Buck O'Neil

John Jordan O'Neil Jr.

Born: November 13, 1911 in Carrabelle, FL
Died: October 6, 2006 in Kansas City, MO
(94 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 190

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2021
• College: Edward Waters College (Jacksonville, FL)
• Buried: Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery (Kansas City, MO)
• Relatives: Warren O'Neil (Brother)
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Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willard Brown	CF	9	1938	1948	KCM/WES	25.1	22.1	3.4	0.0	-0.4
2	Hilton Smith	SP	9	1938	1948	MULT	21.6	3.1	-0.8	19.3	-0.1
3	Satchel Paige	SP	6	1940	1947	MULT	9.4	-0.3	0.0	9.7	0.0
4	Ted Strong	RF	6	1938	1947	KCM/WES	9.4	9.0	0.7	0.0	-0.4
5	Jesse Williams	SS	5	1939	1943	KCM/WES	8.5	4.2	3.1	0.0	1.2
6	Jim LaMarque	SP	4	1942	1948	KCM/SPS	8.0	0.6	-0.2	7.7	0.0
7	Hank Thompson	RF	4	1943	1948	KCM/SPS	7.4	6.8	0.6	0.0	0.1
8	Joe Greene	C	7	1939	1947	KCM/WES	7.1	6.6	0.1	-0.1	0.5
9	George Walker	SP	4	1939	1943	KCM	6.7	-0.3	0.0	7.0	0.0
10	Ford Smith	SP	4	1941	1948	KCM	6.0	0.1	-0.6	6.5	-0.1
11	Bonnie Serrell	2B	2	1942	1943	KCM	4.6	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.4
12	Booker McDaniel	RP	3	1941	1943	KCM	4.5	-0.1	0.0	4.6	0.0
13	Frank Bradley	SP	5	1938	1942	KCM	4.3	0.2	0.0	4.2	0.0
14	Henry Milton	RF	3	1938	1940	KCM	4.2	3.9	0.8	0.0	-0.6
15	Jack Matchett	SP	3	1940	1943	KCM	3.8	0.5	0.0	3.4	0.0
16	Newt Allen	2B	6	1938	1943	KCM/SPA	3.4	1.0	2.1	0.0	0.3
17	Herb Souell	3B	7	1940	1948	KCM/SPS	3.1	4.0	-1.0	0.0	0.1
18	Turkey Stearnes	CF	3	1938	1940	KCM	2.9	4.2	-1.3	0.0	-0.1
19	Gene Richardson	SP	2	1947	1948	KCM	2.1	-0.3	0.0	2.3	0.0
20	Andy Cooper	SP	2	1938	1939	KCM	1.9	-0.1	0.0	2.0	0.0
21	Earl Taborn	C	3	1946	1948	KCM	1.7	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.3
22	Ted Alexander	RP	3	1943	1947	KCM	1.7	-0.2	0.0	1.9	0.0
23	Chico Renfroe	SS	2	1946	1947	KCM/SPS	1.6	1.3	-0.2	0.0	0.4
24	Harry Else	C	1	1938	1938	KCM	1.5	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.1
25	Rainey Bibbs	2B	4	1938	1941	KCM	1.4	1.8	-0.8	0.0	0.4
26	Connie Johnson	SP	5	1941	1948	KCM	0.9	-0.4	0.0	1.3	0.0
27	Frank Duncan	C	5	1938	1946	KCM/SPS	0.8	-0.5	1.1	0.0	0.2
28	Jim Hamilton	SS	1	1946	1946	KCM	0.8	-0.2	0.9	0.0	0.1
29	Ed Mayweather	RF	1	1938	1938	KCM	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.1
30	Vet Barnes	SP	1	1938	1938	KCM	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0
31	Sonny Parker	SP	1	1943	1943	KCM	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
32	Artie Wilson	SS	1	1946	1946	SPS	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
33	Lee Moody	2B	2	1946	1947	KCM	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
34	Blackburn	SP	1	1938	1938	KCM	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
35	Lefty Wilson	RP	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
36	Jesse Douglas	2B	1	1940	1940	KCM	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.1
37	Howard Easterling	3B	1	1946	1946	SPS	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
38	Lefty Calhoun	RP	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
39	Johnie Scott	LF	3	1946	1948	KCM	0.5	1.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.5
40	Sylvester Snead	RF	1	1941	1941	KCM	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
41	Quincy Trouppe	C	1	1946	1946	SPS	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
42	Gready McKinnis	SP	2	1942	1943	KCM/WES	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
43	Leandy Young	LF	1	1940	1940	KCM	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
44	Bob Madison	RP	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.4	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0
45	Curtis Roberts	2B	2	1947	1948	KCM	0.3	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2
46	Neck Stanley	RP	1	1946	1946	SPS	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
47	Herb Barnhill	C	1	1943	1943	KCM	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
48	Bill Howard	RP	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
49	Eugene Bremer	RP	2	1938	1942	KCM/WES	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
50	Barney Brown	RP	1	1946	1946	SPS	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
51	Rufus Lewis	RP	1	1946	1946	SPS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
52	Emery Adams	RP	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
53	Sam Jethroe	CF	2	1942	1946	SPS/WES	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Mex Johnson	SS	1	1938	1938	KCM	0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.2
55	Leamon Johnson	-	1	1940	1940	SPA	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
56	Bill Duffy	RF	2	1946	1947	KCM	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Johnny Davis	LF	1	1946	1946	SPS	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
58	Jimmy Ford	2B	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
59	Paul Hardy	C	1	1939	1939	KCM	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Cool Papa Bell	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
61	Elbert Treadway	RP	1	1939	1939	KCM	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
62	Gene Baker	SS	1	1948	1948	KCM	0.1	0.5	-0.6	0.0	0.3
63	Willie Hudson	RP	1	1939	1939	KCM	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
64	Verdell Mathis	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
65	Winfield Welch	-	1	1940	1940	SPA	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
66	Johnny Markham	RP	1	1938	1938	KCM	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
67	Ziggy Marcell	LF	1	1939	1939	KCM	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Jack Marshall	3B	1	1938	1938	KCM	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
69	Larry Napoleon	RP	1	1947	1947	KCM	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
70	Frazier Robinson	C	2	1940	1942	KCM	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Parnell Woods	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Porter Moss	RP	2	1942	1943	WES	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
73	Alex Radcliff	3B	1	1943	1943	WES	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Elston Howard	LF	1	1948	1948	KCM	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
75	Gentry Jessup	RP	1	1946	1946	SPS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
76	McLemore	RP	1	1938	1938	KCM	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
77	Lloyd Davenport	RF	2	1942	1943	KCM/WES	0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
78	Tom Cooper	RF	2	1947	1948	KCM	0.1	0.7	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
79	Ted Gipson	-	1	1940	1940	SPA	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Edgar Jackson	CF	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
81	Fred McDaniel	LF	1	1940	1940	KCM	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1
82	Pete McQueen	LF	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
83	Charlie Beverly	RP	1	1939	1939	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Pen Gilliard	LF	2	1937	1938	KCM/MRS	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
85	Norris Phillips	RP	2	1942	1943	KCM	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
86	Nat Rogers	RF	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
87	Bob Turner	-	1	1946	1946	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Cowan Hyde	-	1	1943	1943	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Neil Robinson	LF	1	1943	1943	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Ralph Wyatt	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Fred Wilson	-	1	1943	1943	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Goose Curry	CF	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.0	0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
93	Floyd Kranson	SP	4	1937	1940	KCM/MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Jesse Warren	3B	1	1940	1940	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Buck Jackson	-	1	1940	1940	SPA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Gilpin	-	1	1946	1946	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Charley Hall	RF	1	1948	1948	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Johnny Smith	-	1	1938	1938	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	William Newman	-	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Claude Hayslett	RP	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Greene Farmer	-	1	1940	1940	SPA	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Ted Radcliffe	-	2	1941	1943	KCM/WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Zearlee Maxwell	3B	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Fred Bankhead	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Martin	-	1	1939	1939	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Tommy Sampson	2B	2	1942	1943	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Clarence Lewis	SS	1	1937	1937	MRS	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	McKamey	SS	1	1946	1946	KCM	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Chet Brewer	RP	1	1941	1941	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Dave Hoskins	LF	1	1943	1943	KCM	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
111	Leo Sanders	SS	2	1937	1940	KCM/MRS	0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
112	Lester Lockett	-	1	1943	1943	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Lefty Moses	SP	3	1938	1940	KCM	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
114	T. J. Brown	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Babe Charter	1B	1	1943	1943	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Art Pennington	-	1	1942	1942	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	A. D. Lewis	1B	1	1937	1937	MRS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Robinson	1B	1	1943	1943	KCM	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Marlin Carter	-	1	1942	1942	WES	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
120	Harlon Betts	RF	1	1938	1938	KCM	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Frank Duncan III	1B	1	1941	1941	KCM	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Eppie Hampton	C	1	1937	1937	MRS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Parker	-	1	1938	1938	KCM	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
124	Alphonzo Bland	-	1	1940	1940	SPA	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Larry Hubbard	-	1	1946	1946	KCM	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Nora Listach	-	1	1940	1940	SPA	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Tom Young	C	1	1941	1941	KCM	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Eddie Locke	1B	1	1943	1943	KCM	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Tincy Jamerson	-	1	1948	1948	KCM	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
130	Harry Cunningham	-	1	1937	1937	MRS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
131	Bullet Rogan	RP	1	1938	1938	KCM	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0
132	Thomas Favors	RF	1	1947	1947	KCM	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
133	Cannonball Berry	RP	1	1947	1947	KCM	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	William Sumrall	-	1	1937	1937	MRS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
135	Willie Hutchinson	RP	1	1939	1939	KCM	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
136	Raymond Taylor	C	2	1937	1938	KCM/MRS	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
137	Felton Snow	SS	1	1943	1943	KCM	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
138	Eugene Tyler	RF	1	1943	1943	KCM	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
139	Roosevelt Cox	3B	1	1938	1938	KCM	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
140	Langrum	2B	1	1939	1939	KCM	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
141	Ernie Smith	C	1	1938	1938	KCM	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
142	Alvin Gipson	-	2	1940	1942	SPA/WES	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
143	Johnnie Scroggins	-	1	1947	1947	KCM	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
144	Theolic Smith	-	1	1943	1943	WES	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
145	Granville Lyons	1B	1	1937	1937	MRS	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
146	Clarence Brown	-	1	1941	1941	KCM	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
147	Tom Glover	-	1	1937	1937	MRS	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
148	Lionel Decuir	C	2	1939	1940	KCM	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
149	Vet Dunbar	-	1	1937	1937	MRS	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
150	John Sanderson	SS	1	1947	1947	KCM	-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
151	Sammy Haynes	C	1	1943	1943	KCM	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
152	Pepper Morgan	CF	1	1937	1937	MRS	-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
153	Gene Collins	SP	2	1947	1948	KCM	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
154	Steve Wylie	SP	2	1946	1947	KCM	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
155	Bob Smith	3B	1	1937	1937	MRS	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
156	Gene Benson	CF	1	1946	1946	SPS	-0.5	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
157	Red Longley	SS	1	1937	1937	MRS	-0.6	-0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
158	Johnnie Dawson	C	3	1938	1942	KCM	-0.6	-0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
159	Allen Bryant	RP	3	1940	1946	KCM	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
160	Leonard Johnson	-	1	1948	1948	KCM	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
161	Max Manning	-	1	1946	1946	SPS	-1.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0
162	Big Train Jackson	-	2	1938	1939	KCM	-1.3	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	0.0
163	Nick Bryant	-	1	1937	1937	MRS	-1.9	-0.2	-0.1	-1.6	0.0
164	Willie Simms	LF	4	1938	1943	KCM	-2.3	0.0	-1.8	0.0	-0.5

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