Mel Ott

1926–1947 · bats L / throws R · NLS, New York Giants

2,730G

.304AVG

.414OBP

.533SLG

More career statistics

2,876H

511HR

1,860RBI

89SB

20Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	9,456	9,453
Batting · Doubles	488	487
Batting · Strikeouts	896	901
Batting · Plate appearances	11,337	11,347
Batting · Runs	1,859	1,856
Batting · RBI	1,860	1,870
Batting · Stolen bases	89	94
Batting · Walks	1,708	1,721

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2,730	11,337	9,456	1,859	2,876	488	72	511	1,860	1,708	896	89	0	64	0	5,041	.304	.414	.533	.947

Streaks

21longest hitting streak · 1937-08-15 to 1937-09-06

42longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
90	Six-Run Game	1934-08-04	1 in 15,974 games	box score ↗
82	Hit Three Times	1938-09-15	1 in 5,324 games	box score ↗
75	Seven Times On Base	1944-04-30	1 in 2,761 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	1367	5600	1360	323	951	955	432	.297	.413	.558
Away	1363	5747	1516	188	919	766	469	.311	.397	.510

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	211	892	220	46	146	159	70	.306	.425	.550
May	497	2091	525	88	358	304	178	.300	.396	.527
June	520	2212	549	109	394	365	185	.302	.413	.553
July	543	2280	582	83	342	331	192	.302	.400	.490
August	499	2056	569	117	375	298	140	.330	.422	.598
September	447	1769	419	67	250	254	132	.283	.380	.492
October	13	47	12	1	5	10	4	.324	.468	.432

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
pittsburgh-pirates	406	1685	436	83	306	280	116	.317	.425	.555
chicago-cubs	402	1643	423	77	250	218	156	.303	.390	.539
st-louis-cardinals	399	1658	400	66	233	253	157	.289	.394	.481
cincinnati-reds	389	1582	396	59	260	192	120	.290	.372	.491
philadelphia-phillies	384	1665	428	82	344	283	111	.317	.427	.571
brooklyn-dodgers	382	1592	404	71	244	244	133	.304	.407	.536
boston-braves	368	1522	389	73	233	251	108	.311	.420	.563

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1926	New York Giants	35	60	23	–	5	1	.383	–	–
1927	New York Giants	82	163	46	1	19	2	.282	–	–
1928	New York Giants	124	435	140	18	77	3	.322	–	–
1929	New York Giants	150	544	179	42	153	6	.329	–	–
1930	New York Giants	148	521	182	25	122	10	.349	–	–
1931	New York Giants	138	497	145	29	113	10	.292	–	–
1932	New York Giants	154	565	180	38	123	6	.319	–	–
1933	New York Giants	152	580	164	23	103	1	.283	–	–
1934	New York Giants	153	582	190	35	135	1	.326	–	–
1935	New York Giants	152	593	191	31	115	8	.322	–	–
1936	New York Giants	150	534	175	33	135	6	.328	–	–
1937	New York Giants	151	545	160	31	96	9	.294	–	–
1938	New York Giants	150	527	164	36	117	2	.311	–	–
1939	New York Giants	125	396	122	27	80	2	.308	–	–
1940	New York Giants	151	536	155	19	80	6	.289	–	–
1941	New York Giants	148	524	150	27	90	5	.286	–	–
1942	New York Giants	152	549	162	30	94	6	.295	–	–
1943	New York Giants	125	380	89	18	49	7	.234	–	–
1944	New York Giants	120	399	115	26	81	2	.288	–	–
1945	New York Giants	135	451	139	21	79	1	.308	–	–
1946	New York Giants	31	68	5	1	4	–	.074	–	–
1947	New York Giants	4	4	–	–	–	–	.000	–	–