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- James Edward " Tip " O'Neill (May 15, 1860 – December 31, 1915) was a Canadian professional baseball player from approximately 1875 to 1892. He began playing organized baseball in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, and later played ten seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a left fielder, but also as a pitcher, for four major league clubs.
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James Edward " Tip " O'Neill (May 15, 1860 – December 31, 1915) was a Canadian professional baseball player from approximately 1875 to 1892. He began playing organized baseball in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, and later played ten seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a left fielder, but also as a pitcher, for four major league clubs.
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Position: Leftfielder. Bats: Right • Throws: Right. 6-1 , 167lb (185cm, 75kg) Born: May 15, 1860 in Springfield, Canada. Died: December 31, 1915 in Montreal, Canada. Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Woodstock, ON.
- May 15, 1860
Nov 5, 2020 · Tip O’Neill finished his ten-year major-league career with 1,052 games, 4,248 at-bats, 879 runs, 1,385 hits, and a .326 batting average. There is plenty of evidence to show that O’Neill had not willingly given up baseball.
Jul 17, 2022 · Tip O’Neill is best known for his batting championship in 1887, a season in which he hit .492. This percentage was the highest single-season batting average ever achieved in the American Association since its inaugural season in 1882, and better than any National League average since its inception in 1876.
Jan 4, 2024 · Described as “one of the most extraordinary Canadian batsmen in the history of baseball,” 4 O’Neill was the offensive catalyst for the Browns’ 1885 and 1886 championship teams, batting .350 and .328 respectively. In 1886 he led the league with 107 runs batted in.
Tip O'Neill was born on Tuesday, May 15, 1860, in Springfield, Ontario, Canada. O'Neill was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 5, 1883, with the New York Gothams.
During his childhood, O'Neill received the nickname "Tip" after the Canadian baseball player James "Tip" O'Neill. He was educated in Roman Catholic schools, graduating in 1931 from the now defunct St. John High School in Cambridge, where he was captain of the basketball team; he was a lifelong parishioner at the school's affiliated parish ...
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