Joe Tinker
September 13, 1902
Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance play together for the first time.
September 14, 1902
Tinker to Evers to Chance turn their first double play.
September 3, 1905
Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers get into a fight during an exhibition game.
August 20, 1908
Joe Tinker steals 4 bases in 10-2 win over Braves
July 18, 1910
The poem, Baseball's Sad Lexicon better known as Tinker to "Evers to Chance Appears in New York Evening Mail. It was written by Franklin P Adams
December 11, 1912
Cubs trade Joe Tinker to the Reds to break up Tinker to Evers double play combo.
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