Jack O'Neill (baseball)
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John Joseph "Jack" O'Neill (January 10, 1873 - June 29, 1935) was catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1902-03), Chicago Cubs (1904-05) and Boston Beaneaters (1906). He batted and threw right handed.
A native of Galway, Ireland, O'Neill was one of four major league brothers. Steve was a catcher and manager, Jim a shortstop, and Mike, who also was born in Ireland, was a pitcher and formed a brother battery with Jack for the St. Louis Cardinals.
O'Neill shared catching duties for the Cardinals, Cubs and Beaneaters in a modest span of five years. He was a smart runner with some speed and usually was used in pinch-running situations. His most productive season came in 1903, when he posted career-highs in batting average (.236), runs (23), hits (58), doubles (nine), runs batted in (21), stolen bases (11) and games played (75).
In 303 games O'Neill was a .196 hitter with 20 stolen bases and 74 RBI. He also collected 185 hits with 24 doubles, five triples, and one home run in 945 at-bats.
O'Neill died in Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the age of 62.
