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| - Mel Ott was a major league baseball player and Hall of Famer.
- )) Melvin Thomas (Mel) Ott (March 2, 1909 – November 21, 1958), nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played his entire career for the New York Giants (1926-1947). Ott was born in Gretna, Louisiana. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The first National League player ever to surpass 500 homeruns, Ott was unusually slight of stature for a power hitter, at 5'9" 170 lb.[1] He is listed at position 42 on The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players. The major park in his hometown of Gretna is named for Ott.
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| - )) Melvin Thomas (Mel) Ott (March 2, 1909 – November 21, 1958), nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played his entire career for the New York Giants (1926-1947). Ott was born in Gretna, Louisiana. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The first National League player ever to surpass 500 homeruns, Ott was unusually slight of stature for a power hitter, at 5'9" 170 lb.[1] In his 22-season career, Ott batted .304 with 511 home runs, 1,860 RBIs, 1,859 runs, 2,876 hits, 488 doubles, 72 triples, 89 stolen bases, a .414 on base percentage and a .533 slugging average. Mel Ott was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951 with 87% of the vote. (He was elected with Jimmy Foxx, who received 18 votes less (197-179). His number "4" was also retired by the Giants in 1949; it is posted on the facade of the upper deck in the left field corner of AT&T Park. After his playing career was over, Ott broadcast baseball on the Mutual Radio network in 1955. From 1956 to 1958, Ott teamed with Van Patrick to broadcast the games of the Detroit Tigers on radio and television. He died in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1958, at age 49, in an auto accident and was interred there in the Metairie Cemetery. After his death, he was replaced on the Detroit broadcasts by George Kell, who later made the Hall of Fame himself as a player. Ott died in a similar manner to other N.Y. Giant Hall of Famers Frankie Frisch, who spent second half of his career with the St.Louis Cardinals(1973) and Carl Hubbell (1988). He is listed at position 42 on The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players. The major park in his hometown of Gretna is named for Ott. In 2006, Ott will be featured on a United States postage stamp.[2] The stamp is one of a block of four honoring Baseball Sluggers.
- Mel Ott was a major league baseball player and Hall of Famer.
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