Cap Anson
Adrian Constantine Anson (Pop, Uncle or Captain)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 227 lb.

Born: April 17, 1852 in Marshalltown, IA
High School: Marshalltown (Marshalltown, IA)
School: University of Notre Dame (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1871
Final Game: October 3, 1897
Died: April 14, 1922 in Chicago, IL
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1939.
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1871 ROK NA 19 3B 20 118 38 52 28 2 .763 4.50 .675 3.56
1871 ROK NA 19 C 5 18 10 0 8 0 .556 2.00 .894 4.08 0
1871 ROK NA 19 2B 2 8 3 4 1 0 .875 3.50 .812 5.55
1871 ROK NA 19 1B 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 .929 10.20
1871 ROK NA 19 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1-0-0
1872 ATH NA 20 3B 46 230 89 84 57 5 .752 3.76 .759 4.31
1873 ATH NA 21 1B 36 439 396 9 34 19 .923 11.25 .928 10.20
1873 ATH NA 21 3B 11 53 27 16 10 1 .811 3.91 .719 4.35
1873 ATH NA 21 2B 3 16 4 5 7 1 .563 3.00 .888 5.47
1873 ATH NA 21 C 3 9 7 1 1 0 .889 2.67 .833 4.60 0
1873 ATH NA 21 OF 3 8 6 1 1 0 .875 2.33 .788 1.90 0-3-0
1874 ATH NA 22 1B 24 250 229 5 16 9 .936 9.75 .932 10.21
1874 ATH NA 22 3B 20 92 38 33 21 2 .772 3.55 .753 4.22
1874 ATH NA 22 OF 8 16 11 1 4 0 .750 1.50 .812 1.89 0-0-8
1874 ATH NA 22 SS 6 31 5 18 8 0 .742 3.83 .797 4.48
1874 ATH NA 22 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 0
1875 ATH NA 23 1B 32 307 269 14 24 13 .922 8.84 .937 10.28
1875 ATH NA 23 OF 25 65 40 13 12 5 .815 2.12 .818 1.77 0-2-23
1875 ATH NA 23 C 13 70 41 14 15 1 .786 4.23 .831 5.20 0
1875 ATH NA 23 3B 5 13 2 8 3 1 .769 2.00 .762 3.54
1876 CHC NL 24 3B 66 332 135 147 50 8 .849 4.27 .797 3.63
1876 CHC NL 24 C 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .750 5.40 1
1877 CHC NL 25 3B 40 171 74 77 20 9 .883 3.78 .833 3.49
1877 CHC NL 25 C 31 166 103 41 22 5 .867 4.65 .877 5.72 26
1878 CHC NL 26 OF 48 80 60 6 14 0 .825 1.38 .836 1.72 45-3-0
1878 CHC NL 26 2B 9 55 22 26 7 4 .873 5.33 .875 6.31
1878 CHC NL 26 3B 3 8 0 5 3 0 .625 1.67 .900 3.47
1878 CHC NL 26 C 3 19 13 5 1 3 .947 6.00 .884 6.53 11
1879 CHC NL 27 1B 51 644 620 8 16 26 .975 12.31 .952 10.89
1880 CHC NL 28 1B 81 901 866 15 20 28 .978 10.88 .958 10.24
1880 CHC NL 28 3B 9 32 14 14 4 1 .875 3.11 .853 3.31
1880 CHC NL 28 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.30
1880 CHC NL 28 SS 1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 .900 4.30
1881 CHC NL 29 1B 84 959 892 43 24 48 .975 11.13 .959 10.43
1881 CHC NL 29 C 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.95 0
1881 CHC NL 29 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60
1882 CHC NL 30 1B 82 882 810 27 45 42 .949 10.21 .958 10.30
1882 CHC NL 30 C 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 .925 6.50 0
1883 CHC NL 31 1B 98 1112 1031 41 40 59 .964 10.94 .961 10.20
1883 CHC NL 31 P 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 1.95
1883 CHC NL 31 C 1 4 2 0 2 0 .500 2.00 .925 5.80 1
1883 CHC NL 31 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .800 1.90 0-0-1
1884 CHC NL 32 1B 112 1309 1211 40 58 86 .956 11.17 .962 8.93
1884 CHC NL 32 C 3 11 4 4 3 0 .727 2.67 .918 7.03 2
1884 CHC NL 32 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.10
1884 CHC NL 32 SS 1 5 1 3 1 0 .800 4.00 .880 4.20
1885 CHC NL 33 1B 112 1349 1253 39 57 62 .958 11.54 .970 8.93
1885 CHC NL 33 C 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .900 6.40 2
1886 CHC NL 34 1B 125 1302 1188 66 48 69 .963 10.03 .968 8.00
1886 CHC NL 34 C 12 55 32 18 5 1 .909 4.17 .918 6.74 9
1887 CHC NL 35 1B 122 1338 1232 70 36 75 .973 10.67 .974 8.20
1887 CHC NL 35 C 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .950 5.90 1
1888 CHC NL 36 1B 134 1399 1314 65 20 85 .986 10.29 .977 7.46
1889 CHC NL 37 1B 134 1515 1409 79 27 73 .982 11.10 .974 7.46
1890 CHC NL 38 1B 135 1425 1345 49 31 61 .978 10.33 .976 7.41
1890 CHC NL 38 C 3 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 3.67 .918 6.03 4
1890 CHC NL 38 2B 2 13 7 5 1 0 .923 6.00 .923 5.45
1891 CHC NL 39 1B 136 1515 1407 79 29 86 .981 10.93 .978 7.35
1891 CHC NL 39 C 2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 .933 5.45 0
1892 CHC NL 40 1B 146 1602 1491 67 44 62 .973 10.67 .976 6.85
1893 CHC NL 41 1B 101 1061 997 44 20 59 .981 10.31 .978 9.90
1894 CHC NL 42 1B 82 794 739 47 8 52 .990 9.59 .976 9.54
1894 CHC NL 42 2B 1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 .920 5.70
1895 CHC NL 43 1B 122 1255 1176 60 19 82 .985 10.13 .978 8.20
1896 CHC NL 44 1B 98 950 880 54 16 67 .983 9.53 .980 10.20
1896 CHC NL 44 C 10 33 21 8 4 0 .879 2.90 .945 4.33 0
1897 CHC NL 45 1B 103 1020 933 62 25 67 .975 9.66 .980 9.71
1897 CHC NL 45 C 11 51 36 13 2 2 .961 4.45 .947 4.54 6
23 Seasons 1B 2151 23335 21695 983 657 1230 .972 10.54 .970 8.76
9 Seasons 3B 220 1049 417 436 196 29 .813 3.88 .775 3.81
18 Seasons C 105 462 290 107 65 12 .859 3.78 .891 5.48 63
6 Seasons OF 86 170 118 21 31 5 .818 1.62 .825 1.76 46-8-32
6 Seasons 2B 18 97 40 41 16 5 .835 4.50 .880 5.96
4 Seasons SS 9 40 8 22 10 0 .750 3.33 .818 4.44
2 Seasons P 3 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 .900 2.00
27 Seasons TOT 2592 25155 22568 1612 975 1281 .961 9.33 .920 7.93 46-8-32 63
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1871 ROK NA 19 25 25 25 0 5 1 2 20 0 1 0 0 1
1872 ATH NA 20 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0
1873 ATH NA 21 52 52 52 0 3 36 3 11 0 0 3 0 3
1874 ATH NA 22 55 55 55 0 1 24 0 20 6 0 0 8 8
1875 ATH NA 23 69 69 69 0 13 32 0 5 0 0 2 23 25
1876 CHC NL 24 66 66 66 0 2 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0
1877 CHC NL 25 59 59 59 0 31 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0
1878 CHC NL 26 60 60 60 0 3 0 9 3 0 45 3 0 48
1879 CHC NL 27 51 51 51 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1880 CHC NL 28 86 86 86 0 0 81 1 9 1 0 0 0 0
1881 CHC NL 29 84 84 84 0 2 84 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1882 CHC NL 30 82 82 82 0 1 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1883 CHC NL 31 98 98 98 2 1 98 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1884 CHC NL 32 112 112 112 1 3 112 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1885 CHC NL 33 112 112 112 0 1 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1886 CHC NL 34 125 125 125 0 12 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1887 CHC NL 35 122 122 122 0 1 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1888 CHC NL 36 134 134 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1889 CHC NL 37 134 134 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1890 CHC NL 38 139 139 139 0 3 135 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1891 CHC NL 39 136 136 136 0 2 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1892 CHC NL 40 146 146 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1893 CHC NL 41 103 103 103 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1894 CHC NL 42 83 83 83 0 0 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1895 CHC NL 43 122 122 122 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1896 CHC NL 44 108 108 108 0 10 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1897 CHC NL 45 114 114 114 0 11 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Seasons 2523 2523 2523 3 105 2151 18 220 9 46 8 32 86
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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