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Steve O'Neill

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: July 6, 1891 in Minooka, PA us

Died: January 26, 1962 in Cleveland, OH

Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Scranton, PA

High School: Minooka HS (Minooka, PA)

Debut: September 18, 1911 (Age 20-074d, 3,602nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 14, 1928 (Age 37-070d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: Stephen Francis O'Neill

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Relatives: Brother of Jack O'Neill, Jim O'Neill, Mike O'Neill

1920 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.3

4795

1259

.263

448

RBI

534

OBP

.349

SLG

.337

OPS

.685

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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	31	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	46	53		1	5			2/H
1913	21	CLE	AL	80	255	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/H3
1915	23	CLE	AL	121	426	386	32	91	14	2	2	34	2	3	26	41	.236	.293	.298	.590	76	115		5	9			*2/H
1916	24	CLE	AL	130	419	378	30	89	23	0	0	29	2		24	33	.235	.288	.296	.584	72	112		4	11			*2/H
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/H
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/H
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/H
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/H
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/H
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/H	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/H
1924	32	BOS	AL	106	377	307	29	73	15	1	0	38	0	2	63	23	.238	.371	.293	.664	73	90		2	5			2H
1925	33	NYY	AL	35	105	91	7	26	5	0	1	10	0	0	10	3	.286	.363	.374	.736	89	34		1	2			2/H

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			2H
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		1	2
1942	50	DET-min	A1	1	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667		1							BMT · TL
17 Yrs				1590	5573	4795	448	1259	248	34	13	534	30	26	592	414	.263	.349	.337	.685	88	1614		43	130		1
162 Game Avg.				162	568	489	46	128	25	3	1	54	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	4832	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		1
NYY (1 yr)				35	105	91	7	26	5	0	1	10	0	0	10	3	.286	.363	.374	.736	89	34		1	2
BOS (1 yr)				106	377	307	29	73	15	1	0	38	0	2	63	23	.238	.371	.293	.664	73	90		2	5