cause of death was an "attack of heart disease." He was buried at St. Mary Cemetery in Woodstock, Ontario. In 1983, O'Neill was posthumously honoured as one of the first inductees of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. The Canadian Hall each year presents the Tip O'Neill Award in his honour to "the player judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to baseball's highest ideals." A municipal baseball field in Woodstock, Ontario is named Tip O'Neill Field in his honour. James "Tip" O'Neill was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. Other "Tip" O'Neills During the late 19th century and early 20th century, there were several other athletes who went by the name "Tip" O'Neill. In 1898, O'Neill wrote to The Sporting Life to correct a report that he was managing a baseball team in Montgomery, Alabama. He noted: "It seems strange that every ball player whose name happens to be O'Neill should call himself Tip. One Tip died in London, Can., a few years ago, and when I would meet friends that I had not met for some time they would take me for a ghost. The Chicago "Record" last spring had me dying of consumption." The confusion of "Tip" O'Neills continues as some sources erroneously state that O'Neill served as the president of the Western League, a minor league based in the Midwestern United States. To the contrary, the individual who served as president of the Western League was Norris "Tip" O'Neill. Years later, the future American politician and Speaker of the House, Thomas "Tip" O'Neill (1912–94), was given the nickname "Tip" as a boy, due to his shared surname with the 19th century baseball player. See also List of Major League Baseball batting champions List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle List of St. Louis Cardinals team records References External links , or Retrosheet 1860 births 1915 deaths 19th-century baseball players Baseball people from Ontario Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States Major League Baseball left fielders Major League Baseball players from Canada Canadian