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Ed
Ott		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 198
 
Born: July 11, 1951 in Muncy, PA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1988   
Gold Glove Award 1991   
All-Star Selections 1978   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1977 25 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2
1981 29 PIT NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 9.00 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 0.0
2 Years Sim 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 1 1 1 0 1 6.77 .200 .200 .800 1.000 0.2
Season Average 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 6.77 .200 .200 .800 1.000  
Career Highs 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 9.00 .250 .250 1.000 1.250  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 23 PIT   5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1  
1976 24 PIT   27 39 2 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 5 .308 .357 .359 .716 4.9  
1977 25 PIT NL 131 301 32 61 11 2 3 37 2 0 28 32 .203 .275 .282 .557 21.0 0.8
1978 26 PIT NL 149 482 56 151 34 2 6 69 4 4 39 51 .313 .367 .429 .796 70.5 12.9
1979 27 PIT NL 121 395 53 103 14 5 6 37 5 1 25 38 .261 .313 .367 .680 44.8 6.1
1980 28 PIT NL 139 512 55 135 22 2 9 63 1 0 37 39 .264 .312 .367 .679 55.3 10.5
1981 29 PIT NL 111 338 42 96 11 1 5 36 3 1 19 44 .284 .324 .367 .691 39.9 5.5
1982 30 NYY AL 39 107 16 28 5 0 2 17 0 1 3 6 .262 .277 .364 .641 9.7 3.0
1983 31 NYY AL 85 172 18 35 9 1 1 23 1 1 11 20 .203 .253 .285 .538 10.9 0.0
1984 32 NYY AL 137 412 52 98 14 4 8 57 4 0 37 32 .238 .302 .350 .651 42.8 9.3
1985 33 DET AL 148 531 67 134 18 6 8 79 2 1 38 41 .252 .306 .354 .660 53.9 10.1
1986 34 DET AL 146 548 61 151 28 7 8 70 1 0 21 37 .276 .303 .396 .699 58.6 11.9
1987 35 DET AL 139 487 51 140 23 4 2 51 1 0 26 34 .287 .326 .363 .689 51.2 8.6
1988 36 SFG NL 102 367 48 113 21 0 3 44 0 0 14 43 .308 .343 .390 .732 42.2 9.6
1989 37 PIT NL 101 203 20 50 6 1 0 17 0 0 20 41 .246 .316 .286 .601 18.2 1.8
1990 38 HOU NL 145 335 30 107 9 2 1 28 0 2 18 65 .319 .358 .367 .725 44.2 8.8
1991 39 SDP NL 136 477 56 152 19 3 7 69 1 1 16 91 .319 .341 .415 .756 61.0 12.0
15 Years Sim 1829 5667 657 1554 244 40 69 697 25 12 352 614 .274 .319 .368 .687 624.3 110.7
17 Years Pro 1861 5711 659 1567 246 40 69 702 25 12 355 619 .274 .317 .368 .685 629.3  
162 Game Average 501 58 137 21 3 6 61 2 1 31 54 .274 .319 .368 .687 55.3  
Career Highs 149 548 67 152 34 7 9 79 5 4 39 91 .319 .367 .429 .796 70.5  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 25 PIT NL C 108 60 630.3 354 36 5 1 .987 5.57 45 18 .400 6 4.0
1978 26 PIT NL C 129 128 1082.3 663 81 9 6 .988 6.19 105 42 .400 8 5.2
    2B 3 0 9.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.82 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 27 PIT NL C 110 97 890.7 476 43 8 1 .985 5.24 91 24 .264 8 1.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 28 PIT NL C 138 129 1182.0 671 43 10 1 .986 5.44 99 26 .263 18 3.3
1981 29 PIT NL C 83 79 666.7 386 34 4 2 .991 5.67 59 16 .271 3 2.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    P 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 30 NYY AL C 26 22 202.0 102 10 1 0 .991 4.99 18 8 .444 1 1.0
    2B 1 0 5.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.36 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 31 NYY AL C 47 27 286.0 186 12 0 0 1.000 6.23 21 7 .333 1 1.5
    1B 4 4 35.0 37 3 0 3 1.000 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 32 NYY AL C 126 88 883.7 577 38 5 2 .992 6.26 62 22 .355 2 6.3
1985 33 DET AL C 145 130 1234.0 767 56 10 3 .988 6.00 101 26 .257 2 4.2
1986 34 DET AL C 142 131 1250.3 634 63 11 7 .984 5.02 130 34 .262 4 3.9
1987 35 DET AL C 138 131 1175.3 514 60 18 4 .970 4.40 122 36 .295 0 5.9
1988 36 SFG NL C 102 96 879.3 757 46 8 1 .990 8.22 116 32 .276 3 2.5
1989 37 PIT NL C 43 42 352.0 248 11 7 0 .974 6.62 39 7 .179 0 1.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 38 HOU NL C 79 72 626.3 491 41 8 1 .985 7.64 72 20 .278 2 3.1
1991 39 SDP NL C 129 111 1036.7 856 79 6 2 .994 8.12 141 51 .362 5 7.7
  C 1545 1343 12377.6 7682 653 110 31 .987 6.06 1221 369 .302 63 52.8
  1B 4 4 35.0 37 3 0 3 1.000 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 8 0 21.0 4 8 0 0 1.000 5.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1567 1347 12447.6 7725 665 110 34 .987 6.07 1221 369 .302 63 52.9
Career Highs   145 131 1250.3 856 84 18 7 1.000 8.22 141 51 .444 18  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 27 PIT NL 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
1981 29 PIT NL 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452
1984 32 NYY AL 10 38 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .237 .250 .237 .487
1985 33 DET AL 4 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .200 .450
1986 34 DET AL 5 20 4 8 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 3 .400 .409 .700 1.109
1988 36 SFG NL 14 54 5 14 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 11 .259 .305 .259 .564
Career Post-Season Batting 37 141 15 36 1 1 1 12 0 0 8 19 .255 .289 .298 .587
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1978-5-.313
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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History
Hit first career homerun on 5/25/1977, off Steve Rogers (MON)
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/8/1982 to a 3-year deal worth $875,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/2/1985 to a 3-year deal worth $5,100,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 7/23/1986
Hit for the cycle against Texas on 10/13/1986
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Texas on 10/13/1986
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 6/1/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Won World Championship with San Francisco in 1988
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/4/1989 to a 1-year deal worth $2,020,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/2/1990 to a 1-year deal worth $900,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/6/1991 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1991
 
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