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Buck O’Neil
Full Name: John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil, Jr.
Born: November 13,
Died: October 6, (age 94)
Missouri Hometown: Kansas City
Region of Missouri: Kansas City
Categories: African Americans, Athletes
Introduction
Buck O’Neil was a famous baseball player, manager, coach, and scout who was instrumental in bringing national attention and recognition to the Negro Leagues. He helped other Negro Leaguers such as his Kansas City teammate Satchel Paige get inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and years after his death he was finally elected to the Hall of Fame himself. He also helped create and run the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.
Early Years and Education
John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil Jr. was born on November 13, , in Carrabelle, Florida, a small fishing village on the Gulf coast south of Tallahassee. His father, John Jordan O’Neil Sr., was from southern Georgia and his mother, Luella O’Neil, was from Quincy, Florida. Buck had an older sister named Fanny and a younger brother named Warren. His grandfather, Julius O’Neil, was taken on a slave ship from West Africa to the United States when he was a young boy and forced to work on a plantation in the Carolinas. After being freed, Julius moved to southern Georgia, near the Florida border, where John Jordan O’Neil Sr. grew up.
When Buck was a child, his father played on a local baseball team as a first baseman. Buck sometimes traveled with his dad to Florida towns where the team played. He liked baseball so much that he wanted to start playing too. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Sarasota, Florida, where his mother got a job cooking for the members of the Ringling Brothers Circus. Sarasota was a hotspot for baseball, as many major-league teams held spring training in town or nearby. He and the other kids in Sarasota loved seeing white stars like the New York Yankees’ Babe Ruth each spring. They also kept up with African American baseball teams by
Career Regular Season
| AB | AVG | HR | RBI | SB | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 58 |
Buck O'Neil Bio
- Fullname: John Jordan O'Neil
- Nickname: Buck
- Born: 11/13/ in Carrabelle, FL
- Hall of Fame:
- Died: 10/06/
| Year | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career Regular Season | 12 | 58 |
Awards
Latest Transactions
| Team | Date | Transaction |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, | Kansas City Monarchs activated Buck O'Neil. | |
| May 11, | Kansas City Monarchs activated Buck O'Neil. | |
| May 7, | Memphis Red Sox activated Buck O'Neil. |
Few people lived lives as fully devoted to baseball as Buck O'Neil did, and few had the breadth of experience that O'Neil had. He was a player, a manager, the first Black coach in AL/NL history, a scout and, above all, a tireless advocate for the game -- particularly for the importance of Negro Leagues history.
In December , O’Neil’s myriad contributions were posthumously recognized with election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame via the Early Baseball Era committee.
Born on Nov. 13, , in Carrabelle, Fla., O'Neil began his baseball career barnstorming before signing with the Memphis Red Sox in The following year, O'Neil had his contract sold to the Kansas City Monarchs, the team with which he would spend the rest of his playing career (with a two-year interruption for naval service in World War II).
Primarily a first baseman, O'Neil was known for his smooth glovework more than his bat, although he was a capable hitter as well; per the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, his average in -- the year after he returned from his military service -- made him that season’s Negro American League batting champion. As a member of the Monarchs, O'Neil was a three-time All-Star and became a Negro World Series champion in
"We rarely get the defensive side of the game," said Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. "And Buck was a stellar defensive first baseman -- one of the greatest first basemen in Negro Leagues baseball history. You put together a list of top 10 great first basemen, and Buck O'Neil's name would have to be on it when you look at the Negro Leagues."
In , O'Neil took over as player-manager of the Monarchs, helping guide them to two pennants in the Negro Leagues' waning years brought on by the integration of the National and American Leagues. When the team was sold in , O'Neil found work with the Cubs as a scout, an area where he certainly left hi American baseball player (–) This article is about the baseball player. For the college football coach, see Frank "Buck" O'Neill. Baseball player Batted: Right Threw: Right As manager John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Jr. (November 13, – October 6, ) was an American first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a scout and became the first African Americancoach in Major League Baseball. In his later years he became a popular and renowned speaker and interview subject, helping to renew widespread interest in the Negro leagues, and played a major role in establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in as an executive. O'Neil was prominently featured in Ken Burns's documentary series Baseball. His life was documented in Joe Posnanski's book The Soul of Baseball. O'Neil was born in Carrabelle, Florida, to John Jordan O'Neil (–) and Louella Campbell (maiden; –). O'Neil was initially denied the opportunity to attend high school owing to racial segregation. Florida had only four high schools specifically for African Americans. He grew up in Sarasota, Florida in the Newtown community. O'Neil worked the celery fields in Sarasota while his father ran a pool hall in Newtown. He then later moved to Jacksonville with relatives and attended Edward Waters College, where he c
Buck O'Neil
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