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.ib-baseball-bio-member-header{background:#3d0001}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member[style*="background"]{background:#0c0a6b!important}}</style><table class="infobox ib-baseball-bio vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><span class="note">Buck O'Neil</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Buck_O%27Neil.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Buck_O%27Neil.jpg/220px-Buck_O%27Neil.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Buck_O%27Neil.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="275" data-file-height="235" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">First baseman</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1911-11-13</span>)</span>November 13, 1911<br /><a href="/wiki/Carrabelle,_Florida" title="Carrabelle, Florida">Carrabelle, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Died:</b> October 6, 2006<span style="display:none">(2006-10-06)</span> (aged 94)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Negro leagues debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">1937, for the Memphis Red Sox</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last Negro leagues appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">1955, for the Kansas City Monarchs</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Negro leagues<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.259</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">Runs batted in</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">186</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Managerial record</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">62–32–2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Winning %</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.660</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>As player</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Red_Sox" title="Memphis Red Sox">Memphis Red Sox</a> (<a href="/wiki/1937_in_baseball" title="1937 in baseball">1937</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a> (<a href="/wiki/1938_in_baseball" title="1938 in baseball">1938</a>–<a href="/wiki/1943_in_baseball" title="1943 in baseball">1943</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946_in_baseball" title="1946 in baseball">1946</a>–<a href="/wiki/1955_in_baseball" title="1955 in baseball">1955</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>As manager</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a> (<a href="/wiki/1948_in_baseball" title="1948 in baseball">1948</a>–<a href="/wiki/1955_in_baseball" title="1955 in baseball">1955</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_All-Star_Game" title="East–West All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (1942–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_World_Series" title="Negro World Series">Negro World Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1942_Colored_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1942 Colored World Series">1942</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs#Cubs_Hall_of_Fame" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-member-header"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Member of the National</a></th></tr><tr class="nowrap ib-baseball-bio-member" style="background:#272662;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.5em;">Induction</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/2022_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting" title="2022 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting">2022</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.5em;">Vote</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:0.5em;">81.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.5em;">Election method</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:0.5em;">Early Baseball Era Committee</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Jordan</b> "<b>Buck</b>" <b>O'Neil Jr.</b> (November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was an American <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first baseman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Negro_American_League" title="Negro American League">Negro American League</a>, mostly with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a>. After his playing days, he worked as a <a href="/wiki/Scout_(sport)" title="Scout (sport)">scout</a> and became the first <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">coach</a> in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his later years he became a popular and renowned speaker and interview subject, helping to renew widespread interest in the Negro leagues, and played a major role in establishing the <a href="/wiki/Negro_Leagues_Baseball_Museum" title="Negro Leagues Baseball Museum">Negro Leagues Baseball Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>. He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> in 2022 as an executive.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Neil was prominently featured in <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a>'s 1994 documentary series <i><a href="/wiki/Baseball_(TV_series)" title="Baseball (TV series)">Baseball</a>.</i> His life was documented in <a href="/wiki/Joe_Posnanski" title="Joe Posnanski">Joe Posnanski</a>'s 2007 book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Soul_of_Baseball" title="The Soul of Baseball">The Soul of Baseball</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Growing_up">Growing up</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Growing up"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Neil was born in <a href="/wiki/Carrabelle,_Florida" title="Carrabelle, Florida">Carrabelle, Florida</a>, to John Jordan O'Neil (1873–1954) and Louella Campbell (maiden; 1884–1945). O'Neil was initially denied the opportunity to attend high school owing to <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">racial segregation</a>. Florida had only four high schools specifically for African Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Sarasota,_Florida" title="Sarasota, Florida">Sarasota, Florida</a> in the Newtown community.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Neil worked the celery fields in Sarasota while his father ran a pool hall in Newtown. He then later moved to <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a> with relatives and attended <a href="/wiki/Edward_Waters_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Waters College">Edward Waters College</a>, where he completed high school and two years of college courses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1934, O'Neil left Florida for several years to participate in of <a href="/wiki/Semi-professional_sports" title="Semi-professional sports">semi-professional</a> <a href="/wiki/Barnstorming" title="Barnstorming">barnstorming</a> experiences (playing interracial exhibition games).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Neil signed with the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Red_Sox" title="Memphis Red Sox">Memphis Red Sox</a> for their first year of play in 1937 in the newly formed Negro American League. His contract was sold to the Monarchs the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Neil had a career <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> of .288 between 1937 and 1950, including four .300-plus seasons at the plate, as well as five seasons in which he did not top .260. In 1946, the first baseman led the NAL with a .353 batting average and followed that in 1947 with a .350 mark in 16 games. He also posted averages of .345 in 1940 and .330 in 1949. He played in three <a href="/wiki/East-West_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="East-West All-Star Game">East-West All-Star Games</a> in three different seasons and two <a href="/wiki/Negro_World_Series" title="Negro World Series">Negro World Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Neil's baseball career was interrupted for two years (1944 and 1945) during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> when he joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> after the close of the 1943 season. He served his enlistment in a naval construction battalion in New Jersey. He returned to the Monarchs at the start of the 1946 season.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Neil was named manager of the Monarchs in 1948 after <a href="/wiki/Frank_Duncan_(baseball,_born_1901)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Duncan (baseball, born 1901)">Frank Duncan</a>'s retirement, and continued to play first base as well as a regular through 1951, dropping to part-time status afterward. He managed the Monarchs for eight seasons from 1948 through 1955 during the declining years of the Negro leagues, winning two league titles<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a shared title in which no playoff was held during that period.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His two undisputed pennants were won in 1953 and 1955, when the league had shrunk to fewer than six teams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Negro_leagues_career_statistics">Negro leagues career statistics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Negro leagues career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Neil was known to have played full-time in 1951 and as a reserve and pinch-hitter as late as 1955, but Negro leagues statistics for the period 1951 and after are considered unreliable, and rapidly dropping below major league quality.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border: 1px black solid;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:white; color:black; text-align:center;"> <td width="40"><b>Year</b> </td> <td width="145"><b>Team</b> </td> <td width="30"><b>Age</b> </td> <td width="40"><b>G</b> </td> <td width="40"><b>AB</b> </td> <td width="50"><b>R</b> </td> <td width="40"><b>H</b> </td> <td width="40"><b>2B</b> </td> <td width="40"><b>3B</b> </td> <td width="40"><b>HR</b> </td> <td width="40"><b>RBI</b> </td> <td width="40"><b>SB</b> </td> <td width="40"><b>BB</b> </td> <td width="50"><b>BA</b> </td> <td width="50"><b>OBP</b> </td> <td width="50"><b>SLG</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1937 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Red_Sox" title="Memphis Red Sox">Memphis</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.294 </td> <td>.294 </td> <td>.559 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:silver; text-align:center;"> <td>1938 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City</a> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>39 </td> <td>127 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>.260 </td> <td>.343 </td> <td>.433 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1939 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>27 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>155 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>.181 </td> <td>.249 </td> <td>.284 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:silver; text-align:center;"> <td>1940 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>28 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>114 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>.307 </td> <td>.342 </td> <td>.447 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1941 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>29 </td> <td>32 </td> <td>129 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>.233 </td> <td>.272 </td> <td>.302 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:silver; text-align:center;"> <td>1942 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>30 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>178 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>47 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>.264 </td> <td>.307 </td> <td>.337 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1943 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>31 </td> <td>39 </td> <td>144 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>.292 </td> <td>.333 </td> <td>.340 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:silver; text-align:center;"> <td>1944-45 </td> <td>Naval service </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1946 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>34 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>95 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>.284 </td> <td>.376 </td> <td>.347 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:silver; text-align:center;"> <td>1947 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>35 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>127 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>.268 </td> <td>.340 </td> <td>.378 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1948 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>36 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>69 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>.261 </td> <td>.311 </td> <td>.275 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:silver; text-align:center;"> <td>1949 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>37 </td> <td>45 </td> <td>109 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.330 </td> <td>.330 </td> <td>.394 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1950 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>38 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>83 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>.253 </td> <td>.340 </td> <td>.398 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:silver; text-align:center;"> <td>1951 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>39 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>134 </td> <td>-- </td> <td>44 </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>3 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>.328 </td> <td>~.328 </td> <td>.396 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1952 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>40 </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>--- </td> <td>--- </td> <td>--- </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:silver; text-align:center;"> <td>1953 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>41 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>-- </td> <td>.476 </td> <td>~.476 </td> <td>.476 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1954 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>42 </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>--- </td> <td>--- </td> <td>--- </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:silver; text-align:center;"> <td>1955 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>43 </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>-- </td> <td>--- </td> <td>--- </td> <td>--- </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:black; color:white; text-align:center;"> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>12 seasons</b><br />(through 1950) </td> <td> </td> <td>400 </td> <td>1364 </td> <td>213 </td> <td>361 </td> <td>55 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>176 </td> <td>56 </td> <td>105 </td> <td>.288 </td> <td>.317 </td> <td>.361 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:silver; text-align:center;"> <td> </td> <td><b>2.469 Seasons</b><br />162-gm avg </td> <td> </td> <td>162 </td> <td>552 </td> <td>86 </td> <td>146 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>71 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>43 </td> <td>.288 </td> <td>.317 </td> <td>.361 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:black; color:white; text-align:center;"> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Off_the_field">Off the field</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Off the field"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buck_O%27Neil_autograph.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Buck_O%27Neil_autograph.jpg/250px-Buck_O%27Neil_autograph.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Buck_O%27Neil_autograph.jpg/375px-Buck_O%27Neil_autograph.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Buck_O%27Neil_autograph.jpg/500px-Buck_O%27Neil_autograph.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="547" /></a><figcaption>Buck O'Neil signing autographs, 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Tom_Baird" title="Tom Baird">Tom Baird</a> sold the Monarchs at the end of the 1955 season, O'Neil resigned as manager and became a scout for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is credited for signing <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Fame</a> player <a href="/wiki/Lou_Brock" title="Lou Brock">Lou Brock</a> to his first professional baseball contract.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Neil is sometimes incorrectly credited with also having signed Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Banks" title="Ernie Banks">Ernie Banks</a> to his first contract; Banks was originally scouted and signed to the Monarchs by <a href="/wiki/Cool_Papa_Bell" title="Cool Papa Bell">Cool Papa Bell</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then manager of the Monarchs' barnstorming <a href="/w/index.php?title=B_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="B team (page does not exist)">B team</a> in 1949. He played briefly for the Monarchs in 1950 and 1953, his play interrupted by Army duty. O'Neil was Banks' manager during those stints, and Banks was signed to play for the Cubs more than two years before O'Neil joined them as a scout. He was named the first black coach in the major leagues by the Cubs in 1962, although he was not assigned in-game base coaching duties, nor was he included in the Cubs' "<a href="/wiki/College_of_Coaches" title="College of Coaches">College of Coaches</a>" system, and was never allowed to manage the team during that time.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After many years with the Cubs, O'Neil became a <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> scout in 1988, and was named "Midwest Scout of the Year" in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Neil gained national prominence with his compelling descriptions of the Negro leagues as part of <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a>' 1994 <a href="/wiki/Baseball_(documentary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball (documentary)">PBS documentary</a> on baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterwards, he became the subject of countless national interviews, including appearances on the <i><a href="/wiki/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Show with David Letterman">Late Show with David Letterman</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Late_Late_Show_(CBS_TV_series)#Tom_Snyder_(1995–1999)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)">The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1990, O'Neil led the effort to establish the <a href="/wiki/Negro_Leagues_Baseball_Museum" title="Negro Leagues Baseball Museum">Negro Leagues Baseball Museum</a> (NLBM) in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City</a>, and served as its honorary board chairman until his death.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996, O'Neil became the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri_%E2%80%93_Kansas_City" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Missouri – Kansas City">University of Missouri – Kansas City</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2002, at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Negro_Leagues_Baseball_Museum" title="Negro Leagues Baseball Museum">NLBM's</a> Legacy Awards annual banquet, O'Neil received an induction ring from the baseball scouts Hall of Fame in St. Louis.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Neil and all-star <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> developed a relationship, with Ichiro attending the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum alongside O'Neil and seeking O'Neil's knowledge of the game when the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> would have road games in Kansas City. "With Buck, I felt something big. The way he carried himself, you can see and tell and feel he loved this game."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_year">Final year</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Final year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 13, 2006, he received an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_doctorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary doctorate">honorary doctorate</a> in education from <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Western_State_University" title="Missouri Western State University">Missouri Western State University</a> where he also gave the commencement speech.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Neil was a member of the 18-member <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> <a href="/wiki/Veterans_Committee" title="Veterans Committee">Veterans Committee</a> from 1981 to 2000 and played an important role in the induction of six Negro league players from 1995 to 2001 during the time the Hall had a policy of inducting one Negro leaguer per year.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Neil was nominated to a special Hall ballot for Negro league players, managers, and executives in <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2006">2006</a>, but received fewer than the necessary nine votes (out of twelve) to gain admission; however, 17 other Negro league figures were selected.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>God's been good to me. They didn't think Buck was good enough to be in the Hall of Fame. That's the way they thought about it and that's the way it is, so we're going to live with that. Now, if I'm a Hall of Famer for you, that's all right with me. Just keep loving old Buck. Don't weep for Buck. No, man, be happy, be thankful.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>On July 29, 2006, O'Neil spoke at the induction ceremony for the Negro league players at the Baseball Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Left_field_wall_of_Community_America_Ballpark_in_Kansas_City,_Kansas.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Left_field_wall_of_Community_America_Ballpark_in_Kansas_City%2C_Kansas.JPG/220px-Left_field_wall_of_Community_America_Ballpark_in_Kansas_City%2C_Kansas.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Left_field_wall_of_Community_America_Ballpark_in_Kansas_City%2C_Kansas.JPG/330px-Left_field_wall_of_Community_America_Ballpark_in_Kansas_City%2C_Kansas.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Left_field_wall_of_Community_America_Ballpark_in_Kansas_City%2C_Kansas.JPG/440px-Left_field_wall_of_Community_America_Ballpark_in_Kansas_City%2C_Kansas.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The Kansas City T-Bones retired O'Neil's jersey. The team is now known as The Kansas City Monarchs as a tribute to O'Neil and former Monarchs players.</figcaption></figure> <p>Just before the Hall of Fame ceremonies, O'Neil signed a contract with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_T-Bones" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas City T-Bones">Kansas City T-Bones</a> on July 17 to allow him to play in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_League_(baseball,_1993%E2%80%932010)" title="Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)">Northern League</a> All-Star Game.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the game, O'Neil was "traded" to the <a href="/wiki/Fargo-Moorhead_RedHawks" title="Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks">Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks</a> and was listed as the starting <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a>, although after drawing an <a href="/wiki/Intentional_base_on_balls" title="Intentional base on balls">intentional walk</a>, he was replaced before actually playing in the field. At the end of the inning, another "trade" was announced that brought O'Neil back to the Kansas City team, allowing him to lead off the bottom of the inning as well (drawing another intentional walk).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The T-Bones originally claimed that O'Neil, at age 94 years, 8 months, and 5 days, would be by far the oldest person to appear in a professional baseball game (surpassing 83-year-old Jim Eriotes who had struck out in another Northern League game just a week earlier).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, that claim was in error, as the <a href="/wiki/Schaumburg_Flyers" title="Schaumburg Flyers">Schaumburg Flyers</a> of the Northern League had signed <a href="/wiki/Double_Duty_Radcliffe" class="mw-redirect" title="Double Duty Radcliffe">Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe</a> to a one-game contract and allowed him to face one batter on June 19, 1999 when he was 96 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While O'Neil was the second-oldest pro player, the claim was amended that he would be the oldest person to make a plate appearance in a professional baseball game. </p><p>The Kansas City T-Bones <a href="/wiki/Retired_number" title="Retired number">retired</a> his number on May 26, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, the team rebranded itself as the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs_(American_Association)" title="Kansas City Monarchs (American Association)">Kansas City Monarchs</a> as a salute to O'Neill and the historic franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BuckONeilLegacySeat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/BuckONeilLegacySeat.jpg/220px-BuckONeilLegacySeat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/BuckONeilLegacySeat.jpg/330px-BuckONeilLegacySeat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/BuckONeilLegacySeat.jpg/440px-BuckONeilLegacySeat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Buck O'Neil Legacy Seat at <a href="/wiki/Kauffman_Stadium" title="Kauffman Stadium">Kauffman Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On August 5, 2006, O'Neil was admitted to a Kansas City hospital after complaining that he did not feel well. He was admitted for <a href="/wiki/Fatigue_(physical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatigue (physical)">fatigue</a> and was released three days later only to be re-admitted on September 17. On September 28, Kansas City media reported O'Neil's condition had worsened.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 6, O'Neil died at the age of 94 due to <a href="/wiki/Heart_failure" title="Heart failure">heart failure</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bone_marrow_cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Bone marrow cancer">bone marrow cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> opening day broadcast of the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>, on April 2, 2007, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> announced the Royals would honor O'Neil by placing a fan in the <b>Buck O'Neil Legacy Seat</b><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Kauffman_Stadium" title="Kauffman Stadium">Kauffman Stadium</a> each game who best exemplifies O'Neil's spirit. The seat itself has been replaced by a red seat amidst the all-blue seats behind home plate in Section 101, Row C, Seat 1. Due to the renovations and section renumbering in 2009 the seat number is now Section 127, Row C, Seat 9, and the seat bottom is now padded. The first person to sit in "Buck's seat" was Buck O'Neil's brother, Warren G. O'Neil (1917–2013), who also played in the Negro American League.<sup id="cite_ref-Democrat-and-Chronicle_1994_Sep_23_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Democrat-and-Chronicle_1994_Sep_23-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Presidential Medal of Freedom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 7, 2006, O'Neil was posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> by President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the award was presented to his brother, Warren, on his behalf on December 15. He was chosen due to his "excellence and determination both on and off the baseball field", according to the White House news release. He joins other baseball notables such as <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Clemente" title="Roberto Clemente">Roberto Clemente</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">Joe DiMaggio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> in receiving the United States' highest civilian honor. On November 13, 2012 the family of Buck O'Neil donated his Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in honor of what would have been O'Neil's 101st birthday. The medal will be showcased in a special area of the NLBM dedicated to O'Neil.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beacon_of_Life_Award">Beacon of Life Award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Beacon of Life Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 31, 2007—the day of Major League Baseball's first annual <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Game" title="Civil Rights Game">Civil Rights Game</a>—O'Neil was posthumously awarded MLB's first annual <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Game#Beacon_Awards" title="Civil Rights Game">Beacon of Life Award</a> at the inaugural MLB Beacon Awards luncheon.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lifetime_Achievement_Award">Lifetime Achievement Award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Lifetime Achievement Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 24, 2007, O'Neil was posthumously given a Lifetime Achievement Award named after him. He had fallen short in the Hall of Fame vote in 2006; however, he was honored in 2007 with a new award given by the Hall of Fame, to be named after him. </p><p>In 2008 a life size statue of O'Neil was placed on display inside the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum on <a href="/wiki/18th_and_Vine_Historic_District" class="mw-redirect" title="18th and Vine Historic District">18th and Vine</a> in Kansas City, and the <a href="/wiki/Buck_O%27Neil_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award">Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award</a> will be presented no more than every three years.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 27, 2008, Joe Morgan gave a dedication speech for the award and talked about O'Neil's life, repeatedly citing the title of O'Neil's autobiography, <i>I Was Right on Time</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball_Hall_of_Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Baseball Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2022_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting" title="2022 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting">2022 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting</a></div> <p>On November 5, 2021, O'Neil was selected to the final ballot of 10 candidates for consideration by the Early Days Committee during voting for induction to the Hall of Fame. Candidates needed to receive at least 12 of 16 votes (75%) for election, with the results to be announced in December.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 5, the Hall of Fame announced that O'Neil and <a href="/wiki/Bud_Fowler" title="Bud Fowler">Bud Fowler</a> had been elected, with 13 and 12 votes, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-VeteransHOF_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VeteransHOF-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was formally enshrined on July 24, 2022, with his niece Angela Terry accepting the nomination and delivering a speech on his behalf.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_honors">Other honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Other honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Buck O'Neil Run/Walk<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"John Jordan 'Buck' O'Neil" exhibit (in the <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams_Museum_and_Hitters_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame">Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reliquary#Shrine_of_the_Eternals" title="Baseball Reliquary">Shrine of the Eternals</a>: O’Neil was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reliquary" title="Baseball Reliquary">Baseball Reliquary</a>'s Shrine of the Eternals in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-BRSOTE_Inductees_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BRSOTE_Inductees-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall_of_Famous_Missourians" title="Hall of Famous Missourians">Hall of Famous Missourians</a>: In February 2012 O'Neil was inducted to the Hall, located in the Missouri state capitol building in <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_City,_Missouri" title="Jefferson City, Missouri">Jefferson City</a>. A bronze bust of O'Neil will be on permanent display by the sculptor <a href="/wiki/E._Spencer_Schubert" title="E. Spencer Schubert">E. Spencer Schubert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_O%27Neil_Bridge" title="Buck O'Neil Bridge">Buck O'Neil Bridge</a> <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a></li> <li>Right on Time Café onboard the <a href="/wiki/USS_Kansas_City_(LCS-22)" title="USS Kansas City (LCS-22)">USS <i>Kansas City</i> (LCS-22)</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Get_Fuzzy" title="Get Fuzzy">Get Fuzzy</a></i> comic strip, Bucky the <a href="/wiki/Siamese_cat" title="Siamese cat">Siamese cat</a> is named in honor of 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 15,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=KansasCityRoyals.com&rft.atitle=2011+Buck+O%27Neil+Legacy+Seat+Contest&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkansascity.royals.mlb.com%2Fkc%2Ffan_forum%2Foneil_seats_form.jsp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Democrat-and-Chronicle_1994_Sep_23-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Democrat-and-Chronicle_1994_Sep_23_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Memories are Cherished for a Lifetime," <i><a href="/wiki/Democrat_and_Chronicle" title="Democrat and Chronicle">Democrat and Chronicle</a>,</i> September 23, 1994, p. 1D (accessible <i>via</i> <a href="/wiki/Newspapers.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers.com">Newspapers.com</a> at <span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94607387/memories-are-cherished-for-a-lifetime/">www<wbr />.newspapers<wbr />.com<wbr />/clip<wbr />/94607387<wbr />/memories-are-cherished-for-a-lifetime<wbr />/</a></span>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/16189835.htm">"Buck O'Neil awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom"</a>. McClatchy Newspapers. December 7, 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 8,</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Buck+O%27Neil+awarded+Presidential+Medal+of+Freedom&rft.date=2006-12-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercurynews.com%2Fmld%2Fmercurynews%2Fsports%2F16189835.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKaegel2012" class="citation web cs1">Kaegel, Dick (November 13, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121113&content_id=40272242&vkey=news_kc&c_id=kc">"Negro Leagues Museum gets new O'Neil items"</a>. MLB.com via KC Royals website<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 14,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Negro+Leagues+Museum+gets+new+O%27Neil+items.&rft.pub=MLB.com+via+KC+Royals+website&rft.date=2012-11-13&rft.aulast=Kaegel&rft.aufirst=Dick&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkansascity.royals.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Farticle.jsp%3Fymd%3D20121113%26content_id%3D40272242%26vkey%3Dnews_kc%26c_id%3Dkc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged October 2024">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBloom2007" class="citation web cs1">Bloom, Barry M. (March 31, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070331&content_id=1872794&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb">"Beacons awarded at poignant luncheon: Three winners honored on day of Civil Rights Game"</a>. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLB.com)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 15,</span> 2011</span>. <q>[The award] was accepted by Don Motley, the executive director of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum ....</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Beacons+awarded+at+poignant+luncheon%3A+Three+winners+honored+on+day+of+Civil+Rights+Game&rft.pub=MLB+Advanced+Media%2C+L.P.+%28MLB.com%29&rft.date=2007-03-31&rft.aulast=Bloom&rft.aufirst=Barry+M.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmlb.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Farticle.jsp%3Fymd%3D20070331%26content_id%3D1872794%26vkey%3Dnews_mlb%26fext%3D.jsp%26c_id%3Dmlb&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHill2007" class="citation web cs1">Hill, Justice B. (March 27, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130618130223/http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070327&content_id=1861324&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb">"O'Neil to receive Beacon Award: Baseball ambassador recognized for his dedication"</a>. <i>MLB.com</i>. 2011 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070327&content_id=1861324&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb">the original</a> on June 18, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 15,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=MLB.com&rft.atitle=O%27Neil+to+receive+Beacon+Award%3A+Baseball+ambassador+recognized+for+his+dedication&rft.date=2007-03-27&rft.aulast=Hill&rft.aufirst=Justice+B.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flosangeles.angels.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Farticle.jsp%3Fymd%3D20070327%26content_id%3D1861324%26vkey%3Dnews_mlb%26fext%3D.jsp%26c_id%3Dmlb&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=4733645&version=7&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=6.1.1">Hall of Fame Honors Buck O'Neil with Lifetime Achievement Award</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/news/buck-o-neil-inducted-into-mlb-hall-of-fame#:~:text=In%201938%2C%20his%20contract%20was%20sold%20to%20the,and%20in%20the%20city%20he%20would%20call%20home.">"O'Neil takes his place among legends in Hall"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/MLB.com" title="MLB.com">MLB.com</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=MLB.com&rft.atitle=O%27Neil+takes+his+place+among+legends+in+Hall&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fbuck-o-neil-inducted-into-mlb-hall-of-fame%23%3A~%3Atext%3DIn%25201938%252C%2520his%2520contract%2520was%2520sold%2520to%2520the%2Cand%2520in%2520the%2520city%2520he%2520would%2520call%2520home.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://baseballhall.org/news/era-committee-ballots-announced-for-class-of-2022-consideration">"Early Baseball, Golden Days Era Committee Ballots Announced | Baseball Hall of Fame"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Early+Baseball%2C+Golden+Days+Era+Committee+Ballots+Announced+%7C+Baseball+Hall+of+Fame&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbaseballhall.org%2Fnews%2Fera-committee-ballots-announced-for-class-of-2022-consideration&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-VeteransHOF-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-VeteransHOF_51-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://baseballhall.org/news/six-candidates-elected-to-hall-of-fame-as-part-of-class-of-2022">"Fowler, Hodges, Kaat, Miñoso, Oliva, O'Neil Elected to Hall of Fame"</a>. baseballhall.org. December 5, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRogers" class="citation web cs1">Rogers, Anne. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/news/buck-o-neil-inducted-into-mlb-hall-of-fame">"O'Neil takes his place among legends in Hall"</a>. <i>mlb.com</i>. MLB Advanced Media, LP<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=mlb.com&rft.atitle=O%27Neil+takes+his+place+among+legends+in+Hall&rft.aulast=Rogers&rft.aufirst=Anne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fbuck-o-neil-inducted-into-mlb-hall-of-fame&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sportkc.org/sportkc.aspx?pgID=866&event_id=462">Buck O'Neil Run/Walk</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120425071043/http://www.sportkc.org/sportkc.aspx?pgID=866&event_id=462">Archived</a> April 25, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Kansas City Sports Commission website. Retrieved October 16, 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BRSOTE_Inductees-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BRSOTE_Inductees_54-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.baseballreliquary.org/awards/shrine-of-the-eternals/shrine-of-the-eternals-electees">"Shrine of the Eternals – Inductees"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200919092503/http://www.baseballreliquary.org/awards/shrine-of-the-eternals/shrine-of-the-eternals-electees">Archived</a> 2020-09-19 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Baseball Reliquary. Retrieved August 14, 2019.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kctv5.com/story/17024534/first-black-mlb-coach-to-be-honored-at-mo-capitol">"Buck O'Neil to be inducted in Hall of Famous Missourians"</a>. KCTV-TV via website. February 27, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 27,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Buck+O%27Neil+to+be+inducted+in+Hall+of+Famous+Missourians&rft.pub=KCTV-TV+via+website&rft.date=2012-02-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kctv5.com%2Fstory%2F17024534%2Ffirst-black-mlb-coach-to-be-honored-at-mo-capitol&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged July 2017">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.esschubert.com">E. Spencer Schubert</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kmbc.com/article/u-s-s-kansas-city-honors-its-namesake-city-with-street-signs-galley-named-after-buck-o-neil/32918486">"USS Kansas City honors its namesake city with street signs, galley named after Buck O'Neil"</a>. 19 June 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=USS+Kansas+City+honors+its+namesake+city+with+street+signs%2C+galley+named+after+Buck+O%27Neil&rft.date=2020-06-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kmbc.com%2Farticle%2Fu-s-s-kansas-city-honors-its-namesake-city-with-street-signs-galley-named-after-buck-o-neil%2F32918486&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sabr.org/chapter/north-florida-buck-oneil-chapter/">"North Florida / Buck O'Neil Chapter"</a>. <i>Society for American Baseball Research</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Society+for+American+Baseball+Research&rft.atitle=North+Florida+%2F+Buck+O%E2%80%99Neil+Chapter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsabr.org%2Fchapter%2Fnorth-florida-buck-oneil-chapter%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070608094140/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/oneil_buck.htm">Address at the National Baseball Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/baseball/shadowball/oneil.html">PBS Interview With O'Neil</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170822081249/http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/baseball/shadowball/oneil.html">Archived</a> 2017-08-22 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://patrickhickeyjr.tripod.com/buckoneilinterview.html">Buck O'Neil Interview July 2006</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070608094140/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/oneil_buck.htm">ESPN: "O'Neil Was the Real 'Voice' of America"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.srqmagazine.com/issues/issueDetail.cfm?iteID=448">SRQ Magazine interview September 2006</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWittenstein2007" class="citation web cs1">Wittenstein, Barry (March 23, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130201134309/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070323&content_id=1855695&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb">"Take a journey with a baseball legend: Biographical accounts of Buck O'Neil a guaranteed page-turner"</a>. <i>MLB.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070323&content_id=1855695&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb">the original</a> on February 1, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 16,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=MLB.com&rft.atitle=Take+a+journey+with+a+baseball+legend%3A+Biographical+accounts+of+Buck+O%27Neil+a+guaranteed+page-turner&rft.date=2007-03-23&rft.aulast=Wittenstein&rft.aufirst=Barry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fboston.redsox.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Farticle.jsp%3Fymd%3D20070323%26content_id%3D1855695%26vkey%3Dnews_mlb%26fext%3D.jsp%26c_id%3Dmlb&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuck+O%27Neil" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>"I Was Right On Time", autobiography of Buck O'Neil, Simon and Schuster (1996) 254 pages, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-684-80305-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-684-80305-4">0-684-80305-4</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_O%27Neil&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/oneil-buck">Buck O'Neil</a> at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://baseballhall.org">Baseball Hall of Fame</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Career statistics from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/650067">MLB</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/oneilbu01.shtml">Baseball Reference</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=oneil01buc">Seamheads</a></li> <li>Coaching career statistics and player 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City</b>: <a href="/wiki/Association_Park" title="Association Park">Association Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Stadium_(Kansas_City,_Missouri)" title="Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)">Municipal Stadium</a><br /><b>Grand Rapids</b>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Valley_Field&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Valley Field (page does not exist)">Valley Field</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #A03223 !important; color: #FBEEC4 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B2241, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B2241; !important;;;width:1%">League affiliations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1920%E2%80%931931)" title="Negro National League (1920–1931)">Negro National League (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_American_League" title="Negro American League">Negro American 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href="/wiki/Cool_Papa_Bell" title="Cool Papa Bell">Cool Papa Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Brown" title="Willard Brown">Willard Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Cooper" title="Andy Cooper">Andy Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Foster_(baseball)" title="Bill Foster (baseball)">Bill Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_M%C3%A9ndez" title="José Méndez">José Méndez</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Buck O'Neil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Satchel Paige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullet_Rogan" title="Bullet Rogan">Bullet Rogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Smith" title="Hilton Smith">Hilton Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_Stearnes" title="Turkey Stearnes">Turkey Stearnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crist%C3%B3bal_Torriente" title="Cristóbal Torriente">Cristóbal Torriente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wells" title="Willie Wells">Willie Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._L._Wilkinson" title="J. L. Wilkinson">J. L. Wilkinson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #A03223 !important; color: #FBEEC4 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B2241, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B2241; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture" title="Culture"><span style="color:#FBEEC4">Culture</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Denver_Post_Tournament" title="Denver Post Tournament">Denver Post Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_Leagues_Baseball_Museum" title="Negro Leagues Baseball Museum">Negro Leagues Baseball Museum</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Buck O'Neil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42_(film)" title="42 (film)"><i>42</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soul_of_the_Game" title="Soul of the Game"><i>Soul of the Game</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #A03223 !important; color: #FBEEC4 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B2241, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B2241; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Negro_World_Series" title="Negro World Series"><span style="color:#FBEEC4">World Series<br />championships</span></a> (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Colored World Series</b>: <a href="/wiki/1924_Colored_World_Series" title="1924 Colored World Series">1924</a><br /><b>Negro World Series</b>: <a href="/wiki/1942_Negro_World_Series" title="1942 Negro World Series">1942</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #A03223 !important; color: #FBEEC4 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B2241, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B2241; !important;;;width:1%">League<br />pennants (13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Negro National League</b>: 1923</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Colored_World_Series" title="1924 Colored World Series">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Colored_World_Series" title="1925 Colored World Series">1925</a></li> <li>1929<br /><b>Negro American League</b>: 1937</li> <li>1939</li> <li>1940</li> <li>1941</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Negro_World_Series" title="1942 Negro World Series">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Negro_World_Series" title="1946 Negro World Series">1946</a></li> <li>1953</li> <li>1955</li> <li>1957</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #A03223 !important; color: #FBEEC4 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B2241, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B2241; !important;;;width:1%">Other play-off<br />appearances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1926</li> <li>1948</li> <li>1951</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #A03223 !important; color: #FBEEC4 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B2241, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B2241; !important;;;background-color: #0B2241 !important; color: #FBEEC4 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #A03223, inset -2px -2px 0 #A03223; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(46)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kansas_City_Monarchs_seasons" title="List of Kansas City Monarchs seasons"><span style="color:#FBEEC4">Seasons</span></a> (46)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #A03223 !important; color: #FBEEC4 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B2241, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B2241; !important;;;width:9em">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1920_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1921_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1921 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season" title="1923 Kansas City Monarchs season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season" title="1924 Kansas City Monarchs season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season" title="1929 Kansas City Monarchs season">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #A03223 !important; color: #FBEEC4 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B2241, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B2241; !important;;;width:9em">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season" title="1937 Kansas City Monarchs season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season" title="1939 Kansas City Monarchs season">1939</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #A03223 !important; color: #FBEEC4 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B2241, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B2241; !important;;;width:9em">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season" title="1940 Kansas City Monarchs season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season" title="1941 Kansas City Monarchs season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season" title="1942 Kansas City Monarchs season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1943 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1944_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1944 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Kansas_City_Monarchs_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 Kansas City Monarchs season (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li>1949</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #A03223 !important; 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Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Johnson" title="Walter Johnson">W. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Addie_Joss" title="Addie Joss">Joss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Kaat</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Keefe" title="Tim Keefe">Keefe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Koufax</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lemon" title="Bob Lemon">Lemon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Lyons" title="Ted Lyons">Lyons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Maddux" title="Greg Maddux">Maddux</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Marichal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rube_Marquard" title="Rube Marquard">Marquard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Pedro Martínez">P. Martínez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_McGinnity" title="Joe McGinnity">McGinnity</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_M%C3%A9ndez" title="José Méndez">Méndez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Morris" title="Jack Morris">Morris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mussina" title="Mike Mussina">Mussina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hal_Newhouser" title="Hal Newhouser">Newhouser</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kid_Nichols" title="Kid Nichols">Nichols</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Niekro" title="Phil Niekro">Niekro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Paige</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Palmer" title="Jim Palmer">Palmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herb_Pennock" title="Herb Pennock">Pennock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Perry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Plank" title="Eddie Plank">Plank</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Radbourn" title="Charles Radbourn">Radbourn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eppa_Rixey" title="Eppa Rixey">Rixey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Roberts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bullet_Rogan" title="Bullet Rogan">Rogan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Red_Ruffing" title="Red Ruffing">Ruffing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amos_Rusie" title="Amos Rusie">Rusie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Ryan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Seaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Smith" title="Hilton Smith">H. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Smith_(baseball)" title="Lee Smith (baseball)">L. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sutter" title="Bruce Sutter">Sutter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Sutton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dazzy_Vance" title="Dazzy Vance">Vance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rube_Waddell" title="Rube Waddell">Waddell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Walsh" title="Ed Walsh">Walsh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Welch" title="Mickey Welch">Welch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Wilhelm" title="Hoyt Wilhelm">Wilhelm</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Joe_Williams" title="Smokey Joe Williams">J. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vic_Willis" title="Vic Willis">Willis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Early_Wynn" title="Early Wynn">Wynn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Young</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Catchers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Bench</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Berra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Bresnahan" title="Roger Bresnahan">Bresnahan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Campanella" title="Roy Campanella">Campanella</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Carter" title="Gary Carter">Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Cochrane" title="Mickey Cochrane">Cochrane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dickey" title="Bill Dickey">Dickey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Buck_Ewing" title="Buck Ewing">Ewing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Ferrell" title="Rick Ferrell">Ferrell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Fisk" title="Carlton Fisk">Fisk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Gibson" title="Josh Gibson">J. Gibson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gabby_Hartnett" title="Gabby Hartnett">Hartnett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Lombardi" title="Ernie Lombardi">Lombardi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Biz_Mackey" title="Biz Mackey">Mackey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mauer" title="Joe Mauer">Mauer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Piazza" title="Mike Piazza">Piazza</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Rodríguez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Santop" title="Louis Santop">Santop</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Schalk" title="Ray Schalk">Schalk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Simmons" title="Ted Simmons">T. Simmons</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First basemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cap_Anson" title="Cap Anson">Anson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Bagwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jake_Beckley" title="Jake Beckley">Beckley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bottomley" title="Jim Bottomley">Bottomley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Brouthers" title="Dan Brouthers">Brouthers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cepeda" title="Orlando Cepeda">Cepeda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Chance" title="Frank Chance">Chance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Connor" title="Roger Connor">Connor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Foxx</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Gehrig</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hank_Greenberg" title="Hank Greenberg">Greenberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Helton" title="Todd Helton">Helton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gil_Hodges" title="Gil Hodges">Hodges</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Kelly_(baseball)" title="George Kelly (baseball)">G. Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Killebrew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Buck_Leonard" title="Buck Leonard">Leonard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">McCovey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_McGriff" title="Fred McGriff">McGriff</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mize" title="Johnny Mize">Mize</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murray" title="Eddie Murray">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_P%C3%A9rez" title="Tony Pérez">Pérez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Sisler" title="George Sisler">Sisler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mule_Suttles" title="Mule Suttles">Suttles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Taylor_(first_baseman,_born_1888)" title="Ben Taylor (first baseman, born 1888)">Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Terry" title="Bill Terry">Terry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)" title="Frank Thomas (designated hitter)">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thome" title="Jim Thome">Thome</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Second basemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Alomar" title="Roberto Alomar">Alomar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Biggio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Collins" title="Eddie Collins">E. Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Doerr" title="Bobby Doerr">Doerr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Evers" title="Johnny Evers">Evers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Fox" title="Nellie Fox">Fox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Frisch" title="Frankie Frisch">Frisch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gehringer" title="Charlie Gehringer">Gehringer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gordon" title="Joe Gordon">Gordon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Herman" title="Billy Herman">Herman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby" title="Rogers Hornsby">Hornsby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nap_Lajoie" title="Nap Lajoie">Lajoie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Lazzeri" title="Tony Lazzeri">Lazzeri</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mazeroski" title="Bill Mazeroski">Mazeroski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bid_McPhee" title="Bid McPhee">McPhee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Morgan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">J. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ryne_Sandberg" title="Ryne Sandberg">Sandberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Red_Schoendienst" title="Red Schoendienst">Schoendienst</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third basemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Home_Run_Baker" title="Home Run Baker">Baker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_Beltr%C3%A9" title="Adrián Beltré">Beltré</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">Boggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">Brett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Collins" title="Jimmy Collins">J. Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Dandridge" title="Ray Dandridge">Dandridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Judy_Johnson" title="Judy Johnson">J. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chipper_Jones" title="Chipper Jones">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Kell" title="George Kell">Kell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Lindstrom" title="Freddie Lindstrom">Lindstrom</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Mathews</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Molitor" title="Paul Molitor">Molitor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Robinson" title="Brooks Robinson">B. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Rolen" title="Scott Rolen">Rolen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Santo" title="Ron Santo">Santo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Schmidt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pie_Traynor" title="Pie Traynor">Traynor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Deacon_White" title="Deacon White">D. White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jud_Wilson" title="Jud Wilson">J. Wilson</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shortstops</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luis_Aparicio" title="Luis Aparicio">Aparicio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luke_Appling" title="Luke Appling">Appling</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bancroft" title="Dave Bancroft">Bancroft</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Banks" title="Ernie Banks">Banks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lou_Boudreau" title="Lou Boudreau">Boudreau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Cronin" title="Joe Cronin">Cronin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Davis_(baseball)" title="George Davis (baseball)">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Travis_Jackson" title="Travis Jackson">T. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hughie_Jennings" title="Hughie Jennings">Jennings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Jeter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Larkin" title="Barry Larkin">Larkin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Lloyd" title="John Henry Lloyd">Lloyd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rabbit_Maranville" title="Rabbit Maranville">Maranville</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pee_Wee_Reese" title="Pee Wee Reese">Reese</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Ripken Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Rizzuto" title="Phil Rizzuto">Rizzuto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Sewell" title="Joe Sewell">Sewell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Smith" title="Ozzie Smith">O. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Tinker" title="Joe Tinker">Tinker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Trammell" title="Alan Trammell">Trammell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arky_Vaughan" title="Arky Vaughan">Vaughan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Honus_Wagner" title="Honus Wagner">Wagner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wallace_(baseball)" title="Bobby Wallace (baseball)">Wallace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Montgomery_Ward" title="John Montgomery Ward">Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wells" title="Willie Wells">Wells</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Yount</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Left fielders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lou_Brock" title="Lou Brock">Brock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Burkett" title="Jesse Burkett">Burkett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Clarke" title="Fred Clarke">Clarke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Delahanty" title="Ed Delahanty">Delahanty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goose_Goslin" title="Goose Goslin">Goslin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hafey" title="Chick Hafey">Hafey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rickey_Henderson" title="Rickey Henderson">Henderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Monte_Irvin" title="Monte Irvin">Irvin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kelley" title="Joe Kelley">Kelley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Kiner" title="Ralph Kiner">Kiner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Heinie_Manush" title="Heinie Manush">Manush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Medwick" title="Joe Medwick">Medwick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso" title="Minnie Miñoso">Miñoso</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Musial</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_O%27Rourke_(baseball)" title="Jim O'Rourke (baseball)">O'Rourke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Raines" title="Tim Raines">Raines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rice" title="Jim Rice">J. Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Simmons" title="Al Simmons">A. Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Stargell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zack_Wheat" title="Zack Wheat">Wheat</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Williams" title="Billy Williams">B. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Yastrzemski</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Center fielders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richie_Ashburn" title="Richie Ashburn">Ashburn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Averill" title="Earl Averill">Averill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cool_Papa_Bell" title="Cool Papa Bell">Bell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willard_Brown" title="Willard Brown">W. Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Max_Carey" title="Max Carey">Carey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Charleston" title="Oscar Charleston">Charleston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Earle_Combs" title="Earle Combs">Combs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">DiMaggio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Doby" title="Larry Doby">Doby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Duffy" title="Hugh Duffy">Duffy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Griffey_Jr." title="Ken Griffey Jr.">Griffey Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Hamilton_(baseball,_born_1866)" title="Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)">Hamilton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Hill" title="Pete Hill">Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mantle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Mays</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kirby_Puckett" title="Kirby Puckett">Puckett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edd_Roush" title="Edd Roush">Roush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Duke_Snider" title="Duke Snider">Snider</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tris_Speaker" title="Tris Speaker">Speaker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Turkey_Stearnes" title="Turkey Stearnes">Stearnes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crist%C3%B3bal_Torriente" title="Cristóbal Torriente">Torriente</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Waner" title="Lloyd Waner">L. Waner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hack_Wilson" title="Hack Wilson">H. Wilson</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Right fielders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Aaron</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Clemente" title="Roberto Clemente">Clemente</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Crawford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kiki_Cuyler" title="Kiki Cuyler">Cuyler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andre_Dawson" title="Andre Dawson">Dawson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Flick" title="Elmer Flick">Flick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Guerrero" title="Vladimir Guerrero">Guerrero</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Gwynn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Heilmann" title="Harry Heilmann">Heilmann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hooper" title="Harry Hooper">Hooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">R. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Kaline</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Keeler" title="Willie Keeler">Keeler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King_Kelly" title="King Kelly">K. Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Klein" title="Chuck Klein">Klein</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_McCarthy_(baseball)" title="Tommy McCarthy (baseball)">T. McCarthy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Oliva</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Ott" title="Mel Ott">Ott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Rice" title="Sam Rice">S. Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">F. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Ruth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Enos_Slaughter" title="Enos Slaughter">Slaughter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Thompson_(outfielder)" title="Sam Thompson (outfielder)">Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Walker" title="Larry Walker">Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Waner" title="Paul Waner">P. Waner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Winfield" title="Dave Winfield">Winfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ross_Youngs" title="Ross Youngs">Youngs</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Designated hitters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Baines" title="Harold Baines">Baines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Edgar Martínez">E. Martínez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">Ortiz</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Managers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Alston" title="Walter Alston">Alston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sparky_Anderson" title="Sparky Anderson">Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Cox" title="Bobby Cox">Cox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leo_Durocher" title="Leo Durocher">Durocher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rube_Foster" title="Rube Foster">R. Foster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ned_Hanlon_(baseball)" title="Ned Hanlon (baseball)">Hanlon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bucky_Harris" title="Bucky Harris">Harris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Herzog</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Miller_Huggins" title="Miller Huggins">Huggins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_La_Russa" title="Tony La Russa">La Russa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lasorda" title="Tommy Lasorda">Lasorda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Leyland" title="Jim Leyland">Leyland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_L%C3%B3pez" title="Al López">López</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack" title="Connie Mack">Mack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_McCarthy_(baseball_manager)" title="Joe McCarthy (baseball manager)">J. McCarthy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_McGraw" title="John McGraw">McGraw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_McKechnie" title="Bill McKechnie">McKechnie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wilbert_Robinson" title="Wilbert Robinson">W. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Selee" title="Frank Selee">Selee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Southworth" title="Billy Southworth">Southworth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Casey_Stengel" title="Casey Stengel">Stengel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Torre" title="Joe Torre">Torre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Weaver" title="Earl Weaver">Weaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">D. Williams</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Executives<br />and pioneers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Barrow" title="Ed Barrow">Barrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Bulkeley" title="Morgan Bulkeley">Bulkeley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Cartwright" title="Alexander Cartwright">Cartwright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Chadwick_(writer)" title="Henry Chadwick (writer)">Chadwick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Chandler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Comiskey" title="Charles Comiskey">Comiskey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Candy_Cummings" title="Candy Cummings">Cummings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barney_Dreyfuss" title="Barney Dreyfuss">Dreyfuss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bud_Fowler" title="Bud Fowler">Fowler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ford_Frick" title="Ford Frick">Frick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Giles" title="Warren Giles">Giles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Gillick" title="Pat Gillick">Gillick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Grant_(baseball)" title="Frank Grant (baseball)">Grant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clark_Griffith" title="Clark Griffith">Griffith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Will_Harridge" title="Will Harridge">Harridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Hulbert" title="William Hulbert">Hulbert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ban_Johnson" title="Ban Johnson">B. 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