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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, 3,601st 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

26.4

4795

1259

.263

448

RBI

534

OBP

.349

SLG

.337

OPS

.685

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
2	2	Apr 17	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
3	3	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 20	CLE		DET	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 27	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
10	10	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
13	13	May 2	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 3	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	15	May 4	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
16	16	May 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	17	May 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	19	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	20	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 10	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	22	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-7	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	9	2	0	11	1
24	24	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-11	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
26	26	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	27	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	28	May 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	29	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 23	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
31	31	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,9-13	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	32	May 28	CLE		CHW	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	33	May 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	35	May 30	CLE		CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	36	May 31 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	37	May 31 (2)	CLE		DET	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CLE		DET	L,10-11	GS	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	39	Jun 2	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	2	6	0
40	40	Jun 3	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
41	41	Jun 4	CLE		SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
42	42	Jun 5	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
43	43	Jun 6 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
44	44	Jun 6 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 8	CLE		PHA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
46	47 (1)	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
47	48	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	49	Jun 12	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
49	50	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	L,0-14	GF	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	55 (4)	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	L,9-10	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	56	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	4	1	1	6	0
52	57	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
53	58	Jun 23	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	GS	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
54	59	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
55	60	Jun 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
56	61	Jun 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
57	62	Jun 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	63	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
59	64	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
60	65	Jun 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	6	1	1	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	66	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	67	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	68	Jul 4	CLE	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
64	69	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	70	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	71	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	2	2	0	4	0
67	72	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
68	73	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
69	74	Jul 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
70	75	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	76	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
72	77	Jul 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	78	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
74	79	Jul 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	80	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	81	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
77	82	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
78	83	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	84	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
80	85	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	5	2	0	7	0
81	86	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	50	11.0	6	2	0	8	1
82	87	Jul 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
83	88	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	36	6.0	5	4	0	9	0
84	89	Jul 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS	25	6.0	9	0	0	9	0
85	90	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	43	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	91	Jul 25	CLE		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	92	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	93	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,6-19	GS	25	3.0	5	1	0	6	0
89	94	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
90	95	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
91	96	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	97	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	98	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
94	99	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
95	100	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
96	101	Aug 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-11	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
97	102	Aug 6	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	10.0	6	2	0	8	1
98	103	Aug 7	CLE		PHA	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	104	Aug 8	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	105	Aug 9	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	GS	33	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
101	106	Aug 11	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	CG	42	10.0	2	1	1	4	0
102	107	Aug 12	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
103	108	Aug 13	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
104	109	Aug 14	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
105	110	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
106	111	Aug 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
107	112	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
108	113	Aug 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
109	114	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-12	GS	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	115	Aug 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
111	116	Aug 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
112	117	Aug 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	52	12.1	7	1	0	8	0
113	118	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
114	119	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
115	120	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	121	Aug 27	CLE	@	PHA	W,15-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
117	122	Aug 29	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
118	123	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	124	Aug 31	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	125	Sep 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	126	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
122	127	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
123	128	Sep 5	CLE		DET	W,4-3	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
124	129	Sep 6 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
125	130	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
126	131	Sep 9	CLE		NYY	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	132	Sep 10	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
128	133	Sep 11	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
129	134	Sep 12	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
130	135	Sep 13	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
131	136	Sep 14	CLE		PHA	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
132	137	Sep 15	CLE		PHA	W,14-0	GS	13	4.0	2	1	0	3	1
133	138	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
134	139	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
135	140	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
136	141	Sep 19	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
137	142	Sep 20	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
138	143	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	W,12-1	GS	19	6.0	3	2	0	5	0
139	144	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
140	145	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
141	146	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
142	147	Sep 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
143	148	Sep 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
144	149	Sep 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
145	150	Sep 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
146	151	Oct 1 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.1	4	1	0	5	0
147	152	Oct 1 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	1	5	1
148	153	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
							148gm		1271.0	576	128	17	721	20