Loading players...
Paul O'Neill played 17 major-league seasons (1985-2001) as a OF (1,932), 1B (26), P (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 22 | CIN | 5 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .750 | 116 |
| 1986 | 23 | CIN | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | 4 |
| 1987 | 24 | CIN | 84 | 160 | 24 | 41 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 18 | 29 | .256 | .819 | 122 |
| 1988 | 25 | CIN | 145 | 485 | 58 | 122 | 16 | 73 | 8 | 38 | 65 | .252 | .720 | 113 |
| 1989 | 26 | CIN | 117 | 428 | 49 | 118 | 15 | 74 | 20 | 46 | 64 | .276 | .792 | 133 |
| 1990 | 27 | CIN | 145 | 503 | 59 | 136 | 16 | 78 | 13 | 53 | 103 | .270 | .761 | 116 |
| 1991 | 28 | CIN | 152 | 532 | 71 | 136 | 28 | 91 | 12 | 73 | 107 | .256 | .827 | 138 |
| 1992 | 29 | CIN | 148 | 496 | 59 | 122 | 14 | 66 | 6 | 77 | 85 | .246 | .719 | 111 |
| 1993 | 30 | NYA | 141 | 498 | 71 | 155 | 20 | 75 | 2 | 44 | 69 | .311 | .871 | 133 |
| 1994 | 31 | NYA | 103 | 368 | 68 | 132 | 21 | 83 | 5 | 72 | 56 | .359 | 1.064 | 173 |
| 1995 | 32 | NYA | 127 | 460 | 82 | 138 | 22 | 96 | 1 | 71 | 76 | .300 | .913 | 136 |
| 1996 | 33 | NYA | 150 | 546 | 89 | 165 | 19 | 91 | 0 | 102 | 76 | .302 | .885 | 124 |
| 1997 | 34 | NYA | 149 | 553 | 89 | 179 | 21 | 117 | 10 | 75 | 92 | .324 | .912 | 137 |
| 1998 | 35 | NYA | 152 | 602 | 95 | 191 | 24 | 116 | 15 | 57 | 103 | .317 | .882 | 128 |
| 1999 | 36 | NYA | 153 | 597 | 70 | 170 | 19 | 110 | 11 | 66 | 89 | .285 | .812 | 106 |
| 2000 | 37 | NYA | 142 | 566 | 79 | 160 | 18 | 100 | 14 | 51 | 90 | .283 | .760 | 92 |
| 2001 | 38 | NYA | 137 | 510 | 77 | 136 | 21 | 70 | 22 | 48 | 59 | .267 | .789 | 106 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 24 | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13.50 | 30 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | OF | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | OF | 42 | 30 | 73 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1987 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | OF | 118 | 113 | 237 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1B | 21 | 16 | 173 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 1989 | OF | 115 | 112 | 223 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 1990 | OF | 141 | 128 | 271 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | OF | 150 | 145 | 301 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| 1992 | OF | 143 | 134 | 291 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 1993 | OF | 138 | 121 | 230 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | OF | 99 | 93 | 203 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | OF | 121 | 117 | 220 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | OF | 146 | 146 | 293 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | OF | 146 | 145 | 292 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | OF | 150 | 148 | 293 | 11 | 4 | 6 |
| 1999 | OF | 151 | 150 | 291 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| 2000 | OF | 140 | 139 | 293 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | OF | 130 | 127 | 210 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1990.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 150 / 392 | 0 |
| 1995 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 14 / 392 | 0 |
| 1997 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 37 / 392 | 0 |
| 1998 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 36 / 392 | 0 |
Paul O'Neill ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #96 | right fielders | 1994 | 173 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.