Johnny Evers

John Joseph "Crab" Evers — also called the Trojan, for his Troy, New York birthplace — (1881–1947) held second base in the Cubs' Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance double-play unit. Born July 21, 1881 in Troy, he debuted in 1902 and played twenty-eight MLB seasons through 1929, managing from 1913 to 1924. In 1911 and 1912, ages 29 and 30, he was firmly in mid-career as the Cubs' second baseman. A 5’9”, 125-pound left-handed hitter who threw right — the lightest player in the dead-ball-era marquee class — Evers appears in T204 Ramly, plus E92 Croft's Candy, Cocoa, and Nadja Caramels, E93 Standard Caramel, E95 Philadelphia Caramel, and E254 Colgan's Chips. He died March 28, 1947 in Albany, New York and is buried in Section B, Lot 237 of St. Mary Cemetery back in Troy. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946 alongside Tinker and Chance.