.984
1933
NY
N
OF
152
0
0
283
12
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1934
NY
N
OF
153
0
0
286
12
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1935
NY
N
3B
15
0
0
19
25
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
.936
1935
NY
N
OF
137
0
0
285
17
3
7
0
0
0
0
0
.990
1936
NY
N
OF
148
0
0
250
20
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
.985
1937
NY
N
3B
60
0
0
42
113
10
5
0
0
0
0
0
.939
1937
NY
N
OF
91
0
0
156
13
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1938
NY
N
3B
113
0
0
98
238
15
14
0
0
0
0
0
.957
1938
NY
N
OF
37
0
0
65
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1939
NY
N
OF
96
0
0
175
6
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
.973
1939
NY
N
3B
20
0
0
15
39
6
4
0
0
0
0
0
.900
1940
NY
N
3B
42
0
0
30
83
8
8
0
0
0
0
0
.934
1940
NY
N
OF
111
0
0
210
9
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.982
1941
NY
N
OF
145
0
0
256
19
9
3
0
0
0
0
0
.968
1942
NY
N
OF
152
0
0
269
15
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
.990
1943
NY
N
OF
111
0
0
219
12
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
.975
1943
NY
N
3B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1944
NY
N
OF
103
0
0
199
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.986
1944
NY
N
3B
4
0
0
1
13
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
.778
1945
NY
N
OF
118
0
0
217
11
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1946
NY
N
OF
16
0
0
23
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
OF
2313
0
0
4511
256
98
60
0
0
0
0
0
.980
Total
2B
6
0
0
18
14
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
.941
Total
3B
256
0
0
205
513
46
34
0
0
0
0
0
.940
Transactions [ ]
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Giants (January, 1926).
Released by New York Giants (September 15, 1947).
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