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Roy Evans (baseball)

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Roy Evans
Pitcher
Born: (1874-03-19)March 19, 1874
Knoxville, Tennessee
Died: Unknown
Unknown
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 15, 1897, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
August 1, 1903, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Win–loss record29–43
Earned run average3.66
Strikeouts211
Teams

Robert Roy Evans (born March 19, 1874) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1897 to 1903 for six different franchises. He was a graduate of Emporia State University. He was best known for scamming teams out of their money.[further explanation needed]

He was thought to have died in the 1915 Galveston Hurricane in Texas, however five years later, he was sentenced to prison for bigamy and was apparently married to at least 4 different women all at once. His assumed death is long thought to have just been another ruse, although it has never been confirmed. He served about 19 months at Lavenworth before being released on June 22, 1922. It is unknown what happened to him after this.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Roy Evans – Society for American Baseball Research".
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