Description
Michael Robert Neill is a former Major League Baseball and Olympic baseball player. 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. 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. He established team records: 232 hits, 53 doubles and 379 total bases and several single season records.
Neill won two Minor League batting championships and had a .307 batting average over 11 years. He was selected to 4 All-Star teams and was a key player in the Vancouver Canadians' 1999 AAA World Series victory. He was called up by the Oakland Athletics in 1998 but was sidelined with an injury. Neill led the 2000 USA Olympics team to a 4-0 win over Cuba in the gold medal game with a 1st-inning home run and a dramatic sliding catch in the 9th inning. His walk off homer against Japan won the team's 1st round Olympic contest.
Born
April 27th, 1970 in Martinsville (Age 54)
Teams
Last Changes
2024/10/22
New Response (Success): 1992 Bowman, 1993 Bowman, 1993 Upper Deck
2024/10/22
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)
2024/10/22
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)