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Bill
O'Neill		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: January 22, 1880 in Can, NB, ST. JOHN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1912   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1904 24 SLN NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
1905 25 SLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
1906 26 SLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
1907 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
1908 28 PIT NL $ 1,800,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 10 10 10
1909 29 PIT NL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 10 10 10
1910 30 PIT NL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 10 10 10
1911 31 PIT NL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 10 10 10
1912 32 PIT NL $ 500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 10 10 10
1913 33 PIT NL $ 500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 9 9 9
1914 34 PIT NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1904 24 AAA   41 146 22 44 7 0 8 17 6 1 21 15 .301 .389 .514 .903 29.2  
    A   80 285 44 84 15 2 20 37 15 2 40 33 .295 .382 .572 .953 61.5  
1905 25 SLN NL 76 241 46 82 13 1 0 21 4 0 19 14 .340 .388 .402 .790 35.1 8.0
1906 26 SLN NL 98 263 38 69 6 2 2 19 11 5 25 12 .262 .329 .323 .652 27.5 5.1
1907 27 SLN NL 76 320 54 101 10 2 5 31 14 3 24 19 .316 .364 .406 .770 47.1 12.3
  PIT NL 74 288 35 77 6 2 3 23 13 3 19 12 .267 .312 .333 .645 31.3 6.2
  TOT   150 608 89 178 16 4 8 54 27 6 43 31 .293 .339 .372 .711 78.3 18.5
1908 28 PIT NL 148 560 64 150 14 1 1 52 22 2 43 29 .268 .324 .302 .626 55.8 8.3
1909 29 PIT NL 101 334 31 87 7 2 0 28 9 3 32 20 .260 .338 .293 .631 36.7 8.2
1910 30 PIT NL 68 130 15 28 2 0 0 9 9 1 17 14 .215 .309 .231 .539 12.6 1.7
1911 31 PIT NL 111 451 61 116 15 1 1 30 22 3 36 28 .257 .314 .302 .616 46.9 5.7
1912 32 PIT NL 137 476 60 155 11 6 2 67 18 3 37 38 .326 .374 .387 .760 70.1 13.9
1913 33 PIT NL 94 257 24 72 3 2 1 40 8 1 18 13 .280 .340 .319 .659 29.5 4.7
1914 34 AAA   130 511 64 140 15 2 7 54 17 4 69 58 .274 .360 .352 .713 70.6  
9 Years Sim 983 3320 428 937 87 19 15 320 130 24 270 199 .282 .340 .333 .673 392.6 74.1
2 Years AAA 171 657 86 184 22 2 15 71 23 5 90 73 .280 .370 .388 .758 99.8  
1 Years A 80 285 44 84 15 2 20 37 15 2 40 33 .295 .383 .572 .955 61.5  
3 Years Minors 251 942 130 268 37 4 35 108 38 7 130 106 .285 .374 .444 .818 161.3  
162 Game Average 547 70 154 14 3 2 52 21 3 44 32 .282 .340 .333 .673 64.7  
Career Highs 150 608 89 178 16 6 8 67 27 6 43 38 .340 .388 .402 .790 78.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2536 330 725 74 15 12 258 98 18 224 164 .286 .347 .341 .688 312.3
vs LH   784 98 212 13 4 3 62 32 6 46 35 .270 .315 .309 .624 78.4
Home 490 1650 218 478 45 9 7 164 72 13 121 99 .290 .342 .341 .683 197.8
Away 493 1670 210 459 42 10 8 156 58 11 149 100 .275 .337 .326 .664 193.0
RISP   867 0 225 11 2 4 292 0 0 87 60 .260 .326 .291 .617 87.7
Pinch Hitting   126 14 25 0 0 0 6 2 1 7 14 .198 .241 .198 .439 5.2
Close/Late   483 68 141 12 2 2 46 0 0 49 22 .292 .357 .337 .695 59.9
Mar/Apr 124 435 50 112 12 3 2 36 16 0 47 31 .257 .332 .313 .645 50.0
May 198 695 88 187 15 3 6 57 25 5 62 33 .269 .332 .325 .657 79.3
June 167 580 78 161 17 3 1 61 28 5 39 37 .278 .323 .322 .646 63.3
July 168 557 73 159 15 4 2 58 25 4 37 24 .285 .336 .338 .673 64.4
August 139 441 59 141 10 1 2 40 21 4 34 27 .320 .372 .361 .733 60.4
Sep/Oct 187 612 80 177 18 5 2 68 15 6 51 47 .289 .349 .345 .694 73.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1905 25 SLN NL LF 30 29 276.0 45 1 0 1 1.000 1.50   1.0
    CF 21 18 166.0 53 0 5 0 .914 2.87    
    2B 6 4 36.3 8 20 2 2 .933 6.94   0.2
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1906 26 SLN NL LF 41 35 331.0 64 4 0 3 1.000 1.85   1.0
    CF 15 13 125.7 28 1 4 1 .879 2.08    
    RF 9 9 75.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    SS 7 0 13.7 5 7 2 3 .857 7.91   0.1
    2B 4 0 6.3 4 5 0 2 1.000 12.80   0.1
1907 27 SLN NL CF 37 37 350.5 89 2 12 1 .883 2.34   1.5
    LF 38 38 349.8 76 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.6 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
  PIT NL CF 37 37 311.1 79 2 11 1 .880 2.34   1.6
    LF 37 37 310.5 67 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 74 74 661.6 168 4 23 2 .882 2.34   3.1
      LF 75 75 660.3 143 0 0 0 1.000 1.95   0.0
      2B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1908 28 PIT NL CF 148 148 1315.7 354 7 25 2 .935 2.47   5.6
1909 29 PIT NL CF 84 84 750.7 180 6 23 2 .890 2.23   2.3
    LF 2 1 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
    2B 2 1 12.0 5 6 0 2 1.000 8.25   0.1
    SS 4 0 7.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.0
1910 30 PIT NL CF 10 9 83.0 16 0 3 0 .842 1.73   0.4
    LF 12 8 75.3 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.15    
    SS 16 6 73.0 7 36 4 2 .915 5.30   0.3
    2B 5 1 16.7 4 9 1 3 .929 7.02   0.1
1911 31 PIT NL LF 53 53 490.0 97 0 0 0 1.000 1.78   1.2
    SS 53 53 465.3 85 209 8 23 .974 5.69   3.9
    CF 4 2 13.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.64    
1912 32 PIT NL LF 122 121 1056.3 231 5 1 3 .996 2.01   4.3
    2B 4 4 34.0 11 12 1 3 .958 6.09   0.1
    CF 3 3 24.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.88    
1913 33 PIT NL CF 62 52 497.0 135 3 12 1 .920 2.50   2.7
    LF 4 3 31.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.19    
    SS 5 1 23.0 5 11 0 5 1.000 6.26   0.2
    2B 2 2 17.0 5 4 0 1 1.000 4.76   0.1
  CF 421 403 3637.2 943 21 96 8 .909 2.39   14.0
  LF 339 325 2933.0 609 11 1 7 .998 1.90   7.5
  SS 86 60 586.0 104 267 14 34 .964 5.70   4.6
  2B 25 12 125.3 37 57 4 13 .959 6.75   0.7
  RF 9 9 75.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
Career Totals   880 809 7356.8 1710 356 115 62 .947 2.53   26.8
Career Highs   151 149 1324.9 354 209 25 23 .989 3.67    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1912-6-.326
 XR
1907-10-78.3
 Games
1907-4-150
1908-8-148
 At-Bats
1907-1-608
 Runs
1907-8-89
 Hits
1907-4-178
Total Bases
1907-6-226
 Singles
1907-3-150
 Homeruns
1907-1-8
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Morrie Rath (959)
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  3. Marty Kavanagh (941)
  4. Clyde Engle (939)
  5. John Jenkins (929)
  6. John Monroe (926)
  7. Tom Jones (925)
  8. John Farrell (920)
  9. Gene Paulette (919)
  10. John Leary (917)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 51st overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1904
Had first career hit (double) on 4/23/1905, off Harry Mcintire (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1906, off Rube Kisinger (CIN)
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Pittsburgh on 7/10/1907 (Going to PIT: LF Bill O'neill. Going to SLN: CF Bris Lord, SS Jack Hannifin)
1/10/1908: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
9/11/1908: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (N) on 6/20/1911
Injured on 8/17/1911 with a Broken Ankle, out for 10 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/12/1912 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1912
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 3/9/1914 to a minor league contract
Injured on 4/24/1914 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/18/1914 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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