Ed Ott

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: July 11, 1951 in Muncy, PA us

Died: March 3, 2024 in Danville, PA

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 23rd round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Muncy HS (Muncy, PA).

High School: Muncy HS (Muncy, PA)

Debut: June 10, 1974 (Age 22-334d, 13,498th in major league history)
vs. SDP 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1981 (Age 30-083d)
vs. TEX 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Nathan Edward Ott

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1979 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.9

1792

465

.260

196

RBI

195

OBP

.311

SLG

.368

OPS

.680

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-40 / in Starts: 34-34
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 282 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	177 (100-47-30)
Avg. MLBer w/ 282 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	171 (84-57-29)

Most Driven In
D Ford	4
R Carew	2
F Lynn	2
J Harris	2
B Hobson	2
Self	2
D Baylor	2
R Burleson	2

Most Driven In By
R Burleson	3
B Grich	3
B Hobson	3
R Carew	2
Self	2
F Lynn	1
L Harlow	1
J Harris	1

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	493	3 (2)	Apr 11	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					6						C
2	494	4	Apr 12	CAL	@	SEA	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.04	-0.106	.84	-0.05%	-1.05	C
3	495	5	Apr 13	CAL		OAK	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	4.91	-0.135	4.25	-0.07%	-0.30	PH
4	496	7 (1)	Apr 15	CAL		OAK	L,3-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.42	-0.055	1.92	-0.03%	-0.27	PH
5	497	8	Apr 16	CAL		OAK	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	5	.54	0.034	.39	0.02%	0.35	C
6	498	9	Apr 17	CAL		MIN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	6	.81	-0.098	.42	-0.03%	-1.70	C
7	499	10	Apr 18	CAL		MIN	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	6	.90	-0.085	.53	-0.03%	-0.84	C
8	500	13 (2)	Apr 22	CAL		SEA	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	6	.44	0.006	.22	0.00%	0.20	C
9	501	14	Apr 24	CAL	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.231	.200	.431	6	1.43	0.007	.69	0.00%	0.53	C
10	502	16 (1)	Apr 26 (1)	CAL	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.290	.241	.532	6	.49	0.058	.23	0.02%	1.06	C
11	503	18 (1)	Apr 27	CAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	6	1.02	0.087	.58	0.03%	0.93	C
12	504	19	Apr 28	CAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.257	.297	.257	.554	6	1.12	-0.159	.76	-0.07%	-1.72	C
13	505	20	Apr 29	CAL	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.268	.231	.499	6	1.25	-0.121	.93	-0.05%	-0.82	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	506	22 (1)	May 1	CAL		MIL	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.289	.256	.545	9	.69	0.017	.27	0.00%	0.19	C
15	507	23	May 2	CAL		MIL	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.306	.298	.604	7	.96	0.081	.41	0.02%	0.64	C
16	508	25 (1)	May 4	CAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.288	.280	.568	7	1.23	-0.034	.45	-0.01%	-0.17	C
17	509	29 (3)	May 8	CAL		DET	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.259	.286	.278	.563	7	.90	-0.116	.30	-0.02%	-1.12	C
18	510	31 (1)	May 10	CAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.267	.259	.525	6	.85	-0.079	.26	-0.01%	-0.67	C
19	511	32	May 12	CAL	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.286	.295	.581	6	.80	0.152	.31	0.04%	0.83	C
20	512	33	May 13	CAL	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.246	.269	.277	.546	9	.65	0.003	.29	0.00%	-0.18	C
21	513	34	May 14	CAL	@	MIL	W,9-1	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.278	.286	.563	6	.47	0.085	.21	0.02%	0.24	C
22	514	35	May 15	CAL	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.243	.263	.270	.533	7	1.05	-0.160	.57	-0.05%	-1.37	C
23	515	36	May 16	CAL	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.266	.273	.539	6	1.20	-0.012	.62	0.00%	-0.13	C
24	516	37	May 17	CAL	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.247	.265	.272	.537	7	.41	-0.016	.21	-0.01%	-0.23	C
25	517	38	May 18	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.264	.294	.558	7	.74	-0.059	.42	-0.02%	0.19	C
26	518	39	May 19	CAL	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.264	.284	.548	7	.65	0.004	.42	0.00%	-0.12	C
27	519	40	May 20	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.263	.275	.538	7	1.79	-0.121	1.14	-0.05%	-0.74	C
28	520	41	May 21	CAL	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.263	.274	.536	7	1.09	0.043	.65	0.02%	0.08	C
29	521	42	May 22	CAL		CHW	L,5-9	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.267	.278	.546	7	2.34	0.081	1.92	0.04%	0.73	PH C
30	522	44 (1)	May 24	CAL		CHW	L,2-10	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.269	.280	.549	9	.15	0.012	.09	0.00%	-0.42	C
31	523	45	May 25	CAL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.280	.291	.572	7	1.30	0.101	.48	0.02%	1.29	C
32	524	46	May 26	CAL		TOR	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.270	.280	.551	6	1.31	-0.137	.49	-0.03%	-1.09	C
33	525	47	May 27	CAL		TOR	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.270	.288	.558	6	1.35	-0.011	.47	0.00%	-0.19	C
34	526	48	May 30	CAL	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.261	.278	.539	5	.29	-0.028	.14	-0.01%	-0.65	C
35	527	49	May 31 (1)	CAL	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.239	.268	.282	.550	9	.55	0.013	.22	0.00%	0.16	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	528	51 (1)	Jun 1	CAL	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.268	.281	.549	6	.67	-0.079	.21	-0.01%	-0.52	C
37	529	52	Jun 2	CAL	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.267	.304	.571	9	.83	0.072	.30	0.02%	1.22	C
38	530	53	Jun 3	CAL	@	TOR	W,17-6	CG	6	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.238	.270	.308	.578	5	.44	0.069	.17	0.02%	1.43	C
39	531	54	Jun 5	CAL		BAL	L,4-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.268	.305	.573	9	3.01	-0.066	1.33	-0.02%	-0.34	PH C
40	532	55	Jun 6	CAL		BAL	W,10-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.268	.299	.566	9	.25	-0.010	.10	0.00%	-1.17	C
41	533	56	Jun 7	CAL		BAL	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.267	.292	.559	6	1.16	-0.030	.47	-0.01%	-0.37	C
42	534	58 (1)	Jun 9	CAL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.267	.298	.565	7	.64	-0.001	.23	0.00%	-0.11	C
43	535	59	Jun 10	CAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.261	.292	.553	7	.69	-0.052	.27	-0.01%	-0.71	C
44	536	60	Jun 11	CAL		BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.261	.291	.552	7	.57	0.102	.24	0.03%	1.15	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	537	61	Aug 10	CAL	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.263	.291	.554	8	1.04	-0.036	1.25	-0.03%	-0.25	C
46	538	62	Aug 11	CAL	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.258	.286	.543	8	1.17	-0.089	1.22	-0.06%	-0.72	C
47	539	63	Aug 12	CAL	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.251	.278	.530	9	1.41	-0.141	1.25	-0.08%	-0.94	C
48	540	64	Aug 14	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.251	.278	.529	8	1.75	0.060	1.98	0.04%	0.11	C
49	541	65	Aug 15	CAL	@	OAK	L,7-8	GS-9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.261	.283	.544	8	1.17	0.099	1.08	0.06%	0.14	C
50	542	66	Aug 16	CAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.267	.294	.561	8	1.88	0.187	1.50	0.09%	1.45	C
51	543	69 (2)	Aug 20	CAL		BAL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.261	.287	.548	8	.75	-0.077	.32	-0.02%	-1.17	C
52	544	70	Aug 21	CAL		CLE	W,12-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.265	.291	.555	8	.46	0.097	.27	0.04%	1.51	C
53	545	71	Aug 22	CAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.264	.290	.554	8	1.82	-0.092	1.42	-0.04%	-0.67	C
54	546	72	Aug 23	CAL		CLE	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.264	.285	.549	8	.96	-0.018	.87	-0.01%	-0.15	C
55	547	74 (1)	Aug 25	CAL		BOS	W,8-7	GS-8	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.269	.291	.560	8	1.04	0.034	.96	0.02%	0.30	C
56	548	76 (1)	Aug 28	CAL	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.273	.292	.565	8	.70	0.114	.65	0.06%	1.90	C
57	549	78 (1)	Aug 30	CAL	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.268	.286	.554	7	.26	-0.026	.28	-0.02%	-0.98	C
58	550	79	Aug 31	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.268	.281	.549	7	1.27	-0.073	1.76	-0.06%	-0.63	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
59	551	81 (1)	Sep 2	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.266	.280	.546	8	2.62	-0.065	4.20	-0.06%	-0.44	PH
60	552	83 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.266	.279	.545	8	1.26	-0.015	2.26	-0.02%	-0.09	C
61	553	85 (1)	Sep 6	CAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.262	.275	.538	8	1.12	-0.116	1.76	-0.11%	-0.89	C
62	554	87 (1)	Sep 8	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.267	.280	.546	7	.64	0.028	1.05	0.03%	0.07	C
63	555	88	Sep 9	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.265	.278	.544	8	1.21	-0.006	1.42	0.00%	0.19	PH C
64	556	89	Sep 11	CAL		TEX	L,6-11	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.270	.279	.549	6	1.37	0.124	.92	0.05%	0.96	C
65	557	91 (1)	Sep 13	CAL		TEX	W,8-7	CG(12)	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.271	.274	.545	7	1.22	-0.028	.32	0.00%	-0.14	C
66	558	92	Sep 14	CAL		KCR	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.271	.274	.544	7	1.23	-0.070	.50	-0.02%	0.01	C
67	559	94 (1)	Sep 16	CAL		KCR	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.221	.275	.274	.549	5	1.14	0.012	.05	0.00%	-0.08	C
68	560	95	Sep 18	CAL	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.274	.274	.548	5	1.06	-0.031	.01	0.00%	-0.36	C
69	561	96	Sep 19	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.278	.295	.573	6	1.06	0.088	.00	0.00%	1.11	C
70	562	97	Sep 20	CAL	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.276	.290	.566	5	1.28	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-1.42	C
71	563	101 (3)	Sep 24	CAL		CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.276	.289	.565	6	1.16	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.44	C
72	564	102	Sep 25	CAL		TOR	W,11-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.220	.272	.286	.557	7	.04	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.69	C
73	565	103	Sep 26	CAL		TOR	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.268	.281	.549	6	.48	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.84	C
74	566	106 (2)	Sep 29	CAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.217	.267	.281	.548	7	.52	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.28	C
75	567	108 (1)	Oct 2	CAL	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.266	.279	.545	6	1.40	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-1.20	C
							35-40		282	258	20	56	8	1	2	22	17	1	42	1	4	2	3	7	2	1	.217	.266	.279	.545		.97	-1.038	.58	-0.44%	-9.83

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