Baseball's Sad Lexicon
（重定向自Tinker to Evers to Chance）
![Joe Tinker (left), Johnny Evers (center), and Frank Chance (right): the three Cubs described in the poem](/Images/godic/202502/16/Tinker_baseball_card4532.jpg")
![A man with blonde hair wearing a grey baseball uniform with a blue collar and the word "CUBS" on his chest in front of a green background](/Images/godic/202502/16/Evers_baseball_card4532.jpg")
![A man with brown hair wearing a grey baseball uniform with a blue collar and the word "CUBS" on his chest in front of a red background](/Images/godic/202502/16/Frank_Chance_Baseball_Card4532.jpg")
![Fans watch Merkle's Boner from Coogan's Bluff, September 23, 1908](/Images/godic/202502/16/Merkles_Boner_game_Polo_Grounds_Sept23_19084532.jpg")
"Baseball's Sad Lexicon," also known as "Tinker to Evers to Chance" after its refrain, is a 1910 baseball poem by Franklin Pierce Adams. The poem is presented as a single, rueful stanza from the point of view of a New York Giants fan watching the Chicago Cubs infield of shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance complete a double play.