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Next up is the great Mel Ott, a lifetime New York Giant who led the NL in home runs six times and was an All-star 11 years in a row. Only 5'9'' tall he was the first National Leaguer to reach 500 lifetime home runs and upon his retirement had 200 more home runs than the next-highest National Leaguer. Next to the unrelated Ed Ott, he has the shortest name in MLB history. He was the first of three Hall of Famers from the New York Giants to die as the result of a car accident preceeding Frankie Frisch and Carl Hubbell. Ott was 49 years old. My oldest card of a Hall of Famer is Mel's 1940 Play Ball card which I showed in my first post on this thread. I have 145 different Beckett recognized cards of "Master Melvin" as of this posting. Here are nine from my collection including some vintage, some serial numbered and a short print.

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1960 Fleer #36 Mel Ott DP
1961 Fleer #68 Mel Ott
1961 Golden Press #1 Mel Ott

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1963 Bazooka ATG #36 Mel Ott
2005 Ultimate Collection Silver #123 Mel Ott RET
2005 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Emerald #156 Mel Ott

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2005 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Emerald #160 Mel Ott HDR
2005 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Red #159 Mel Ott
2012 Panini Cooperstown #161 Mel Ott SP