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nown as one of the smartest ballplayers in MLB, Evers also had a surly temper that he took out on umpires. Evers was a part of a great double-play combination with Joe Tinker and Frank Chance, which was immortalized as "Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance" in the poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon". Evers was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1946.
Timeline
Birth- 21 Jul 1881
Troy, New York
Death- 28 Mar 1947-Age: 66 years
Albany, New York
Other Facts
Also known as
Baseball's Sad Lexicon
Full Name
John Joseph Evers
Also known as
Johnny Evers
Also known as
Part of Tinkers to Evers to Chance
Occupation
Baseball
Gender
Male
