- Steve Evans (baseball)
Infobox MLB retired
name=Steve Evans
position=Outfielder
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bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=February 17 ,1885
city-state|Cleveland|Ohio
deathdate=death date and age|1943|12|28|1885|2|17
city-state|Cleveland|Ohio
debutdate=April 16
debutyear= 1908
debutteam= New York Giants
finaldate=October 3
finalyear=1915
finalteam=Baltimore Terrapins
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.287
stat2label=Home run s
stat2value=32
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=466
teams=
* New York Giants (1908)
*St. Louis Cardinals (1909-1913)
*Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1914-1915)
*Baltimore Terrapins (1915)
highlights=Louis Richard (Steve) Evans (b.
February 17 ,1885 inCleveland, Ohio - d.December 28 ,1943 inCleveland, Ohio ) was aright fielder inMajor League Baseball .He signed his first professional contract in 1907 with Dayton of the Class-B Central League. From 1908 through 1915, he played in the
National League with the New York Giants (1908) andSt. Louis Cardinals (1910-13), and in theFederal League for theBrooklyn Tip-Tops (1914-15) andBaltimore Terrapins (1915). Evans batted and threw left-handed.In an eight-season career, Evans posted a .287
batting average with 32home run s and 466 RBI in 978games played . He added 478 runs, 963 hits, 175 doubles, 67 triples and 86stolen base s.Trivia
He led the National League in being hit by pitched balls each year from 1910 to 1912, setting a single-season record of 31 in 1910 that stood for 61 years before it was finally broken by
Ron Hunt . He also set the record for being hit by a pitch in a single game, being hit three times in a game against Brooklyn.ee also
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List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
*List of Major League Baseball triples champions ources
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/evansst01.shtml Steve Evans Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] at www.baseball-reference.com Baseball Reference
* [http://www.bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1086&pid=4211 SABR biography]
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