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Johnny Evers
Full name John Joseph Evers Born July 21, 1881, Troy, New York Died March 28, 1947, Albany, New York Buried at St. Mary Cemetery, Troy, New York (Section B- Lot 237) First Game: September 1, 1902 ; Final Game: October 6, 1929 Managed First Game: April 12, 1913 ; Managed Final Game: September 29, 1924 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 125 Nephew of Tom Evers Brother of Joe Evers Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1946 Won Chalmers Award as NL Most Valuable Player (1914) Ejections as player: 1903 (1), 1904 (2), 1906 (1), 1907 (2), 1908 (3), 1909 (5), 1910 (7) , 1911 (5) , 1912 (3), 1913 (3), 1914 (10) , 1915 (7) , 1916 (8) , 1917 (6) . Total: 63 Ejections as coach: 1920 (2), 1929 (3). Total: 5 Ejections as manager: 1913 (8) , 1921 (1), 1924 (1). Total: 10 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1902 CHI N Daily Splits 26 90 7 20 0 0 0 2 3 9 2 3 0 1 .222 .263 .222 -0.4 1902 CHI N
1903 CHI N Daily Splits 124 464 70 136 27 7 0 52 19 27 3 11 0 25 .293 .325 .381 -1.2 1903 CHI N
1904 CHI N Daily Splits 152 532 49 141 14 7 0 47 28 22 4 23 0 26 .265 .307 .318 2.5 1904 CHI N
1905 CHI N Daily Splits 99 340 44 94 11 2 1 37 27 20 2 20 0 19 .276 .333 .329 -0.2 1905 CHI N
1906 CHI N Daily Splits 154 533 65 136 17 6 1 51 36 24 2 24 0 49 .255 .305 .315 -0.6 1906 CHI N
1907 CHI N Daily Splits 151 508 66 127 18 4 2 51 38 17 5 14 0 46 .250 .309 .313 2.5 1907 CHI N
1908 CHI N Daily Splits 126 416 83 125 19 6 0 37 66 14 5 22 0 36 .300 .402 .375 2.8 1908 CHI N
1909 CHI N Daily Splits 127 463 88 122 19 6 1 24 73 18 4 12 0 28 .263 .369 .337 1.7 1909 CHI N
1910 CHI N Daily Splits 125 433 87 114 11 7 0 28 108 18 2 13 0 28 .263 .413 .321 1.6 1910 CHI N
1911 CHI N Daily Splits 46 155 29 35 4 3 0 7 34 0i 10 2 4 0i 2i 6 3i .226 .372 .290 -0.3 1911 CHI N
1912 CHI N Daily Splits 143 478 73 163 23 11 1 60 74 1 18 2 14 0 18 5 16 17 .341 .431 .441 3.7 1912 CHI N
1913 CHI N Daily Splits 136 446 81 127 20 5 3 52i 50 0i 14 3 24 0 17i 8i 11 17i .285 .361 .372 3.4 1913 CHI N
1914 BOS N Daily Splits 139 491 81 137 20 3 1 31 87 0 26 2 31 0 21 5 12 14 .279 .390 .338 2.5 1914 BOS N
1915 BOS N Daily Splits 83 278 38 73 4 1 1 26 50 0 16 0 21 0 12 1 7 7 .263 .375 .295 0.3 1915 BOS N
1916 BOS N Daily Splits 71 241 33 52 4 1 0 14 40 0 19 1 12 0 7 4 5 4 .216 .330 .241 -2.0 1916 BOS N
1917 BOS N Daily Splits 24 83 5 16 0 0 0 0 13 0 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 .193 .302 .193 -0.7 1917 BOS N
1917 PHI N Daily Splits 56 183 20 41 5 1 1 11 30 0 13 0 6 0 6 3 8 12 .224 .333 .279 -0.2 1917 PHI N
1917 TOT N 80 266 25 57 5 1 1 11 43 0 21 0 8 0 7 3 9 13 .214 .324 .252 -0.9 1917 TOT N
1922 CHI A Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 0.0 1922 CHI A
1929 BOS N Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1929 BOS N
Total NL (17 Years) 1783 6134 919 1659 216 70 12 530i 776 1i 293 39 256 0i 82i 28i 324 75i .270 .356 .334 15.4 Total NL
Total AL ( 1 Year ) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 0.0 Total AL
Total (18 Years) Splits 1784 6137 919 1659 216 70 12 531i 778 1i 293 39 256 0i 82i 28i 324 75i .270 .356 .334 15.4 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1906 CHI N Daily Splits 6 20 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 .150 .190 .200 1906 CHI N
1907 CHI N Daily Splits 5 20 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 .350 .350 .450 1907 CHI N
1908 CHI N Daily Splits 5 20 5 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .350 .381 .400 1908 CHI N
1914 BOS N Daily Splits 4 16 2 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .438 .500 .438 1914 BOS N
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 20 76 11 24 4 0 0 6 4 0 8 0 2 0 0 5 0 8 4 .316 .350 .368 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1902 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 18 18 18 156 38 58 1 5 0 .990
1902 CHI N SS 8 7 7 57 i 10 29 4 1 0 .907
1903 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 112 109 106 950.2i 245 306 37 39 0 .937
1903 CHI N SS 11 10 10 86 i 21 26 12 1 0 .797
1903 CHI N 3B 2 2 2 18 2 4 2 0 0 .750
1904 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 152 151 148 1304.2i 381 518 54 53 0 .943
1905 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 99 99 96 864 i 249 290 36 38 0 .937
1906 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 152 152 148 1340.2i 344 441 44 51 0 .947
1906 CHI N SS 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 -
1906 CHI N 3B 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 -
1907 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 151 151 148 1326.2 i 346 500 32 58 0 .964
1908 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 122 122 119 1085.2i 237 361 25 39 0 .960
1908 CHI N RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1908 CHI N OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1909 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 126 126 118 1072.2i 262 354 38 29 0 .942
1910 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 125 125 115 1032.2i 282 347 33 55 2 .950
1911 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 33 32 29 278 66 90 4 17 0 .975
1911 CHI N 3B 11 11 10 96 13 15 3 2 0 .903
1912 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 143 143 135 1248 319 439 32 71 0 .959
1912 CHI N SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1913 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 136 134 106 1092 303 426 30 70 0 .960
1914 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 139 139 127 1202 301 397 17 73 0 .976
1915 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 82 80 67 697.1 170 209 16 33 0 .959
1916 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 71 70 63 595.2 98 175 14 29 0 .951
1917 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 24 23 18 197 31 65 5 13 0 .950
1917 PHI N Daily Splits 2B 49 49 40 418.1 83 145 4 15 0 .983
1917 PHI N 3B 7 7 7 65 2 17 3 0 0 .864
1917 TOT N 2B 73 72 58 615.1 114 210 9 28 0 .973
1922 CHI A Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 9 3 3 0 1 0 1.000
1929 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Total (18 Years) Splits 2B 1736 1724 1602 14872 i 3758 5124 423 689 2 .955
Total ( 4 Years) SS 21 18 18 150 i 31 55 16 2 0 .843
Total ( 4 Years) 3B 21 21 20 188 17 36 8 2 0 .869
Total ( 1 Year ) RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 1 Year ) OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1906 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 6 6 6 53 10 21 1 3 0 .969
1907 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 5 5 4 45 10 12 2 2 0 .917
1907 CHI N SS 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000
1908 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 5 5 5 45 5 21 1 1 0 .963
1914 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 4 4 4 39 8 16 1 2 0 .960
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 2B 20 20 19 182 33 70 5 8 0 .954
Total ( 1 Year ) SS 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1913 CHI N 155 88 65 .575 721 630 3
1921 CHI N 96 41 55 .427 417 506 8- 1 6 7
1924 CHI A 21 10 11 .476 102 126 5-14 6 8
1924 CHI A 103 41 61 .402 534 590 6-19 6 8
Total ( 3 Years) 375 180 192 .484 1774 1852
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1920 NY N 5-11 10- 3
1922 CHI A 4-12 10- 1
1929 BOS N 4-18 10- 6
Total ( 3 Years)
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
5-25-1903 BOX CHI N Augie Moran Call at 1B
4-17-1904 BOX CHI N Jim Johnstone Call at 2B
8-24-1904(1) BOX CHI N Bill Carpenter Call at 1B
4-16-1906 BOX CHI N Jim Johnstone Balls and strikes
9- 8-1907(1) BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Call at 2B (Appeal play)
10- 5-1907(1) BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Call at 3B (Game forfeited)
5-21-1908 BOX CHI N Frank Rudderham Balls and strikes (Dusted HP)
6-20-1908 BOX CHI N Bill Klem Balls and strikes
7-27-1908(2) BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
5-29-1909 BOX CHI N Jim Johnstone Balls and strikes
7-28-1909(2) BOX CHI N Bill Klem Call at HP
8-13-1909 BOX CHI N Bill Klem Bench jockeying
9- 6-1909(2) BOX CHI N Bill Klem Call at 1B
9-18-1909 BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Call at 1B
6- 6-1910 BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
7- 6-1910 BOX CHI N Bob Emslie Call at 1B
7-14-1910(1) BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Call at 1B
7-27-1910 BOX CHI N Bill Klem Call at 3B (Appeal play)
8-13-1910(1) BOX CHI N Bill Klem Balls and strikes
8-27-1910 BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Balk call
Date Team Umpire Reason
9-10-1910 BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
4-28-1911 BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Call at HP
5- 4-1911 BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Awarding batter 2B on overthrow
8-21-1911 BOX CHI N Bill Klem Bench jockeying
9- 8-1911 BOX CHI N Hank O'Day Interference non-call
9-15-1911(2) BOX CHI N Bill Klem Fair/foul call (Bumped umpire)
7-11-1912 BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
9- 8-1912 BOX CHI N Bill Brennan Call at HP
9-17-1912 BOX CHI N Brick Owens Call at 2B
5-12-1913 BOX CHI N Al Orth Call at 2B
5-27-1913 BOX CHI N Al Orth Call at 2B
9-14-1913 BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Condition of baseball (Threw it over grandstand)
5-26-1914 BOX BOS N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
5-27-1914 BOX BOS N Cy Rigler Yelling at fans
6-15-1914 BOX BOS N Al Orth Called third strike
6-19-1914 BOX BOS N Mal Eason Call at 2B
6-26-1914(1) BOX BOS N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
7- 8-1914 BOX BOS N Steamboat Johnson Call at 1B
8-26-1914 BOX BOS N Mal Eason Fighting
9- 3-1914 BOX BOS N Bill Klem Call at HP
Date Team Umpire Reason
9-10-1914(1) BOX BOS N Mal Eason Balls and strikes
10- 6-1914(1) BOX BOS N Bill Hart Call at 2B
6-10-1915 BOX BOS N Al Orth Bench jockeying
6-13-1915 BOX BOS N Ernie Quigley Bench jockeying
6-16-1915 BOX BOS N Mal Eason Call at 2B
7-22-1915 BOX BOS N Ernie Quigley Balls and strikes
7-30-1915 BOX BOS N Bill Klem Call at 3B
8- 3-1915(2) BOX BOS N Bob Emslie Call at 1B
9- 2-1915 BOX BOS N Lord Byron Called third strike
5-18-1916 BOX BOS N Bill Klem Condition of ball
6-13-1916 BOX BOS N Ernie Quigley Called third strike
7- 5-1916 BOX BOS N Lord Byron Called third strike
7-25-1916 BOX BOS N Mal Eason Fighting
7-31-1916(2) BOX BOS N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
8- 2-1916 BOX BOS N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
8- 3-1916(2) BOX BOS N Lord Byron Fighting with teammate
8-19-1916 BOX BOS N Lord Byron Call at 2B
5- 2-1917 BOX BOS N Lord Byron Bench jockeying
6-27-1917 BOX BOS N Cy Rigler Bench jockeying
7-21-1917(1) BOX PHI N Pete Harrison Balls and strikes
Date Team Umpire Reason
8- 9-1917 BOX PHI N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
8-20-1917 BOX PHI N Lord Byron Balls and strikes
9-10-1917(1) BOX PHI N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
4-21-1913 BOX CHI N Bill Brennan Balls and strikes
6- 7-1913 BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
7-11-1913 BOX CHI N Lord Byron Call at 2B
7-29-1913 BOX CHI N Al Orth Call at 3B (Appeal play)
8- 7-1913 BOX CHI N Bob Emslie Call at 2B
8-12-1913(1) BOX CHI N Al Orth Call at 2B
8-23-1913 BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Call at 2B
9-11-1913 BOX CHI N Cy Rigler Claiming illegal pitching delivery
5-31-1921 BOX CHI N Bill Brennan Call at 1B
9-10-1924 BOX CHI A Brick Owens Interference call
As coach:
Date Team Umpire Reason
8-11-1920(2) BOX NY N Pete Harrison Catch/trap call
8-14-1920 BOX NY N Bill Klem Called third strike
5- 6-1929 BOX BOS N Cy Pfirman Call at HP
5-18-1929(1) BOX BOS N Ernie Quigley Batting out of order
8-31-1929 BOX BOS N Cy Pfirman Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Sold by Troy (New York State) to Chicago Cubs with Alex Hardy (@August 31, 1902 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Boston Braves in exchange for Bill Sweeney and cash
(February 11, 1914 ).
Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Boston Braves (July 12, 1917 ).
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