St. Louis Browns Tip O'Neill (baseball)




1 st. louis browns

1.1 1884 season
1.2 1885 season
1.3 1886 season
1.4 1887 season
1.5 1888 season
1.6 1889 season





st. louis browns
1884 season

o neill played teams managed charlie comiskey (pictured) every year 1884–1892.


in 1884, o neill joined charlie comiskey s st. louis browns (later renamed cardinals) of american association. signed comiskey replace pitcher tony mullane, left browns after 1883 season. o neill compiled 11–4 win-loss record 2.68 era , led league .733 winning percentage pitcher. however, arm reportedly went on him during 1884 season, requiring him switch pitching playing in outfield. ended playing 64 games outfielder in 1884 , exclusively outfielder thereafter.


1885 season

in 1885, o neill missed of season, suffering injury on june 10 , not returning lineup until september 3. despite injury, o neill established himself browns best batter, hitting .350 in 52 games, 80 points higher other player on team. 1885 browns won american association pennant 79-33 record , tied chicago white stockings in 1885 world series. o neill scored 4 runs hit .208 in first world series.


1886 season

o neill played first full season position player in 1886 , became 1 of valuable players in baseball. appeared in 138 games, outfielder, , led league 107 runs batted in (rbis). among league leaders .328 batting average (5th), .385 on-base percentage (5th), .440 slugging percentage (6th), 190 hits (2nd), 255 total bases (2nd), 45 base hits (5th), , 4.9 wins above replacement (war) rating (2nd among position players).


o neill s hitting helped lead browns american association pennant 93-46 record. team went on defeat chicago white stockings of national league in 1886 world series. o neill hit .400 .500 on-base percentage, 5 runs scored, 5 rbis, 2 home runs , 2 stolen bases in world series.


1887 season

in 1887, o neill rewrote major league batting record book in 124 games. year, won american association triple crown .435 batting average, 14 home runs , 123 rbis. batting average recorded @ .492, bases on balls having been counted hits during season. @ time of death in 1915, unadjusted .492 average recorded highest in major league history. subsequently, batting averages 1887 season adjusted removing bases on balls calculations. after adjustment, o neill s 1887 batting average of .435 major league record until 1894 when hugh duffy established current major league record hitting .440. o neill s adjusted average 1887 remains second highest single season batting average in major league history.


o neill s batting performance in 1887 established new single season, major league records in @ least 7 other categories, including highest on-base percentage (.490), slugging percentage (.691), hits (225), runs scored (167), doubles (52), , base hits (84), , total bases (357). led position players across major league baseball in 1887 6.9 war rating.


o neill s hitting in 1887 helped lead browns third consecutive american association pennant 95-40 record. browns lost 1887 world series detroit wolverines, o neill hit .200 in 65 @ bats against detroit s pitching in world series.


1888 season

in 1888, o neill won second consecutive american association batting title hitting .335. ranked among league leaders in multiple hitting categories third consecutive year .390 on-base percentage (2nd), .446 slugging percentage (3rd), 177 hits (1st), 236 total bases (3rd), 98 rbis (4th), , 225 times on base (3rd).


with o neill again leading club in hitting, browns won fourth consecutive pennant in 1888 92-43 record. browns lost 1888 world series new york giants, though o neill compiled .349 on-base percentage 8 runs, 11 rbis , 2 home runs in final world series.


1889 season

baseball card of o neill, c. 1889


o neill had fifth consecutive strong season batter in 1889. appeared in 134 games in outfield , compiled .335 batting average, second highest in american association. again ranked among league leaders in multiple batting categories .419 on-base percentage (4th), .478 slugging percentage (4th), 179 hits (4th), 255 total bases (3rd), 33 doubles (4th), 9 home runs (5th), 110 rbis (3rd), , 50 base hits (3rd). browns compiled 90-45 record in 1889 finished in second place, 2 games behind brooklyn bridegrooms.


in o neill s first 6 seasons browns 1884 1889, appeared in 656 games, scored 585 runs, compiled war rating of 22.5, , hit .347 .407 on-base percentage, .498 slugging percentage, 925 hits, , 538 rbis. during 6 seasons, browns dominant hitter , helped club win 4 pennants , compile record of 516 wins , 247 losses.








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