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Steve O'Neill

Stephen Francis O'Neill

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 6, 1891 in Minooka, PA
High School: Minooka HS (Minooka, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1911
Teams (by GP): Indians/Naps/RedSox/Browns/Yankees 1911-1928

Final Game: September 14, 1928
Died: January 26, 1962 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Scranton, PA
Relatives: Brother of Jack O'Neill, Brother of Jim O'Neill and Brother of Mike O'Neill
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1911 19 CLE AL 9 33 27 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 3 .148 .281 .185 .466 30 5 1 1 /2
1912 20 CLE AL 69 233 215 17 49 4 0 0 14 2 3 12 28 .228 .272 .247 .518 47 53 1 5 2
1913 21 CLE AL 80 253 234 19 69 13 3 0 29 5 10 24 .295 .329 .376 .705 104 88 2 7 2 MVP-24
1914 22 CLE AL 87 286 269 28 68 12 2 0 20 1 3 15 35 .253 .292 .312 .605 79 84 0 2 2/3
1915 23 CLE AL 121 426 386 32 91 14 2 2 34 2 3 26 41 .236 .293 .298 .590 75 115 5 9 *2
1916 24 CLE AL 130 417 378 30 89 23 0 0 29 2 0 24 33 .235 .288 .296 .584 72 112 4 11 *2
1917 25 CLE AL 129 429 370 21 68 10 2 0 29 2 41 55 .184 .272 .222 .494 47 82 4 14 *2
1918 26 CLE AL 114 420 359 34 87 8 7 1 35 5 48 22 .242 .343 .312 .655 90 112 7 6 *2
1919 27 CLE AL 125 463 398 46 115 35 7 2 47 4 48 21 .289 .373 .427 .800 119 170 5 10 *2
1920 28 CLE AL 149 578 489 63 157 39 5 3 55 3 5 69 39 .321 .408 .440 .848 121 215 3 15 *2
1921 29 CLE AL 106 405 335 39 108 22 1 1 50 0 1 57 22 .322 .424 .403 .827 110 135 2 11 *2
1922 30 CLE AL 133 478 392 33 122 27 4 2 65 2 2 73 25 .311 .423 .416 .839 117 163 3 9 *2 MVP-6
1923 31 CLE AL 113 407 330 31 82 12 0 0 50 0 4 64 34 .248 .374 .285 .659 75 94 2 8 *2
1924 32 BOS AL 106 375 307 29 73 15 1 0 38 0 2 63 23 .238 .371 .293 .664 73 90 2 5 2
1925 33 NYY AL 35 104 91 7 26 5 0 1 13 0 0 10 3 .286 .363 .374 .736 89 34 1 2 2
1927 35 SLB AL 74 224 191 14 44 7 0 1 22 0 3 20 6 .230 .303 .283 .586 51 54 0 13 2
1928 36 SLB AL 10 35 24 4 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 8 0 .292 .485 .333 .818 116 8 1 2 2
17 Yrs 1590 5566 4795 448 1259 248 34 13 537 30 26 592 414 .263 .349 .337 .685 88 1614 43 130
162 Game Avg. 162 567 489 46 128 25 3 1 55 3 60 42 .263 .349 .337 .685 88 164 4 13
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CLE (13 yrs) 1365 4828 4182 394 1109 220 33 11 458 30 21 491 382 .265 .348 .341 .689 91 1428 39 108
SLB (2 yrs) 84 259 215 18 51 8 0 1 28 0 3 28 6 .237 .328 .288 .616 59 62 1 15
BOS (1 yr) 106 375 307 29 73 15 1 0 38 0 2 63 23 .238 .371 .293 .664 73 90 2 5
NYY (1 yr) 35 104 91 7 26 5 0 1 13 0 0 10 3 .286 .363 .374 .736 89 34 1 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1911 19 CLE AL 9 33 -2 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 1 -0 0.0 .483 .499 0.0 0.1 -0 $ /2
1912 20 CLE AL 69 233 -15 -0 0 0 4 -11 -1.1 8 -3 -0.3 .484 .493 -0.3 0.4 -3 $ 2
1913 21 CLE AL 80 253 0 -0 0 1 4 5 0.6 9 14 1.4 .507 .504 1.4 0.6 13 $ 2 MVP-24
1914 22 CLE AL 87 286 -7 -0 0 1 5 -1 -0.2 10 8 0.8 .498 .499 0.7 0.6 7 $ 2/3
1915 23 CLE AL 121 426 -11 0 0 3 7 -1 -0.2 15 13 1.3 .499 .499 1.0 1.1 10 $ *2
1916 24 CLE AL 130 417 -12 0 0 3 7 -2 -0.3 14 12 1.1 .498 .498 0.8 1.2 9 $ *2
1917 25 CLE AL 129 429 -23 0 0 4 6 -12 -1.5 15 3 0.0 .488 .491 -0.5 1.3 -1 $ *2
1918 26 CLE AL 114 420 -2 -0 0 1 6 4 0.5 14 18 1.9 .504 .503 1.8 0.8 17 $ *2
1919 27 CLE AL 125 463 11 0 0 2 6 19 2.2 16 35 3.7 .517 .513 3.5 0.9 33 $ *2
1920 28 CLE AL 149 578 18 0 0 2 7 27 2.7 18 45 4.5 .518 .516 4.3 0.9 43 $ *2
1921 29 CLE AL 106 405 10 0 0 2 4 16 1.6 13 29 2.9 .515 .509 2.6 0.6 27 $ *2
1922 30 CLE AL 133 478 15 0 0 -3 4 16 1.5 15 32 3.0 .512 .510 3.4 0.1 34 $ *2 MVP-6
1923 31 CLE AL 113 407 -9 -1 0 -3 3 -9 -0.9 13 4 0.4 .492 .494 0.7 0.0 7 $ *2
1924 32 BOS AL 106 375 -9 -0 0 -3 3 -9 -0.8 12 3 0.4 .492 .495 0.7 0.1 6 $ 2
1925 33 NYY AL 35 104 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 3 3 0.3 .500 .500 0.3 0.1 3 $ 2
1927 35 SLB AL 74 224 -14 -1 0 1 2 -12 -1.2 7 -5 -0.5 .484 .493 -0.6 0.3 -6 $ 2
1928 36 SLB AL 10 35 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .519 .501 0.3 0.0 3 $ 2
17 Seasons 1590 5566 -50 -1 0 11 71 30 2.7 183 213 21.2 .502 .501 20.1 9.1 202 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CLE (13 yrs) 1365 4828 -28 -0 0 13 64 49 4.5 160 209 20.7 .503 .502 19.4 8.6 196 $
SLB (2 yrs) 84 259 -12 -1 0 1 2 -10 -1.0 8 -2 -0.2 .488 .497 -0.3 0.3 -3 $
BOS (1 yr) 106 375 -9 -0 0 -3 3 -9 -0.8 12 3 0.4 .492 .495 0.7 0.1 6 $
NYY (1 yr) 35 104 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 3 3 0.3 .500 .500 0.3 0.1 3 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1911 19 CLE AL 33 24 1 1.1 97 .167 .148 .282 .281 .349 .185 .371 .466 .720 30 .083 -2.4 -0.2 .522 .259 .037 .0
1912 20 CLE AL 233 174 14 2.1 94 .262 .228 .276 .272 .345 .247 .363 .518 .708 47 .256 -15.4 -1.7 .385 .070 .019 .0
1913 21 CLE AL 253 172 28 4.4 90 .329 .295 .268 .329 .340 .376 .352 .705 .692 104 .582 0.2 0.0 .636 .145 .081 .0
1914 22 CLE AL 286 206 24 3.1 85 .291 .253 .261 .292 .335 .312 .342 .605 .677 79 .478 -7.8 -0.9 .475 .108 .059 .0
1915 23 CLE AL 426 307 32 2.8 85 .259 .236 .258 .293 .336 .298 .338 .590 .674 75 .408 -12.7 -1.5 .487 .127 .062 2.0
1916 24 CLE AL 417 300 32 2.9 86 .258 .235 .262 .288 .337 .296 .342 .584 .680 72 .408 -13.4 -1.5 .491 .130 .061 .0
1917 25 CLE AL 429 316 22 1.9 85 .216 .184 .263 .272 .335 .222 .340 .494 .675 47 .256 -23.6 -2.8 .427 .154 .038 .0
1918 26 CLE AL 420 278 37 3.6 89 .256 .242 .271 .343 .343 .312 .345 .655 .688 90 .515 -3.2 -0.4 .632 .217 .070 1.7
1919 27 CLE AL 463 293 62 5.7 100 .301 .289 .283 .373 .350 .427 .381 .800 .731 119 .649 11.6 1.2 .802 .269 .138 2.7
1920 28 CLE AL 578 352 86 6.6 110 .345 .321 .296 .408 .362 .440 .407 .848 .768 121 .658 18.6 1.8 .846 .256 .119 3.0
1921 29 CLE AL 405 239 56 6.3 116 .343 .322 .302 .424 .368 .403 .425 .827 .793 110 .596 9.3 0.9 .846 .248 .081 .0
1922 30 CLE AL 478 281 68 6.5 111 .329 .311 .296 .423 .361 .416 .415 .839 .776 117 .639 15.2 1.5 .879 .291 .105 2.0
1923 31 CLE AL 407 260 34 3.5 108 .277 .248 .290 .374 .360 .285 .401 .659 .761 75 .370 -8.3 -0.8 .619 .218 .036
1924 32 BOS AL 375 241 33 3.6 111 .257 .238 .297 .371 .366 .293 .407 .664 .773 73 .370 -8.7 -0.8 .648 .254 .055
1925 33 NYY AL 104 67 12 4.8 114 .287 .286 .297 .363 .367 .374 .417 .736 .784 89 .470 -1.3 -0.1 .692 .198 .088 .0
1927 35 SLB AL 224 163 16 2.6 113 .234 .230 .297 .303 .365 .283 .417 .586 .782 51 .245 -14.1 -1.4 .473 .141 .052 .0
1928 36 SLB AL 35 19 4 5.6 111 .292 .292 .292 .485 .358 .333 .415 .818 .773 116 .577 1.5 0.2 1.000 .375 .042
17 Yrs 5566 3692 561 4.1 99 .285 .263 .281 .349 .351 .337 .378 .685 .729 88 .491 -54.5 -6.6 .633 .198 .074 18.1
162 Game Avg. 567 376 57 4.1 99 .285 .263 .281 .349 .351 .337 .378 .685 .729 88 .491 -54.5 -6.6 .633 .198 .074 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CLE (13 yrs) 4828 3202 496 4.2 97 .290 .265 .278 .348 .349 .341 .373 .689 .722 91 .514 -31.9 -4.4 .636 .196 .076 16.1
SLB (2 yrs) 259 182 20 2.9 113 .240 .237 .296 .328 .364 .288 .416 .616 .781 59 .286 -12.6 -1.2 .527 .167 .051 .0
BOS (1 yr) 375 241 33 3.6 111 .257 .238 .297 .371 .366 .293 .407 .664 .773 73 .370 -8.7 -0.8 .648 .254 .055
NYY (1 yr) 104 67 12 4.8 114 .287 .286 .297 .363 .367 .374 .417 .736 .784 89 .470 -1.3 -0.1 .692 .198 .088 .0

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1920 28 CLE AL WS BRO W 7 25 21 1 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .333 .440 .476 .916 10 0 0 0 0 3
1 WS 7 25 21 1 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .333 .440 .476 .916 10 0 0 0 0 3

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 26 CLE AL 420 0.2% 5.2% 11.4% 3.8% 18% 0.46 16.3 359.0 10.3 80%
1919 27 CLE AL 463 0.4% 4.5% 10.4% 9.5% 38% 0.44 19.0 199.0 8.5 81%
1920 28 CLE AL 578 0.5% 6.8% 11.9% 8.1% 30% 0.57 12.5 163.0 8.9 77%
1921 29 CLE AL 405 0.3% 5.4% 14.1% 5.9% 22% 0.39 15.2 335.0 6.7 77%
1922 30 CLE AL 478 0.4% 5.2% 15.3% 6.9% 27% 0.34 15.7 196.0 6.0 76%
1923 31 CLE AL 407 0.0% 8.4% 15.7% 3.0% 15% 0.53 9.7 6.6 73%
1924 32 BOS AL 375 0.0% 6.1% 16.8% 4.3% 22% 0.37 13.3 8.1 76%
1925 33 NYY AL 104 1.0% 2.9% 9.6% 5.8% 23% 0.30 30.3 91.0 7.0 84%
1927 35 SLB AL 224 0.5% 2.7% 8.9% 3.6% 18% 0.30 31.8 191.0 8.7 82%
1928 36 SLB AL 35 0.0% 0.0% 22.9% 2.9% 14% 0.00 4.0 69%
17 Yrs 3489 0.4% 11.9% 17.0% 8.5% 23% 0.70 11.6 368.8 8.9 125%
MLB Averages 1.3% 14.8% 13.4% 10.0% 24% 1.10 10.3 122.6 8.9 137%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1911 19 9 33 27 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 3 .148 .281 .185 .466 30 5 1 1
1912 20 78 266 242 18 53 5 0 0 15 4 3 16 31 .219 .273 .240 .513 45 58 2 6
1913 21 158 519 476 37 122 18 3 0 44 9 3 26 55 .256 .300 .307 .607 73 146 4 13
1914 22 245 805 745 65 190 30 5 0 64 10 6 41 90 .255 .297 .309 .606 75 230 4 15
1915 23 366 1231 1131 97 281 44 7 2 98 12 9 67 131 .248 .296 .305 .601 75 345 9 24
1916 24 496 1648 1509 127 370 67 7 2 127 14 9 91 164 .245 .294 .303 .597 74 457 13 35
1917 25 625 2077 1879 148 438 77 9 2 156 16 9 132 219 .233 .289 .287 .576 69 539 17 49
1918 26 739 2497 2238 182 525 85 16 3 191 21 9 180 241 .235 .299 .291 .589 73 651 24 55
1919 27 864 2960 2636 228 640 120 23 5 238 25 9 228 262 .243 .310 .311 .622 80 821 29 65
1920 28 1013 3538 3125 291 797 159 28 8 293 28 14 297 301 .255 .326 .332 .658 87 1036 32 80
1921 29 1119 3943 3460 330 905 181 29 9 343 28 15 354 323 .262 .336 .338 .674 90 1171 34 91
1922 30 1252 4421 3852 363 1027 208 33 11 408 30 17 427 348 .267 .345 .346 .692 93 1334 37 100
1923 31 1365 4828 4182 394 1109 220 33 11 458 30 21 491 382 .265 .348 .341 .689 91 1428 39 108
1924 32 1471 5203 4489 423 1182 235 34 11 496 30 23 554 405 .263 .350 .338 .688 90 1518 41 113
1925 33 1506 5307 4580 430 1208 240 34 12 509 30 23 564 408 .264 .350 .339 .689 90 1552 42 115
1926 34 1506 5307 4580 430 1208 240 34 12 509 30 23 564 408 .264 .350 .339 .689 90 1552 42 115
1927 35 1580 5531 4771 444 1252 247 34 13 531 30 26 584 414 .262 .348 .337 .685 88 1606 42 128
1928 36 1590 5566 4795 448 1259 248 34 13 537 30 26 592 414 .263 .349 .337 .685 88 1614 43 130

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1911 19 9 34 28 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 3 .143 .273 .179 .451 1 9
1912 20 72 242 224 17 51 4 0 0 14 2 12 29 .228 .270 .246 .516 15 69
1913 21 84 270 250 22 76 14 3 0 33 6 11 25 .304 .338 .384 .722 33 80
1914 22 89 302 283 34 77 14 2 0 24 1 17 36 .272 .313 .336 .649 30 87
1915 23 126 453 409 37 101 16 2 2 39 2 29 43 .247 .306 .311 .617 38 121
1916 24 135 442 400 36 100 26 0 0 34 2 27 34 .250 .304 .315 .619 37 130
1917 25 134 457 391 25 77 11 2 0 35 2 46 57 .197 .290 .235 .525 26 129
1918 26 145 547 465 48 118 11 9 1 49 7 65 28 .254 .356 .323 .679 52 114
1919 27 145 535 461 54 134 41 8 2 55 5 56 24 .291 .375 .427 .802 73 125
1920 28 157 590 503 59 154 38 5 3 52 3 68 41 .306 .392 .419 .811 82 149
1921 29 112 409 341 35 102 21 1 1 44 0 54 23 .299 .398 .375 .773 50 106
1922 30 139 486 402 31 120 27 4 2 62 2 72 26 .299 .409 .400 .809 65 133
1923 31 119 417 343 30 82 12 0 0 48 0 64 36 .239 .362 .274 .636 34 113
1924 32 112 387 318 28 72 15 1 0 36 0 62 24 .226 .356 .280 .636 32 106
1925 33 37 107 94 7 26 5 0 1 12 0 10 3 .277 .352 .362 .714 12 35
1927 35 77 229 196 13 42 7 0 1 20 0 19 6 .214 .284 .265 .549 15 74
1928 36 11 34 24 3 6 1 0 0 5 0 7 0 .250 .438 .292 .729 3 10
17 Yrs 1703 5941 5132 480 1342 264 37 13 563 34 623 438 .261 .347 .335 .682 598 1590
162 Game Avg. 162 565 488 46 128 25 4 1 54 3 59 42 .261 .347 .335 .682 57 1590
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1949 BBWAA ( 3.9%)
1950 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1951 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1952 BBWAA ( 4.3%)
1953 BBWAA ( 4.9%)
1958 BBWAA ( 3.8%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1913 AL (24, 2%)
1922 AL (6, 20%)
0.22 Career Shares (708th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1920 AL  4.5 (9th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1920 AL  4.3 (8th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1916 AL  1.2 (7th)
1917 AL  1.3 (4th)
1918 AL  0.8 (10th)
1919 AL  0.9 (8th)
Career  9.1 (243rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1920 AL  .408 (10th)
1921 AL  .424 (7th)
1922 AL  .423 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1919 AL  35 (4th)
1920 AL  39 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1920 AL  69 (8th)
1922 AL  73 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1917 AL  55 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1918 AL  7 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career  130 (243rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1911 AL  born 1891-07-06 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 46 (424), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (435), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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