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Johnny Evers
John Joseph Evers (Crab or Trojan)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 125 lb.

Debut September 1, 1902
Final Game October 6, 1929
Born July 21, 1881 in Troy, NY
Died March 28, 1947 in Albany, NY

Brother of Joe Evers and Nephew of Tom Evers

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946.

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        A great member of the 1908 Cubs. Let's hope that we can look back at his career as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1908 Cubs during the 2008 World Champonship Season.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1902 20 CHC NL  26   90    7   20   0  0   0    2   1      3      .222  .263  .222   52   20   3           2    
 1903 21 CHC NL 124  464   70  136  27  7   0   52  25     19      .293  .325  .381  103  177  11           3    
 1904 22 CHC NL 152  532   49  141  14  7   0   47  26     28      .265  .307  .318   93  169  23           4    
 1905 23 CHC NL  99  340   44   94  11  2   1   37  19     27      .276  .333  .329   94  112  20           2    
 1906 24 CHC NL 154  533   65  136  17  6   1   51  49     36      .255  .305  .315   89  168  24           2    
 1907 25 CHC NL 151  508   66  127  18  4   2   51  46     38      .250  .309  .313   90  159  14           5    
 1908 26 CHC NL 126  416   83  125  19  6   0   37  36     66      .300  .402  .375  144  156  22           5    
 1909 27 CHC NL 127  463   88  122  19  6   1   24  28     73      .263  .369  .337  116  156  12           4    
 1910 28 CHC NL 125  433   87  114  11  7   0   28  28    108  18  .263  .413  .321  115  139  13           2    
 1911 29 CHC NL  46  155   29   35   4  3   0    7   6     34  10  .226  .372  .290   86   45   4           2    
 1912 30 CHC NL 143  478   73  163  23 11   1   63  16     74  18  .341  .431  .441  139  211  14           2     MVP-20
 1913 31 CHC NL 136  446   81  127  20  5   3   49  11     50  14  .285  .361  .372  109  166  24           3     MVP-10
 1914 32 BSN NL 139  491   81  137  20  3   1   40  12     87  26  .279  .390  .338  113  166  31           2     MVP-1
 1915 33 BSN NL  83  278   38   73   4  1   1   22   7  8  50  16  .263  .375  .295  106   82  21           0    
 1916 34 BSN NL  71  241   33   52   4  1   0   15   5     40  19  .216  .330  .241   80   58  12           1    
 1917 35 TOT NL  80  266   25   57   5  1   1   12   9     43  21  .214  .324  .252   77   67   8           0    
         BSN NL  24   83    5   16   0  0   0    0   1     13   8  .193  .302  .193   57   16   2           0    
         PHI NL  56  183   20   41   5  1   1   12   8     30  13  .224  .333  .279   85   51   6           0    
 1922 40 CHW AL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   0  .000  .400  .000   12    0   0           0    
 1929 47 BSN NL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    1784 6137  919 1659 216 70  12  538 324  8 778 142  .270  .356  .334  106 2051 256   0   0  39   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        557   83  151  20  6   1   49  29  1  71  13  .270  .356  .334  106  186  23   0   0   4   0
 Career High    154  533   88  163  27 11   3   63  49  8 108  26  .341  .431  .441  144  211  31   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1902 20 CHC NL   98   73    5   1.8    76| .222  .263| .263  .318| .222  .324| .485  .641|  52  .238  -5.1  -0.6     
 1903 21 CHC NL  497  339   57   4.4    90| .293  .274| .325  .337| .381  .357| .706  .693| 103  .552   0.7   0.1     
 1904 22 CHC NL  587  414   51   3.2    78| .265  .258| .307  .316| .318  .333| .625  .649|  93  .494  -5.6  -0.7     
 1905 23 CHC NL  389  266   37   3.7    87| .276  .269| .333  .332| .329  .351| .662  .683|  94  .522  -2.0  -0.2     
 1906 24 CHC NL  595  421   51   3.2    80| .255  .259| .305  .327| .315  .330| .620  .657|  89  .507  -8.3  -1.0     
 1907 25 CHC NL  565  395   48   3.2    79| .250  .259| .309  .326| .313  .329| .622  .654|  90  .520  -6.0  -0.7     
 1908 26 CHC NL  509  313   62   5.3    74| .300  .251| .402  .313| .375  .324| .777  .637| 144  .742  25.8   3.1     
 1909 27 CHC NL  552  353   57   4.4    79| .263  .255| .369  .324| .337  .329| .706  .653| 116  .633  12.7   1.5     
 1910 28 CHC NL  556  332   57   4.6    87| .263  .262| .413  .336| .321  .347| .734  .683| 115  .603  16.8   1.8     
 1911 29 CHC NL  195  124   16   3.4    96| .226  .268| .372  .345| .290  .369| .662  .715|  86  .435  -1.0  -0.1     
 1912 30 CHC NL  568  329   91   7.4   100| .341  .280| .431  .350| .441  .382| .872  .732| 139  .733  29.7   3.0     
 1913 31 CHC NL  523  343   59   4.6    91| .285  .270| .361  .334| .372  .367| .733  .701| 109  .580   7.1   0.8     
 1914 32 BSN NL  611  385   64   4.4    87| .279  .263| .390  .332| .338  .352| .728  .684| 113  .607  13.9   1.6     
 1915 33 BSN NL  349  234   30   3.4    79| .263  .253| .375  .316| .295  .339| .670  .655| 106  .522   5.1   0.6  46%
 1916 34 BSN NL  294  201   19   2.6    74| .216  .248| .330  .306| .241  .332| .571  .638|  80  .385  -3.0  -0.3     
 1917 35 TOT NL  317  217   22   2.7    79| .214  .257| .324  .315| .252  .340| .576  .655|  77  .409  -5.0  -0.6     
         BSN NL   98   69    5   2.0    74| .193  .250| .302  .306| .193  .329| .495  .635|  57  .273  -3.4  -0.4     
         PHI NL  219  148   17   3.1    81| .224  .261| .333  .319| .279  .344| .612  .663|  85  .466  -1.7  -0.2     
 1922 40 CHW AL    5    3    0   0.0   110| .000  .293| .400  .358| .000  .411| .400  .769|  12  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1929 47 BSN NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     7210 4742  726   4.1    84| .270  .262| .356  .328| .334  .344| .690  .672| 106  .572  75.4   8.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1902 20 CHC NL 2B 18 38 58 1 5 .990 .947 5.33 5.36 SS 8 10 29 4 1 .907 .913 4.88 5.35 1903 21 CHC NL 2B 110 245 306 37 39 .937 .938 5.01 5.09 SS 11 21 26 12 1 .797 .911 4.27 5.37 3B 2 2 4 2 0 .750 .909 3.00 3.40 1904 22 CHC NL 2B 152 381 518 54 53 .943 .942 5.91 5.26 1905 23 CHC NL 2B 99 249 290 36 38 .937 .943 5.44 5.11 1906 24 CHC NL 2B 153 344 441 44 51 .947 .947 5.13 4.97 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1907 25 CHC NL 2B 151 346 500 32 58 .964 .952 5.60 5.12 1908 26 CHC NL 2B 122 237 361 25 39 .960 .954 4.90 5.03 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1909 27 CHC NL 2B 126 262 354 38 29 .942 .938 4.89 4.66 1910 28 CHC NL 2B 125 282 347 33 55 .950 .952 5.03 5.05 1911 29 CHC NL 2B 33 66 90 4 17 .975 .952 4.73 5.03 3B 11 13 15 3 2 .903 .936 2.55 3.04 1912 30 CHC NL 2B 143 319 439 32 71 .959 .955 5.30 5.09 1913 31 CHC NL 2B 136 303 426 30 70 .960 .955 5.36 4.92 1914 32 BSN NL 2B 139 301 397 17 73 .976 .949 5.02 4.89 1915 33 BSN NL 2B 82 170 209 16 33 .959 .955 4.62 4.79 1916 34 BSN NL 2B 71 98 175 14 29 .951 .951 3.85 4.74 1917 35 TOT NL 2B 73 114 210 9 28 .973 .956 4.44 4.96 BSN NL 2B 24 31 65 5 13 .950 .956 4.00 4.96 PHI NL 2B 49 83 145 4 15 .983 .956 4.65 4.96 3B 7 2 17 3 0 .864 .941 2.71 3.04 1922 40 CHW AL 2B 1 3 3 0 0 1.000 .968 6.00 5.50 1929 47 BSN NL 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.50
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1902 20 CHC NL 2B 18 38 58 1 5 .990 .947 5.33 5.36 1903 21 CHC NL 2B 110 245 306 37 39 .937 .938 5.01 5.09 1904 22 CHC NL 2B 152 381 518 54 53 .943 .942 5.91 5.26 1905 23 CHC NL 2B 99 249 290 36 38 .937 .943 5.44 5.11 1906 24 CHC NL 2B 153 344 441 44 51 .947 .947 5.13 4.97 1907 25 CHC NL 2B 151 346 500 32 58 .964 .952 5.60 5.12 1908 26 CHC NL 2B 122 237 361 25 39 .960 .954 4.90 5.03 1909 27 CHC NL 2B 126 262 354 38 29 .942 .938 4.89 4.66 1910 28 CHC NL 2B 125 282 347 33 55 .950 .952 5.03 5.05 1911 29 CHC NL 2B 33 66 90 4 17 .975 .952 4.73 5.03 1912 30 CHC NL 2B 143 319 439 32 71 .959 .955 5.30 5.09 1913 31 CHC NL 2B 136 303 426 30 70 .960 .955 5.36 4.92 1914 32 BSN NL 2B 139 301 397 17 73 .976 .949 5.02 4.89 1915 33 BSN NL 2B 82 170 209 16 33 .959 .955 4.62 4.79 1916 34 BSN NL 2B 71 98 175 14 29 .951 .951 3.85 4.74 1917 35 TOT NL 2B 73 114 210 9 28 .973 .956 4.44 4.96 BSN NL 2B 24 31 65 5 13 .950 .956 4.00 4.96 PHI NL 2B 49 83 145 4 15 .983 .956 4.65 4.96 1922 40 CHW AL 2B 1 3 3 0 0 1.000 .968 6.00 5.50 1929 47 BSN NL 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.50 1903 21 CHC NL 3B 2 2 4 2 0 .750 .909 3.00 3.40 1906 24 CHC NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1911 29 CHC NL 3B 11 13 15 3 2 .903 .936 2.55 3.04 1917 35 PHI NL 3B 7 2 17 3 0 .864 .941 2.71 3.04 1908 26 CHC NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1902 20 CHC NL SS 8 10 29 4 1 .907 .913 4.88 5.35 1903 21 CHC NL SS 11 21 26 12 1 .797 .911 4.27 5.37
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 1735 3758 5124 423 688 .955 .949 5.12 5.00 3B 21 17 36 8 2 .869 .935 2.52 3.08 SS 19 31 55 16 2 .843 .912 4.53 5.36 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1776 3806 5215 447 692 .953 .948 5.08 4.98
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1906   WS    CHC CHW     L   6  20   2   3  1  0  0   1   1   3  .150  .190  .200   2  1   0   0   0 
 1907   WS    CHC DET     W   5  20   2   7  2  0  0   1   0   1  .350  .350  .450   3  1   1   0   0 
 1908   WS    CHC DET     W   5  20   5   7  1  0  0   2   1   2  .350  .381  .400   2  2   1   0   0 
 1914   WS    BSN PHA     W   4  16   2   7  0  0  0   2   2   2  .438  .500  .438   1  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        3-1  20  76  11  24  4  0  0   6   4   8  .316  .350  .368   8  5   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1914-NL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1912-NL-20-0.03
1913-NL-10-0.16
1914-NL-1-0.78
Car-245-0.97 shares

Batting Average
1908 NL-.300-5
1912 NL-.341-4

On-base %
1908 NL-.402-2
1909 NL-.369-7
1910 NL-.413-3
1912 NL-.431-2
1914 NL-.390-9

OPS
1908 NL-.777-3
1912 NL-.873-4

Games
1904 NL-152-5
1906 NL-154-2
1907 NL-151-4

Runs
1908 NL-83-4
1909 NL-88-5
1913 NL-81-10
1914 NL-81-9

Bases on Balls
1908 NL-66-3
1909 NL-73-3
1910 NL-108-2
1912 NL-74-6
1914 NL-87-4

Stolen Bases
1906 NL-49-5
1907 NL-46-2
1908 NL-36-5

Singles
1904 NL-120-10
1912 NL-128-7

Adjusted OPS+
1908 NL-144-4
1912 NL-139-4

Runs Created
1912 NL-91-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1908 NL-26-6
1912 NL-30-4

Batting Wins
1908 NL-3.1-5
1912 NL-3.0-4

Times on Base
1912 NL-239-10
1914 NL-226-7

Offensive Win%
1908 NL-.742-3
1912 NL-.733-4

Sac. Hits
1904 NL-23-3
1905 NL-20-8
1913 NL-24-6
1914 NL-31-3
Car-256-35

At Bats per Strikeout
1910 NL-24.1-2
1912 NL-26.6-2
1913 NL-31.9-1
1914 NL-18.9-4

Oldest Player
1917 NL-35-9
1922 AL-40-2
1929 NL-47-1

Youngest Player
1902 NL-20-4

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 39 (616) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.9 (504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 34.0 (533) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 31, 1902: Purchased by the Chicago Orphans from the 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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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