Ed
Ott
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 208
 
Born: July 11, 1951 in Usa, PA, MUNCY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 22 SDP NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
1975 23 SDP NL     6 6 5 3 3 3 5 6 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
1976 24 SDP NL     6 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
1977 25 MIA NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
1978 26 MIA NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
1979 27 MIA NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 3 4 3 6 7 7
1980 28 MIA NL $ 1,100,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 3 6 7 6
1981 29 MIA NL $ 1,365,714   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 6
1982 30 MIA NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 3 6 7 7
1983 31 LAD NL $ 684,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 3 6 7 6
1984 32 LAD NL $ 1,800,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 3 5 6 6
1985 33 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 3 5 6 6
1986 34 LAD NL $ 648,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 22 AA   137 549 77 156 23 3 14 63 5 6 52 56 .284 .346 .413 .760 76.8  
1975 23 AAA   137 515 64 151 21 4 15 71 3 1 45 72 .293 .350 .437 .787 77.0  
1976 24 AAA   137 582 101 172 36 4 12 54 4 6 51 75 .296 .352 .433 .785 84.1  
1977 25 MIA NL 104 344 38 96 14 1 12 51 0 1 17 41 .279 .310 .430 .741 45.7 9.3
1978 26 MIA NL 142 546 50 133 9 1 10 50 1 3 33 57 .244 .286 .319 .605 46.8 4.3
1979 27 MIA NL 118 423 46 109 22 1 8 41 3 2 27 51 .258 .302 .371 .673 45.5 7.7
1980 28 MIA NL 114 301 39 84 16 1 5 42 0 2 19 43 .279 .319 .389 .708 37.4 7.8
1981 29 MIA NL 148 472 57 117 22 1 12 58 1 3 39 66 .248 .303 .375 .678 53.1 8.7
1982 30 MIA NL 123 419 46 105 18 1 7 45 2 2 26 61 .251 .293 .348 .642 41.4 5.3
1983 31 AAA   137 539 70 136 17 3 19 75 1 7 55 76 .252 .322 .401 .722 69.2  
1984 32 LAD NL 115 418 35 96 16 0 8 42 0 2 21 68 .230 .266 .325 .592 33.1 2.4
1985 33 MIN AL 134 455 39 109 16 1 11 53 0 0 25 87 .240 .277 .352 .629 42.6 6.8
1986 34 AAA   137 547 87 152 22 3 25 73 7 7 48 97 .278 .336 .466 .802 83.4  
8 Years Sim 998 3378 350 849 133 7 73 382 7 15 207 474 .251 .293 .360 .653 345.6 52.3
4 Years AAA 548 2183 322 611 96 14 71 273 15 21 199 320 .280 .339 .434 .773 313.6  
1 Years AA 137 549 77 156 23 3 14 63 5 6 52 56 .284 .347 .413 .760 76.8  
5 Years Minors 685 2732 399 767 119 17 85 336 20 27 251 376 .281 .340 .430 .771 390.4  
162 Game Average 548 56 137 21 1 11 62 1 2 33 76 .251 .293 .360 .653 56.1  
Career Highs 148 546 57 133 22 1 12 58 3 3 39 87 .279 .319 .430 .741 53.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2626 284 697 103 5 62 304 6 12 171 339 .265 .309 .379 .688 302.3
vs LH   752 66 152 30 2 11 78 1 3 36 135 .202 .238 .291 .530 47.9
Home 492 1694 176 432 66 4 40 183 5 10 105 248 .255 .296 .370 .666 182.5
Away 506 1684 174 417 67 3 33 199 2 5 102 226 .248 .290 .350 .640 167.7
RISP   751 0 201 24 0 21 296 0 0 53 107 .268 .307 .383 .690 90.7
Pinch Hitting   121 10 33 3 1 2 24 0 1 7 15 .273 .299 .364 .662 13.2
Close/Late   467 50 129 16 0 12 65 0 0 33 50 .276 .321 .388 .708 58.1
Mar/Apr 140 440 33 100 17 0 9 38 0 3 21 74 .227 .262 .327 .589 35.7
May 167 576 55 156 27 1 13 62 2 3 27 87 .271 .303 .389 .692 65.0
June 175 594 71 160 23 1 15 76 2 2 53 73 .269 .326 .387 .713 75.8
July 168 584 67 161 25 2 12 63 2 0 29 63 .276 .309 .387 .696 68.0
August 187 635 67 140 14 1 15 74 1 2 50 89 .220 .275 .317 .591 56.7
Sep/Oct 161 549 57 132 27 2 9 69 0 5 27 88 .240 .275 .346 .621 49.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 25 MIA NL C 77 75 661.3 314 38 6 0 .983 4.79 82 31 .378 2 2.7
    1B 15 7 68.0 101 9 2 11 .982 14.56 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 26 MIA NL C 136 128 1167.3 602 57 6 0 .991 5.08 92 33 .359 0 8.0
    1B 2 0 6.3 8 1 0 0 1.000 12.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 27 MIA NL 1B 96 94 788.7 933 68 12 81 .988 11.42 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    C 16 11 102.3 64 4 3 0 .958 5.98 8 2 .250 0 0.4
    RF 3 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 28 MIA NL C 21 18 161.0 99 6 2 0 .981 5.87 13 3 .231 0 0.6
    1B 13 6 65.7 65 9 1 4 .987 10.14 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 29 MIA NL C 131 131 1087.0 661 50 13 0 .982 5.89 106 32 .302 2 3.4
    1B 12 2 34.7 42 3 0 1 1.000 11.68 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 3 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 5 0 10.3 2 3 1 1 .833 4.36 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 30 MIA NL C 106 96 876.3 542 40 6 1 .990 5.98 67 25 .373 1 6.9
    1B 12 1 41.0 42 3 1 5 .978 9.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 32 LAD NL C 110 108 957.0 570 53 5 2 .992 5.86 95 35 .368 1 6.3
    1B 4 0 7.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 33 MIN AL C 115 109 976.0 533 49 5 0 .991 5.37 110 35 .318 6 5.0
    1B 13 1 25.3 35 2 0 4 1.000 13.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 712 676 5988.3 3385 297 46 3 .988 5.53 573 196 .342 12 33.3
  1B 167 111 1036.6 1232 96 16 106 .988 11.53 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  RF 8 0 17.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 6 0 13.3 3 4 1 1 .875 4.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   898 787 7062.6 4623 397 63 110 .988 6.40 573 196 .342 12 35.5
Career Highs   153 133 1173.7 999 73 15 81 .992 10.74 110 35 .378 6  
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 62nd overall pick, by San Diego in 1974
Had first career hit on 4/17/1977, off Gilberto Rondon (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/23/1977, off Reggie Cleveland (TOR)
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 4/16/1979 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2 weeks
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,100,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,365,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1981, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 4/3/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $684,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/16/1984 to a 1-year deal worth $1,800,000 per year
Injured on 8/25/1984 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 4/3/1985 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 4/3/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $648,000 per year