Johnny Evers ✝

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 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 Most Valuable Player. Evers continued to play for the Braves and Phillies through 1917. He then became a coach, scout, manager, and general manager in his later career.\n', ' Known as one of the smartest ballplayers in MLB, Evers also had a surly temper that he took out on 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.\n', ' Evers was born on July 21, 1881, in Troy, New York. His father worked as a saloon keeper. Many of Evers\' relatives, including his father, brothers, and uncles, played baseball. Evers attended St. Joseph\'s Elementary School and played sandlot ball in Troy.\n', '