Mel Ott Melvin Thomas Ott Bats Left Throws Right Height 5'9 Weight 170 Born March 2, 1909 Gretna, LA Died November 21, 1958 New Orleans, LA (Auto Accident) Inducted into the DBS Hall of Fame, 1948.

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 19 NDA       492  143  37   5   7   67   89                    13      .291  .278  .429  .376  211 
 1929 20 NDA       545  136  15   4  14   76   76                    13      .250  .265  .369  .391  201 
 1930 21 NDA       484  135  24   5  16   95   82                    23      .279  .280  .448  .430  217 
 1931 22 NDA  150  542  166  29   6  19   89   93                    21   4  .306  .263  .487  .388  264 
 1932 23 NDA  157  575  152  23   3  21   85   73                    19   1  .264  .244  .242  .366  244 

 1933 24 NDA  147  601  204  47   4  32  130  129   68   47   1   0   1   2  .339  .286  .591  .411  355 
 1934 25 NDA  145  585  206  36  16  36  153  147   73   42   5   0   0   1  .352  .292  .653  .429  382 
 1935 26 NDA  141  561  203  42   4  39  118  152   71   61   0   0   4   4  .362  .282  .660  .411  370 
 1936 27 NDA  137  480  155  24   3  39  115  131  134   30   3  38  10   1  .323  .286  .629  .410  302 
 1937 28 NDA  153  518  149  23   1  32  100   95  135   81   0  16  11   4  .288  .266  .521  .414  270 

 1938 29 FRE  154  535  181  28   4  38  126  126  150   55   2  31   6   2  .338  .272  .619  .411  331 
 1939 30 FRE  154  506  141  38   2  24  100   93  160   76   0  50   9   4  .279  .277  .504  .412  255 
 1940 31 FRE  154  553  146  34   1  11   89   77  101   52   9   0   9   1  .264  .266  .389  .414  215 
 1941 32 FRE  154  587  164  31   0  15   76   99  108  114   3   1   4   3  .279  .268  .409  .403  240 
 1942 33 FRE  153  559  154  19   0  29   94   89  101   79   3  10   8   3  .275  .265  .465  .394  260 

 1943 34 FRE   81  285   73  11   1  17   45   54   51   39   0   0   4   4  .256  .264  .481  .405  137 
 1943 34 BRK   58  194   32   5   0  11   28   29   34   37   1   7   0   0  .165  .262  .361  .403   70 
 1943 34 TOT  139  479  105  16   1  28   73   83   85   76   1   7   4   4  .219  .262  .432  .403  207 
 1944 35 BRK  145  515  135  16   3  26   99  121  121   85   5   0   3   3  .262  .266  .456  .402  235 
 1945 36 BRK  128  492  145  28   1  14   74   82   58   44  12   0   4   6  .295  .268  .441  .383  217 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons  2211 9609 2820 510  63 440 1759 1837 1365  842  44 153 162  43  .293  .271  .497  .403 4776
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  563  168  30   3  28  106  111  110   68   4  12   8   3  .293  ----  .497  ----  289
 Career High  154  601  206  47  16  39  153  152  160  114   9  50  23   4  .362  ----  .660  ----  382
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Yrs. NDA 1030 5383 1649 300  51 255 1028 1067  481  261   9  54 115  17  .306  .274  .523  .402 2816 
  6 Yrs. FRE  850 3025  859 161   8 134  530  538  671  415  17  92  40  17  .284  .269  .475  .407 1438 
  3 Yrs. BRK  331 1201  312  49   4  51  201  232  213  166  18   7   7   9  .260  .266  .435  .395  522 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Shaded Text indicates partial season results.

Postseason Batting

 Year Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA   SLG   TB 
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
 1933 NDA HAR   W    6   23    4   0   0   1    4    2    5    4   0   0   0   0  .174  .304    7
 1934 NDA FRE   W    6   26   12   1   1   0    6    3    2    2   0   0   0   0  .462  .577   15
 1935 NDA FRE   W    5   19    6   0   1   2    6    3    5    2   0   2   1   0  .316  .737   14
 1936 NDA PAW   L    4   13    6   2   0   1    1    3    3    1   0   0   0   1  .462  .471   11
 1942 FRE MON   L    4   18    8   2   0   3    3    7    0    1   0   0   0   0  .444 1.056   19
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
               3-2  25   99   36   5   2   7   20   18   15   10   0   2   1   1  .364  .667   66
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+


WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

MVP 1935

All-Star 1933 1934 1935 1937 1938

Batting Average 1931-.306-6 1933-.339-9 1934-.352-5 1935-.362-3 1938-.338-3

Home Runs 1931-19-9 1932-21-10 1933-32-3 1934-36-3 1935-39-2 1936-39-1 1938-38-4 1942-29-5 1943-28-10 1944-26-10

RBI 1931-93-3 1933-129-2 1934-147-3 1935-152-1 1936-131-4 1938-126-4 1944-121-6

Doubles 1933-47-2 1935-42-4 1939-38-10

Triples 1934-16-5

Hits 1931-166-10 1933-204-5 1935-203-3

Runs 1931-89-9 1932-85-8 1933-130-4 1934-153-2 1935-118-4 1936-115-9 1938-126-3

Stolen Bases 1930-23-6 1931-21-10 1932-19-6 1936-10-7 1937-11-6 1940-9-10

Player of the Week, Week 21, 1929
Player of the Week, Week 23, 1931
Player of the Week, Week 24, 1931
Player of the Month, September 1931
Player of the Week, Week 4, 1933
Player of the Week, Week 9, 1933
Player of the Week, Week 18, 1933
Player of the Week, Week 6, 1935
Player of the Week, Week 12, 1935
Player of the Week, Week 15, 1935
Player of the Month, July 1935
Player of the Month, May 1936
Player of the Month, August 1938

Transactions January 1, 1928: Drafted 2nd round (10th overall) by North Dallas. January 3, 1938: Traded by North Dallas to Fremont for their First Round Pick in 1939. July 26, 1943: Traded by Fremont to Brooklyn for Mel Ott and their first-round draft pick in 1944.

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