Career stats In his 20-year career, Evans batted .272, with 385 home runs, 1384 RBIs, 1470 runs, 2446 hits, 483 doubles, 73 triples, and 78 stolen bases in 2606 regular season games. He compiled a .986 fielding percentage. In postseason batting, Evans batted .239 with four home runs and 19 RBIs, in 32 games played. In three All-Star Game appearances, Evans batted an overall 3-for-5, and had two walks and one run scored. Evans earned a reputation as an outfielder with one of the strongest arms in the American League. For his career, he had 157 outfield assists, including 15 in 1975, 1976 & 1979 and 14 in 1978. Post-playing career Evans spent two seasons as an MLB hitting coach; 1994 with the Colorado Rockies, and 2002 with the Red Sox. Evans was named a Player Development Consultant for the Red Sox in 2003; , he was still listed in that role by the Red Sox. In 2000, Evans was inducted to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame consideration Evans was dropped from the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot when he did not receive the minimum five percent of votes in his third year of eligibility. Evans received 5.9% in , 10.4% in , and 3.6% in . Evans' low vote total in 1999 is attributed to the appearance of future Hall of Fame players Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Robin Yount, and Carlton Fisk on the 1999 ballot. Based on his win shares metric, baseball statistician Bill James has argued that Evans is a worthy candidate for induction. In 2016, Evans commented, "I just don’t understand the mentality of the voting." In November 2019, Evans was included as a Modern Baseball Era finalist as part of the 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting. To gain admission to the Hall, finalists must obtain 75 percent of the votes from its 16-member Modern Baseball Era Committee; Evans received eight votes, falling short of the threshold by four votes. In January 2021, Evans was ranked 10th by Joe Posnanski of The Athletic in a listing of the 100 greatest eligible players not in the Hall of Fame. Personal life Evans and his wife, Susan, have three children; Timothy, Kirstin, and Justin. Their youngest child, Justin, died in April 2019 at age 42 of complications from neurofibromatosis. Their son Timothy died ten months later from complications of the same disease.