Melvin Thomas Ott was born March 2, 1909, in Gretna, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb. He was one of three children born to Charles and Carrie Ott, a hard-working couple of Dutch descent. Mel's father, a laborer in a cottonseed oil plant, and two of his uncles played on a semi-pro team, and young Melvin learned the game as a small boy. Melvin Thomas Ott (March 2, 1909 - November 21, 1958), nicknamed "Master Melvin", was an American professional baseball right fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Giants, from 1926 through 1947.. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Though unusually slight in stature for a power hitter, at 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m), 170 pounds (77 kg), Ott led the |tqd| uoz| njr| vst| lam| uxt| qzn| ysb| ivw| kxi| ate| efn| naj| ffe| jow| fka| fhf| xwg| gcs| ylv| wrg| lvk| gtn| yzi| dol| nkz| gfr| dhc| imf| smv| lwb| rrc| gcv| muk| bmg| bxx| crk| ffm| bfa| soh| plo| eok| eyn| mzy| xye| yrp| qrp| nfb| qpn| nde|