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Mel Ott played 22 major-league seasons (1926-1947) as a OF (2,313), 3B (256), 2B (6). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 22 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 17 | NY1 | 35 | 60 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .383 | .810 | 124 |
| 1927 | 18 | NY1 | 82 | 163 | 23 | 46 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 9 | .282 | .716 | 98 |
| 1928 | 19 | NY1 | 124 | 435 | 69 | 140 | 18 | 77 | 3 | 52 | 36 | .322 | .921 | 147 |
| 1929 | 20 | NY1 | 150 | 545 | 138 | 179 | 42 | 151 | 6 | 113 | 38 | .328 | 1.084 | 175 |
| 1930 | 21 | NY1 | 148 | 521 | 122 | 182 | 25 | 119 | 9 | 103 | 35 | .349 | 1.036 | 156 |
| 1931 | 22 | NY1 | 138 | 497 | 104 | 145 | 29 | 115 | 10 | 80 | 44 | .292 | .937 | 158 |
| 1932 | 23 | NY1 | 154 | 566 | 119 | 180 | 38 | 123 | 6 | 100 | 39 | .318 | 1.025 | 181 |
| 1933 | 24 | NY1 | 152 | 580 | 98 | 164 | 23 | 103 | 1 | 75 | 48 | .283 | .834 | 145 |
| 1934 | 25 | NY1 | 153 | 582 | 119 | 190 | 35 | 135 | 0 | 85 | 43 | .326 | 1.006 | 175 |
| 1935 | 26 | NY1 | 152 | 593 | 113 | 191 | 31 | 114 | 7 | 82 | 58 | .322 | .962 | 165 |
| 1936 | 27 | NY1 | 150 | 534 | 120 | 175 | 33 | 135 | 6 | 111 | 41 | .328 | 1.036 | 186 |
| 1937 | 28 | NY1 | 151 | 545 | 99 | 160 | 31 | 95 | 7 | 102 | 69 | .294 | .931 | 160 |
| 1938 | 29 | NY1 | 150 | 527 | 116 | 164 | 36 | 116 | 2 | 118 | 47 | .311 | 1.024 | 189 |
| 1939 | 30 | NY1 | 125 | 396 | 85 | 122 | 27 | 80 | 2 | 100 | 50 | .308 | 1.030 | 184 |
| 1940 | 31 | NY1 | 151 | 536 | 89 | 155 | 19 | 79 | 6 | 100 | 50 | .289 | .864 | 146 |
| 1941 | 32 | NY1 | 148 | 525 | 89 | 150 | 27 | 90 | 5 | 100 | 68 | .286 | .898 | 161 |
| 1942 | 33 | NY1 | 152 | 549 | 118 | 162 | 30 | 93 | 6 | 109 | 61 | .295 | .912 | 175 |
| 1943 | 34 | NY1 | 125 | 380 | 65 | 89 | 18 | 47 | 7 | 95 | 48 | .234 | .810 | 141 |
| 1944 | 35 | NY1 | 120 | 399 | 91 | 115 | 26 | 82 | 2 | 90 | 47 | .288 | .967 | 179 |
| 1945 | 36 | NY1 | 135 | 451 | 73 | 139 | 21 | 79 | 1 | 71 | 41 | .308 | .910 | 161 |
| 1946 | 37 | NY1 | 31 | 68 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .074 | .303 | -11 |
| 1947 | 38 | NY1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | OF | 10 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1927 | OF | 32 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1928 | OF | 115 | 0 | 214 | 14 | 7 | 4 |
| 1928 | 2B | 5 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| 1928 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | OF | 149 | 0 | 335 | 26 | 10 | 12 |
| 1929 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1930 | OF | 146 | 0 | 320 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
| 1931 | OF | 137 | 0 | 332 | 20 | 7 | 4 |
| 1932 | OF | 154 | 0 | 347 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 1933 | OF | 152 | 0 | 283 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
| 1934 | OF | 153 | 0 | 286 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| 1935 | OF | 137 | 0 | 285 | 17 | 3 | 7 |
| 1935 | 3B | 15 | 0 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 3 |
| 1936 | OF | 148 | 0 | 250 | 20 | 4 | 3 |
| 1937 | OF | 91 | 0 | 156 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 1937 | 3B | 60 | 0 | 42 | 113 | 10 | 5 |
| 1938 | 3B | 113 | 0 | 98 | 238 | 15 | 14 |
| 1938 | OF | 37 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | OF | 96 | 0 | 175 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 1939 | 3B | 20 | 0 | 15 | 39 | 6 | 4 |
| 1940 | OF | 111 | 0 | 210 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 1940 | 3B | 42 | 0 | 30 | 83 | 8 | 8 |
| 1941 | OF | 145 | 0 | 256 | 19 | 9 | 3 |
| 1942 | OF | 152 | 0 | 269 | 15 | 3 | 3 |
| 1943 | OF | 111 | 0 | 219 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| 1943 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | OF | 103 | 0 | 199 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 1944 | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 1945 | OF | 118 | 0 | 217 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 1946 | OF | 16 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Mel Ott won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1934 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1934 (NL), TSN All-Star 1934 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1935 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1935 (NL), TSN All-Star 1935 (ML), TSN All-Star 1936 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1938 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1938 (NL), TSN All-Star 1938 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (13 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1945, 1944, 1943, 1942, 1941, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1932 and more.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 15 / 80 | 0 |
| 1932 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 15 / 80 | 0 |
| 1934 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 37 / 80 | 0 |
| 1935 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 3 / 80 | 0 |
| 1936 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 28 / 80 | 0 |
| 1937 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 24 / 80 | 0 |
| 1938 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 132 / 336 | 0 |
| 1939 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 11 | 21 / 336 | 0 |
| 1941 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 12 / 336 | 0 |
| 1942 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 190 / 336 | 4 |
| 1943 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 9 / 336 | 0 |
| 1944 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 20 / 336 | 0 |
| 1945 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 22 / 336 | 0 |
Mel Ott ranks on 9 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8 | third basemen | 1938 | 189 OPS+ |
| #48 | right fielders | 1936 | 186 OPS+ |
| #54 | right fielders | 1939 | 184 OPS+ |
| #59 | right fielders | 1932 | 181 OPS+ |
| #67 | right fielders | 1944 | 179 OPS+ |
| #80 | right fielders | 1929 | 175 OPS+ |
| #82 | right fielders | 1934 | 175 OPS+ |
| #83 | right fielders | 1942 | 175 OPS+ |
| #154 | right fielders | 1945 | 161 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.