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=== Personal === | === Personal === | ||
| - | * Self-identified as | + | * Self-identified as being of American ancestry. |
* Listed hobbies as golf, fishing and hunting. | * Listed hobbies as golf, fishing and hunting. | ||
* Served with the New York Giants as assistant farm director prior to signing to manage the Oakland Oaks in late 1950. | * Served with the New York Giants as assistant farm director prior to signing to manage the Oakland Oaks in late 1950. | ||
* Stepped down as manager of the New York Giants after seven and one-half years midway through the 1948 season with the club in fourth place. | * Stepped down as manager of the New York Giants after seven and one-half years midway through the 1948 season with the club in fourth place. | ||
| - | * Ott | + | * Ott takes over as manager of the Oakland club which was piloted by Chuck Dressen to the Pacific Coast League title in 1950; Dressen signed as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgersearlier in 1950. |
=== Achievements === | === Achievements === | ||
* Named by the Baseball Writers' Association of America for the Sporting News All-Star Major League Teams in 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1938. | * Named by the Baseball Writers' Association of America for the Sporting News All-Star Major League Teams in 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1938. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most home runs with 511. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most runs scored with 1,859. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most runs batted in with 1,860. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most total bases with 5,041. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most bases on balls received with 1,708. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most extra base hits with 1,071. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most extra bases on long hits with 2,165. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most times two or home runs in a game with 49. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most years 30 or more home runs with 8. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most years leading the league in bases on balls received with 6 (1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1942). | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most years 100 or more bases on balls received with 10 (1929, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942). | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most consecutive years with 100 or more runs batted in with 8. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most years with 100 or more runs batted in with 9. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League lifetime record for most years playing 100 or more games with the same club with 18. | ||
| + | * Holds the National League record for most double plays participated in by an outfielder in a season with 12 in 1929. | ||
| + | * Holds the modern Nation League record for serving with one club with 22 years. | ||
* Tied the modern National League record for most years scoring 100 or more runs with 9. | * Tied the modern National League record for most years scoring 100 or more runs with 9. | ||
* Tied the national League record for most years leading in home runs with 6 (1936, 1938, 1942 and tied in 1932, 1934, 1937). | * Tied the national League record for most years leading in home runs with 6 (1936, 1938, 1942 and tied in 1932, 1934, 1937). | ||
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* Hit three home runs in a game on August 31, 1930 (second game). | * Hit three home runs in a game on August 31, 1930 (second game). | ||
* Connected for the cycle on May 16, 1939 (second game). | * Connected for the cycle on May 16, 1939 (second game). | ||
| + | * Led the 1938 National League in runs scored with 116. | ||
| + | * Led the 1942 National League in runs scored with 118. | ||
| + | * Led the 1934 National League in runs batted in with 135. | ||
| + | * Led the 1929 National League in bases on balls received with 113. | ||
| + | * Led the 1931 National League in bases on balls received with 80. | ||
| + | * Led the 1932 National League in bases on balls received with 100. | ||
| + | * Led the 1933 National League in bases on balls received with 75. | ||
| + | * Led the 1937 National League in bases on balls received with 102. | ||
| + | * Led the 1942 National League in bases on balls received with 109. | ||
| + | * Led the 1936 National League in home runs with 33. | ||
| + | * Led the 1938 National League in home runs with 36. | ||
| + | * Led the 1942 National League in home runs with 30. | ||
| + | * Tied for the lead in home runs with 38 in the 1932 National League. | ||
| + | * Tied for the lead in home runs with 35 in the 1934 National League. | ||
| + | * Tied for the lead in home runs with 31 in the 1937 National League. | ||
| + | * Led the 1929 National League outfielders in assists with 26. | ||
| + | * Led the 1941 National League outfielders in assists with 19. | ||
| + | * Led the 1935 National League outfielders in fielding average with .990. | ||
| + | * Holds the all-time New York Giant record for most runs batted in in one year with 151 in 1929. | ||
| + | * Holds the all-time New York Giant record for most bases on balls received in one year with 118 in 1938. | ||
* Tied the world series record for most putouts in one inning with three in the seventh inning on October 4, 1933. | * Tied the world series record for most putouts in one inning with three in the seventh inning on October 4, 1933. | ||
* Played in 11 all-star games (1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944). | * Played in 11 all-star games (1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944). | ||
