Melvin Thomas Ott
Mel Ott was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951 as a Player by the BBWAA receiving 87.2 percent of the vote that year. Mel was a Rightfielder and Third Baseman who played in the majors for 22 years playing in 2,730 games for the New York Giants. He batted 9,456 times from the left side with 2,876 hits, 511 home runs, 1,860 RBIs, and recorded a career batting average of .304. He was born on March 2, 1909 in Gretna, LA. His nickname was "Master Melvin." Mel went to his Field of Dreams on November 21, 1958.
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