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Joe Tinker

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Baseball Player

The Resume

    (July 27, 1880-July 27, 1948)
    Born in Muscotah, Kansas
    Shortstop for the Chicago Cubs (1902-12,1916), Cincinnati Reds (1913) and Chicago Whales (1914-15)
    Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (1946)
    With teammates Johnny Evers and Frank Chance, subject of the poem 'Baseball's Sad Lexicon':
    'These are the saddest of possible words:
    Tinker to Evers to Chance
    Trio of bear cubs and fleeter than birds
    Tinker and Evers and Chance
    Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble
    Making a Giant hit into a double
    Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble
    Tinker to Evers to Chance'

Why he might be annoying:

    Some baseball pundits think he and Evers were inducted into the Hall of Fame thanks to the poem rather than their stats.
    He led the league in errors by a shortstop his rookie season.
    He and Evers got into an argument over a cab (1905) and stopped speaking to each other off the field for over three decades.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He led the league in fielding percentage for shortstops five seasons.
    He and Evers had a tearful reunion when they were both commentators at the Yankees-Cubs World Series (1938).
    When his left leg was amputated due to diabetes, he quipped, 'Guess I won't be able to pitch for a couple of weeks.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 70 Votes: 47.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 24 Votes: 66.67% Annoying