Steve O'Neill
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| Catcher / Manager | |||
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Born: July 6, 1891 Scranton, Pennsylvania |
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Died: January 26, 1962 (aged 70) Cleveland, Ohio |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 18, 1911, for the Cleveland Naps | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 14, 1928, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .263 | ||
| Home runs | 13 | ||
| Runs batted in | 537 | ||
| Managerial record | 1,040–821 | ||
| Winning % | .559 | ||
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Stephen Francis O'Neill (July 6, 1891 – January 26, 1962) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher, most notably with the Cleveland Indians. As a manager, he led the 1945 Detroit Tigers to the World Series championship,
Born to Irish immigrants from Maam, Galway, Michael "Squire" O'Neill and Mary Joyce, in Minooka, Pennsylvania (now a part of Scranton), O'Neill was one of four brothers who escaped a life in the coal mines by playing in the major leagues. Other notable members of the O'Neill family were Jack, a catcher in the National League (1902–06); Mike, a right-handed pitcher in the NL (1901–04, 1907); and Jim, an infielder with the American League Washington Senators (1920, 1923). Baseball historian William C. Kashatus noted that Michael and Jack "would become the first brother battery in major league history". The O'Neill brothers "were known to exchange their signals in Gaelic in order to fool the opposing coaches".
Later, two of Steve O'Neill's daughters married professional baseball players, one of whom was Skeeter Webb, who played under O'Neill in the minor leagues in 1939 and again from 1945–47, when O'Neill piloted the Tigers.
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