Mike Neill
| Mike Neill | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born: April 27, 1970 Martinsville, Virginia, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 27, 1998, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 1, 1998, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .267 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 0 |
| Stats at Baseball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Managerial record at Baseball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Teams | |
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Michael Robert Neill (born April 27, 1970) is an American former Major League Baseball and Olympic baseball player.
Career
[edit | edit source]His baseball career included a stint with the Oakland Athletics and ended with the Olympic gold medal team in the 2000 games in Sydney, Australia. He was named Delaware Athlete of the Year in 2000.[citation needed] At Villanova University he compiled a .417 career batting average, led the Wildcats to the 1989 and 1991 Big East Conference crowns and was named 1991 Big East Player of the Year.[citation needed] He established team records of 232 hits, 53 doubles and 379 total bases as well as several single-season records.[citation needed]
Neill won two minor league batting championships and had a .307 batting average over 11 years. He was selected to four all-star teams and was a key player in the Vancouver Canadians' 1999 AAA World Series victory.[citation needed]
He was called up by the Oakland Athletics in 1998 but was sidelined with an injury.[citation needed] Neill led the 2000 USA Olympics team to a 4–0 win over Cuba in the gold-medal game with a first-inning home run and a dramatic sliding catch in the ninth inning.[citation needed] His walk-off homer against Japan won the team's first-round Olympic contest.[citation needed] During the 1999 Pan American Games he had the game-winning hit to clinch the Olympic berth for the USA.[citation needed]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
- Baseball Almanac
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- All-American college baseball players
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Baseball players from Virginia
- Edmonton Trappers players
- Huntsville Stars players
- Modesto A's players
- Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Oakland Athletics players
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in baseball
- Pawtucket Red Sox players
- Sportspeople from Martinsville, Virginia
- Reno Silver Sox players
- Southern Oregon A's players
- Tacoma Rainiers players
- Tacoma Tigers players
- Vancouver Canadians players
- Villanova Wildcats baseball players
- Baseball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in baseball