Steve Evans (baseball)

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Louis Richard (Steve) Evans (b. February 17, 1885 in Cleveland, Ohio - d. December 28, 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball.

He signed his first professional contract in 1907 with Dayton of the Class-B Central League. From 1908 through 1915, he played in the National League with the New York Giants (1908) and St. Louis Cardinals (1910-13), and in the Federal League for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1914-15) and Baltimore Terrapins (1915). Evans batted and threw left-handed.

In an eight-season career, Evans posted a .287 batting average with 32 home runs and 466 RBI in 978 games played. He added 478 runs, 963 hits, 175 doubles, 67 triples and 86 stolen bases.

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He led the National League in being hit by pitched balls each year from 1910 to 1912, setting a single-season record of 31 in 1910 that stood for 61 years before it was finally broken by Ron Hunt. He also set the record for being hit by a pitch in a single game, being hit three times in a game against Brooklyn.