This Day in Baseball: Johnny Evers Joins Cubs’ Infield

After second baseman Bobby Lowe broke his ankle, the Chicago Cubs acquired Johnny Evers. The now-famous infield combination of “Tinker to Evers to Chance” first played together on September 13, 1902. The double-play trio would be immortalized in Franklin Pierce Adams’ poem, “Baseball’s Sad Lexicon.”

Joe Tinker (left), Johnny Evers (center), and Frank Chance (right), c. 1906-1910 (public domain/Wikimedia Commons)