ANAHEIM – When Paul O’Neill shuffles into baseball’s sunset, he won’t be heading to Cooperstown. Instead, O’Neill will go home to Cincinnati and reflect on a solid career in which he carved out a reputation as a winner.

Yesterday at Edison Field, O’Neill achieved a milestone that may never be broken.

His leadoff homer in the fifth inning of the Yankees’ 7-5 win over the Angels was his 20th. And since he already had 21 steals, the 38-year-old O’Neill became the oldest player in baseball history to hit 20 homers and pilfer 20 pillows in the same season.

“Any time you can do something in a positive way that nobody has done in this game, as much history in baseball and as many people have played, it definitely makes you feel good,” O’Neill said. “I hope it doesn’t stop there. I hope I can continue to do some things.”

O’Neill wasn’t the only Yankee to reach a milestone yesterday. Roger Clemens became the first AL pitcher ever to win 17 of his first 18 decisions, and Bernie Williams became the 11th player in Yankee history to hit 200 homers in pinstripes when he stopped a 98 at-bat homerless streak.

“He told me a couple of days ago that he couldn’t hit a ball out of the ballpark – this was in Texas, when he was 4-for-5 and I was 0-for-12,” O’Neill said of Williams. “I told him I felt like punching him in the mouth. He is a great hitter and I think this has been on his mind lately. I wouldn’t be surprised if he hit four or five in a week. I hope he does because he is a big part of the offense.”