- Cornerstone of the immortal Tinker-Evers-Chance double play combination.
- Elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1946 with teammates Joe Tinker and Frank Chance.
- Second baseman for the Chicago Cub's famous double play team of the early 20th century immortalized by Franklin P. Adams' poem "Tinker to Evers to Chance."
- Second baseman with the Chicago Cubs (1902-1913), Boston Braves (1914-1917[start]), Philadelphia Phillies (1917[end]), Chicago White Sox (1922; 1 game), and Boston Braves (1929; 1 game)
- Made major league debut on 1 September 1902.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 191-192. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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