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Johnny Evers
(1883–1947) was an American
baseball
player and
manager
. He spent the majority of his playing career with the
Chicago Cubs
(as pictured here), winning the
1907
and
1908 World Series
with them. He was traded to the
Boston Braves
in 1914 and helped them to win the
1914 World Series
. Evers' name was immortalized in the poem
Baseball's Sad Lexicon
as the middle component of the "
Tinker
to Evers to
Chance
"
double play
combination. After retiring as a player in 1917 he managed the Cubs, the
Chicago White Sox
, and the
minor league
Albany Senators
. In 1946 he was inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame
.
Photo:
Bain News Service
; Restoration:
Staxringold
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