What is Buck O'Neil?
{{Infobox baseball biography |name=Buck O'Neil |image=Buck O'Neil.jpg |position=[[First baseman]] |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1911|11|13}} |birth_place=[[Carrabelle, Florida]] |death_date={{death date and age|2006|10|6|1911|11|13}} |death_place=[[Kansas City, Missouri]] |debutleague= |debutdate= |debutyear=1937 |debutteam=Memphis Red Sox |finaldate= |finalyear=1955 |finalteam=Kansas City Monarchs |statleague=Negro American League |stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]] |stat1value= .288 |stat2label=[[Home run]]s |stat2value= 10 |stat3label=[[Runs batted in]] |stat3value= 136 |teams=<!--This forces MediaWiki to recognize the first bullet. Kind of a workaround to a bug.--> ;&nbsp;Negro leagues (incomplete) * [[Memphis Red Sox]] (1937) * [[Kansas City Monarchs]] (1938–1949) |highlights= * [[Negro World Series]] champion ([[1942 Colored World Series|1942]]) }} '''Buck O'Neil''' ''(né'' '''John Jordan O'Neil Jr.'''; November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was an American [[first baseman]] and [[manager (baseball)|manager]] in the [[Negro American League]], mostly with the [[Kansas City Monarchs]]. He became the first [[African American]] [[coach (baseball)|coach]] in [[Major League Baseball]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Muscat |first1=Carrie |title=Cubs made Buck O'Neil MLB's First Black Coach |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/cubs-made-buck-oneil-mlbs-first-black-coach/c-216445780 |website=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=October 8, 2018}}</ref> He was important in the creation of [[Negro Leagues Baseball Museum]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. On October 6, O'Neil died at the age of 94 due to [[heart failure]] and [[bone marrow cancer]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Baseball Legend Buck O'Neil Dies At 94|url=http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/10021291/detail.html|date=October 6, 2006|access-date=October 9, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070327210717/http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/10021291/detai