Page 8 - Johnny Evers News Today

The Cubs' 1-0 victory over the Braves on Friday was their 251st by that smallest possible score since the Modern Era began in 1901. They won twice by 1-0 in the post season, in Game 4 of the 1906...

From Opening Day of 1901 through yesterday, individual batters for the Cubs had finished a game with at least 3 strikeouts 2,633 times. They have done so 25 times already this season, most...

Despite the failure of phase one - the attempt to take Kyiv - Daniel Lazare says it is Nato that is floundering, not Russia’s invasion

Sammy Sosa, with 545 home runs, and Ernie Banks, with 512, head the list of 845 different players who hit at least 1 homer for the Cubs in National League regular-season games from 1876 through...

Here is an astonishing fact: The Cubs' 9-0 victory over the Brewers on Saturday was just the second shutout they ever have posted at home in which they scored at least 9 runs and had only 1...

The Cubs are 62-57-2 on Opening Days since the Modern Era began in 1901. In 39 of their wins, they did not trail -- including 16 in which they took the lead for good in the first inning. In 13 o...

Eleventh in a series of posts about Cubs coaches. .......... The history of coaches for base runners is as long as the history of professional baseball. The Cincinnati Red Stockings became the...

Joc Pederson was not a Cub for very long last year. The outfielder signed as a free agent on Feb. 5 and was traded to the Braves on July 15. He played in only 73 games, starting with the Cubs'...

A previous post told the story of Bernie Friberg, who rarely played first base during 6 season as a Cub, yet in 1925 made the first 2 outs of a triple play moments after taking over at first for...

A previous post told the story of a triple play made by Bernie Friberg of the Cubs, in a 1925 game at home against the Dodgers. Friberg, rarely stationed at first base, had entered the game only...