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Ed Ott
Nathan Edward Ott (born July 11, 1951 in Muncy, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and California Angels between 1974 and 1981.〔(Ed Ott at Baseball Reference )〕 He was a left-handed batter and threw right-handed.〔
==Major League career==
Ott, who is unrelated to Hall of Famer Mel Ott, began his Major League career as a right fielder with the Pirates in 1974.〔(1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season at Baseball Reference )〕 He converted to playing catcher in 1975, backing up Manny Sanguillén and Duffy Dyer.〔(1975 Pittsburgh Pirates season at Baseball Reference )〕 The Pirates traded Sanguillen to the Oakland Athletics before the 1977 season, and new Pirates manager Chuck Tanner installed Ott into a platoon role alongside Dyer. He played in 104 games that year while hitting for a .264 batting average.〔(1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season at Baseball Reference )〕 His batting average improved to .269 in 1978 while appearing in 112 games.〔
Ott platooned with catcher Steve Nicosia in 1979, and had his best season with a .273 batting average along with 7 home runs, 51 runs batted in and a career-high .994 fielding percentage, second only to Gene Tenace among National League catchers.〔〔(1979 National League Fielding Leaders at Baseball Reference )〕 Led by future Hall of Fame inductee, Willie Stargell, the Pirates won the National League Eastern Division pennant, then defeated the Cincinnati Reds in the 1979 National League Championship Series, before winning the 1979 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.〔(1979 National League Championship Series at Baseball Reference )〕〔(1979 World Series at Baseball Reference )〕 During the seven-game series, Ott posted a .333 batting average along with 3 runs batted in.〔(Ed Ott post-season batting statistics at Baseball Reference )〕
With young catcher Tony Peña ready to take over the catching duties, the Pirates traded Ott to the California Angels in April 1981.〔(Ed Ott Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac )〕 Ott had a down year in '81 batting just .217. He tore his rotator cuff in '82 and missed the entire year. After 16 minor league games spread across the '83 and '84 seasons, Ott retired.
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