This article is about the American baseball player. For the British politician, see Joe Tinker (politician).
Baseball player
Joe Tinker
Tinker with the Chicago Cubs in 1908
Shortstop / Manager
Born:(1880-07-27)July 27, 1880 Muscotah, Kansas, U.S.
Died: July 27, 1948(1948-07-27) (aged 68) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 17, 1902, for the Chicago Orphans
Last MLB appearance
September 22, 1916, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average
.262
Home runs
31
Runs batted in
782
Teams
As player
Chicago Orphans / Cubs (1902–1912)
Cincinnati Reds (1913)
Chicago Chi-Feds / Whales (1914–1915)
Chicago Cubs (1916)
As manager
Cincinnati Reds (1913)
Chicago Cubs (1916)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (1907, 1908)
Federal League champion (1915)
Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1946
Election method
Old-Timers Committee
Joseph Bert Tinker (July 27, 1880 – July 27, 1948) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played from 1902 through 1916 for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Chicago Whales of the Federal League.
Born in Muscotah, Kansas, Tinker began playing semi-professional baseball in Kansas in the late 19th century, first in Kansas City, then in Parsons. He began his professional career in 1900 in minor league baseball, initially in Denver then with Portland in the Northwestern League. He made his MLB debut with the Cubs in 1902. Tinker was a member of the Chicago Cubs dynasty that won four pennants and two World Series championships between 1906 and 1910. After playing one season with Cincinnati in 1913, he became one of the first stars to jump to the upstart Federal League in 1914. After leading the Whales to the pennant in 1915, he returned to the Cubs as their player-manager in 1916, his final season in MLB.
Tinker returned to minor league baseball as a part-owner and manager for the Columbus Senators before moving to Orlando, Florida, to manage the Orlando Tigers. While in Orlando, Tinker developed a real estate firm, which thrived during the Florida land boom of the 1920s. However, the 1926 Miami hurricane and Great Depression cost Tinker most of his fortune, and he returned to professional baseball in the late 1930s.
With the Cubs, Tinker was a part of a great double-play combination with teammates Johnny Evers and Frank Chance that was immortalized as "Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance" in the poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon". However, Evers and Tinker feuded off the field. Tinker was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946, the same year as Evers and Chance. He has also been honored by the Florida State League and the city of Orlando.
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1907 and 1908. With JoeTinker and Johnny Evers, Chance formed a strong double play combination, which was immortalized as "Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance"...
strikeout, third baseman Harry Steinfeldt singled to left field and shortstop JoeTinker beat out a bunt. Cubs second baseman Johnny Evers then reached on a two-base...
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won league championships in 1892 and 1909. Baseball Hall of Fame member JoeTinker played for the 1900 Helena Senators. Minor league baseball began in Helena...
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part of a great double-play combination with JoeTinker and Frank Chance, which was immortalized as "Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance" in the poem "Baseball's...
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foul by JoeTinker was fumbled by Athletics catcher Ira Thomas, and on the next pitch, Tinker hit a double. Johnny Kling then doubled and Tinker scored...
After a walk, Ed Summers relieved Killian and allowed an RBI groundout to JoeTinker and Johnny Kling reached on an error that allowed another run to score...
Machine" during this time, and it included Hall of Fame members Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Tony Pérez, as well as the controversial Pete Rose, the all-time...
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