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Johnny Evers
John Joseph Evers (Crab and Trojan)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 125 lb.

Born: July 21, 1881 in Troy, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1902
Final Game: October 6, 1929
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946.
Died: March 28, 1947 in Albany, NY
Relatives: Brother of Joe Evers and Nephew of Tom Evers
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1902 20 CHC NL 26 98 90 7 20 0 0 0 2 1 3 .222 .263 .222 .485 52 20 2 3 4/6
1903 21 CHC NL 124 497 464 70 136 27 7 0 52 25 19 .293 .325 .381 .707 103 177 3 11 *46/5
1904 22 CHC NL 152 587 532 49 141 14 7 0 47 26 28 .265 .307 .318 .624 93 169 4 23 *4
1905 23 CHC NL 99 389 340 44 94 11 2 1 37 19 27 .276 .333 .329 .663 94 112 2 20 4
1906 24 CHC NL 154 595 533 65 136 17 6 1 51 49 36 .255 .305 .315 .620 89 168 2 24 *4/5
1907 25 CHC NL 151 565 508 66 127 18 4 2 51 46 38 .250 .309 .313 .622 90 159 5 14 *4
1908 26 CHC NL 126 509 416 83 125 19 6 0 37 36 66 .300 .402 .375 .777 144 156 5 22 *4/O
1909 27 CHC NL 127 552 463 88 122 19 6 1 24 28 73 .263 .369 .337 .705 116 156 4 12 *4
1910 28 CHC NL 125 556 433 87 114 11 7 0 28 28 108 18 .263 .413 .321 .734 115 139 2 13 *4
1911 29 CHC NL 46 195 155 29 35 4 3 0 7 6 34 10 .226 .372 .290 .662 86 45 2 4 45
1912 30 CHC NL 143 568 478 73 163 23 11 1 63 16 74 18 .341 .431 .441 .873 139 211 2 14 *4 MVP-20
1913 31 CHC NL 136 523 446 81 127 20 5 3 49 11 50 14 .285 .361 .372 .733 109 166 3 24 *4 MVP-10
1914 32 BSN NL 139 611 491 81 137 20 3 1 40 12 87 26 .279 .390 .338 .728 113 166 2 31 *4 MVP-1
1915 33 BSN NL 83 349 278 38 73 4 1 1 22 7 8 50 16 .263 .375 .295 .670 106 82 0 21 4
1916 34 BSN NL 71 294 241 33 52 4 1 0 15 5 40 19 .216 .330 .241 .570 80 58 1 12 4
1917 35 TOT NL 80 317 266 25 57 5 1 1 12 9 43 21 .214 .324 .252 .576 77 67 0 8 4/5
1917 35 BSN NL 24 98 83 5 16 0 0 0 0 1 13 8 .193 .302 .193 .495 57 16 0 2 4
1917 35 PHI NL 56 219 183 20 41 5 1 1 12 8 30 13 .224 .333 .279 .612 85 51 0 6 4/5
1922 40 CHW AL 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 12 0 0 0 /4
1929 47 BSN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /4
18 Seasons 1784 7210 6137 919 1659 216 70 12 538 324 8 778 142 .270 .356 .334 .690 106 2051 39 256
162 Game Avg. 162 655 557 83 151 20 6 1 49 29 71 .270 .356 .334 .690 106 186 4 23
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CHC (12 yrs) 1409 5634 4858 742 1340 183 64 9 448 291 556 60 .276 .354 .345 .700 108 1678 36 184
BSN (5 yrs) 318 1352 1093 157 278 28 5 2 77 25 8 190 69 .254 .366 .295 .661 100 322 3 66
PHI (1 yr) 56 219 183 20 41 5 1 1 12 8 30 13 .224 .333 .279 .612 85 51 0 6
CHW (1 yr) 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 12 0 0 0
NL (17 yrs) 1783 7205 6134 919 1659 216 70 12 537 324 8 776 142 .270 .356 .334 .690 106 2051 39 256
AL (1 yr) 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 12 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1906 24 CHC NL WS CHW L 6 21 20 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 .150 .190 .200 .390 4 0 0 0 0 0
1907 25 CHC NL WS DET W 5 21 20 2 7 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 .350 .350 .450 .800 9 0 0 1 0 0
1908 26 CHC NL WS DET W 5 22 20 5 7 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 .350 .381 .400 .781 8 0 0 1 0 0
1914 32 BSN NL WS PHA W 4 18 16 2 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 .438 .500 .438 .938 7 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 20 82 76 11 24 4 0 0 6 8 5 4 8 .316 .350 .368 .718 28 0 0 2 0 0
4 WS 20 82 76 11 24 4 0 0 6 8 5 4 8 .316 .350 .368 .718 28 0 0 2 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1902 CHC NL 20 2B 18 97 38 58 1 5 .990 5.33 .944 5.36
1902 CHC NL 20 SS 8 43 10 29 4 1 .907 4.88 .914 5.35
1903 CHC NL 21 2B 110 588 245 306 37 39 .937 5.01 .938 5.09
1903 CHC NL 21 SS 11 59 21 26 12 1 .797 4.27 .922 5.37
1903 CHC NL 21 3B 2 8 2 4 2 0 .750 3.00 .925 3.40
1904 CHC NL 22 2B 152 953 381 518 54 53 .943 5.91 .942 5.26
1905 CHC NL 23 2B 99 575 249 290 36 38 .937 5.44 .943 5.11
1906 CHC NL 24 2B 153 829 344 441 44 51 .947 5.13 .947 4.97
1906 CHC NL 24 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
1907 CHC NL 25 2B 151 878 346 500 32 58 .964 5.60 .951 5.12
1908 CHC NL 26 2B 122 623 237 361 25 39 .960 4.90 .954 5.03
1908 CHC NL 26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-1
1909 CHC NL 27 2B 126 654 262 354 38 29 .942 4.89 .938 4.66
1910 CHC NL 28 2B 125 662 282 347 33 55 .950 5.03 .952 5.05
1911 CHC NL 29 2B 33 160 66 90 4 17 .975 4.73 .951 5.03
1911 CHC NL 29 3B 11 31 13 15 3 2 .903 2.55 .939 3.04
1912 CHC NL 30 2B 143 790 319 439 32 71 .959 5.30 .955 5.09 MVP-20
1913 CHC NL 31 2B 136 759 303 426 30 70 .960 5.36 .955 4.92 MVP-10
1914 BSN NL 32 2B 139 715 301 397 17 73 .976 5.02 .948 4.89 MVP-1
1915 BSN NL 33 2B 82 395 170 209 16 33 .959 4.62 .955 4.79
1916 BSN NL 34 2B 71 287 98 175 14 29 .951 3.85 .951 4.74
1917 TOT NL 35 2B 73 333 114 210 9 28 .973 4.44 .955 4.96
1917 BSN NL 35 2B 24 101 31 65 5 13 .950 4.00 .956 4.96
1917 PHI NL 35 2B 49 232 83 145 4 15 .983 4.65 .955 4.96
1917 PHI NL 35 3B 7 22 2 17 3 0 .864 2.71 .945 3.04
1922 CHW AL 40 2B 1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 6.00 .967 5.50
1929 BSN NL 47 2B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 5.50
18 Seasons 2B 1735 9305 3758 5124 423 688 .955 5.12 .948 5.00
4 Seasons 3B 21 61 17 36 8 2 .869 2.52 .939 3.08
2 Seasons SS 19 102 31 55 16 2 .843 4.53 .919 5.36
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-1
18 Seasons TOT 1776 9468 3806 5215 447 692 .953 5.08 .901 4.98 0-0-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 2.7%)
1937 BBWAA (21.9%)
1938 BBWAA (34.7%)
1939 BBWAA (39.1%)
1942 BBWAA (39.1%)
1945 BBWAA (54.3%)
1946 Final Ballot (41.8%)
1946 Nominating Vote (64.4%)
1946 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1946 by Old Timers Committee

Awards (yr lg award)
1914 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1912 NL (20, 3%)
1913 NL (10, 16%)
1914 NL (1, 78%)
1 MVP
0.97 Career Shares (248th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1908 NL  .300 (5th)
1912 NL  .341 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1908 NL  .402 (2nd)
1909 NL  .369 (7th)
1910 NL  .413 (3rd)
1912 NL  .431 (2nd)
1914 NL  .390 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1908 NL  .777 (3rd)
1912 NL  .873 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1904 NL  152 (5th)
1906 NL  154 (2nd)
1907 NL  151 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1908 NL  83 (4th)
1909 NL  88 (5th)
1913 NL  81 (10th)
1914 NL  81 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1908 NL  66 (3rd)
1909 NL  73 (3rd)
1910 NL  108 (2nd)
1912 NL  74 (6th)
1914 NL  87 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1906 NL  49 (5th)
1907 NL  46 (2nd)
1908 NL  36 (5th)
Career  324 (130th)

Singles s c a p y
1904 NL  120 (10th)
1912 NL  128 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1908 NL  144 (4th)
1912 NL  139 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1912 NL  91 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1908 NL  26 (6th)
1912 NL  30 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1908 NL  3.1 (6th)
1912 NL  3.0 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1912 NL  239 (10th)
1914 NL  226 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1908 NL  .742 (3rd)
1912 NL  .733 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1904 NL  23 (3rd)
1905 NL  20 (8th)
1913 NL  24 (6th)
1914 NL  31 (3rd)
Career  256 (35th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1910 NL  24.1 (2nd)
1912 NL  26.6 (2nd)
1913 NL  31.9 (1st)
1914 NL  18.9 (4th)
Career  19.7 (109th)

Oldest s c a p y
1917 NL  born 1881-07-21 (9th)
1922 AL  born 1881-07-21 (2nd)
1929 NL  born 1881-07-21 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1902 NL  born 1881-07-21 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 39 (621), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (539), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (534), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Terry Turner (905)
  5. Hughie Critz (901)
  6. Miller Huggins (899) *
  7. Joe Quinn (895)
  8. Phil Rizzuto (893) *
  9. Jose Offerman (891)
  10. Jim Gantner (889)
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  6. Bobby Richardson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bobby Richardson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Wambsganss (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Wambsganss (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bucky Harris (945) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bucky Harris (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bucky Harris (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Claude Ritchey (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Claude Ritchey (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

August 31, 1902: Purchased by the Chicago Orphans from Troy (New York State). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

February 11, 1914: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Braves for Bill Sweeney and cash.

July 12, 1917: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Boston Braves.

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