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:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2021
• 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			.294	.294	.559	.853	136
1938	KCM	NAL	26	1B	43	164	144	29	38	9	3	3	23	11		17			0	3			.264	.342	.431	.772	123
1939	KCM	NAL/ALC	27	1B	51	190	171	23	36	6	5	1	23	4		15				4			.211	.274	.322	.596	73
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	WES/KCM	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	105
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	58	229	194	29	58	4	6	2	21	4		34			0	1			.299	.404	.412	.816	140
1947	KCM	NAL	35	1B	56	228	200	50	56	13	3	4	34	11		24			1	3			.280	.360	.435	.795	109
1948	KCM	ALC/NAL	36	1B	30	111	104	8	23	2	0	0	12	2		7		0	0	0			.221	.270	.240	.511	38
10	4			1B	394	1555	1410	225	375	58	28	13	201	50	0	124	2	0	2	19	0	0	.266	.326	.374	.701	106
162 Game Average						639	580	93	154	24	12	5	83	22	0	51	108	0	1	8	0	0	.266	.326	.374	.701	106

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				381	1506	1369	218	363	57	26	13	196	49	0	117	2	0	2	18	0	0	.265	.324	.373	.697	104
1	vs Major Leagues				13	49	41	7	12	1	2	0	5	1		7			0	1			.293	.396	.415	.810	152

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			.294	.294	.559	.853	136
9	Kansas City Monarchs			1B	369	1461	1325	213	353	56	22	13	191	49		117		0	2	17	0		.266	.327	.371	.698	105
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	13	49	41	7	12	1	2	0	5	1		7			0	1			.293	.396	.415	.810	152

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1937	MRS	NAL	34	.366	.325	0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.265	.112
1938	KCM	NAL	164	.352	.321	10.4%	7.6%					1.8%	0.7%	.167	.096
1939	KCM	NAL/ALC	190	.278	.321	7.9%			8.9%			0.5%	0.7%	.111	.096
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	WES/KCM	MULT	174	.305	.301	2.9%		1.1%	7.0%	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	229	.390	.321	14.8%			7.8%			0.9%	0.9%	.113	.092
1947	KCM	NAL	228	.369	.358	10.5%	9.7%					1.8%	0.9%	.155	.107
1948	KCM	ALC/NAL	111	.255	.351	6.3%			9.1%			0.0%	0.9%	.019	.108
10	4		1555	.330	.322	8.0%	8.2%	18.2%	10.8%	0.00	0.77	0.8%	0.7%	.109	.090

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		1506	.329	.323	7.8%	8.3%	18.2%	10.8%	0.00	0.77	0.9%	0.7%	.108	.089
1	vs Major Leagues		49	.360	.286	14.3%	6.6%					0.0%	1.4%	.122	.114

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Memphis Red Sox		34	.366	.325	0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.265	.112
9	Kansas City Monarchs		1461	.330	.323	8.0%	8.3%					0.9%	0.7%	.105	.089
2	West All Stars		11	.000	.250	0.0%	8.3%	18.2%	10.8%	0.00	0.77	0.0%	0.0%	.000	.047
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars		49	.360	.286	14.3%	6.6%					0.0%	1.4%	.122	.114

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

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, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

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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