Mike Neill
Mike Neill | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Martinsville, Virginia | April 27, 1970|
Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
MLB debut | |
July 27, 1998 for the Oakland Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 1, 1998 for the Oakland Athletics | |
Career statistics | |
Batting average | .267 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 0 |
Teams | |
Medal record | ||
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Men’s baseball | ||
Gold | 2000 Sydney | Team |
Michael Robert Neill (born April 27, 1970 in Martinsville, Virginia) is a former Major League Baseball and Olympic baseball player. His baseball career included a stint with the Oakland Athletics and ended with the Olympic Gold Medal team in the 2000 games in Sydney, Australia. He was named Delaware Athlete of the Year in 2000.[citation needed] At Villanova University he compiled a .417 career batting average, led the Wildcats to the 1989 and 1991 Big East Conference crowns and was named 1991 Big East Player of the Year.[citation needed] He established team records: 232 hits, 53 doubles and 379 total bases and several single season records.[citation needed]
Neill won two Minor League batting championships and had a .307 batting average over 11 years. He was selected to 4 All-Star teams and was a key player in the Vancouver Canadians' 1999 AAA World Series victory.[citation needed] He was called up by the Oakland Athletics in 1998 but was sidelined with an injury.[citation needed] Neill led the 2000 USA Olympics team to a 4-0 win over Cuba in the gold medal game with a 1st-inning home run and a dramatic sliding catch in the 9th inning.[citation needed] His walk off homer against Japan won the team's 1st round Olympic contest.[citation needed] During the 1999 Pan American Games he had the game-winning hit to clinch the Olympic berth for his USA team.[citation needed]
Neill has spent the past 6 years as a financial adviser, currently with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Philadelphia.[citation needed] In 2005, He was inducted into the Delaware Hall of Fame.[citation needed] And in 2007, he was inducted into the Villanova Hall of Fame.[citation needed]
Neil currently resides in Radnor, Pennsylvania.[citation needed]
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- Sports Reference/Olympics