Bill O'Neill (baseball)
Bill O'Neill | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Saint John, New Brunswick | January 22, 1880|
Died: July 20, 1920 Woodhaven, New York | (aged 40)|
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 7, 1904, for the Boston Americans | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 7, 1906, for the Chicago White Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .243 |
Home runs | 2 |
Runs batted in | 42 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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William John O'Neill (January 22, 1880 – July 20, 1920) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Americans (1904), Washington Senators (1904) and Chicago White Sox (1906). O'Neill was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Playing at shortstop in his 1904 rookie season for the Red Sox, O'Neill committed six errors during a 13-inning 5–3 loss to the St Louis Browns on May 21 to become the only 20th-century Major League player to record six errors in a game.[1] In the midseason he was traded to Washington in the same transaction that brought Kip Selbach to Boston. In 1906 O'Neill was a member of the Chicago White Sox team that won the World Championship over the Chicago Cubs in six games.
In a two-season career, O'Neill was a .243 hitter with two home runs and 42 RBI in 206 games played.
O'Neill died in Woodhaven, New York, at the age of 40.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Terrible Six". thisgreatgame.com. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
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[edit]- 1880 births
- 1920 deaths
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- Chicago White Sox players
- Washington Senators (1901–1960) players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball players from Canada
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- Baseball people from New Brunswick
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