Mel Ott

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Highlights

• 12-time All-Star (1934-45)
• 6-time NL home run leader (1932, 1934, 1936-38, 1942)
• First NL player to reach 500 home runs
• Drew five walks in a game 3 times
• Twice scored six runs in a game (August 4, 1934 and April 30, 1944)
• Twice led NL outfielders in double plays (1929 and 1935)
• Led NL in walks 6 times (1929, 1931-33, 1937, 1942)
• Four times named to the Major League All-Star Teams of The Sporting News (1934-36, 1938)
• Hit for the cycle (May 16, 1929)
• Managed the New York Giants in seven seasons (1942-48)
• First NL player to post eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons (only Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa have joined him)
• One of only five NL players to spend a 20+ year career with one team (Cap Anson, Stan Musial, Willie Stargell and Tony Gwynn are the others)