Evans was part of the amazing outfield comprised of himself, Jim Rice and Fred Lynn who all came up in the mid-70’s and went on to excellent Major League careers.
For Evans, it was a career that lasted 20-years, all but one, his last in 1991 with the Baltimore Orioles, with Boston.
This was a career that included eight Gold Gloves and three All-Star nods, while finishing in the top-10 in American League MVP voting four times, while finishing up with 2446 hits, 385 home runs and 1384 runs batted in, all with a .272 average in over 2600 games and just under 9000 at-bats.
Let’s not forget that the man had an absolute gun for an arm out in right-field while being one of the top outfielders in the Junior Circuit over the course of his career.
Often overshadowed by teammates throughout his career, Evans would end up as a borderline Hall of Famer, outplaying many of the very guys that got the spotlight.
