Bill O'Neill
Canadian baseball player
Died when: 40 years 180 days (485 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
William John O'Neill (January 22, 1880 – July 20, 1920) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Americans (1904), Washington Senators (1904) and Chicago White Sox (1906).
O'Neill was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed.He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.Playing at shortstop in his 1904 rookie season for the Red Sox, O'Neill committed six errors during a 13-inning 5–3 loss to the St Louis Browns on May 21 to become the only 20th-century Major League player to record six errors in a game.
In the midseason he was traded to Washington in the same transaction that brought Kip Selbach to Boston.In 1906 O'Neill was a member of the Chicago White Sox team that won the World Championship over the Chicago Cubs in six games.
In a two-season career, O'Neill was a .243 hitter with two home runs and 42 RBI in 206 games played.O'Neill died in Woodhaven, New York, at the age of 40.