:Ollie O'Mara

{{Short description|American baseball player (1891–1989)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ollie O'Mara

|position=Shortstop

|image=Ollie O'Mara.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1891|3|8}}

|birth_place=St. Louis, Missouri

|death_date={{death date and age|1989|10|24|1891|3|8}}

|death_place=Reno, Nevada

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 8

|debutyear=1912

|debutteam=Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 19

|finalyear=1919

|finalteam=Brooklyn Robins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.231

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=77

|teams=

• Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1912}})
• Brooklyn Robins ({{mlby|1914}}–{{mlby|1916}}, {{mlby|1918}}–{{mlby|1919}})

|highlights=

• 1916 National League pennant

}}

Oliver Edward O'Mara (March 8, 1891 – October 24, 1989) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1919, primarily with the Brooklyn Robins. He had one at-bat in the 1916 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. He batted right and threw right, was {{height|ft=5|in=9}} tall and weighed 155 pounds.

O'Mara threw out the first pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers on opening day in 1981. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living professional baseball player.{{cite web|last1=Nash|first1=Peter J.|title=Lelands' $4.4 Million 1920 Babe Ruth Jersey A Media Favorite; Where's Barry Halper's Autographed 1920 Ruth Pinstriped Jersey From Smithsonian Mag?|url=http://haulsofshame.com/blog/?p=12527|website=Hauls of Shame|access-date=12 July 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Nash|first1=Peter J.|title=Report claims HOF Jackson jersey and others not authentic|url=http://www.tuffstuff.com/news/report-claims-many-items-in-halper-collection-not-legit|website=Tuff Stuff's Sports Collectors Monthly|publisher=F&W Media, Inc.|access-date=12 July 2016}} He is buried in Kenosha, Wisconsin.