Events › "Tip O'Neill and the St. Louis Browns of 1887" with Author Dennis Thiessen

An author event co-sponsored with the Oxford Historical Society. Join author Dennis Thiessen, writer of the recent non-fiction book, "Tip O'Neill and the St. Louis Browns of 1887", for a fascinating discussion about the local Woodstock baseball player Tip O'Neill and the early professional baseball game. O'Neill is one of only 15 players in baseball history to have won the Major League Baseball Triple Crown.

In 1887, Tip O'Neill, left fielder for the St. Louis Browns, won the American Association batting championship with a .492 average--the highest ever for a single season in the Major Leagues. Yet his record was set during a season when a base on balls counted as a hit and a time at bat. Over the next 130 years, the debate about O'Neill's "correct" average diverted attention from the other batting feats of his record-breaking season, including numerous multi-hit games, streaks and long hits, as well as two cycles and the Triple Crown.