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	Mel Ott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Melvin Thomas (Mel) Ott (March 2, 1909 – November 21, 1958), nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career in the National League for the New York Giants (1926-1947).
		In a 22-season career, Ott batted.304 with 511 home runs, 1860 RBI, 1859 runs, 2876 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mel_Ott (256 words)

	Ott & Oh
		Mel Ott's swing involved his raising his leg high in the air and taking a big step as he swung.
		Mel Ott was late for his try out and John McGraw was pissed.
		So Ott for most of his career was helped slightly by his home park for most of his career, and it only had a large effect in his twilight years.
	www.thediamondangle.com /marasco/peo/ottoh.html (1725 words)

	BIOPROJ.SABR.ORG :: The Baseball Biography Project.
		Mel Ott's life is a classic rags-to-riches story of a naive, unheralded, teenager from a small Southern town who rose to great heights in New York, the country's largest and most forbidding city at the time.
		Mel proved that he was a great hitter on the road as well at the Polo Grounds; he set still-existing National League away-from-home records for runs scored (79) and RBI (87).
		Mel had shown that he was, and would likely continue to be, all that Harry Williams had predicted, all that McGraw had worked for, and all that his family and hometown fans had hoped for.
	bioproj.sabr.org /bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=871&pid=10766 (2716 words)

	Mel Ott \| The BASEBALL Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ott is the only man to ever lead his league in home runs while also serving as manager, which he did in 1942.
		Ott was a teenager when he became a regular for the Giants and John McGraw in 1928, hitting 18 home runs.
		Ott was a solid right fielder who moved to third base in 1937-1938 to help the team.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /past/pp/ottmel (730 words)

	Mel Ott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Melvin Thomas "Mel" Ott (March 2, 1909 - November 21, 1958), nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a left-handed batter and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career in the National League for the New York Giants (1926-1947).
		In his 22 seasons as a player, Ott batted.304, with 511 home runs and 1860 RBI, 1859 runs scored, 2876 hits, 488 doubles, triples, 89 stolen bases, a.414 on base percentage and a.533 slugging average.
		Mel Ott was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/mel_ott (285 words)

	Mel Ott Master Melvin Ottie baseball print (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ott was sixteen, playing semi-pro ball in cities near his hometown Gretna, Louisiana, when he was befriended by the Patterson Braves team owner, lumberman-millionaire Harry Williams.
		That evening, Williams fired off a terse postcard to Ott: "Report to McGraw at the Polo Grounds for a tryout September 1." Ott believed one of his cheerful batterymates was pulling a prank, and quietly continued his catching duties at Patterson.
		For two years, Ott was planted on the bench next to his tutor, who didn't want the youngster sitting with any of the veteran ballplayers.
	www.trademarkprints.com /new/Mel_Ott.html (957 words)

	Mel Ott Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Mel Ott was born on Tuesday, March 2, 1909, in Gretna, Louisiana.
		Ott was 17 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 27, 1926, with the New York Giants, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
		Mel Ott's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Mel Ott baseball statistics page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=ottme01 (203 words)

	Ott, Mel Sports Links - RealSportsNetwork.com
		-- Conway's Law Ott, Mel Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.
		Ott, Mel Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.
		Ott, Mel A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.
	www.realsportsnetwork.com /Baseball_People_Players_O_Ott,_Mel.html (1737 words)

	Mel Ott History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In succeeding years, Master of Ceremonies Mel Ott, then radio sportscaster for the Tiger games, presented a check for $500 to each of the two Detroit area Lutheran High Schools and to the Lutheran Home for the Aged in addition to giving awards to the players.
		Highly regarded as a radio announcer, Mel Ott was also a faithful worshiper at Outer Drive Faith Lutheran Church where Reverend Daniel had subsequently been called as Pastor.
		Mel Ott, who was still recovering from injuries sustained in the accident which killed her husband, sent a check for $100.
	www.stjohnfraser.org /mel_ott.html (722 words)

	Mel Ott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ott played semi-pro ball that summer and was observed by one of John McGraw's scouts.
		Mel Ott would go on to crash 511 homers, hit 5041 total bases (11th all-time), slug at a hefty 533 clip and score 1859 runs (9th all-time).
		Ott came to the plate in the top of the tenth with the score tied a 3.
	members.aol.com /Jaybird926/melott.htm (311 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Mel Ott
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - Mel Ott
		Ott, Mel (1909-1958), American baseball player, who as a New York Giants hero for 22 seasons was one of the game’s leading sluggers.
		Gibson, Mel, born in 1956, American-born, Australian motion-picture actor, who achieved renown in a variety of action roles.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Mel_Ott.html (88 words)

	Bill Voiselle : Received Fine from Mel Ott : HistoricBaseball.com
		Giants' player-manager Mel Ott declared before the season started that Voiselle would be pitching every fourth day, no matter where his turn in the pitching rotation would normally fall.
		According to an article that appeared in the New York Times on June 3, Ott had warned his pitchers "that a heavy fine would result if a hit followed of the next pitch of a two and nothing count." He said the pitchers would receive a $100 fine for breaking this rule.
		Ott reacted after the game by fining Voiselle $500, five times more than he had originally stated, for not throwing a fastball on an 0-2 count.
	www.historicbaseball.com /misc/voiselle_fine.html (737 words)

	Mel Ott: The Little Giant of Baseball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Milton Shapiro wrote a biography of Ott in 1959 on a more juvenile level and it was long overdue for another more detailed biography of Master Melvin.
		Ott arrived at the Polo Grounds in the mid 1920's for a tryout on the recommendation of Harry Williams, a friend of Giants' manager John McGraw.
		I read with great surprise that Ott didn't attend his Hall of Fame induction at Cooperstown in 1951 because he was managing the Oakland Oaks in the minor leagues.
	www.duchs.com /isbn/0786406585 (315 words)

	Mel Ott \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Ott is the 4th major leaguer to hit three straight homers, joining Goose Goslin (August 19, 1930) Carl Reynolds (July 2, 1930), George Kelly (September 17, 1923), and Cap Anson (August 6, 1884).
		Ott suffers a brain concussion and, with the Cardinals clinching the pennant, he sits out the rest of the season.
		Ott hits a pinch 3-run homer in the 8th of the nitecap after his homer and another by Danny Gardella leads the way in opener.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/O/Ott_Mel.stm (4072 words)

	Sport Aviation Magazine
		Mel Ott was looking for a retirement airplane, something he could fool around with now that his years of flying heavy iron for Northwest Airlines had ended.
		Mel’s secondary objective was to replicate a historically accurate airline paint scheme to make the connection from his vocation to his avocation.
		Mel came to love PANAGRA and the pilots who flew Airmail Route No. 9, and the book Flying the Andes proved especially helpful as Mel fleshed out the details necessary to complete his project.
	www.eaa.org /benefits/sportaviation/decfeat.html (2028 words)

	The Official Mel Ott Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		New York Giants manager John McGraw was so worried that minor league managers would tamper with Ott’s perfect swing that he called the young slugger up to the majors straight out of high school at the tender age of 16.
		For a few seasons, Ott rode the bench and filled in as needed, but once he got his shot, he took the league by storm.
		Mel Ott’s life was tragically cut short in a car accident on November 21, 1958.
	www.melott.com /bio.html (197 words)

	Mel Ott
		By stepping high (the classic "foot in the bucket," much like Al Simmons), then shifting his weight forward and snapping his bat from low to high in an almost vertical swing, he constructed the kind of batting stance that gives hitting coaches nightmares.
		Yet, it worked for him - a New York Giants hero for 22 seasons, Ott set NL marks for home runs (511, which held up for 20 years until Willie Mays passed him) and walks (1,708 - Joe Morgan passed him in 1982).
		Ott joined the Giants at the tender age of 17, and for two years, Ott was planted on the bench next to his tutor, who didn't want the youngster sitting with any of the veteran ballplayers.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Ott.html (529 words)

	Mel Ott - Baseball Fever
		Today is the 96th birthday of the late great Mel Ott.
		Ott made his major league debut at age 17 and hit.322 as a 19-year-old.
		Over his 22-year big-league career, spent entirely with the New York Giants, Ott hit 511 home runs and collected 2,876 hits.Ott made his major league debut at age 17 and hit.322 as a 19-year-old.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=24994 (409 words)

	Mel Ott : MLB Legends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mel Ott, signed by legendary New York Giants manager John McGraw at age 17, burst out three years later with a monster.328-42-151 season.
		Mel Ott was the National League’s first pure power hitter.
		Mel Ott died on November 21, 1958 in New Orleans, LA.
	www.mlb-legends.com /legends/melOtt.php (163 words)

	The Sporting News: DUSTBIN.(Mel Ott, baseball player)(Brief Article) @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Giants' Mel Ott hit the 500th home run of his stellar career the same way he had hit the previous 499--right leg raised awaiting the pitcher's delivery.
		Ott hit his homer at his home park, the Polo Grounds--where he hit 323 of 511 career homers--in a 9-2 Giants' win over the Braves.
		During his 22 seasons with the Giants, Ott led the club in homers for 18 consecutive seasons, hitting a homer an average of every 18.5 at-bats.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:63940515&refid=ip_almanac_hf (172 words)

	Mel Ott \| National Baseball Hall of Fame
		Mel Ott was a New York Giants hero for 22 seasons, during which he emerged as one of the game's leading sluggers and a fan favorite.
		View the Hall of Fame ballot from the year Mel Ott was inducted.
		Tell someone about Mel Ott by sending a free Hall of Fame Digital Postcard.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/ott_mel.htm (244 words)

	The fight of the century
		Ott was more dominant in his era than Matthews was in his, hence more hitting titles.
		well, Ott's contemporaries would include Hack Wilson (5'6" 210 lb drunk all the time center fielder) and Babe Herman...just go thru the rosters for the NL at that time...the AL had Ruth and Simmons and Gehrig and DiMaggio and Greenberg and on and on...(shrug)...the bigger share of the talent was in the American League...
		Ott's fine...but i don't think he's as valuable a property as Eddie Mathews was...
	home.hiwaay.net /~bamacole/tommy/pbo1.html (2266 words)

	Mel Ott Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mel Ott was a member of 11 All-Star teams and one World Championship team.
		In 1951 Ott was inducted into the Hall of Fame and in 2000 he was named to the All Century Team.
		Mel Ott Baseball Cards that I have for sale.
	www.zeprock.com /OttGallery.html (56 words)

	Mel Ott: The Little Giant of Baseball: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ott was the nice guy, the 17-year-old from Gretna, Louisiana, who impressed hard-bitten Giants manager John McGraw with his sweet stroke and odd stance (right leg lifted off the ground).
		And yet, as Stein recounts, Ott's very niceness led to the inevitable rap of being not tough enough, and when he was replaced as manager by the fiery Leo Durocher ("Nice guys finish last"), the nice guy had come full circle.
		This is the first-ever biography of baseball's renowned "nice guy." Every aspect of his remarkable baseball career is covered, from his jump to the big leagues at age 17 to his tragic death at age 49.
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	Mel Ott - Reviews on RateItAll
		One of the most feared sluggers the game has ever known, the Gretna, Louisiana native was a six-time National League home run champion (finishing with 511 lifetime homers), as well as a career.300 hitter (.304 average to be exact).
		A marvelous fielder, Ott was the marvel of the Polo Grounds during the heyday of professional baseball.
		But Ott is deservedly one of the greats of the game, and fans ought to realize what they are missing in not knowing this true legend of the diamond.
	www.rateitall.com /i-138-mel-ott.aspx (175 words)

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