Cap Anson

⭐ Hall of Fame 1939

Born: 4/17/1852 in Marshalltown, IA, USA

Died: 4/14/1922 in Chicago, IL, USA

MLB Debut: 1871-05-06 | Final Game: 1897-10-03

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'0" | Weight: 227 lbs

Full name: Adrian Constantine Anson

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Biography

Cap Anson, born in 1852, was a pioneering figure in professional baseball whose career spanned from 1871 to 1897. Anson played primarily as a position player and became one of the sport's first true superstars. Over his extensive career, he participated in 2,524 games, accumulating an impressive 3,435 hits and posting a remarkable batting average of .334. Known for his consistent hitting and offensive prowess, Anson also recorded 97 home runs and drove in 2,075 runs batted in (RBIs), solidifying his legacy as one of the era's most formidable hitters. Additionally, he showcased his speed on the bases, stealing 277 bases throughout his career. Anson's impact on the game extended beyond his individual statistics; he played a significant role during the early years of professional baseball, a time characterized by the transition from the amateur game to a more organized and commercialized sport. He was not only a player but also a manager, leading teams like the Chicago White Stockings and the Chicago Colts, and he became known for his strong leadership qualities. Anson's contributions to the game and his status as a trailblazer helped lay the groundwork for future generations of players, making him a significant figure in baseball history.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	1	3	0	0	0	1	4.0	4	2	2	2	1	4.50	0

Career ERA 4.50 vs. league average 3.14 across their career seasons — 43.1% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1883	CHC	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3.0	1	0	1	0	0.00	—	-
1884	CHC	NL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	1	1	18.00	—	-

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2524	10281	1999	3435	582	142	97	2075	277	984	330	0.334	0.394	0.447	0.841	52241.6

Career AVG .334 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — +27.0% above league average.

Career OBP .394 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — +24.4% above league average.

Career SLG .447 vs. league average .351 across their career seasons — +27.1% above league average.

Career OPS 0.841 vs. league average 0.668 across their career seasons — +25.9% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1871	RC1		25	120	29	39	11	3	0	16	6	2	1	0.325	.286 (+13%)	.311 (+8%)	.383 (+22%)	.695 (+15%)	262.5
1872	PH1		46	217	60	90	10	7	0	48	6	16	3	0.415	.285 (+45%)	.296 (+53%)	.347 (+51%)	.644 (+52%)	1828.6
1873	PH1		52	254	53	101	9	2	0	36	1	5	2	0.398	.290 (+37%)	.304 (+35%)	.357 (+26%)	.661 (+30%)	1249.3
1874	PH1		55	260	51	87	8	3	0	37	6	4	1	0.335	.273 (+22%)	.282 (+22%)	.333 (+17%)	.615 (+19%)	764.7
1875	PH1		69	326	84	106	15	3	0	58	11	4	2	0.325	.253 (+28%)	.260 (+28%)	.309 (+26%)	.570 (+27%)	1252.0
1876	CHC	NL	66	309	63	110	9	7	2	59	0	12	8	0.356	.265 (+34%)	.277 (+37%)	.320 (+40%)	.598 (+39%)	1819.0
1877	CHC	NL	59	255	52	86	19	1	0	32	0	9	3	0.337	.271 (+24%)	.289 (+24%)	.337 (+24%)	.626 (+24%)	980.9
1878	CHC	NL	60	261	55	89	12	2	0	40	0	13	1	0.341	.259 (+31%)	.278 (+34%)	.319 (+26%)	.597 (+30%)	1210.8
1879	CHC	NL	51	227	40	72	20	1	0	34	0	2	2	0.317	.255 (+24%)	.270 (+19%)	.328 (+26%)	.599 (+23%)	726.2
1880	CHC	NL	86	356	54	120	24	1	1	74	0	14	12	0.337	.244 (+38%)	.267 (+36%)	.319 (+31%)	.586 (+33%)	1854.2
1881	CHC	NL	84	343	67	137	21	7	1	82	0	26	4	0.399	.260 (+54%)	.290 (+52%)	.338 (+51%)	.628 (+52%)	2994.4
1882	CHC	NL	82	348	69	126	29	8	1	83	0	20	7	0.362	.248 (+46%)	.275 (+44%)	.329 (+52%)	.605 (+48%)	2621.3
1883	CHC	NL	98	413	70	127	36	5	0	68	0	18	9	0.308	.257 (+20%)	.285 (+18%)	.345 (+21%)	.631 (+20%)	1341.1
1884	CHC	NL	112	475	108	159	30	3	21	102	0	29	13	0.335	.243 (+38%)	.278 (+34%)	.327 (+66%)	.606 (+51%)	3974.7
1885	CHC	NL	112	464	100	144	35	7	7	108	0	34	13	0.310	.244 (+27%)	.287 (+24%)	.325 (+42%)	.613 (+34%)	2572.5
1886	CHC	NL	125	504	117	187	35	11	10	147	29	55	19	0.371	.246 (+51%)	.302 (+43%)	.331 (+64%)	.634 (+54%)	4923.9
1887	CHC	NL	122	472	107	164	33	13	7	102	27	60	18	0.347	.270 (+28%)	.331 (+27%)	.373 (+38%)	.705 (+33%)	3160.5
1888	CHC	NL	134	515	101	177	20	12	12	84	28	47	24	0.344	.238 (+44%)	.290 (+37%)	.319 (+56%)	.610 (+47%)	4266.8
1889	CHC	NL	134	518	100	177	32	7	7	117	27	86	19	0.342	.263 (+30%)	.334 (+32%)	.357 (+32%)	.691 (+32%)	3626.9
1890	CHC	NL	139	504	95	157	14	5	7	107	29	113	23	0.312	.260 (+20%)	.336 (+32%)	.351 (+14%)	.687 (+23%)	3007.5
1891	CHC	NL	136	540	81	157	24	8	8	120	17	75	29	0.291	.254 (+14%)	.331 (+14%)	.343 (+19%)	.675 (+17%)	1848.0
1892	CHC	NL	146	559	62	152	25	9	1	74	13	67	30	0.272	.244 (+11%)	.316 (+12%)	.327 (+8%)	.644 (+10%)	1150.8
1893	CHC	NL	103	398	70	125	24	2	0	91	13	68	12	0.314	.279 (+12%)	.356 (+17%)	.379 (+1%)	.735 (+9%)	941.0
1894	CHC	NL	84	343	85	133	29	4	5	100	17	41	15	0.388	.309 (+25%)	.379 (+21%)	.435 (+24%)	.814 (+22%)	1707.7
1895	CHC	NL	122	474	87	159	23	6	2	91	12	55	23	0.335	.296 (+13%)	.361 (+13%)	.399 (+6%)	.761 (+9%)	1049.8
1896	CHC	NL	108	402	72	133	18	2	2	90	24	49	10	0.331	.290 (+14%)	.354 (+15%)	.387 (+3%)	.741 (+9%)	914.9
1897	CHC	NL	114	424	67	121	17	3	3	75	11	60	27	0.285	.291 (-2%)	.354 (+7%)	.387 (-7%)	.741 (avg)	191.8

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
13	47	11	16	2	1	0	1	6	0	0.340

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1886	WS	CHN	6	21	3	5	1	0	0	1	4	0	0.238
1885	WS	CHN	7	26	8	11	1	1	0	0	2	0	0.423

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	2152	23	21699	983	658	1232
2B	18	1	40	41	16	5
3B	220	85	417	436	196	29
C	105	4	290	107	65	12
OF	86	9	118	21	31	5
P	3	0	0	2	0	0
SS	9	4	8	22	10	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1871	RC1	1B	1	0	7	0	0	0
1871	RC1	2B	2	1	3	4	1	0
1871	RC1	3B	20	19	38	52	28	2
1871	RC1	C	5	4	10	0	8	0
1871	RC1	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
1872	PH1	3B	46	46	89	84	57	5
1873	PH1	1B	36	0	396	9	35	19
1873	PH1	2B	3	0	4	5	7	1
1873	PH1	3B	11	0	27	16	10	1
1873	PH1	C	3	0	7	1	1	0
1873	PH1	OF	3	0	6	1	1	0
1874	PH1	1B	24	23	229	5	16	9
1874	PH1	3B	20	20	38	33	21	2
1874	PH1	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
1874	PH1	OF	8	8	11	1	4	0
1874	PH1	SS	6	4	5	18	8	0
1875	PH1	1B	32	0	269	14	24	13
1875	PH1	3B	5	0	2	8	3	1
1875	PH1	C	13	0	41	14	15	1
1875	PH1	OF	25	0	40	13	12	5
1876	CHN	3B	66	0	135	147	50	8
1876	CHN	C	2	0	2	0	0	0
1877	CHN	3B	40	0	74	77	20	9
1877	CHN	C	31	0	103	41	22	5
1878	CHN	2B	9	0	22	26	7	4
1878	CHN	3B	3	0	0	5	3	0
1878	CHN	C	3	0	13	5	1	3
1878	CHN	OF	48	0	60	6	14	0
1879	CHN	1B	51	0	620	8	16	26
1880	CHN	1B	81	0	866	15	20	28
1880	CHN	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1880	CHN	3B	9	0	14	14	4	1
1880	CHN	SS	1	0	2	1	1	0
1881	CHN	1B	84	0	892	43	24	48
1881	CHN	C	2	0	2	0	0	0
1881	CHN	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
1882	CHN	1B	82	0	810	27	45	42
1882	CHN	C	1	0	3	0	1	0
1883	CHN	1B	98	0	1031	41	40	59
1883	CHN	C	1	0	2	0	2	0
1883	CHN	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
1883	CHN	P	2	0	0	1	0	0
1884	CHN	1B	112	0	1211	40	58	86
1884	CHN	C	3	0	4	4	3	0
1884	CHN	P	1	0	0	1	0	0
1884	CHN	SS	1	0	1	3	1	0
1885	CHN	1B	112	0	1253	39	57	62
1885	CHN	C	1	0	2	0	0	0
1886	CHN	1B	125	0	1188	66	48	69
1886	CHN	C	12	0	32	18	5	1
1887	CHN	1B	122	0	1232	70	36	75
1887	CHN	C	1	0	1	0	1	0
1888	CHN	1B	134	0	1314	65	20	85
1889	CHN	1B	134	0	1409	79	27	73
1890	CHN	1B	135	0	1345	49	31	61
1890	CHN	2B	2	0	7	5	1	0
1890	CHN	C	3	0	9	2	0	0
1891	CHN	1B	136	0	1407	79	29	86
1891	CHN	C	2	0	2	1	0	0
1892	CHN	1B	146	0	1491	67	44	62
1893	CHN	1B	101	0	997	44	20	59
1894	CHN	1B	83	0	743	47	8	54
1894	CHN	2B	1	0	4	1	0	0
1895	CHN	1B	122	0	1176	60	19	82
1896	CHN	1B	98	0	880	54	16	67
1896	CHN	C	10	0	21	8	4	0
1897	CHN	1B	103	0	933	62	25	67
1897	CHN	C	11	0	36	13	2	2