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When did Joe Tinker start Joe Tinker's career?
Tinker was the starting shortstop for the Chicago Cubs from 1902 to 1912.
Was he known for anything during this time as a shortstop?
He was a speedy runner, stealing an average of 28 bases a season and even stealing home twice in one game on July 28, 1910.
So he was a good runner, but could he bat?
Despite being just an average hitter, batting .268 for his career in an era of high batting averages.
Did he ever play in the World Series?
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During his decade with the Cubs, they went to the World Series four times, winning in 1907 and 1908.
Did he go on to play with anyone after the Cubs?
Tinker was also noted as a fighter.
In addition to fighting Evers, Tinker defeated Egan in a fight after a game and fought Rabbit Maranville during a game.
What was the outcome of the fight?
In 1908, he was arrested for assault when he got into a fight with a fan at a saloon he owned.
He was acquitted of the charge.
Is there anything else that is interesting?
Tinker is perhaps best known for the "Tinker to Evers to Chance" double play combination in the poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon".
Was the poem ever published?
written by the New York Evening Mail newspaper columnist Franklin Pierce Adams in July 1910.

Question: What was the poem about?
Self-contained rewrite: What was "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" about?