Career
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• He played on three consecutive pennant-winning teams.
• Evers was the 1917 MVP.
• “The Crab” was one-third of the Chicago Cubs notorious double-play trio. The trilogy of baseball was comprised of Evers, Joe Tinker and Frank Chance (aka the Chicago Cubs Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance infield).
• Johnny Evers was presented with a brand new Chalmers automobile as winner of the 1914 Chalmers Award, a predecessor of today’s Most Valuable Player Award.
• He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1946.
• He was the first player to win three World Series rings.
• His regimen after games was to curl up in bed with a few candy bars and study the baseball rulebook.
STATISTICS
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Hitting Statistics
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Team
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G
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AB
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R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SO
|
SH
|
AVG
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
|
1902 Cubs
|
26
|
90
|
7
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
–
|
9
|
222
|
.263
|
.222
|
|
1903 Cubs
|
124
|
464
|
70
|
136
|
27
|
7
|
52
|
19
|
–
|
11
|
.293
|
.325
|
.381
|
|
1904 Cubs
|
152
|
532
|
49
|
141
|
14
|
7
|
47
|
28
|
–
|
23
|
.265
|
.307
|
.318
|
|
1905 Cubs
|
99
|
340
|
44
|
94
|
11
|
2
|
37
|
27
|
–
|
20
|
.276
|
.333
|
.329
|
|
1906 Cubs
|
154
|
533
|
65
|
136
|
17
|
6
|
51
|
36
|
–
|
24
|
.255
|
.305
|
.315
|
|
1907 Cubs
|
151
|
508
|
66
|
127
|
18
|
4
|
51
|
37
|
–
|
14
|
.250
|
.309
|
.313
|
|
1908 Cubs
|
126
|
416
|
83
|
125
|
19
|
6
|
37
|
66
|
–
|
22
|
.300
|
.402
|
.375
|
|
1909 Cubs
|
127
|
463
|
88
|
122
|
19
|
6
|
24
|
73
|
–
|
12
|
.263
|
.369
|
.337
|
|
1910 Cubs
|
125
|
433
|
87
|
114
|
11
|
7
|
28
|
108
|
18
|
13
|
.263
|
.413
|
.321
|
|
1911 Cubs
|
46
|
155
|
29
|
35
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
34
|
10
|
4
|
.226
|
.372
|
.290
|
|
1912 Cubs
|
143
|
478
|
73
|
163
|
23
|
11
|
63
|
74
|
18
|
17
|
.341
|
.431
|
.441
|
|
1913 Cubs
|
136
|
446
|
81
|
127
|
20
|
5
|
49
|
50
|
14
|
24
|
.285
|
.361
|
.372
|
|
1914 Braves
|
139
|
491
|
84
|
137
|
20
|
3
|
40
|
87
|
26
|
31
|
.279
|
.390
|
.338
|
|
1915 Braves
|
83
|
278
|
38
|
73
|
4
|
1
|
22
|
50
|
16
|
21
|
.263
|
.375
|
.295
|
|
1916 Braves
|
71
|
241
|
33
|
52
|
4
|
1
|
15
|
40
|
19
|
12
|
.216
|
.330
|
.241
|
|
1917 Braves
|
24
|
83
|
5
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
8
|
2
|
.193
|
.302
|
.193
|
|
1917 Phillies
|
56
|
183
|
20
|
41
|
5
|
1
|
12
|
30
|
13
|
6
|
.224
|
.333
|
.279
|
|
1922 White Sox
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
.400
|
.000
|
|
1929 Braves
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
.000
|
.000
|
|
Career
|
G
|
AB
|
RH
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SO
|
SH
|
AVG
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
|
18 Years
|
1,784
|
6,137
|
919
|
1,659
|
216
|
70
|
538
|
778
|
142
|
256
|
.270
|
.356
|
.334
|
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Fielding Statistics
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Team
|
POS
|
G
|
TC
|
TC/G
|
CH
|
PO
|
A
|
E
|
DP
|
FLD%
|
|
1902 Cubs
|
2B
|
18
|
91
|
5.4
|
96
|
38
|
58
|
1
|
5
|
.990
|
|
1902 Cubs
|
SS
|
8
|
43
|
5.4
|
39
|
10
|
29
|
4
|
1
|
.907
|
|
1903 Cubs
|
2B
|
110
|
588
|
5.3 |
551
|
245
|
306
|
38
|
39
|
.937
|
|
1903 Cubs
|
SS
|
11
|
59
|
5.4
|
47
|
21
|
26
|
12
|
1
|
.797
|
|
1903 Cubs
|
3B
|
2
|
8
|
4.0
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
.750
|
|
1904 Cubs
|
2B
|
152
|
953
|
6.3
|
899
|
381
|
518
|
54
|
53
|
.943
|
|
1905 Cubs
|
2B
|
99
|
575
|
5.8
|
539
|
249
|
290
|
36
|
38
|
.937
|
|
1906 Cubs
|
2B
|
153
|
829
|
5.4
|
785
|
344
|
441
|
44
|
54
|
.947
|
|
1906 Cubs
|
3B
|
1
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
1907 Cubs
|
2B
|
151
|
878
|
5.8
|
846
|
346
|
500
|
32
|
58
|
.964
|
|
1908 Cubs
|
2B
|
122
|
623
|
5.1
|
598
|
237
|
361
|
25
|
39
|
.960
|
|
1908 Cubs
|
RF
|
1
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
1909 Cubs
|
2B
|
126
|
654
|
5.2
|
616
|
262
|
354
|
38
|
29
|
.942
|
|
1910 Cubs
|
2B
|
125
|
622
|
5.3
|
629
|
282
|
347
|
33
|
55
|
.950
|
|
1911 Cubs
|
2B
|
33
|
160
|
4.8
|
156
|
66
|
90
|
4
|
17
|
.975
|
|
1911 Cubs
|
3B
|
11
|
31
|
2.8
|
28
|
13
|
15
|
3
|
2
|
.903
|
|
1912 Cubs
|
2B
|
143
|
790
|
5.5
|
758
|
319
|
439
|
32
|
71
|
.959
|
|
1913 Cubs
|
2B
|
136
|
759
|
5.6
|
729
|
303
|
426
|
30
|
70
|
.960
|
|
1914 Braves
|
2B
|
139
|
715
|
5.1
|
698
|
301
|
397
|
17
|
73
|
.976
|
|
1915 Braves
|
2B
|
82
|
395
|
4.8
|
379
|
170
|
209
|
16
|
33
|
.959
|
|
1916 Braves
|
2B
|
71
|
287
|
4.0
|
273
|
98
|
178
|
14
|
29
|
.951
|
|
1917 Braves
|
2B
|
24
|
101
|
4.2
|
96
|
31
|
65
|
5
|
13
|
.950
|
|
1917 Phillies
|
2B
|
49
|
232
|
4.7
|
228
|
83
|
145
|
4
|
15
|
.983
|
|
1922 White Sox
|
2B
|
1
|
6
|
6.0
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
|
1929 Braves
|
2B
|
1
|
1
|
1.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
.000
|
|
Career
|
POS
|
G
|
TC
|
TC/G
|
CH
|
PO
|
A
|
E
|
DP
|
FLD%
|
|
18 Years
|
1,776
|
9,468
|
5.3
|
9,021
|
3,806
|
5,215
|
447
|
692
|
.953
|
|