Tyler Alan O'Neill was born on June 22,1995 and is a Canadian professional baseball left fielder for the St Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball.
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23 Facts About Tyler O'Neill
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Tyler O'Neill has represented Canada in international play, winning a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American games.
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Tyler O'Neill attended Garibaldi Secondary School in Maple Ridge, British Columbia and played for the Langley Blaze of the British Columbia Premier Baseball League.
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Tyler O'Neill committed to play college baseball at Oregon State University for the Oregon State Beavers.
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Tyler O'Neill signed with the Mariners and made his professional debut with the Arizona League Mariners.
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In 2014, Tyler O'Neill played in only 51 games between the Arizona League Mariners, Everett AquaSox and Clinton LumberKings due to a broken bone in his right hand he suffered after punching a concrete wall in the dugout.
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Tyler O'Neill spent 2016 with the Jackson Generals of the Southern League, where he batted.
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Tyler O'Neill competed in spring training for an opportunity to make the major league roster as a reserve, but hamstring and oblique injuries kept him out of play.
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Tyler O'Neill began the season with Memphis and was promoted to MLB on April 19,2018.
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Tyler O'Neill had been leading the PCL with six home runs and 18 RBI.
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Tyler O'Neill made his MLB debut the next night at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs, making him the sixth Canadian-born player to appear on an active MLB roster on the season.
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Tyler O'Neill hit his first MLB home run the next day off Luis Garcia.
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In 2019, Tyler O'Neill made St Louis' Opening Day roster, but his season was interrupted by injuries alongside being reassigned to Memphis for over a month.
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Tyler O'Neill made St Louis' Opening Day roster in 2020, and spent the whole season there starting in the outfield, slashing.
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Tyler O'Neill returned as St Louis' starting left fielder in 2021.
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Tyler O'Neill finished the 2021 season with 482 at-bats over 138 games, slashing.
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Tyler O'Neill won his second consecutive Gold Glove Award in left field, being one of five Cardinals to win the award.
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Tyler O'Neill opened the season as the club's starting left fielder.
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Tyler O'Neill plays the piano, and entertained his teammates in the clubhouse during spring training in 2017 by playing the theme song to the "Lord of the Rings" film series on a keyboard.
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An avid weightlifter, Tyler O'Neill has been recorded on video quarter-squatting as much as 585 pounds.
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Tyler O'Neill was given the nickname "Popeye" while playing in the Southern League.
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