Mel Ott stats

Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 1947

Age 117

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Mel Ott played 22 MLB seasons, 1926 to 1947.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
2,730
AB
9,456
R
1,859
H
2,876
HR
511
RBI
1,860
SB
89
AVG
.304
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1926SF3560723041.383
1927SF8216323461192.282
1928SF1244356914018773.322
1929SF150545138179421516.328
1930SF148521122182251199.349
1931SF1384971041452911510.292
1932SF154566119180381236.318
1933SF15258098164231031.283
1934SF153582119190351350.326
1935SF152593113191311147.322
1936SF150534120175331356.328
1937SF1515459916031957.294
1938SF150527116164361162.311
1939SF1253968512227802.308
1940SF1515368915519796.289
1941SF1485258915027905.286
1942SF15254911816230936.295
1943SF125380658918477.234
1944SF1203999111526822.288
1945SF1354517313921791.308
1946SF316825140.074
1947SF4400000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
16
AB
61
R
8
H
18
HR
4
RBI
10
SB
0
AVG
.295

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
11,337
TB
5,041
XBH
1,071
HBP
64
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1926SF612520000
1927SF18062110000
1928SF499228482000
1929SF674346816000
1930SF646301642000
1931SF580271602000
1932SF673340764000
1933SF661271602000
1934SF671344743000
1935SF683329703000
1936SF660314675000
1937SF654285613000
1938SF652307655000
1939SF508230521000
1940SF647245496000
1941SF634260563000
1942SF664273513000
1943SF482159323000
1944SF494217463000
1945SF532225448000
1946SF78920000
1947SF4000000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
104.0
RC
2,160.8
RC/27
8.70
ISOP
.229
SECA
.419
BB/K
1.91
AB/HR
18.5
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1926SF0.39.97.2.0330.10.100
1927SF-0.122.45.0980.21.41630
1928SF3.791.78.1.2020.31.424.20
1929SF7.3153.511.3060.53.0130
1930SF6.2139.710.5.2280.42.920.80
1931SF5.4110.18.4.2540.41.817.10
1932SF7.6143.810.2830.52.614.90
1933SF5.21046.7.1840.31.625.20
1934SF7.1140.19.6.2650.42.016.60
1935SF7.0134.88.9.2330.41.419.10
1936SF7.4142.110.4.2600.52.716.20
1937SF6.1121.78.4.2290.41.517.60
1938SF8.5137.710.2.2710.52.514.60
1939SF5.4106.110.1.2730.5214.70
1940SF5.1108.87.6.1680.4228.20
1941SF4.6111.57.9.2100.41.519.40
1942SF6.1120.58.3.2020.41.818.30
1943SF2.772.96.7.1840.52.021.10
1944SF5.195.89.2560.51.915.30
1945SF4.496.38.3.1910.41.721.50
1946SF-1.0-0.1-0.1.0590.20.5680
1947SF-0.1-0.4-2.7.0000000

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
117 yearsMar 2, 1909
Debut
1926

What were Mel Ott's career stats?

Mel Ott played 22 seasons for the Giants. He was a career .304 hitter with 2,876 hits, 511 home runs and 1,860 RBI. His best season was 1926: a .383 batting average, 0 home runs and 4 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

22 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1926 to 1947

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 25th in home runs (511)
  • 44th in hits (2,876)
  • 12th in rbi (1,860)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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