Buck O'Neil

John Jordan O'Neil Jr.

Born: November 13, 1911 in Carrabelle, FL
Died: October 6, 2006 in Kansas City, MO
(94 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 190

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Notes:

• College: Edward Waters College (Jacksonville, FL)
• Buried: Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery (Kansas City, MO)
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Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1937	MRS	NAL	25	LF	9	34	34	5	10	1	4	0	4	0		0	0		0	0			.294	.294	.559	.853	142
1938	KCM	NAL	26	1B	39	145	127	25	33	7	3	3	19	11		16			0	2			.260	.343	.433	.776	125
1939	KCM	NAL/ALC	27	1B	51	190	171	23	36	6	5	1	23	4		15				4			.211	.274	.322	.596	74
1940	KCM	NAL	28	1B	31	121	114	19	35	7	3	1	30	5		6				1			.307	.342	.447	.789	148
1941	KCM	NAL	29	1B	32	139	129	18	30	5	2	0	11	6		7				3			.233	.272	.302	.574	80
1942	KCM/WES	MULT	30	1B	42	174	167	23	46	7	2	1	25	3	0	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	.275	.297	.359	.656	103
1943	KCM/WES	NAL/EWA	31	1B	42	165	153	21	43	4	0	1	18	4		9	0		1	2	0	0	.281	.325	.327	.652	110
1946	KCM/SPS	MULT	34	1B	44	178	154	24	46	3	5	2	20	3		21	3		0	3			.299	.383	.422	.805	135
1947	KCM	NAL	35	1B	36	144	127	27	34	6	1	2	15	9		13			1	3			.268	.340	.378	.718	100
1948	KCM	NAL/ALC	36	1B	21	80	75	7	19	1	0	0	10	2		5			0	0			.253	.300	.267	.567	53
10	4			1B	347	1370	1251	192	332	47	25	11	175	47	0	97	5	0	2	20	0	0	.265	.319	.369	.689	105
162 Game Average						640	584	90	155	22	12	5	82	23	0	45	135	0	2	9	0	0	.265	.319	.369	.689	105

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Negro Leagues				337	1332	1219	186	322	46	23	11	171	47	0	92	2	0	2	19	0	0	.264	.317	.367	.684	103
1	vs Major Leagues				10	38	32	6	10	1	2	0	4	0		5	3		0	1			.313	.405	.469	.874	167

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Memphis Red Sox			LF	9	34	34	5	10	1	4	0	4	0		0	0		0	0			.294	.294	.559	.853	142
9	Kansas City Monarchs			1B	325	1287	1175	181	312	45	19	11	166	47		92			2	18	0		.266	.320	.364	.684	104
2	West All Stars			-	3	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			1B	10	38	32	6	10	1	2	0	4	0		5	3		0	1			.313	.405	.469	.874	167

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1937	MRS	NAL	34	.370	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	1.0%		7.49	0.0%	0.8%	.265	.106
1938	KCM	NAL	145	.356	.321	11.0%	7.7%					2.1%	0.7%	.173	.094
1939	KCM	NAL/ALC	190	.278	.319	7.9%			8.8%			0.5%	0.8%	.111	.095
1940	KCM	NAL	121	.374	.310	5.0%	8.9%					0.8%	0.6%	.140	.072
1941	KCM	NAL	139	.271	.302	5.0%	8.1%					0.0%	0.4%	.070	.077
1942	KCM/WES	MULT	174	.305	.305	2.9%		1.1%	7.1%	2.50		0.6%	0.7%	.084	.079
1943	KCM/WES	NAL/EWA	165	.314	.298	5.5%		0.0%	6.9%			0.6%	0.5%	.046	.072
1946	KCM/SPS	MULT	178	.377	.326	11.8%		1.7%	8.2%	7.00		1.1%	0.9%	.123	.089
1947	KCM	NAL	144	.340	.341	9.0%	9.0%					1.4%	0.8%	.110	.096
1948	KCM	NAL/ALC	80	.279	.349	6.3%			8.3%			0.0%	0.9%	.013	.110
10	4		1370	.323	.317	7.1%	8.0%	6.0%	4.4%	1.00	3.79	0.8%	0.7%	.104	.087

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		1332	.322	.318	6.9%	8.1%	4.4%	3.3%	0.00	5.86	0.8%	0.7%	.103	.086
1	vs Major Leagues		38	.387	.299	13.2%	7.5%	7.9%	5.6%	1.67	1.34	0.0%	1.2%	.156	.102

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Memphis Red Sox		34	.370	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	1.0%		7.49	0.0%	0.8%	.265	.106
9	Kansas City Monarchs		1287	.323	.318	7.1%	8.1%					0.9%	0.7%	.099	.086
2	West All Stars		11	.000	.256	0.0%	8.7%	18.2%	10.7%	0.00	0.82	0.0%	0.0%	.000	.047
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars		38	.387	.299	13.2%	7.5%	7.9%	5.6%	1.67	1.34	0.0%	1.2%	.156	.102

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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