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For most of his career he played for the Chicago Cubs, starting as a 21-year-old rookie in 1902. Tinker was an average hitter, despite usually hitting well against pitcher Christy Mathewson, but a speedy runner, stealing an average of 28 bases a season and even stealing home twice in one game on July 28, 1910. The shortstop excelled at fielding, often leading the National League in a number of statistical categories. During his decade with the Cubs, they went to the World Series four times.

Tinker is perhaps best known as the pivot man in the "Tinker to Evers to ChanceFrank Leroy Chance ( September 9, 1877 September 15, 1924) was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. Performing the roles of first baseman and manager, Chance led the Chicago Cubs to four National League championships in the span" double playBaseball statistics In baseball, a double play (denoted on statistics sheets by DP is the act of making two outs during the same continuous playing action. The most common type of double play occurs with a runner on first base and a ground ball hit toward combination immortalized in the poem " Baseball's Sad Lexicon " by New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col newspaper columnist Franklin Pierce AdamsFranklin Pierce Adams ( November 15, 1881 March 23, 1960), was an American columnist (under the pen name F. and wit, part of the famous Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of Moses and Clara (Schlossberg. Yet on September 14September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). There are 108 days remaining. Events 786 Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi 1752 The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping elev, 1905Events January-April January 22 Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. January 26 The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier, he and Evers ended up in a fistfight on the field because Evers took a cab and left his teammates behind in the hotel lobby. They didn't speak to one another for 33 years until they were both asked to help broadcast the 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai World Series (Cubs versus YankeesThe New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. They are in the Eastern Division of the American League. The Yankees have won 26 and competed in 39 World Series. These numbers dominate the sport, considering the St) and tearfully reunited.

Tinker's incessant salary demands got him traded to the Cincinnati Reds in 1912. After a year playing and managing the Reds, Tinker jumped to the Federal League and managed the Chicago Whalers until 1916 when he was back, briefly, with the Cubs.

Tinker ended his career in Florida, managing, scouting, and dabbling in real estate. He ran the Orlando Gulls in the Florida State League. Tinker Field , a stadium in the shadow of the Citrus Bowl, is named for him. Evers was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946. He died in Orlando, Florida on his 68th birthday of complications from diabetes.