Joe Evans
1915–1925 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
737G
.259AVG
.329OBP
.328SLG
More career statistics
529H
3HR
210RBI
67SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 737 | 738 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,043 | 2,042 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 16 | 41 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 152 | 155 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,362 | 2,363 |
| Batting · Runs | 305 | 308 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 67 | 70 |
| Batting · Walks | 212 | 213 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 737 | 2,362 | 2,043 | 305 | 529 | 71 | 31 | 3 | 210 | 212 | 152 | 67 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 671 | .259 | .329 | .328 | .657 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1925-07-26 to 1925-09-07
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1920-06-01 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1920-07-05 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1920-06-23 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 373 | 1190 | 261 | 2 | 94 | 111 | 75 | .255 | .313 | .322 |
| Away | 365 | 1173 | 268 | 1 | 116 | 102 | 80 | .263 | .315 | .335 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 60 | 167 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 16 | .245 | .293 | .302 |
| May | 86 | 278 | 61 | 1 | 30 | 24 | 16 | .254 | .306 | .325 |
| June | 148 | 514 | 106 | 1 | 36 | 41 | 31 | .234 | .286 | .307 |
| July | 157 | 486 | 107 | 0 | 40 | 41 | 29 | .252 | .305 | .323 |
| August | 138 | 435 | 105 | 0 | 38 | 42 | 28 | .282 | .338 | .330 |
| September | 144 | 463 | 108 | 1 | 50 | 50 | 35 | .275 | .341 | .364 |
| October | 5 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .450 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 115 | 375 | 78 | 1 | 28 | 31 | 32 | .239 | .291 | .294 |
| chicago-white-sox | 103 | 312 | 58 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 20 | .209 | .260 | .260 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 101 | 353 | 72 | 2 | 35 | 45 | 24 | .251 | .331 | .352 |
| detroit-tigers | 101 | 310 | 91 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 16 | .323 | .345 | .422 |
| st-louis-browns | 99 | 292 | 63 | 0 | 23 | 34 | 25 | .268 | .332 | .340 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 92 | 295 | 61 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 11 | .237 | .305 | .300 |
| new-york-yankees | 88 | 307 | 78 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 24 | .288 | .345 | .354 |
| cleveland-guardians | 39 | 119 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | .262 | .294 | .280 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 |  Cleveland Guardians | 42 | 109 | 28 | – | 12 | 6 | .257 | – | – |
| 1916 | Cleveland Guardians | 33 | 82 | 12 | – | 2 | 4 | .146 | – | – |
| 1917 | Cleveland Guardians | 133 | 384 | 73 | 2 | 32 | 12 | .190 | – | – |
| 1918 | Cleveland Guardians | 79 | 243 | 64 | 1 | 20 | 7 | .263 | – | – |
| 1919 | Cleveland Guardians | 23 | 14 | 1 | – | – | 1 | .071 | – | – |
| 1920 | Cleveland Guardians | 56 | 172 | 60 | – | 22 | 6 | .349 | – | – |
| 1921 | Cleveland Guardians | 58 | 152 | 51 | – | 21 | 5 | .336 | – | – |
| 1922 | Cleveland Guardians | 76 | 145 | 39 | – | 23 | 12 | .269 | – | – |
| 1923 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 106 | 373 | 98 | – | 36 | 7 | .263 | – | – |
| 1924 |  St. Louis Browns | 77 | 209 | 53 | – | 24 | 4 | .254 | – | – |
| 1925 | St. Louis Browns | 55 | 159 | 50 | – | 18 | 6 | .314 | – | – |