Best Answer #17: from Bill Scriven:
"James Edward ‘Tip’ O’Neill was by far the most famous player to come from Oxford County in the late 1800s. O’Neill played local ball for several teams and even practised inside the Oxford Hotel. I’m uncertain how he made his way to the big leagues, but he eventually played for the St. Louis Browns. He enjoyed some great years in the majors. As I recall his career batting average was deemed to be one of the highest, although walks in those days were worked into the batting average.

O’Neill was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame during its inaugural induction ceremonies held in the mid-1980s at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Through the dedicated work of the late Norm Carter, then director of community services for the City of Woodstock, Southside Sportsfield was renamed the James ‘Tip’ O’Neill Sportsfield. There was also some discussion that the late ‘Tip’ O’Neill, Speaker of the House in the U.S. Congress, was a long-distant relative of our very own Tip."

Extra Information From Quiz Committee:
Thomas P. ‘Tip’ O’Neill, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1986, mentioned in his memoirs that he was nicknamed after the Canadian ‘Tip’ O’Neill, a boyhood hero of Tom’s father.

Sources:
- Doug M. Symons, The Village That Straddled A Swamp, p.48 (Oxford Historical Society)