boys of summer Steve O'Neill

Stephen Francis O'Neill (July 6, 1891 – January 26, 1962) was an American catcher, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball.

A native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, O'Neill was one of four brothers who escaped a life in the coal mines by playing in the major leagues. Steve had by far the most successful baseball career of the O'Neill brothers. He was a catcher for 17 years in the AL, with the Cleveland Indians (1911-23), Boston Red Sox (1924), New York Yankees (1925), and St. Louis Browns (1927-28). His playing career curtailed by an injury sustained in a car accident, O'Neill compiled a batting average of .263 in 1,586 games, and, in his only World Series appearance in 1920, hit .333 in seven games as the backstop for the world champion Indians.

Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1911 Cleveland 9 27 1 4 1 0 0 1 4 x .148
1912 Cleveland 69 215 17 49 4 0 0 14 12 x .228
1913 Cleveland 80 234 19 69 13 3 0 29 10 24 .295
1914 Cleveland 87 369 28 68 12 2 0 20 15 35 .253
1915 Cleveland 121 386 32 91 14 2 2 34 26 41 .236
1916 Cleveland 130 378 30 89 23 0 0 29 24 33 .235
1917 Cleveland 129 370 21 68 10 2 0 29 41 55 .184
1918 Cleveland 114 359 34 87 8 7 1 35 48 22 .242
1919 Cleveland 125 398 46 115 35 7 2 47 48 21 .289
1920 Cleveland 149 489 63 157 39 5 3 55 69 39 .321
1921 Cleveland 106 335 39 108 22 1 1 50 57 22 .322
1922 Cleveland 133 392 33 122 27 4 2 65 73 25 .311
1923 Cleveland 113 330 31 82 12 0 0 50 64 34 .248
1924 Boston 106 307 29 73 15 1 0 38 63 23 .238
1925 New York 35 91 7 26 5 0 1 13 10 3 .286
1927 St. Louis 74 191 14 44 7 0 1 22 20 6 .230
1928 St. Louis 10 24 4 7 1 0 0 6 8 0 .292

Career statistics
Batting average  .263
Hits  1259
Home Runs  13
Runs batted in  537