Mel Ott - Hot Springs, AR
N 34° 30.944 W 093° 04.461
15S E 493175 N 3819344
Marker #7 on the Hot Springs Historic Baseball Trail, this marker notes the activities of Baseball Hall of Famer, Mel Ott, here in Hot Springs, AR. Located at the site of the old Whittington Park, behind the Weyerhaeuser Company.
Waymark Code: WMQ5NX
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 12/25/2015
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The marker text is identical on both sides, and says:
This Hall of Fame outfielder, tutored by John "Mugsy" McGraw, played his entire career with the New York Giants, hitting 511 home runs. On his thirtieth birthday, March 2, 1939, in an intra-squad game here at Whittington Park, "Master Melvin" belted three homers over the right field fence. He played alongside Hall of Famers Bill Terry and Carl Hubbell, to lift the Hal Schumacher team over the Carl Hubbell team by a score of 10-6.
Erected 2012
Hot Springs Advertising & Promotion Commission
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