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Paul
O'Neill		  
Nickname: Outback
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 160
 
Born: May 21, 1925 in Australia
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Series of the Wests Won 1954   
All-Star Selections 1954   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 27 SD CL $ 7,870,000  
1953 28 SD CL $ 7,870,000  
1954 29 DEN PL $ 7,870,000  
1955 30 DEN PL $ 7,870,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 7,870,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,870,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 27 SD CL 138 474 96 127 25 5 19 67 47 13 109 97 .268 .409 .462 .871 99.3 19.8
1953 28 SD CL 103 358 70 85 17 3 10 51 31 6 59 62 .237 .345 .385 .731 54.3 5.9
1954 29 DEN PL 137 492 135 158 28 1 37 113 53 18 96 74 .321 .441 .608 1.049 127.5 24.9
1955 30 DEN PL 110 400 102 120 24 1 31 87 49 13 86 74 .300 .436 .598 1.034 105.6 19.4
4 Years Sim 488 1724 403 490 94 10 97 318 180 50 350 307 .284 .412 .519 .931 386.8 70.0
162 Game Average 572 133 162 31 3 32 105 59 16 116 101 .284 .412 .519 .931 128.4  
Career Highs 138 492 135 158 28 5 37 113 53 18 109 97 .321 .441 .608 1.049 127.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1299 297 354 70 6 71 223 132 37 240 239 .273 .393 .500 .892 265.2
vs LH   425 106 136 24 4 26 95 48 13 110 68 .320 .466 .579 1.045 114.0
Home 244 819 193 227 50 5 41 148 79 22 178 145 .277 .413 .501 .913 176.6
Away 244 905 210 263 44 5 56 170 101 28 172 162 .291 .411 .536 .946 202.6
RISP   458 0 121 25 2 25 208 0 0 107 79 .264 .401 .491 .893 94.6
Pinch Hitting   16 4 3 2 0 0 2 4 0 6 5 .188 .435 .313 .747 3.5
Close/Late   188 47 54 12 0 11 26 0 0 48 33 .287 .449 .527 .975 43.4
Mar/Apr 59 221 64 72 11 2 19 52 26 10 37 29 .326 .430 .652 1.082 57.1
May 84 300 72 86 11 0 17 53 42 13 65 61 .287 .426 .493 .919 66.4
June 85 286 76 70 15 2 15 54 35 5 74 67 .245 .409 .469 .878 62.6
July 78 280 59 83 16 1 13 53 16 7 45 42 .296 .399 .500 .899 54.8
August 106 385 73 110 25 3 19 64 40 11 72 67 .286 .398 .514 .912 81.7
Sep/Oct 76 252 59 69 16 2 14 42 21 4 57 41 .274 .415 .520 .935 56.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 27 SD CL RF 133 131 1177.7 248 6 1 2 .996 1.94   3.0
    LF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1953 28 SD CL RF 98 95 853.0 201 5 0 1 1.000 2.17   3.7
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 29 DEN PL LF 107 101 925.3 164 3 3 1 .982 1.62   3.4
    RF 27 27 237.0 52 0 1 0 .981 1.97    
1955 30 DEN PL RF 108 107 957.3 199 4 1 1 .995 1.91   4.4
    LF 3 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 366 360 3225.0 700 15 3 4 .996 2.00   11.2
  LF 115 101 940.7 168 3 3 1 .983 1.64   3.4
Career Totals   481 461 4165.7 868 18 6 5 .993 1.91   14.6
Career Highs   137 131 1186.7 252 6 4 2 1.000 2.17    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 27 SD CL 11 42 11 12 3 0 3 6 1 1 8 7 .286 .400 .571 .971
1953 28 SD CL 7 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 6 .083 .313 .083 .396
1954 29 DEN PL 11 38 13 17 3 0 5 10 3 3 7 8 .447 .553 .921 1.474
1955 30 DEN PL 13 52 8 15 5 0 3 11 7 1 11 10 .288 .413 .558 .970
Career Post-Season Batting 42 144 34 45 11 0 11 27 13 6 30 31 .313 .438 .618 1.056
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1952-6-.409
1954-3-.441
1955-3-.436
 Slugging Pct
1954-3-.608
1955-3-.598
 OPS
1954-3-1.049
1955-2-1.034
 XR
1952-8-99.3
1954-2-127.5
1955-7-105.6
CAR-21-386.8
 Games
1952-9-138
 Runs
1952-7-96
1954-1-135
CAR-9-403
Total Bases
1954-4-299
CAR-39-895
 Homeruns
1954-2-37
1955-2-31
CAR-12-97
 RBIs
1954-2-113
CAR-39-318
 Stolen Bases
1952-8-47
1954-8-53
CAR-16-180
 Caught Stealing
1954-10-18
CAR-27-50
 Walks
1952-2-109
1954-5-96
1955-10-86
CAR-10-350
Strikeouts
CAR-32-307
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 3
   Gray Ink Test: 35
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by San Diego in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/15/1952, off John Alton (HOL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1952, off Michael Knepper (LA)
Injured on 5/7/1953 with a Broken Foot, out for 5-6 weeks
5/26/1953: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $7,870,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from San Diego to Denver on 2/13/1954 (Going to SD: RF Richard Shiflet. Going to DEN: RF Paul O'Neill)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1954, hitting .450 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Omaha, driving in 8 runs on 6/25/1954
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1954, hitting .405 with 9 HR, 28 RBI
Won Series of the West with Denver in 1954
Injured on 6/24/1955 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
 
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