Mel Ott Photo File

[Melottfan]

Here we go with a photo file on Mel Ott. I'll start it off. Feel free to contribute a photo or two on Master Melvin. First is Mel broadcasting Detroit tigers baseball with Van Patrick, 1958. Second is Mel with Mel Parnell on a local TV show in New orleans, 1953. Third is Mel with that classic stance of his.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Mel Ott in action!

[Melottfan]

Honus, very good film on Mel. Love it.

[Melottfan]

Mickey Cochrane with Mel, c.1942, and Leo clowning with Mel.

[BSmile]

Mel Ott In Color - 1940-41
Here's a pretty rare color shot of Mel (not "colorized"). There was no dating with the picture, but the uniform is the home version from 1940 or 1941. See here: N.Y. Giants Uniforms 1938-1949

[Melottfan]

If you are easily offended by this, do not look. This picture was taken of Mel's car after the accident with another driver.

[Bill Burgess]

Mel's Relative Stats

Rel.BA----Rel.Onb---Rel.Slg.---OPS+---Rel.ISO---plate appearances
-1.08-------1.21-------134-------155-----196----------11,337

Mel's Home/Away Breakdown splits:

Home/Away--BA----Slg.----onbase---HR-----D-----T------RBI------R------AB------BB
Home:-----.297----558-----.421-----323---182----21-----945-----953---4,578----949
Away:-----.311---.510-----.407-----188---306----51-----916-----906---4,878----759

name, yr.-----------home HRs-----away HRs------home Slg-----away slg.
Ott, 1929-------------20-------------22----------.575----------.692

Mel Ott, Giants' RF, 1936-37, Polo Grounds---BB Ref


Mel Ott, Giants' RF, 1927.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mel Ott/Lou Gehrig: 1937 World Series.


-----------------1926.

How Fever evaluated Mel as an All-Time RFer, in our 3 polls.
Here are the results of our 1st. RF poll, conducted by leecemark, December 8, 2004, 07:48 PM

1) Babe Ruth 210
2) Hank Aaron 189
3) Frank Robinson 163
4) Mel Ott 131
5) Al Kaline 74
6) Tony Gwynn 72
7) Roberto Clemente 71
8) Reggie Jackson 54
9) Paul Waner 52
10) Sam Crawford 49
11) Harry Heilmann 30
12) Pete Rose 12
12) Ichiro Suzuki 12
14) Dave Winfield 9
14) Willie Keeler 9

--other vote getters; Chuck Klein, Tony Oliva, Roger Maris, Kiki Cuyler, Sam Rice, Sam Thompson, Dwight Evans and Sammy Sosa.
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Here are the results of our 2nd. poll, conducted by 538280, December 27, 2005, 10:55 AM

We had 15 ballots submitted, and unsurprisingly, Babe Ruth was unanimously elected as our #1 RFer, with Hank Aaron also being a unanimous #2 choice. Frank Robinson and Mel Ott were the clear #3 and #4, but then after that things get really interesting. Here's everyone who received 12 or more points (first place votes in parenthesis):

1. Babe Ruth-180 (15)
2. Hank Aaron-135
3. Frank Robinson-115
4. Mel Ott-99
5. Tony Gwynn-53
6. Sam Crawford-50
7. Reggie Jackson-49
8. Roberto Clemente-42
9. Pete Rose-38
10. Al Kaline-35
11. Paul Waner-22
12. Gary Sheffield-12
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Here are the results of our 3rd. poll, conducted by Bill Burgess, June 6, 2007, 05:46 PM

1. Babe Ruth - 159
2. Hank Aaron - 145
3. Frank Robinson - 124
4. Mel Ott - 83
5. Paul Waner - 79
6. Reggie Jackson - 67
7. Roberto Clemente - 55
8. Tony Gwynn - 52
9. Sam Crawford - 47
10. Al Kaline - 41
11. Pete Rose - 12.5
12. Gary Sheffield - 12
13. Harry Heilmann - 9
13. Vladimir Guerrero - 9
13. Dave Winfield - 9
16. Ichiro Suzuki - 2.5
17. Willie Keeler - 2
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Greatest Hitter series, conducted by Bill Burgess, ending November 4, 2007, 08:05 AM

1. Babe Ruth---------68 votes - 95.77%
1. Ted Williams-------68 - 95.77%
3. Ty Cobb-----------52 - 73.24%
4. Rogers Hornsby----36 - 50.70%
5. Lou Gehrig---------32 - 45.07%
6. Barry Bonds
7. Mickey Mantle
8. Stan Musial
9. Hank Aaron
10. Willie Mays
11. Jimmy Foxx
12. Honus Wagner
13. Frank Thomas
14. Tris Speaker
15. Frank Robinson
16. Joe DiMaggio
17. Joe Jackson
18. Josh Gibson
19. Nap Lajoie
20. Mel Ott
21. Oscar Charleston
22. Alexander Rodriguez
23. Dan Brouthers
24. Mike Schmidt

[Melottfan]

Mel trying his hand managing the Oaks, early 1950's.

[Melottfan]

Mel with Giants' owner, Horace Stoneham, 1943.

[Melottfan]

Mel, Connie Mack with American Legion players.

[SABR Steve]

I met the family descendents of Gavvy or Gavy Cravath in San Diego some years ago. The film clip mispronounced his last name. The accent is on the second syllable, like cra-VATH

[Melottfan]

Mel with Dodgers' manager, Leo Durocher with a basket of foul balls going overseas to the troops.

[Melottfan]

Hank Greenberg, Joe DiMaggio and Mel with awards at the BBWAA dinner, 1942.

[Melottfan]

Mel in the dugout, sideview. Portrait shot.

[Melottfan]

Mel with Frank Frisch.

[Melottfan]

1933-35: Mel with Bill Terry celebrate another Giants' win.

[Melottfan]

I picked up this photo by chance years ago. This is their way of staying in shape during the winter months. L to R: Carl Lind, Eddie morgan, Jouilliber, Monk Zeldon, Mel Ott, Lenny Mock and Zeke Bonura. All but Mock and Zelden were major leaguers. Mock played in the minors, Zeldon was a attorney in New Orleans. Photo was either 1934-1935.

[Melottfan]

Correction: third player from the left should be, John Oulliber.

[Melottfan]

Mel with Dof Camilli, Mel with Ford Frick and Eddie Dyer.

[Melottfan]

Cy Young and Mel at a baseball function, and Mel working at a table. Bottom: Mel with Horace Stoneham at a BBWAA dinner

[BSmile]

1946 Chesterfield Ad - Bill Dickey & Mel Ott
This ad features managers Bill Dickey (Yankees) and Mel Ott (Giants). Besides having Mel Ott, what’s interesting about it is that Dickey only managed the Yankees for 105 games in 1946. That ended up being the full extent of his managing experience, as he never skippered another MLB club again. So an ad featuring Dickey as manager is understandably pretty rare. Nice to see the guys in real color too. (Also featured on my blog: The Real BSmile: 1946 Chesterfield Ad)

[Melottfan]

Great ad! Never have seen one that was bright and colorful! Thanks.

[BSmile]

Great ad! Never have seen one that was bright and colorful! Thanks.

No problem!
Yeah, I enhanced it a bit.

[runningshoes]

No problem!
Yeah, I enhanced it a bit.

I saw the ones you did on your blog. That's pretty wild.

[runningshoes]

Ott getting back to third sometime in 1939. The Reds third baseman is Billy Werber.