William G Evans was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1973 along with Roberto Clemente, Monte Irvin, George Kelly, Warren Spahn and Mickey Welch. Evans was inducted by the Veterans Committee as an Umpire. He was an Umpire in the American League 1906-1927. Then he started his career as baseball executive starting as the Cleveland Indians General Manager 1927-1935. He was the head of the Boston Red Sox minor league farm system 1936-1940. From 1942-1946 he was president of the minor league Southern Association. He was the Detroit Tigers General Manager 1946-1951.
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