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Historical player · 1926–1947 · ★ Hall of Fame 1951

Mel Ott

B/T L/R · HT 69 · WT 170 · Born 3/2/1909 · From Gretna, LA USA · Debut 1926-04-27 · Final 1947-07-11

Career · batting

2,730

9,456

2,876

511

RBI

1,860

1,708

AVG/OPS

0.304 · 0.947

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the New York Giants · 1926–1947

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511

#3 on the Giants

↑ 75 B. Bonds

↓ 42 W. McCovey

Hits

2,876

#2 on the Giants

↑ 311 W. Mays

↓ 683 B. Terry

RBI

1,860

#1 on the Giants

↓ 1 W. Mays

#47 on the Giants

↑ 3 O. Cepeda

↓ 6 J. Glasscock

Runs

1,859

#2 on the Giants

↑ 152 W. Mays

↓ 304 B. Bonds

1,708

#2 on the Giants

↑ 239 B. Bonds

↓ 314 W. Mays

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

511

#25 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Banks

↓ 2 G. Sheffield

Hits

2,876

#45 all-time MLB

↑ 1 O. Vizquel

↓ 3 B. Ruth

RBI

1,860

#14 all-time MLB

↑ 21 M. Cabrera

↓ 16 C. Yastrzemski

#1,047 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Bailor

↓ 1 A. Belle

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1926	Giants	NL	35	60	7	23	2	0	0	4	1	1	9	0.383	—	0.417
1927	Giants	NL	82	163	23	46	7	3	1	19	2	13	9	0.282	—	0.380
1928	Giants	NL	124	435	69	140	26	4	18	77	3	52	36	0.322	—	0.524
1929	Giants	NL	150	545	138	179	37	2	42	151	6	113	38	0.328	—	0.635
1930	Giants	NL	148	521	122	182	34	5	25	119	9	103	35	0.349	—	0.578
1931	Giants	NL	138	497	104	145	23	8	29	115	10	80	44	0.292	—	0.545
1932	Giants	NL	154	566	119	180	30	8	38	123	6	100	39	0.318	—	0.601
1933	Giants	NL	152	580	98	164	36	1	23	103	1	75	48	0.283	—	0.467
1934	Giants	NL	153	582	119	190	29	10	35	135	0	85	43	0.326	—	0.591
1935	Giants	NL	152	593	113	191	33	6	31	114	7	82	58	0.322	—	0.555
1936	Giants	NL	150	534	120	175	28	6	33	135	6	111	41	0.328	—	0.588
1937	Giants	NL	151	545	99	160	28	2	31	95	7	102	69	0.294	—	0.523
1938	Giants	NL	150	527	116	164	23	6	36	116	2	118	47	0.311	—	0.583
1939	Giants	NL	125	396	85	122	23	2	27	80	2	100	50	0.308	—	0.581
1940	Giants	NL	151	536	89	155	27	3	19	79	6	100	50	0.289	—	0.457
1941	Giants	NL	148	525	89	150	29	0	27	90	5	100	68	0.286	—	0.495
1942	Giants	NL	152	549	118	162	21	0	30	93	6	109	61	0.295	—	0.497
1943	Giants	NL	125	380	65	89	12	2	18	47	7	95	48	0.234	—	0.418
1944	Giants	NL	120	399	91	115	16	4	26	82	2	90	47	0.288	—	0.544
1945	Giants	NL	135	451	73	139	23	0	21	79	1	71	41	0.308	—	0.499
1946	Giants	NL	31	68	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	8	15	0.074	—	0.132
1947	Giants	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
Career			2,730	9,456	1,859	2,876	488	72	511	1,860	89	1,708	896	0.304	0.414	0.533

Fielding by position

Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
OF	2,313	4,511	256	98	60
3B	256	205	513	46	34
2B	6	18	14	2	4

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1951	BBWAA	197	170	Inducted
1950	BBWAA	115	126	Ballot
1949	BBWAA	94	115	Ballot
1949	Run Off	128		Ballot