The Tip O'Neill Award is given annually to a Canadian baseball player who is "judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to the highest ideals of the game o
Tip O'Neill, the namesake of the award
Larry Walker has the most awards with nine and is the only player who has won the award to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Joey Votto is the only player to win the award four consecutive times.
James Edward "Tip" O'Neill was a Canadian professional baseball player from approximately 1875 to 1892. He began playing organized baseball in Woodstock, Ontario, and later played ten seasons across f
Tip O'Neill Award
…the highest ideals of the game of baseball." The award was created by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and first presented in 1984. It is named after James "Tip" O'Neill, one of the earliest Canadian stars in Major League Baseball (MLB). Larry Walker, Jason Bay, Joey Votto, and Justin Morneau are the only players to win…
O'Neill played for teams managed by Charlie Comiskey (pictured) every year from 1884–1892.
James Edward "Tip" O'Neill, Left Field, St. Louis Browns, 1887-90
Baseball card of O'Neill, c. 1889