What were some unique aspects of New York Giant baseball player Mel Ott?

Answer 1

With the understanding that New York Baseball player Mel Ott has appeared in the baseball category before, here's some information that may not have been covered about Mel Ott:

* At the young age of 16, he was part of the New York Giants, but sat at one year to see how the game was played in the big leagues;

* At 17 he played his first big league game. !7, is a young age in almost any professional sport;

* At 19, he hit 18 homers and people began to take notice;

* At 20, he was a star. He hit 42 homers and batted in 151 RBI's. This was the first of his eight 30 plus homers he would have in his career. The long ball was his trademark;

* He hit 511 homers but, he joined the over 500 homer club while serving as the New York Giant, Player/Manager;

* This he did for six seasons;

* He was on three pennant teams and one brought him to the World Series in 1933, where he and the G'nts were winners.