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| Full name William George Evans |
| Born February 10, 1884, Chicago, Illinois |
| Died January 23, 1956, Miami, Florida |
| Buried at Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Ohio (Mausoleum North Wing Extension- Crypt 749A) |
| Umpired First Game: April 14, 1906; Umpired Final Game: October 1, 1927 |
| Height: 5' 11" Weight: 205 |
| Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1973 |
| Ejections: 1906 (15), 1907 (5), 1908 (9), 1909 (8), 1910 (2), 1911 (3), 1912 (9), 1913 (5), 1914 (7), 1915 (9), 1916 (4), 1917 (11), 1918 (6), 1919 (2), 1920 (3), 1921 (4), 1922 (4), 1923 (6), 1924 (5), 1925 (3), 1927 (2). Total: 122 |
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| Sporting News Umpire Card |
Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1906 AL Daily 146 75 71 0 0 0 0 1907 AL Daily 132 86 46 0 0 0 0 1908 AL Daily 150 96 54 0 0 0 0 1909 AL Daily 163 88 75 0 0 0 0 1910 AL Daily 159 124 35 0 0 0 0 1911 AL Daily 150 88 62 0 0 0 0 1912 AL Daily 150 88 63 0 0 0 0 1913 AL Daily 159 99 60 0 0 0 0 1914 AL Daily 152 94 58 0 0 0 0 1915 AL Daily 164 92 72 0 0 0 0 1916 AL Daily 159 83 76 0 0 0 0 1917 AL Daily 159 82 77 0 0 0 0 1918 AL Daily 128 63 65 0 0 0 0 1919 AL Daily 139 70 69 0 0 0 0 1920 AL Daily 160 84 76 0 0 0 0 1921 AL Daily 151 74 70 0 7 0 0 1922 AL Daily 156 70 68 0 19 0 0 1923 AL Daily 142 63 57 0 22 0 0 1924 AL Daily 158 77 63 0 18 0 0 1925 AL Daily 161 60 66 3 32 0 0 1926 AL Daily 152 58 57 0 37 0 0 1927 AL Daily 133 43 47 1 42 0 0 Total (22 Years) 3323 1757 1387 4 177 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1909 ML Daily 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 1912 ML Daily 8 2 2 0 0 1 3 1915 ML Daily 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1917 ML Daily 6 1 1 2 2 0 0 1919 ML Daily 8 2 2 2 2 0 0 1923 ML Daily 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 Total ( 6 Years) 38 10 8 5 6 4 5 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information Date Team Ejected Reason 4-21-1906 BOX NY A Clark Griffith Call at 3B (Bumped umpire) 5- 8-1906 BOX NY A Kid Elberfeld Call at 1B 6- 5-1906 BOX NY A Walter Clarkson Balls and strikes 6- 5-1906 BOX NY A Noodles Hahn Bench jockeying 6- 5-1906 BOX STL A Harry Howell Bench jockeying 6- 5-1906 BOX STL A Jack O'Connor Bench jockeying 6- 5-1906 BOX NY A Red Kleinow Call at HP 6-12-1906 BOX WAS A Lave Cross Call at 3B 6-12-1906 BOX WAS A Frank Kitson Call at 3B 7- 5-1906 BOX CHI A Fielder Jones Balls and strikes (Threw bat) 7-11-1906(2) BOX CHI A John O'Neill Call at 2B 7-18-1906 BOX DET A George Mullin Balls and strikes 8- 4-1906 BOX NY A Doc Newton Balls and strikes 8- 4-1906 BOX NY A Clark Griffith Call at HP 8-13-1906 BOX WAS A Cy Falkenberg Balls and strikes (Threw glove) 4-18-1907 BOX NY A Clark Griffith Fair/foul call 5-11-1907 BOX CLE A Bill Bradley Balls and strikes 5-22-1907 BOX DET A Hughie Jennings Call at 3B (Appeal play) 5-29-1907(2) BOX BOS A Bob Unglaub Balls and strikes 6- 4-1907 BOX BOS A Charlie Armbruster Bench jockeying Date Team Ejected Reason 5-16-1908 BOX DET A Bill Donovan Balls and strikes 5-16-1908 BOX DET A Ed Killian Bench jockeying 5-16-1908 BOX DET A Hughie Jennings Call at HP 5-16-1908 BOX DET A Davy Jones Call at HP 7-21-1908(1) BOX CHI A Patsy Dougherty Called third strike 8-15-1908 BOX DET A Davy Jones Unknown reason 9-15-1908 BOX BOS A Jake Stahl Call at 1B 9-20-1908 BOX NY A Kid Elberfeld Call at 1B 9-25-1908(1) BOX DET A Matty McIntyre Balls and strikes 5-23-1909 BOX DET A Ty Cobb Call at 1B 6- 8-1909 BOX NY A Kid Elberfeld Call at 1B 6-15-1909 BOX BOS A Jack Thoney Bench jockeying 6-28-1909 BOX DET A Germany Schaefer Call at 1B 6-28-1909 BOX DET A Ty Cobb Call at 3B 7-31-1909(1) BOX WAS A George Browne Call at 3B 8-25-1909 BOX WAS A Germany Schaefer Call at 1B 8-25-1909 BOX WAS A Bob Unglaub Call at 1B 5-16-1910 BOX BOS A Jake Stahl Balls and strikes 7-14-1910(1) BOX BOS A Jake Stahl Call at 2B 8-22-1911 BOX DET A Ty Cobb Called third strike Date Team Ejected Reason 9- 1-1911 BOX CHI A Amby McConnell Call at 2B 9-24-1911 BOX CLE A Hank Butcher Balls and strikes 4-20-1912 BOX CHI A Nixey Callahan Call at 2B 6-11-1912 BOX WAS A Bob Groom Call at HP 6-15-1912 BOX DET A Davy Jones Balls and strikes 7-25-1912(2) BOX WAS A Eddie Ainsmith Balls and strikes 7-25-1912(2) BOX WAS A Clark Griffith Fair/foul call 7-25-1912(2) BOX WAS A Germany Schaefer Fair/foul call 8-23-1912(2) BOX DET A Donie Bush Call at HP 9-15-1912(1) BOX STL A Jimmy Austin Called third strike 9-28-1912 BOX BOS A Hugh Bradley Bench jockeying 5- 3-1913 BOX CHI A Davy Jones Bench jockeying 5- 8-1913 BOX WAS A Clark Griffith Balls and strikes 5- 9-1913 BOX CHI A Nixey Callahan Call at 1B 5- 9-1913 BOX WAS A George McBride Call at HP 6- 6-1913 BOX CLE A Joe Birmingham Interference call 6-11-1914 BOX CHI A Buck Weaver Call at 2B 8- 1-1914(2) BOX CLE A Jay Kirke Called third strike 8- 1-1914(2) BOX CLE A Terry Turner Called third strike 8-14-1914 BOX WAS A Jack Ryan Bench jockeying Date Team Ejected Reason 8-14-1914 BOX WAS A Rip Williams Bench jockeying 8-20-1914 BOX WAS A George McBride Home run call 9-19-1914(2) BOX STL A Carl Weilman Balk call 4-17-1915 BOX WAS A Clark Griffith Warning about illegal delivery 5-31-1915(1) BOX CLE A Walter Barbare Interference call 6-10-1915 BOX BOS A Dick Hoblitzell Balk call 7-10-1915 BOX STL A Doc Lavan Call at 2B 8-19-1915 BOX CHI A Pants Rowland Bench jockeying 8-22-1915(1) BOX CHI A Pants Rowland Balk call 9-11-1915(2) BOX STL A Sam Agnew Balls and strikes 9-11-1915(2) BOX STL A Branch Rickey Balls and strikes 9-17-1915(2) BOX CLE A Braggo Roth Call at 2B 5-29-1916 BOX PHI A Marsh Williams Call at 1B 6- 7-1916 BOX STL A Armando Marsans Call at 1B 7- 1-1916 BOX CHI A Pants Rowland Call at 2B 9- 5-1916 BOX WAS A Joe Leonard Call at HP 4-28-1917 BOX CHI A Pants Rowland Call at HP 5- 8-1917(1) BOX STL A Doc Lavan Call at HP 5-15-1917 BOX STL A Armando Marsans Fighting 5-15-1917 BOX NY A Les Nunamaker Fighting Date Team Ejected Reason 5-25-1917 BOX CLE A Braggo Roth Call at 1B 6-21-1917 BOX STL A Hank Severeid Balls and strikes 6-21-1917 BOX STL A Allen Sothoron Balls and strikes 8- 3-1917 BOX CLE A Smoky Joe Wood Call at HP 8- 3-1917 BOX BOS A Tillie Walker Called third strike 8-26-1917(1) BOX PHI A Whitey Witt Call at 3B 9- 8-1917 BOX CLE A Braggo Roth Condition of baseball 6-20-1918 BOX CHI A Chick Gandil Call at 1B 6-28-1918(1) BOX CHI A Pants Rowland Call at 3B (Appeal play) 7- 2-1918(1) BOX CHI A Buck Weaver Call at 1B 7- 4-1918(1) BOX DET A Harry Heilmann Balls and strikes 7-21-1918(1) BOX PHI A Charlie Jamieson Call at HP 7-27-1918 BOX NY A Happy Finneran Call at 1B 5-26-1919 BOX BOS A George Dumont Bench jockeying 5-26-1919 BOX BOS A Sad Sam Jones Bench jockeying 5-11-1920 BOX DET A Hughie Jennings Bench jockeying 5-11-1920 BOX DET A Dutch Leonard Bench jockeying 9- 6-1920(2) BOX WAS A Val Picinich Balls and strikes 4-22-1921 BOX STL A Lyman Lamb Call at 3B 6-14-1921 BOX PHI A Frank Brazill Call at 1B Date Team Ejected Reason 7-13-1921 BOX DET A Bob Jones Called third strike 7-13-1921 BOX DET A Joe Sargent Refusing to replace player after ejection 6-13-1922 BOX STL A Hank Severeid Balls and strikes 6-27-1922 BOX CHI A Charlie Robertson Bench jockeying 7- 7-1922(1) BOX STL A Ken Williams Balls and strikes 8-15-1922 BOX BOS A Hugh Duffy Bench jockeying 5-17-1923 BOX NY A Bullet Joe Bush Balls and strikes 6- 8-1923 BOX DET A Lu Blue Call at 1B 7-16-1923(2) BOX NY A Miller Huggins Fair/foul call 8- 2-1923 BOX BOS A Pinky Pittenger Call at 1B 8- 8-1923 BOX STL A Homer Ezzell Call at 1B 8-20-1923 BOX STL A Jimmy Austin Bench jockeying 4-19-1924 BOX NY A Babe Ruth Called third strike 6-13-1924 BOX NY A Bob Meusel Charging mound 6-13-1924 BOX DET A Bert Cole Throwing at batter 7-19-1924(2) BOX DET A Lu Blue Call at 1B (Threw glove) 8- 4-1924 BOX CLE A Glenn Myatt Call at 1B 5-18-1925 BOX NY A Hooks Wiltse Balls and strikes 7- 5-1925 BOX DET A Lu Blue Called third strike 7-18-1925 BOX WAS A Goose Goslin Intentionally spiking opponent Date Team Ejected Reason 6- 3-1927 BOX CHI A Alex Metzler Called third strike 9-14-1927 BOX WAS A Joe Judge Call at 1B
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