Mel Ott

Mel Ott
Rightfielder
Born: March 2, 1909 Gretna , United States
Died on: November 21, 1958 New Orleans , United States
Suggested: Left	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 27,  1926  with the  New York Giants
Last MLB assignment
July 11,  1947  with the  New York Giants
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	, 304
Hits	2,876
Home runs	511
Runs Batted In	1,860
Teams
As a player New York Giants (1926-1947) As a manager New York Giants (1942-1948)
Awards
12 × All-Star (1934–1945) World Series Winner (1933) 6 × players with the most home runs in the National League (1932, 1934, 1936–1938, 1942) Player with the most RBIs in the National League (1934) In his honor, the # 4 of the San Francisco Giants is no longer awarded
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1951
Quota	87.2% (third ballot)

Melvin Thomas "Mel" Ott (born March 2, 1909 in Gretna , Louisiana , † November 21, 1958 in New Orleans ), nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a right fielder in Major League Baseball .

Ott played for the New York Giants (1926–1947) throughout his career . He was the first National League player to hit more than 500 home runs . In 1951, Mel Ott was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame . His jersey number, the "4", has not been given to a Giants player since 1949. He participated in 12 all-star games. Mel Ott died of a car accident in New Orleans at the age of 49 .

Mel Ott was one of the late baseball stars on Ray Kinsella's cornfield in the 1989 film Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner . In 2006 the American postal administration dedicated a special stamp to Mel Ott.

Mel Otts cousin was the American diocesan bishop of Baton Rouge, Stanley Joseph Ott .

Web links

• Player information and statistics Baseball Reference  or  FanGraphs (English)
• Official website of Mel Ott (English)
• Mel Ott in the Hall of Fame (English)
• Field of Dreams in the Internet Movie Database (English)