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Frank WakefieldYes, Joann, Evers was all of that, and more. But you have to love the guy, he was pure baseball.
On 9-4-08 his Cubs were in a scoreless game at Pittsburg, bottom of the 9th, bases loaded. On a single to center, the first base runner Warren Gill left the field as the Pirates won, without going to step on second base. Evers stood on second, got the ball, and asked umpire Hank O'Day to call Gill out. O'Day didn't. At the hotel that night, after discussion and reflection with Evers, O'Day told Evers that such a play would be a legal out. And that he'd be ready for it if it reoccurred.
It did. Sept 23, 1908, Giants and Cubs, in that great pennant race, with Bridwell's single and Merkle heading for the centerfield clubhouse without touching second. This time O'Day was ready for the call.
Evers sparked pennants in Chicago in 1906, 7 and 8; then for Boston's miracle Braves in 1914. He managed a bit in 1913, and after he returned from WW I. He was inducted into the HOF 6 months before he died.
He was scrappy, but not unlikeable... dig out an Evers card and give him a hug!