Monday, September 7, 2026

Tyler O'Neill: third in AB/HR in 2024, 12th in 2021. That's it 2018-2026. 19 career stints on the injured list.

He's a bit of an MLB non entity. He's had only two seasons in which he's played at least 100 games.

YearAgeTeamLgWARGAB/HRPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSOPS+
201823STLNL1.26114.4414213029335092320757.254.303.500.803115
201924STLNL0.46028.20151141183760516101053.262.311.411.72390
202025STLNL0.95019.86157139202450719311543.173.261.360.62170
202126STLNL6.413814.1853748289138262348015438168.286.352.560.912148
202227STLNL1.19623.863833345676111145814438103.228.308.392.70099
202328STLNL0.37226.442662382755140921502867.231.312.403.71593
202429BOSAL2.911313.26473411749918031614053159.241.336.511.847135
202530BALAL-0.65420.11209181223661926402251.199.292.392.68492
202631BALAL0.58523.102602313149801023102772.212.300.377.67792

In 2021 O'Neill was 8th in NL MVP voting and won Gold Glove.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) search yielded this:

Year-by-Year Notable Injury History
O'Neill's aggressive, maximum-effort style of play has resulted in a long history of muscle strains and impact ailments, leading to roughly 19 career stints on the injured list. [1]
  • 2026 (Orioles): Suffered a right rotator cuff strain and shoulder inflammation making a diving catch in August. Earlier in April, he went to the IL with a concussion after fainting from dehydration. [1, 2]
  • 2025 (Orioles): Landed on the IL three separate times during a heavily interrupted debut season in Baltimore due to neck inflammation, a left shoulder impingement, and right wrist inflammation. [1]
  • 2024 (Red Sox): Missed time on the IL due to a concussion (following an outfield collision) and later knee inflammation, though he still managed to hit 31 home runs. [1]
  • 2023 (Cardinals): Missed more than two months of action due to a severe lower back strain.
  • 2022 (Cardinals): Logged three distinct IL stints resulting in 58 missed games, fighting through a right shoulder impingement and two separate left hamstring strains. [1]
  • 2021 (Cardinals): Despite his career-best season, he missed time in April due to a right groin strain. He also dealt with minor hand/finger fractures and a severe allergic reaction. [1]
  • 2018–2020 (Cardinals): Logged early-career IL stints for hamstrings, a wrist fracture, and groin tightness. [1]

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Tyler O'Neill

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right

5-9, 200lb (175cm, 90kg)

Team: Baltimore Orioles (majors, 10-day IL)

Born: June 22, 1995 (Age: 31-077d) in Burnaby, BC, Canada ca

2024 Home Run leaders by Total and AB/HR. See how their ranks changed.  Sunday, June 1, 2025

To get a pool of 2024 Home Run (HR) leaders: the top 30, which is the number of MLB teams. I've used this technique previously...

32 records were found, including ties at the bottom.

This was put into a spreadsheet and the Rank order was changed to give players who were tied in HR the same rank number.

Then AB/HR: lower is better. Then the difference in Rank.

Sorted ascending by AB/HR:

RKRK
PlayerAB/HRHRABHR#AB/HRDifTeam
Aaron Judge9.63793158559110NYY
Shohei Ohtani11.77777854636220LAD
Tyler O'Neill13.2580653141118315BOS
Anthony Santander13.5227274459534-1BAL
...

Tyler O'Neill of the Red Sox moved way up to #3 with 31 HR in only 411 AB, fewest in this group. He's between 54 and 44 HR hitters. 

Don't just stare at Home Run totals.

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In 2021 22 batters hit at least 34 HR, the number Tyler O'Neill hit, his career high. Here are those who hit at least 40 and those who hit 34.

RkPlayerHRABAB/HRSeasonAgeTeamLgG
1Vladimir Guerrero Jr.4860412.58202122TORAL161
2Salvador Perez4862012.92202131KCRAL161
3Shohei Ohtani4653711.67202126LAAAL155
4Marcus Semien4565214.49202130TORAL162
5Fernando Tatis Jr.4247811.38202122SDPNL130

...

20Nolan Arenado3459317.44202130STLNL157
20Nick Castellanos3453115.62202129CINNL138
20Tyler O'Neill3448214.18202126STLNL138
RkPlayerHRABAB/HRSeasonAgeTeamLgG

Four of the top five have better (lower) AB/HR than O'Neill. Resorted ascending on AB/HR, O'Neill is #12 right behind Aaron Judge.

RkPlayerHRABAB/HRSeasonAgeTeamLgG
5Fernando Tatis Jr.4247811.38202122SDPNL130
3Shohei Ohtani4653711.67202126LAAAL155
16Joey Votto3644812.44202137CINNL129
1Vladimir Guerrero Jr.4860412.58202122TORAL161
2Salvador Perez4862012.92202131KCRAL161
12Joey Gallo3849813.11202127NYY,TEXAL153
11Adam Duvall3851313.50202132ATL,MIANL146
8Brandon Lowe3953513.72202126TBRAL149
14Max Muncy3649713.81202130LADNL144
17Bryce Harper3548813.94202128PHINL141
7Aaron Judge3955014.10202129NYYAL148
20Tyler O'Neill3448214.18202126STLNL138

Here is a breakdown of 2024, 2021 and career for righty/lefty pitchers (O'Neill bats righty) and home/road.

tOPS+: over 100 better than batter's usual; lower, worse.

sOPS+: not park adjusted; over 100 better than league; lower, worse.

2024 was his only season with Boston but Fenway Park was not the reason his AB/HR was so good.

BOSSplitGAB/HRPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSTBBAbiptOPS+sOPS+
2024vs RHP10518.87317283485910015323027110.208.290.403.693114.2776594
2024vs LHP758.001561282640801629102649.313.429.7501.17996.375174226
BOSSplitGAB/HRPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSTBBAbiptOPS+sOPS+
2024Home5412.6922920333451001639002291.222.301.507.809103.29689121
2024Away5913.872442084154801522403168.260.369.514.883107.31211015
StLSplitGAB/HRPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSTBBAbiptOPS+sOPS+
2021vs RHP13314.7843939973114182276614325140.286.344.544.888217.37095142
2021vs LHP5011.869883162480714111328.289.388.6391.02653.347124175
StLSplitGAB/HRPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSTBBAbiptOPS+sOPS+
2021Home7015.6026423447711311533932175.303.375.560.935131.384107149
2021Away6813.0527324842671311947611793.270.330.560.890139.34894145
SplitGAB/HRPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSTBBAbiptOPS+
careervs RHP63320.081880168725339669484234368149581.235.305.430.735725.30191
careervs LHP35813.64698600113151300449313189192.252.351.522.873313.291125
SplitGAB/HRPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSTBBAbiptOPS+
careerHome36816.341246109517826747167174235120383.244.325.472.797517.304106
careerAway36119.541332119218828052361153264118390.235.311.437.748521.29394

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