Baseball Management
After his playing career ended, he worked in the Cleveland Indians organization for several years and was a member of the team's coaching staff in 1970. In 1971, he joined the Detroit Tigers as director of player development. In 1978, he became a special assignment scout for the Tigers in Houston.
Tigers' manager Jim Leyland praised Evers in 2005: "Hoot Evers was probably the number-one motivational guy for me. He was a farm director for the Detroit Tigers. Hoot Evers, Bill Lajoie and Ed Catalinas advised me to begin a career in the minor league system. ... If I had to look back and pick one person that really motivated me and really let me know what it's about, it would be Hoot Evers." ("October Baseball," by Dan Zachofsky (2005), p. 35)
Evers died in Houston, Texas in 1991. He was 69 years old and had recently suffered a heart attack.
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