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American baseball player (born 1970)

For the Australian footballer, see Michael Neill. For other people with similar names, see Mike Neal.

Baseball player

Mike Neill
Outfielder
Born: (1970-04-27) April 27, 1970 (age 54)Martinsville, Virginia, U.S.
Batted: LeftThrew: Left
MLB debut
July 27, 1998, for the Oakland Athletics
Last MLB appearance
August 1, 1998, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average .267
Home runs 0
Runs batted in 0
Teams
Oakland Athletics (1998)
Medals Men's baseball Representing the United States Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team competition Pan American Games Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg Team competition

Michael Robert Neill (born April 27, 1970) is an American 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_]