Mike Neill

Mike Neill
Outfielder
Born: April 27, 1970 (1970-04-27) (age 41) Martinsville, Virginia
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 27, 1998 for the Oakland Athletics
Last MLB appearance
August 1, 1998 for the Oakland Athletics
Career statistics
Batting average	.267
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Teams
Oakland Athletics (1998)

Medal record
Men’s baseball
Gold	2000 Sydney	Team

Michael Robert "Mike" Neill (born April 27, 1970 in Martinsville, Virginia) 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.^{[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: 232 hits, 53 doubles and 379 total bases and 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 4 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 1st inning home run and a dramatic sliding catch in the 9th inning.^{[citation needed]} His walk off homer against Japan won the team's 1st round Olympic contest.^{[citation needed]} During the 1999 Pan American Games he had the game winning hit to clinch the Olympic berth for his USA team.^{[citation needed]}

Neill has spent the past 6 years as a financial adviser, currently with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Philadelphia.^{[citation needed]} In 2005, He was inducted into the Delaware Hall of Fame.^{[citation needed]} And in 2007, he was inducted into the Villanova Hall of Fame.^{[citation needed]}

Neil currently resides in Radnor, Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• 1991 College Baseball All-America Team

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• Sports Reference/Olympics

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Name	Neill, Mike
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Date of birth	April 27, 1970
Place of birth	Martinsville, Virginia
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