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Full Name: John Joseph Evers Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/125 First Game: September 1, 1902
Birthdate: July 21, 1881 Final Game: October 6, 1929
Birthplace: Troy, New York MLB Experience: 18 years
Died: March 28, 1947
Deathplace: Albany, New York
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946

Biography[]

Johnny Evers (John Joseph Evers) was born on July 21, 1881 in Troy, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 1, 1902 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1903, his rookie year, he hit .293 with 0 home runs and 52 RBI. Evers played for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 18 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Johnny Evers's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1912, when he hit for a .341 average and knocked in 63 runs. However, others believe that it was 1906, when he stole 49 bases and knocked in 51 runs.

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1902 CHI N 26 90 7 20 0 2 .222 .263 .222 0 0 3 0 2 3 1 0 0
1903 CHI N 124 464 70 136 0 52 .293 .325 .381 27 7 19 0 3 11 25 0 0
1904 CHI N 152 532 49 141 0 47 .265 .307 .318 14 7 28 0 4 23 26 0 0
1905 CHI N 99 340 44 94 1 37 .276 .333 .329 11 2 27 0 2 20 19 0 0
1906 CHI N 154 533 65 136 1 51 .255 .305 .315 17 6 36 0 2 24 49 0 0
1907 CHI N 151 508 66 127 2 51 .250 .309 .313 18 4 38 0 5 14 46 0 0
1908 CHI N 126 416 83 125 0 37 .300 .402 .375 19 6 66 0 5 22 36 0 0
1909 CHI N 127 463 88 122 1 24 .263 .369 .337 19 6 73 0 4 12 28 0 0
1910 CHI N 125 433 87 114 0 28 .263 .413 .321 11 7 108 18 2 13 28 0 0
1911 CHI N 46 155 29 35 0 7 .226 .372 .290 4 3 34 10 2 4 6 0 1
1912 CHI N 143 478 73 163 1 63 .341 .431 .441 23 11 74 18 2 14 16 0 0
1913 CHI N 136 446 81 127 3 49 .285 .361 .372 20 5 50 14 3 24 11 0 0
1914 BOS N 139 491 81 137 1 40 .279 .390 .338 20 3 87 26 2 31 12 0 0
1915 BOS N 83 278 38 73 1 22 .263 .375 .295 4 1 50 16 0 21 7 0 0
1916 BOS N 71 241 33 52 0 15 .216 .330 .241 4 1 40 19 1 12 5 0 0
1917 PHI N 56 183 20 41 1 12 .224 .333 .279 5 1 30 13 0 6 8 0 0
1917 BOS N 24 83 5 16 0 0 .193 .302 .193 0 0 13 8 0 2 1 0 0
1917 TOT N 80 266 25 57 1 12 .214 .324 .252 5 1 43 21 0 8 9 0 0
1922 CHI A 1 3 0 0 0 1 .000 .400 .000 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1929 BOS N 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 1783 6134 919 1659 12 537 .270 .356 .334 216 70 776 142 39 256 324 0 1
Total AL 1 3 0 0 0 1 .000 .400 .000 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1784 6137 919 1659 12 538 .270 .356 .334 216 70 778 142 39 256 324 0 1

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1902 CHI N 2B 18 0 0 38 58 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1902 CHI N SS 8 0 0 10 29 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .907
1903 CHI N 2B 110 0 0 245 306 37 39 0 0 0 0 0 .937
1903 CHI N SS 11 0 0 21 26 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 .797
1903 CHI N 3B 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1904 CHI N 2B 152 0 0 381 518 54 53 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1905 CHI N 2B 99 0 0 249 290 36 38 0 0 0 0 0 .937
1906 CHI N 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1906 CHI N 2B 153 0 0 344 441 44 51 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1907 CHI N 2B 151 0 0 346 500 32 58 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1908 CHI N OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1908 CHI N 2B 122 0 0 237 361 25 39 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1909 CHI N 2B 126 0 0 262 354 38 29 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1910 CHI N 2B 125 0 0 282 347 33 55 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1911 CHI N 2B 33 32 276 66 90 4 17 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1911 CHI N 3B 11 11 90 13 15 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .903
1912 CHI N 2B 143 0 0 319 439 32 71 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1913 CHI N 2B 136 0 0 303 426 30 70 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1914 BOS N 2B 139 0 0 301 397 17 73 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1915 BOS N 2B 82 0 0 170 209 16 33 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1916 BOS N 2B 71 0 0 98 175 14 29 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1917 PHI N 3B 7 0 0 2 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .864
1917 PHI N 2B 49 0 0 83 145 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1917 BOS N 2B 24 0 0 31 65 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1917 TOT N 2B 73 0 0 114 210 9 28 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1922 CHI A 2B 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1929 BOS N 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 1735 32 276 3758 5124 423 688 0 0 0 0 0 .955
Total SS 19 0 0 31 55 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 .843
Total 3B 21 11 90 17 36 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .869

Transactions[]

  • 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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