Stephen Francis O'Neill was an American professional baseball player and manager.
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33 Facts About Steve O'Neill
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Steve O'Neill played in Major League Baseball as a catcher, most notably with the Cleveland Indians.
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Steve O'Neill was one of four brothers who escaped a life in the coal mines by playing in the major leagues.
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The Steve O'Neill brothers "were known to exchange their signals in Gaelic in order to fool the opposing coaches".
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Steve O'Neill first played professional baseball in 1910 with the Elmira Colonels, managed by his brother Mike as a backup catcher.
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Steve O'Neill was signed by the Philadelphia Athletics, led by Connie Mack.
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Steve O'Neill played for Worcester in the New England League for 1911 before he was sent to the Cleveland Naps on August 20 in a sale by Mack at the request of Harry Davis, who had signed on to serve as player-manager for the 1912 season.
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Steve would end up having the most successful playing career of the O'Neill brothers, serving as a catcher for 17 years in the American League.
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Steve O'Neill made his major league debut as a September call-up on the 18th in 1911 for the Naps against the Boston Red Sox.
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Steve O'Neill appeared in eight other games, collecting four total hits.
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Steve O'Neill gradually played more for Cleveland in the next three seasons, going from 69 to 80 to 87 games; in 1913, while batting.
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Steve O'Neill then played a majority of a season for the first time in 1915, playing in 121 games while batting.
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Steve O'Neill collected his first hundred hit season in 1919, doing so by collecting 115 hits in 125 games while driving in 47 runs; he batted.
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Steve O'Neill was dealt by Cleveland in a seven-player deal that saw them trade Dan Boone, Joe Connolly, Bill Wambsganss, and O'Neill to the Boston Red Sox for George Burns, Chick Fewster and Roxy Walters for the 1924 season.
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Steve O'Neill was put on waivers and picked up by the New York Yankees on December 15,1924.
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Steve O'Neill spent the next two years in the International League before returning to the majors to play with the St Louis Browns in 1927, where he played 84 combined games in two seasons; his final highlight came in that season: On May 17, facing Howard Ehmke, he hit a shot to left field for his thirteenth and final home run of his career.
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Steve O'Neill started by managing the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League from 1929 to 1931, serving as player-manager.
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Steve O'Neill then managed the Toledo Mud Hens from 1932 to 1934.
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Steve O'Neill soon gained a reputation for cultivating talented young players, some of whom went on to become Hall of Famers.
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Steve O'Neill's Tigers won the 1945 World Series and O'Neill was known for turning around under-performing teams, often in mid-season.
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Steve O'Neill was hired by Cleveland manager Walter Johnson in 1935 as a pitching coach due to his success with Toledo.
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Steve O'Neill returned to minor league managing with the Buffalo Bisons in 1938, where he stayed until 1940 to serve as coach with the Detroit Tigers for a year.
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Steve O'Neill then moved over to Detroit's minor league team in the Beaumont Exporters for the 1942 season.
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Steve O'Neill was then hired for 1944 by the Tigers as manager to replace Del Baker.
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Steve O'Neill served as a scout for the 1949 Red Sox before being hired to take over as third-base coach for the Boston Red Sox to replace Kiki Cuyler.
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Steve O'Neill took over for the Philadelphia Phillies midway through the 1952 season.
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Steve O'Neill proceeded to win 59 out of the next 91 games, gradually moving them to a fourth-place finish.
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Steve O'Neill won 83 games the next season, which ended with his 1,000th win at the end of the season while finishing in a tie for third place with the St Louis Cardinals.
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Steve O'Neill's career winning percentage over fourteen seasons was a stalwart.
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Legendary players who benefited from Steve O'Neill's guidance included Lou Boudreau, Bob Feller, Hal Newhouser, and Robin Roberts.
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Steve O'Neill was inducted into the International League Hall of Fame.
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Steve O'Neill was an inaugural member of the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame.
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