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 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).
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.
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada. The museum commemorates great players, teams, and accomplishments of baseball in Canada.
Original building in St. Marys, c. 2010
Hall of Fame archives building
Tip O'Neill was one of the first players inducted to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
Umpire Ernie Quigley was inducted in 2021.