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Mel
Ott		  
Nickname: Master Melvin
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 170
 
Born: March 2, 1909 in Gretna, LA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1928   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1926 17 PHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1927 18 PHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5 5 5 5
1928 19 PHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 5
1929 20 PHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1926 17 PHA AL 60 225 28 73 13 2 3 29 2 1 17 14 .324 .372 .440 .812 31.8 6.1
    AAA   89 345 63 124 12 2 9 57 9 2 55 19 .359 .448 .484 .932 72.6  
1927 18 PHA AL 142 543 65 152 22 7 7 87 4 2 39 55 .280 .325 .385 .710 68.3 12.0
1928 19 PHA AL 143 510 68 149 30 9 7 75 3 2 43 63 .292 .343 .427 .771 72.0 11.4
1929 20 PHA AL 96 317 43 80 8 4 4 24 1 0 43 40 .252 .341 .341 .681 38.2 4.8
    AAA   7 29 7 12 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 5 .414 .469 .517 .986 6.3  
4 Years Sim 441 1595 204 454 73 22 21 215 10 5 142 172 .285 .341 .397 .738 210.2 34.4
2 Years AAA 96 374 70 136 12 2 10 63 9 2 58 24 .364 .448 .487 .934 79.0  
162 Game Average 585 74 166 26 8 7 78 3 1 52 63 .285 .341 .397 .738 77.2  
Career Highs 143 543 68 152 30 9 7 87 4 2 43 63 .324 .372 .440 .812 72.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1169 157 342 57 20 15 165 6 4 106 113 .293 .349 .414 .763 164.9
vs LH   426 47 112 16 2 6 50 4 1 36 59 .263 .319 .352 .671 48.7
Home 236 816 105 230 35 10 11 102 6 3 84 91 .282 .347 .390 .737 110.9
Away 205 779 99 224 38 12 10 113 4 2 58 81 .288 .334 .406 .740 102.8
RISP   427 0 133 15 7 9 182 0 0 35 38 .311 .350 .443 .793 65.7
Pinch Hitting   14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
Close/Late   155 13 54 7 4 4 20 0 0 7 14 .348 .374 .523 .897 27.1
Mar/Apr 49 176 20 53 12 3 3 29 2 1 15 23 .301 .356 .455 .811 26.9
May 73 248 35 67 11 4 4 34 0 2 27 27 .270 .336 .395 .731 33.0
June 72 262 27 73 9 3 3 31 1 0 26 33 .279 .339 .370 .709 33.8
July 89 349 52 90 18 6 5 48 3 0 32 30 .258 .319 .387 .706 43.5
August 95 339 36 95 11 4 3 32 1 1 22 31 .280 .321 .363 .684 38.8
Sep/Oct 63 221 34 76 12 2 3 41 3 1 20 28 .344 .398 .457 .855 37.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1926 17 PHA AL RF 54 54 460.0 116 2 3 2 .975 2.31   1.1
    3B 6 4 37.0 5 15 1 1 .952 4.86   0.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1927 18 PHA AL 3B 112 110 943.0 94 239 27 22 .925 3.18   1.3
    RF 30 29 245.0 67 2 1 0 .986 2.53   0.7
    CF 1 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1928 19 PHA AL 3B 128 128 1107.3 105 285 27 21 .935 3.17   4.8
    LF 9 8 62.0 16 0 4 0 .800 2.32   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1929 20 PHA AL 3B 79 77 665.3 55 186 19 12 .927 3.26   2.5
    RF 9 7 64.0 16 1 1 0 .944 2.39   0.3
    CF 3 1 13.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46    
    LF 2 0 6.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.69    
  3B 325 319 2752.7 259 725 74 56 .930 3.22   9.0
  RF 95 90 773.0 201 5 5 2 .976 2.40   2.1
  LF 13 8 73.3 21 1 4 0 .846 2.70   0.1
  CF 4 1 18.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.41    
  SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   438 418 3620.7 486 733 83 58 .936 3.03   11.2
Career Highs   145 139 1199.7 161 285 31 22 .972 3.21    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1928-9-.292
 At-Bats
1927-9-543
 Singles
1927-8-116
 RBIs
1927-2-87
 Strikeouts
1927-7-55
1928-5-63
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Sammy Hale (952)
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  4. Fred Brickell (943)
  5. Earle Combs (940)
  6. Gene Robertson (939)
  7. Alec Radcliffe (939)
  8. Si Rosenthal (938)
  9. Ray Morgan (935)
  10. Frank McCue (934)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1926
Had first career hit on 7/17/1926, off Andy Cooper (SLA)
Hit first career homerun on 7/21/1926, off Suds Sutherland (CLE)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/27/1926, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1928
 
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