John Joseph "Jack" O'Neill (10 January 1873 – 29 June 1935) was catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1902–03), Chicago Cubs (1904–05) and Boston Beaneaters (1906). He batted and threw right-handed. He was born in the townland of Tawnaleen, near Maum, in County Galway, Ireland, to Michael O'Neill, a small farmer in Maum, and Mary Joyce. O'Neill was one of four major league brothers. Steve was a catcher and manager, Jim a shortstop, and Mike, who also was born in Ireland, was a pitcher and formed a brother battery with Jack for the St. Louis Cardinals. O'Neill shared catching duties for the Cardinals, Cubs and Beaneaters in a modest span of five years. He was a smart runner with some speed and usually was used in pinch-running situations. His most productive season came in 1903, when he posted career-highs in batting average (.236), runs (23), hits (58), doubles (nine), runs batted in (21), stolen bases (11) and games played (75). In 303 games O'Neill was a .196 hitter with 20 stolen bases and 74 RBI. He also collected 185 hits with 24 doubles, five triples, and one home run in 945 at-bats. O'Neill died in Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the age of 62. See also List of players from Ireland in Major League Baseball References External links Baseball Reference Baseball Reference - 1902 debuts Retrosheet 1873 births 1935 deaths 19th-century Irish people 20th-century Irish people Boston Beaneaters players Chicago Cubs players St. Louis Cardinals players Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) Sportspeople from County Galway Major League Baseball catchers Major League Baseball players from Ireland Irish baseball players Baseball players from Pennsylvania Rochester Brownies players Montreal Royals players Cortland Hirelings players Canandaigua Giants players Scranton Miners players Hartford Indians players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Utica Reds players Utica Pentups players Jersey City Skeeters players