Fancy O'Neil

Fancy O'Neil
Right fielder
Born: Approx. 1853
Ireland
Died: After 1874
Unknown
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown 
MLB debut
October 23, 1874 for the Hartford Dark Blues
Last MLB appearance
October 23, 1874 for the Hartford Dark Blues
Career statistics
Games played     1
At bats     3
Batting average     .000
Teams

Michael "Fancy" O'Neil (Approx. 1853 – After 1874), was an Irish professional baseball player whose career in the National Association consisted of one game for the 1874 Hartford Dark Blues.[1] The game took place on October 23, 1874 when he played all nine innings in right field in a 13–1 loss to the Boston Red Stockings.[2] Peter Morris, a member of SABR, claims that O'Neil's nickname of "Fancy" is from his time as a boxer, as well as that he was born in Ireland to parents Michael and Sarah.[3] He grew up in New York and Hartford, Connecticut, exact birth and death information is difficult to ascertain as O'Neil did not have a fixed occupation or address, as well as trouble with the law.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Fancy O'Neil". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/O/Poneau101.htm. Retrieved 15 December 2009. 
  2. ^ "Boston Red Stockings 13, Hartford Dark Blues 1". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1874/B10230HR11874.htm. Retrieved 15 December 2009. 
  3. ^ a b Morris, Peter. "Cold Cases of the Diamond". petermorrisbooks.com. Peter Morris. http://www.petermorrisbooks.com/cold_cases.htm. Retrieved 15 December 2009. 

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