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Cap Anson

Birthdate:

4/17/1852

Died:

4/14/1922

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 227 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Marshalltown, IA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Cap Anson, 1908 photo, baseball player and team captain of Chicago Colts (later changed to Cubs) Standing in West Side Grounds in Chicago, located between West Polk St, South Wolcott, West Taylor and South Wood St. Chicago Daily News negative courtesy of Chicago Historical Society

Adrian Cap Anson was a major force in the startup of Organized Baseball; our Major Leagues; and he was considered the King of the Hitters. 'As a batsman, Anson struck terror to the hearts of pitchers,' wrote historian Robtert Smith. In promoting baseball games during the 1880's, Cap Anson photo was printed on old ad flyers with the ads stating 'King of the Diamond' and 'Prince of Batters'. Andrian Anson was the manager of the Chicago Team or captain which is how he acquired the nickname of Cap. As Captain he led the Chicagos to pennants in 1880, 1881, 1882 and again in 1885 and 1886. Cap Anson led the National League in RBI's in eight different years and twice he led the league in batting average. In ten (10) diff. seasons his on base pct was over .400; a record that stood until the 1920's. Anson was the first major leaguer to get 3,000 hits. Cap Anson batted .414 in 1872, .398 in 1873 and in 1881 he hit .399. He was the first player in history to hit over 100 career home runs. Cap Anson career records include 528 doubles, 124 triples and he scored over 1800 runs and drove-in over 1900, and was a .329 lifetime batsman. This famous batsman still holds the record of batting over .300 in the most different years; a amazing total of 24 times. baseballhistorian.com archives All Rights Reserved Cap Anson 1880's.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1883	CHC (NL)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
1884	CHC (NL)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	18.00
27 years		3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.0	4	5	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.50

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1871	ROK (NA)	25	120	29	39	11	3	0	16	2	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	.325	.336	SLG
1872	ATH (NA)	46	217	60	90	10	7	0	50	16	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	.415	.455	SLG
1873	ATH (NA)	52	254	53	101	9	2	0	36	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.398	.409	SLG
1874	ATH (NA)	55	259	51	87	8	3	0	37	4	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.336	.346	SLG
1875	ATH (NA)	69	326	84	106	15	3	0	58	4	2	11	6	0	0	0	0	.325	.333	SLG
1876	CHC (NL)	66	309	63	110	9	7	2	59	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.356	.380	SLG
1877	CHC (NL)	59	255	52	86	19	1	0	32	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.337	.360	SLG
1878	CHC (NL)	60	261	55	89	12	2	0	40	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.341	.372	SLG
1879	CHC (NL)	51	227	40	72	20	1	0	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.323	SLG
1880	CHC (NL)	86	356	54	120	24	1	1	74	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.337	.362	SLG
1881	CHC (NL)	84	343	67	137	21	7	1	82	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.399	.442	SLG
1882	CHC (NL)	82	348	69	126	29	8	1	83	20	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.362	.397	SLG
1883	CHC (NL)	98	413	70	127	36	5	0	68	18	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.336	SLG
1884	CHC (NL)	112	475	108	159	30	3	21	102	29	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.335	.373	SLG
1885	CHC (NL)	112	464	100	144	35	7	7	108	34	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.357	SLG
1886	CHC (NL)	125	504	117	187	35	11	10	147	55	19	29	0	0	0	0	0	.371	.433	SLG
1887	CHC (NL)	122	472	107	164	33	13	7	102	60	18	27	0	0	1	0	0	.347	.422	SLG
1888	CHC (NL)	134	515	101	177	20	12	12	84	47	24	28	0	0	1	0	0	.344	.400	SLG
1889	CHC (NL)	134	518	100	161	32	7	7	117	86	19	27	0	0	5	0	0	.311	.414	SLG
1890	CHC (NL)	139	504	95	157	14	5	7	107	113	23	29	0	0	6	0	0	.312	.443	SLG
1891	CHC (NL)	136	540	81	157	24	8	8	120	75	29	17	0	0	1	0	0	.291	.378	SLG
1892	CHC (NL)	146	559	62	152	25	9	1	74	67	30	13	0	0	4	0	0	.272	.354	SLG
1893	CHC (NL)	103	398	70	125	24	2	0	91	68	12	13	0	0	1	0	0	.314	.415	SLG
1894	CHC (NL)	83	340	82	132	28	4	5	99	40	15	17	0	0	3	0	0	.388	.457	SLG
1895	CHC (NL)	122	474	87	159	23	6	2	91	55	23	12	0	0	3	13	0	.335	.408	SLG
1896	CHC (NL)	108	402	72	133	18	2	2	90	49	10	24	0	0	3	5	0	.331	.407	SLG
1897	CHC (NL)	114	424	67	121	17	3	3	75	60	0	11	0	0	4	9	0	.285	.379	SLG
27 years		2523	10277	1996	3418	581	142	97	2076	983	302	276	16	0	32	27	0	.333	.393	.SLG

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