Mel Ott

Melvin Thomas Ott erupted on the baseball scene with career highs of 42 home runs and went on to win or share six home run titles, appear in 11 All-Star Games and play in three World Series. This biography covers every aspect of his remarkable baseball career.

“before A-Rod, there was Mel Ott”— The SABR Bulletin ; “here’s the full story of one of the best—and nicest guys to play the sport”— USA Today Sports Weekly ; “the author, a retired federal official who has written three books on the New York Giants, turns his attention to one of that team’s greatest figures, Mel Ott”— Library Journal ; “the first biography of the great New York Giants outfielder...a well-researched, valuable tribute”— The Palm Beach Post ; “the best baseball myths always carry a bittersweet tang, and this first biography of Mel Ott passes that taste test with ease”— Booklist ; “the first-ever biography of baseball’s renowned “nice guy”...grounds the essentials of Ott’s varied career in lucid style without privileging a particular slant toward Ott”— Public Library Quarterly.

The late Fred Stein was a retired federal official and environmental consultant and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research since 1976. He wrote written three books on the Giants and contributed articles to USA Today Baseball Weekly and the SABR publications. A native New Yorker, he lived in Springfield, Virginia.