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)
• Relatives: Warren O'Neil (Brother)
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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	45	172	152	29	38	9	3	3	23	11		17			0	3			.250	.325	.408	.733	113
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/NvM	29	1B	33	143	133	18	31	5	2	0	11	6		7			0	3			.233	.271	.301	.572	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	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	60	237	202	29	60	4	6	2	21	4		34			0	1			.297	.398	.406	.804	136
1947	KCM	NAL	35	1B	60	246	217	54	62	14	3	5	37	15		24			2	3			.286	.362	.447	.809	115
1948	KCM	NAL/ALC	36	1B	31	116	109	8	23	2	0	0	12	2		7		0	0	0			.211	.259	.229	.488	32
10	4			1B	404	1598	1452	229	384	59	28	14	204	54	0	124	2	0	3	19	0	0	.264	.324	.373	.696	105
162 Game Average						641	582	92	154	24	11	6	82	23	0	50	108	0	2	8	0	0	.264	.324	.373	.696	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				389	1541	1403	222	369	58	26	14	199	53	0	117	2	0	3	18	0	0	.263	.321	.371	.692	103
2	vs Major Leagues				15	57	49	7	15	1	2	0	5	1		7			0	1			.306	.393	.408	.801	148

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	378	1500	1363	217	360	57	22	14	194	53		117		0	3	17	0		.264	.324	.369	.693	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	14	53	45	7	14	1	2	0	5	1		7			0	1			.311	.404	.422	.826	153

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1937	MRS	NAL	34	.367	.324	0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.265	.111
1938	KCM	NAL	172	.336	.320	9.9%	7.6%					1.7%	0.7%	.158	.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/NvM	143	.270	.303	4.9%			8.1%			0.0%	0.4%	.068	.079
1942	KCM/WES	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	237	.384	.322	14.3%			7.8%			0.8%	0.9%	.109	.093
1947	KCM	NAL	246	.375	.355	9.8%	9.5%					2.0%	0.9%	.161	.105
1948	KCM	NAL/ALC	116	.244	.351	6.0%			9.0%			0.0%	1.0%	.018	.110
10	4		1598	.327	.322	7.8%	8.2%	18.2%	10.8%	0.00	0.77	0.9%	0.7%	.108	.090

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		1541	.326	.323	7.6%	8.2%	18.2%	10.8%	0.00	0.77	0.9%	0.7%	.108	.090
2	vs Major Leagues		57	.357	.288	12.3%	6.8%					0.0%	1.3%	.102	.114

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Memphis Red Sox		34	.367	.324	0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.265	.111
9	Kansas City Monarchs		1500	.328	.323	7.8%	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		53	.366	.290	13.2%	6.6%					0.0%	1.4%	.111	.117

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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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