Bill Evans (Baseball. Born, Chicago, IL, Feb. 10, 1884; died, Miami, FL, Jan. 23, 1956.) Jumping almost directly from the Cornell campus to the major leagues, William George Evans became an A.L. umpire in 1906 at age 23, the youngest ever. Evans also wrote extensively about umpiring, including a text, “How to Umpire.” He umpired […]
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