Bill O'Neill
Outfielder, Baseball Player
1880 – 1920
Who was Bill O'Neill?
William John O'Neill was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Americans, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox. 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 game to become the only 20th century major league player to record six errors in a game. 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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- Born
- Jan 22, 1880
Saint John - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Saint John
- Died
- Jul 20, 1920
Woodhaven
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on July 23, 2013
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