JOHNNY EVERS - 2B
1902 - 1917
.270 B.A.
ELECTED 1946
BORN IN TROY, N.Y., JOHN JOSEPH EVERS
A/K/A "THE TROJAN" AND "THE CRAB" WAS
THE PIVOT MAN IN BASEBALL'S MOST
CELEBRATED DOUBLE-PLAY COMBINATION:
"TINKER TO EVERS TO CHANCE." EVERS
BEGAN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN 1902
WITH HIS HOMETOWN TEAM, TROY, N.Y.
(NYSL), AND JOINED THE CHICAGO CUBS THAT
SAME SEASON. HE HELPED LEAD CHICAGO TO
FOUR NL PENNANTS AND TWO WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS (1907, 1908) BEFORE JOINING
THE BOSTON BRAVES IN 1914. EVERS
PROMPTLY LED BOSTON TO A WORLD SERIES
TITLE, BATTING .438 IN THE SERIES ... AND
WAS VOTED NL MVP.
MICHAEL "KING" KELLY - OF,C
1878 - 1893
.308 B.A.
ELECTED 1945
BORN IN TROY, N.Y., MICHAEL JOSEPH KELLY
BEGAN HIS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL CAREER
WITH CINCINNATI (NL). A VERSATILE
ATHLETE WHO PERFORMED AT EVERY
POSITION, KELLY IN CONSIDERED ONE OF THE
GREATEST PLAYERS AND NUMBER ONE IDOL OF
HIS ERA ... RESULTING IN THE TITLE "KING OF
BASEBALL." RANKED AMONG BASEBALL'S
GREATEST HITTERS, HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE
MOST DARING BASE STEALERS OF HIS TIME. HE
STOLE AT LEAST 50 BASES IN FOUR
CONSECUTIVE YEARS, INCLUDING 84 IN 1887.
KELLY PLAYED ON EIGHT PENNANT WINNERS
IN HIS SIXTEEN YEAR CAREER ... WINNING THE
NL BATTING CROWN IN 1884 AND 1886,
BATTING .354 AND .388 RESPECTIVELY.
