--- title: "3 Joe Tinker Quotes - Famous Baseball player" description: "Joseph Bert Tinker was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played from 1902 through 1916 for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds o..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b164/author-benjamin-wiker-50563.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Joe Tinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b164/author-benjamin-wiker-50563.jpg) # Joe Tinker (1880–1948) Baseball Player **3** quotes in **66** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Joe Tinker was a baseball player. ## Quick Facts About Joe Tinker Born July 27, 1880 Died July 27, 1948 Profession Baseball Player ## About Joe Tinker Joseph Bert Tinker was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played from 1902 through 1916 for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Chicago Whales of the Federal League. ## Quotes by Joe Tinker > [Because a man is placed in charge of a club does not make it necessary for him to be a taskmaster or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-tinker/because-a-man-is-placed-in-charge-of-a-club-does-not-make-it/) Joe Tinker [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e9/joe-tinker-84133_allow_because-a-man-is-placed-in-charge-of-a-c_382054.jpg) > [I know better than anyone else that my time is near. I've had a good life, and you don't stop and complain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-tinker/i-know-better-than-anyone-else-that-my-time-is-near-i-ve-had-a-good/) Joe Tinker [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/joe-tinker-84133_anyone_i-know-better-than-anyone-else-that-my-t_2101152.jpg) > [You cannot expect to be on intimate terms with everybody on your club, and there is no reason why you should be,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-tinker/you-cannot-expect-to-be-on-intimate-terms-with-everybody-on-your-club/) Joe Tinker [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/joe-tinker-84133_cannot_you-cannot-expect-to-be-on-intimate-term_2669799.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-tinker/#itemlist", "name": "Joe Tinker Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because a man is placed in charge of a club does not make it necessary for him to be a taskmaster or a tyrant. 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