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{{Short description|American baseball player and manager (1881β1947)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Johnny Evers |position=[[Second baseman]] |image=Johnny Evers 1910 FINAL2sh.jpg |caption=Evers with the Chicago Cubs in 1910 |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1881|7|21}} |birth_place=[[Troy, New York]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1947|3|28|1881|7|21}} |death_place=[[Albany, New York]], U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 1 |debutyear=1902 |debutteam=Chicago Orphans |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 6 |finalyear=1929 |finalteam=Boston Braves |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]] |stat1value=.270 |stat2label=[[Home run]]s |stat2value=12 |stat3label=[[Runs batted in]] |stat3value=538 |stat4label=[[Stolen base]]s |stat4value=324 |teams= '''As player''' * [[Chicago Cubs|Chicago Orphans / Cubs]] ({{mlby|1902}}β{{mlby|1913}}) * [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] ({{mlby|1914}}β{{mlby|1917}}) * [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|1917}}) * [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{mlby|1922}}) * [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] ({{mlby|1929}}) '''As manager''' * [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|1913}}, {{mlby|1921}}) * [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{mlby|1924}}) |highlights= * 3Γ [[World Series]] champion ([[1907 World Series|1907]], [[1908 World Series|1908]], [[1914 World Series|1914]]) * [[NL MVP]] (1914) * [[Chicago Cubs#Cubs Hall of Fame|Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame]] |hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |hoftype = National |hofdate=[[1946 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1946]] |hofmethod=Old-Timers Committee }} '''John Joseph Evers''' (July 21, 1881 β March 28, 1947){{efn|According to Tim Layden, Evers pronounced his name "EE-vers", not "EV-ers", as is widely known.}} was an American professional [[baseball]] [[second baseman]] and [[manager (baseball)|manager]]. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) from 1902 through 1917 for the [[Chicago Cubs]], [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]], and [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. He also appeared in one game apiece for the [[Chicago White Sox]] and Braves while coaching them in 1922 and 1929, respectively. Evers was born in [[Troy, New York]]. After playing for the local [[minor league baseball]] team for one season, [[Frank Selee]], manager of the Cubs, purchased Evers's contract and soon made him his starting second baseman. Evers helped lead the Cubs to four [[National League (baseball)|National League]] [[List of National League pennant winners|pennants]], including two [[World Series]] championships. The Cubs traded Evers to the Braves in 1914; that season, Evers led the Braves to victory in the World Series, and was named the league's [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award#Chalmers Award (1911β1914)|Most Valuable Player]]. [[File:Johnny evers-home.jpg|thumb|alt=Johnny Evers boyhood home, Troy, NY.|Johnny Evers boyhood home in Troy, New York.]] Evers continued to play for the Braves and Phillies through 1917. He then became a [[coach (baseball)|coach]], [[scout (sport)|scout]], manager, and [[general manager (baseball)|general manager]] in his later career. Known as one of the smartest ballplayers in MLB,{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}} Evers also had a surly temper that he took out on [[umpire (baseball)|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.
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