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Johnny
Evers		  
Nickname: Crab
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 140
 
Born: July 21, 1881 in Troy, NY.
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1907    1910    1910    1913    1914    1915    1916   
Silver Slugger Award 1910   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1902 20 DET AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 9 10 10
1903 21 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 10 10
1904 22 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1905 23 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1906 24 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1907 25 DET AL $ 2,664,286   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1908 26 DET AL $ 2,664,286   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1909 27 DET AL $ 4,450,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1910 28 DET AL $ 4,450,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
1911 29 DET AL $ 4,450,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10
1912 30 DET AL $ 4,450,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10
1913 31 SLN NL $ 6,650,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10
1914 32 SLN NL $ 6,650,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10
1915 33 SLN NL $ 6,650,000   8 8 8 2 3 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10
1916 34 SLN NL $ 6,650,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10
1917 35 NYA AL $ 9,000,000   7 7 7 1 2 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10
1918 36 NYA AL $ 9,000,000   6 6 6 1 2 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 9
1919 37 BOS AL $ 9,000,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1920 38 PHA AL     4 4 4 1 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1902 20 AA   119 468 83 142 28 4 37 88 13 13 44 28 .303 .363 .618 .981 95.9  
1903 21 DET AL 83 303 31 79 21 6 0 33 0 4 14 21 .261 .326 .370 .696 33.3 3.2
    AAA   1 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.000 1.600 2.0  
    AA   46 171 32 57 5 2 10 29 7 6 24 25 .333 .415 .561 .977 36.6  
1904 22 DET AL 130 476 61 135 23 6 2 54 1 5 23 33 .284 .326 .370 .696 53.9 8.8
1905 23 DET AL 140 538 71 164 34 5 4 71 1 3 29 38 .305 .348 .409 .757 65.9 12.6
1906 24 DET AL 141 549 75 166 22 6 0 68 4 9 35 24 .302 .344 .364 .708 63.5 16.8
1907 25 DET AL 148 577 63 160 14 6 4 64 0 2 31 35 .277 .316 .343 .659 55.2 14.0
1908 26 DET AL 150 566 65 151 16 10 3 74 3 2 41 32 .267 .319 .346 .665 61.2 14.3
1909 27 DET AL 151 574 82 172 24 6 2 90 3 6 50 12 .300 .380 .373 .753 80.9 23.5
1910 28 DET AL 147 566 80 180 26 7 0 75 1 4 57 23 .318 .397 .389 .786 83.1 25.8
1911 29 DET AL 148 568 100 182 26 11 2 86 1 2 60 21 .320 .394 .415 .810 87.0 21.5
1912 30 DET AL 142 523 71 155 14 3 3 69 5 12 84 19 .296 .400 .352 .752 77.2 15.2
1913 31 DET AL 50 200 31 58 6 4 2 32 1 1 25 8 .290 .374 .390 .764 29.5 6.2
  SLN NL 89 320 45 99 8 9 2 55 1 1 41 10 .309 .392 .409 .802 50.3 9.8
  TOT   139 520 76 157 14 13 4 87 2 2 66 18 .302 .385 .402 .787 79.9 16.0
1914 32 SLN NL 147 542 76 154 13 7 1 84 3 6 76 23 .284 .381 .339 .721 72.6 14.6
1915 33 SLN NL 145 543 80 158 14 2 2 58 4 2 70 25 .291 .382 .335 .717 77.2 18.2
1916 34 SLN NL 146 581 104 171 18 7 1 65 0 1 73 14 .294 .376 .355 .731 80.9 15.8
1917 35 NYA AL 140 482 62 128 12 2 5 55 2 7 70 14 .266 .367 .330 .697 61.6 10.5
1918 36 NYA AL 141 521 63 145 8 8 0 54 2 6 70 20 .278 .369 .324 .693 63.5 16.6
1919 37 NYA AL 74 277 35 84 10 2 2 25 1 6 24 23 .303 .362 .375 .737 33.3 7.0
  BOS AL 11 21 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .333 .619 1.5 0.2
  TOT   85 298 38 90 11 2 2 26 1 6 24 24 .302 .357 .372 .729 34.8 7.2
1920 38 PHA AL 11 33 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 3 .182 .308 .212 .520 1.7 0.0
18 Years Sim 2334 8760 1202 2553 311 107 35 1115 33 80 878 399 .291 .365 .363 .728 1133.2 254.6
1 Years AAA 1 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.000 1.600 2.0  
2 Years AA 165 639 115 199 33 6 47 117 20 19 68 53 .311 .385 .603 .987 132.6  
3 Years Minors 166 644 118 202 33 7 47 117 21 19 68 53 .314 .386 .606 .992 134.6  
162 Game Average 608 83 177 21 7 2 77 2 5 60 27 .291 .365 .363 .728 78.7  
Career Highs 151 581 104 182 34 13 5 90 5 12 84 38 .320 .400 .415 .810 87.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6279 865 1844 218 78 28 818 21 57 650 282 .294 .369 .367 .736 819.2
vs LH   2481 337 709 93 29 7 297 12 23 228 117 .286 .353 .355 .708 299.4
Home 1183 4358 565 1267 167 52 11 559 14 42 409 201 .291 .359 .360 .720 540.1
Away 1151 4402 637 1286 144 55 24 556 19 38 469 198 .292 .370 .366 .736 578.5
RISP   2494 0 727 77 32 15 1007 0 0 333 125 .291 .380 .366 .746 355.4
Pinch Hitting   27 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 .222 .364 .222 .586 3.0
Close/Late   1064 126 305 29 13 5 140 0 2 133 50 .287 .374 .352 .727 142.3
Mar/Apr 251 937 120 266 39 7 2 119 4 5 98 39 .284 .359 .347 .706 115.3
May 420 1577 231 487 51 22 10 228 4 11 148 73 .309 .376 .388 .765 218.9
June 398 1493 203 432 41 17 6 181 7 13 140 71 .289 .357 .352 .708 182.7
July 410 1523 212 449 65 21 8 200 3 21 158 68 .295 .370 .381 .751 202.1
August 403 1527 207 437 51 15 5 170 7 13 150 64 .286 .361 .349 .710 186.0
Sep/Oct 452 1703 229 482 64 25 4 217 8 17 184 84 .283 .362 .357 .719 213.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1903 21 DET AL SS 83 83 737.7 128 304 13 45 .971 5.27   3.7
1904 22 DET AL SS 129 128 1171.7 207 438 27 66 .960 4.95   5.0
1905 23 DET AL SS 140 137 1244.0 185 509 35 80 .952 5.02   8.4
1906 24 DET AL SS 140 139 1250.3 206 501 27 92 .963 5.09   7.7
    2B 1 0 5.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 10.80   0.1
1907 25 DET AL SS 147 147 1330.0 208 520 23 73 .969 4.93   4.9
1908 26 DET AL SS 147 147 1301.3 195 493 22 78 .969 4.76   5.0
1909 27 DET AL SS 148 148 1350.7 210 556 24 96 .970 5.10   7.8
1910 28 DET AL SS 146 145 1299.7 219 538 37 86 .953 5.24   5.9
1911 29 DET AL SS 147 146 1294.7 217 523 31 81 .960 5.14   8.5
    2B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1912 30 DET AL SS 138 138 1235.3 220 477 25 70 .965 5.08   6.5
    2B 3 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1913 31 DET AL SS 50 50 480.3 91 197 10 37 .966 5.40   2.4
  SLN NL SS 89 89 768.4 146 316 15 59 .969 5.41   5.1
  TOT   SS 139 139 1248.7 237 513 25 96 .968 5.41   7.5
1914 32 SLN NL SS 147 147 1344.3 213 550 24 94 .970 5.11   5.6
1915 33 SLN NL SS 145 145 1293.7 162 540 28 65 .962 4.88   8.0
1916 34 SLN NL SS 146 145 1293.7 192 557 27 77 .965 5.21   9.1
1917 35 NYA AL SS 132 132 1165.3 208 490 31 80 .957 5.39   3.8
    2B 2 0 3.3 1 2 0 1 1.000 8.11   0.0
1918 36 NYA AL SS 139 139 1243.3 235 552 26 97 .968 5.70   4.8
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1919 37 NYA AL 2B 59 56 544.3 166 257 8 53 .981 6.99   1.7
    SS 12 10 100.1 19 41 0 8 1.000 5.39   0.6
  BOS AL 2B 9 8 37.4 11 18 1 4 .967 6.98   0.2
    SS 2 2 6.9 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.22   0.0
  TOT   2B 68 64 581.7 177 275 9 57 .980 6.99   1.9
      SS 14 12 107.0 20 44 0 9 1.000 5.38   0.6
1920 38 PHA AL SS 8 7 62.0 11 34 2 7 .957 6.53   0.6
    2B 3 2 18.7 4 7 1 1 .917 5.31   0.0
  SS 2235 2224 19973.3 3273 8139 427 1292 .964 5.14   103.4
  2B 79 66 617.4 185 292 10 61 .979 6.95   2.1
Career Totals   2314 2290 20590.7 3458 8431 437 1353 .965 5.20   105.5
Career Highs   148 148 1350.7 237 557 37 97 .983 6.74    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1904 22 DET AL 4 13 1 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .615 .923
1905 23 DET AL 7 31 3 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 .258 .281 .323 .604
1906 24 DET AL 5 18 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .389 .455 .389 .843
1907 25 DET AL 7 26 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .308 .538
1910 28 DET AL 5 22 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .136 .130 .136 .267
1913 31 SLN NL 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .071 .176 .071 .248
1914 32 SLN NL 5 20 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .238 .200 .438
1915 33 SLN NL 5 19 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 .263 .364 .263 .627
1916 34 SLN NL 4 14 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .357 .471 .500 .971
Career Post-Season Batting 46 177 19 43 7 0 1 25 0 0 11 9 .243 .290 .299 .590
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1909-4-.300
1910-2-.318
1911-4-.320
 On-Base Pct
1909-3-.380
1910-3-.397
1911-6-.394
1912-5-.400
1915-8-.382
1918-6-.369
 Slugging Pct
1909-9-.373
1910-7-.389
1911-10-.415
 OPS
1909-4-.753
1910-3-.786
1911-9-.810
 XR
1909-6-80.9
1910-3-83.1
1911-7-87.0
1915-10-77.2
CAR-19-1133.2
 Games
1907-10-148
1908-9-150
1909-4-151
1911-5-148
1914-5-147
CAR-6-2334
At-Bats
1907-9-577
1909-4-574
1910-5-566
1911-7-568
1916-8-581
CAR-4-8760
 Runs
1909-10-82
1910-6-80
1911-5-100
1915-10-80
1916-6-104
CAR-20-1202
 Hits
1909-2-172
1910-1-180
1911-1-182
1915-9-158
1916-9-171
CAR-9-2553
 Total Bases
1909-7-214
1910-4-220
1911-8-236
CAR-16-3183
 Singles
1907-7-136
1909-4-140
1910-2-147
1911-2-143
1915-4-140
1916-7-145
1918-8-129
CAR-4-2100
 Doubles
1909-7-24
1910-7-26
1911-10-26
CAR-36-311
Triples
1908-9-10
 Homeruns
1907-10-4
 RBIs
1908-6-74
1909-3-90
1910-7-75
1911-4-86
1914-7-84
CAR-13-1115
 Walks
1912-4-84
1914-5-76
1917-6-70
1918-7-70
CAR-21-878
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 100    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Detroit in 1902
Injured on 5/25/1903 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 6/16/1903, off Norwood Gibson (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 8/17/1904, off Henry Schmidt (PHA)
2/11/1907: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,664,286 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Detroit in 1907
1/10/1908: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,664,286 through salary arbitration
6/13/1908: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $4,450,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/13/1908
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1909, hitting .333 with 1 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1910, hitting .374 with 0 HR, 17 RBI
Won World Series with Detroit in 1910
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1910, hitting .318 with 0 HR, 75 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1909, hitting .333 with 1 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1910, hitting .374 with 0 HR, 17 RBI
Won World Series with Detroit in 1910
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1910, hitting .318 with 0 HR, 75 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/1912, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
5/26/1912: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $6,650,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis (N) on 6/8/1913 (Going to SLN: C Jack Zalusky, SS Johnny Evers. Going to DET: 3B Joe Gedeon, 2B Frank O'Rourke)
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 9/11/1913
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1913
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1914
Had 2000th career hit on 9/11/1915, off Jeff Tesreau (BSN)
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1915
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 4/26/1916
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1916
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/20/1917 to a 3-year deal worth $9,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1918, hitting .579 with 0 HR, 1 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 6/2/1919
Traded from New York (A) to Boston (A) on 7/16/1919 (Going to BOS: CF Ira Flagstead, 3B Ray Chapman, SS Johnny Evers, P Lou Schettler. Going to NYA: LF Ken Williams, P Rube Kroh)
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/26/1920 to a 1-year deal worth $460,000 per year
4/19/1920: Signed a minor league contract extension with Philadelphia (A)
Released by Philadelphia (A) on 8/15/1920
 
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