Bill O'Neill (baseball)
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 22, 1880 Saint John, New Brunswick | |||
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Died: July 20, 1920 (aged 40) Woodhaven, New York | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 7, 1904, for the Boston Americans | |||
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| October 7, 1906, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .243 | ||
| Home runs | 2 | ||
| Runs batted in | 42 | ||
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William John (Bill) 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.
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References
- ↑ "Terrible Six". thisgreatgame.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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