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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
Schools: 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 Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1871 19 ROK NA 25 122 120 29 39 11 3 0 16 6 2 2 1 .325 .336 .467 .803 133 56 *5/243O
1872 20 ATH NA 46 233 217 60 90 10 7 0 50 6 6 16 3 .415 .455 .525 .980 197 114 *5
1873 21 ATH NA 52 259 254 53 101 9 2 0 36 0 2 5 1 .398 .409 .449 .858 146 114 *35/42O
1874 22 ATH NA 55 263 259 51 87 8 3 0 37 6 0 4 1 .336 .346 .390 .736 126 101 35/O62
1875 23 ATH NA 69 330 326 84 106 15 3 0 58 11 6 4 2 .325 .333 .390 .723 142 127 3O2/5
1876 24 CHC NL 66 321 309 63 110 9 7 2 59 12 8 .356 .380 .450 .830 162 139 *5/2
1877 25 CHC NL 59 264 255 52 86 19 1 0 32 9 3 .337 .360 .420 .779 133 107 *52
1878 26 CHC NL 60 274 261 55 89 12 2 0 40 13 1 .341 .372 .402 .775 148 105 *O/452
1879 27 CHC NL 51 229 227 40 72 20 1 0 34 2 2 .317 .323 .414 .737 135 94 3
1880 28 CHC NL 86 370 356 54 120 24 1 1 74 14 12 .337 .362 .419 .781 157 149 *3/546
1881 29 CHC NL 84 369 343 67 137 21 7 1 82 26 4 .399 .442 .510 .952 191 175 *3/26
1882 30 CHC NL 82 368 348 69 126 29 8 1 83 20 7 .362 .397 .500 .897 180 174 *3/2
1883 31 CHC NL 98 431 413 70 127 36 5 0 68 18 9 .308 .336 .419 .755 120 173 *3/12O
1884 32 CHC NL 112 504 475 108 159 30 3 21 102 29 13 .335 .373 .543 .916 176 258 *3/216
1885 33 CHC NL 112 498 464 100 144 35 7 7 108 34 13 .310 .357 .461 .819 148 214 *3/2
1886 34 CHC NL 125 559 504 117 187 35 11 10 147 29 55 19 .371 .433 .544 .977 178 274 *32
1887 35 CHC NL 122 533 472 107 164 33 13 7 102 27 60 18 .347 .422 .517 .939 146 244 1 *3/2
1888 36 CHC NL 134 563 515 101 177 20 12 12 84 28 47 24 .344 .400 .499 .899 176 257 1 *3
1889 37 CHC NL 134 609 518 100 161 32 7 7 117 27 86 19 .311 .414 .440 .854 134 228 5 *3
1890 38 CHC NL 139 623 504 95 157 14 5 7 107 29 113 23 .312 .443 .401 .844 142 202 6 *3/24
1891 39 CHC NL 136 616 540 81 157 24 8 8 120 17 75 29 .291 .378 .409 .788 124 221 1 *3/2
1892 40 CHC NL 146 630 559 62 152 25 9 1 74 13 67 30 .272 .354 .354 .708 120 198 4 *3
1893 41 CHC NL 103 467 398 70 125 24 2 0 91 13 68 12 .314 .415 .384 .800 110 153 1 *3
1894 42 CHC NL 83 383 340 82 132 28 4 5 99 17 40 15 .388 .457 .538 .995 134 183 3 3/4
1895 43 CHC NL 122 545 474 87 159 23 6 2 91 12 55 23 .335 .408 .422 .830 108 200 3 13 *3
1896 44 CHC NL 108 459 402 72 133 18 2 2 90 24 49 10 .331 .407 .400 .808 110 161 3 5 *32
1897 45 CHC NL 114 497 424 67 121 17 3 3 75 11 60 .285 .379 .361 .740 92 153 4 9 *32
27 Seasons 2523 11319 10277 1996 3418 581 142 97 2076 276 16 983 302 .333 .393 .445 .838 141 4574 32 27
162 Game Avg. 162 727 660 128 219 37 9 6 133 63 .333 .393 .445 .838 141 294
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CHC (22 yrs) 2276 10112 9101 1719 2995 528 124 97 1879 247 952 294 .329 .395 .446 .841 140 4062 32 27
ATH (4 yrs) 222 1085 1056 248 384 42 15 0 181 23 14 29 7 .364 .381 .432 .812 151 456
ROK (1 yr) 25 122 120 29 39 11 3 0 16 6 2 2 1 .325 .336 .467 .803 133 56
NL (22 yrs) 2276 10112 9101 1719 2995 528 124 97 1879 247 952 294 .329 .395 .446 .841 140 4062 32 27
NA (5 yrs) 247 1207 1176 277 423 53 18 0 197 29 16 31 8 .360 .376 .435 .812 149 512

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1885 33 CHC NL WS STL T 7 28 26 8 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 .423 .464 .538 1.003 14 0
1886 34 CHC NL WS STL L 6 25 21 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 .238 .360 .286 .646 6 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 13 53 47 11 16 2 1 0 1 1 6 0 .340 .415 .426 .841 20 0
2 WS 13 53 47 11 16 2 1 0 1 1 6 0 .340 .415 .426 .841 20 0

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1883 31 CHC NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
1884 32 CHC NL 0 1 .000 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 17 4.000 27.0 18.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2 Seasons 0 1 .000 4.50 3 0 3 0 0 1 4.0 4 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 21 72 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 2.3 0.50
162 Game Avg. 0 23 .000 4.50 68 0 68 0 0 23 91 91 113 45 45 45 23 0 0 476 72 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 2.3 0.50

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1872 NA--.415--3rd
1873 NA--.398--2nd
1874 NA--.336--9th
1875 NA--.325--7th
1876 NL--.356--3rd
1877 NL--.337--5th
1878 NL--.341--5th
1879 NL--.317--8th
1880 NL--.337--2nd
1881 NL--.399--1st
1882 NL--.362--2nd
1884 NL--.335--4th
1885 NL--.310--7th
1886 NL--.371--2nd
1887 NL--.347--2nd
1888 NL--.344--1st
1889 NL--.311--10th
1890 NL--.312--7th
1891 NL--.291--9th
1894 NL--.388--7th
Career--.333--30th

On-Base% s c a p y
1872 NA--.455--1st
1873 NA--.409--2nd
1874 NA--.346--8th
1875 NA--.333--6th
1876 NL--.380--3rd
1877 NL--.360--5th
1878 NL--.372--2nd
1880 NL--.362--2nd
1881 NL--.442--1st
1882 NL--.397--2nd
1884 NL--.373--6th
1885 NL--.357--5th
1886 NL--.433--4th
1887 NL--.422--2nd
1888 NL--.400--1st
1889 NL--.414--6th
1890 NL--.443--1st
1891 NL--.378--8th
1894 NL--.457--9th
Career--.393--88th

Slugging % s c a p y
1872 NA--.525--2nd
1873 NA--.449--9th
1876 NL--.450--4th
1877 NL--.420--10th
1880 NL--.419--9th
1881 NL--.510--2nd
1882 NL--.500--4th
1884 NL--.543--3rd
1885 NL--.461--4th
1886 NL--.544--2nd
1887 NL--.517--5th
1888 NL--.499--2nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1872 NA--.980--2nd
1873 NA--.858--5th
1876 NL--.830--3rd
1877 NL--.779--7th
1878 NL--.775--8th
1879 NL--.737--10th
1880 NL--.781--4th
1881 NL--.952--1st
1882 NL--.897--2nd
1884 NL--.916--3rd
1885 NL--.819--4th
1886 NL--.977--3rd
1887 NL--.939--3rd
1888 NL--.899--1st
1889 NL--.854--9th
1890 NL--.844--3rd
1891 NL--.788--9th
1894 NL--.995--10th
Career--.838--206th

Games Played s c a p y
1880 NL--86--2nd
1883 NL--98--9th
1885 NL--112--3rd
1886 NL--125--3rd
1888 NL--134--8th
1889 NL--134--7th
1890 NL--139--1st
1891 NL--136--10th
Career--2523--46th

At Bats s c a p y
1876 NL--309--8th
1880 NL--356--6th
1884 NL--475--6th
1885 NL--464--4th
1886 NL--504--2nd
Career--10277--19th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1876 NL--321--6th
1878 NL--274--9th
1880 NL--370--6th
1881 NL--369--9th
1884 NL--504--7th
1885 NL--498--5th
1886 NL--559--2nd
1888 NL--563--8th
1889 NL--609--6th
1890 NL--623--6th
Career--11319--26th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1875 NA--84--6th
1876 NL--63--6th
1877 NL--52--7th
1878 NL--55--4th
1881 NL--67--6th
1882 NL--69--9th
1884 NL--108--5th
1885 NL--100--6th
1886 NL--117--5th
1888 NL--101--4th
Career--1996--8th

Hits s c a p y
1872 NA--90--5th
1873 NA--101--5th
1876 NL--110--3rd
1877 NL--86--7th
1878 NL--89--7th
1880 NL--120--2nd
1881 NL--137--1st
1882 NL--126--2nd
1884 NL--159--5th
1885 NL--144--3rd
1886 NL--187--2nd
1887 NL--164--7th
1888 NL--177--2nd
1889 NL--161--10th
1890 NL--157--9th
1891 NL--157--9th
Career--3418--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1872 NA--114--6th
1873 NA--114--10th
1876 NL--139--3rd
1877 NL--107--10th
1878 NL--105--10th
1880 NL--149--6th
1881 NL--175--1st
1882 NL--174--4th
1884 NL--258--2nd
1885 NL--214--4th
1886 NL--274--2nd
1887 NL--244--6th
1888 NL--257--3rd
1891 NL--221--9th
Career--4574--38th

Doubles s c a p y
1871 NA--11--1st
1875 NA--15--9th
1877 NL--19--1st
1878 NL--12--8th
1879 NL--20--8th
1880 NL--24--3rd
1881 NL--21--8th
1882 NL--29--2nd
1883 NL--36--4th
1884 NL--30--3rd
1885 NL--35--1st
1886 NL--35--2nd
1887 NL--33--4th
1889 NL--32--6th
1891 NL--24--10th
Career--581--18th

Triples s c a p y
1872 NA--7--2nd
1876 NL--7--5th
1881 NL--7--9th
1886 NL--11--8th
1888 NL--12--7th
Career--142--62nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1876 NL--2--3rd
1884 NL--21--4th
1885 NL--7--3rd
1886 NL--10--3rd
1888 NL--12--3rd
1890 NL--7--5th
1891 NL--8--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1872 NA--50--2nd
1875 NA--58--8th
1876 NL--59--2nd
1878 NL--40--3rd
1880 NL--74--1st
1881 NL--82--1st
1882 NL--83--1st
1883 NL--68--4th
1884 NL--102--1st
1885 NL--108--1st
1886 NL--147--1st
1887 NL--102--3rd
1888 NL--84--1st
1889 NL--117--3rd
1890 NL--107--2nd
1891 NL--120--1st
Career--2076--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1872 NA--16--2nd
1876 NL--12--4th
1877 NL--9--6th
1878 NL--13--3rd
1881 NL--26--7th
1886 NL--55--9th
1887 NL--60--6th
1888 NL--47--9th
1889 NL--86--4th
1890 NL--113--1st
1891 NL--75--7th
Career--983--114th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1874 NA--6--9th
Career--276--181st

Singles s c a p y
1872 NA--73--6th
1873 NA--90--4th
1874 NA--76--10th
1876 NL--92--3rd
1877 NL--66--10th
1878 NL--75--5th
1880 NL--94--1st
1881 NL--108--1st
1882 NL--88--5th
1884 NL--105--8th
1886 NL--131--2nd
1887 NL--111--7th
1888 NL--133--1st
1890 NL--131--4th
Career--2598--4th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1872 NA--197--2nd
1873 NA--146--6th
1876 NL--162--4th
1877 NL--133--9th
1878 NL--148--9th
1880 NL--157--4th
1881 NL--191--1st
1882 NL--180--4th
1884 NL--176--3rd
1885 NL--148--9th
1886 NL--178--4th
1887 NL--146--6th
1888 NL--176--2nd
1889 NL--134--10th
1890 NL--142--7th
1891 NL--124--10th
Career--141--68th

Runs Created s c a p y
1872 NA--50--2nd
1873 NA--46--5th
1876 NL--53--3rd
1877 NL--39--7th
1878 NL--39--6th
1880 NL--54--4th
1881 NL--77--1st
1882 NL--69--2nd
1884 NL--96--2nd
1885 NL--76--4th
1886 NL--119--2nd
1887 NL--103--3rd
1888 NL--102--2nd
1889 NL--93--8th
1890 NL--88--2nd
1891 NL--83--6th
Career--1790--35th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1872 NA--25--2nd
1873 NA--15--5th
1876 NL--21--4th
1877 NL--11--9th
1878 NL--14--8th
1880 NL--22--4th
1881 NL--37--1st
1882 NL--32--2nd
1884 NL--42--2nd
1885 NL--27--5th
1886 NL--52--3rd
1887 NL--33--4th
1888 NL--46--3rd
1889 NL--28--6th
1890 NL--36--2nd
1891 NL--18--8th
Career--569--28th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1872 NA--2.4--2nd
1873 NA--1.4--4th
1876 NL--2.3--4th
1877 NL--1.2--9th
1878 NL--1.6--7th
1880 NL--2.6--3rd
1881 NL--4.0--1st
1882 NL--3.5--2nd
1884 NL--4.5--2nd
1885 NL--3.0--5th
1886 NL--5.5--3rd
1887 NL--3.3--4th
1888 NL--5.2--3rd
1889 NL--2.8--6th
1890 NL--3.8--2nd
1891 NL--1.9--8th
Career--59.9--21st

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1871 NA--14--9th
1872 NA--17--8th
1877 NL--20--7th
1880 NL--26--10th
1881 NL--29--8th
1882 NL--38--6th
1884 NL--54--1st
1885 NL--49--3rd
1886 NL--56--2nd
1887 NL--53--6th
1888 NL--44--6th
1889 NL--46--9th
1891 NL--40--10th
Career--820--85th

Times On Base s c a p y
1872 NA--106--2nd
1873 NA--106--6th
1876 NL--122--2nd
1877 NL--95--7th
1878 NL--102--2nd
1880 NL--134--2nd
1881 NL--163--1st
1882 NL--146--2nd
1884 NL--188--7th
1885 NL--178--6th
1886 NL--242--3rd
1887 NL--225--3rd
1888 NL--225--2nd
1889 NL--252--5th
1890 NL--276--1st
1891 NL--233--6th
Career--4433--21st

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1872 NA--.807--2nd
1873 NA--.721--5th
1874 NA--.647--10th
1875 NA--.680--9th
1876 NL--.782--3rd
1877 NL--.707--6th
1878 NL--.743--6th
1879 NL--.677--10th
1880 NL--.769--4th
1881 NL--.861--1st
1882 NL--.819--2nd
1884 NL--.808--3rd
1885 NL--.757--4th
1886 NL--.854--3rd
1887 NL--.776--3rd
1888 NL--.837--1st
1889 NL--.701--8th
1890 NL--.725--4th
1891 NL--.665--8th
1894 NL--.733--8th
Career--.721--50th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1872 NA--6--2nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1886 NL--14.9--2nd
1888 NL--16.8--5th
1890 NL--11.3--7th
Career--143.6--188th

AB per SO s c a p y
1873 NA--254.000--7th
1874 NA--259.000--3rd
1875 NA--163.000--5th
1877 NL--85.000--3rd
1878 NL--261.000--1st
1879 NL--113.500--1st
1880 NL--29.667--8th
1881 NL--85.750--1st
1882 NL--49.714--3rd
1883 NL--45.889--1st
1884 NL--36.538--1st
1885 NL--35.692--6th
1886 NL--26.526--4th
1888 NL--21.458--9th
1889 NL--27.263--8th
1890 NL--21.913--8th
1896 NL--40.200--8th
Career--32.630--16th

AB per HR s c a p y
1876 NL--154.500--9th
1884 NL--22.619--3rd
1885 NL--66.286--6th
1886 NL--50.400--3rd
1888 NL--42.917--3rd
1890 NL--72.000--9th
1891 NL--67.500--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
Career--6902--54th

Saves s c a p y
1883 NL--1--3rd
1884 NL--0--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1884 NL--0--1st

Games Finished s c a p y
1883 NL--2--10th

Oldest s c a p y
1887 NL--born 1852-04-17--7th
1888 NL--born 1852-04-17--6th
1889 NL--born 1852-04-17--3rd
1890 NL--born 1852-04-17--1st
1891 NL--born 1852-04-17--3rd
1892 NL--born 1852-04-17--2nd
1893 NL--born 1852-04-17--2nd
1894 NL--born 1852-04-17--1st
1895 NL--born 1852-04-17--1st
1896 NL--born 1852-04-17--1st
1897 NL--born 1852-04-17--1st

Youngest s c a p y
1871 NA--born 1852-04-17--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 52 (24), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 358 (5), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 6 (1821), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 182 (54), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 64 (23), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Paul Waner (786) *
  2. Tris Speaker (758) *
  3. Honus Wagner (754) *
  4. Jake Beckley (743) *
  5. Paul Molitor (729) *
  6. Tony Gwynn (727) *
  7. Nap Lajoie (723) *
  8. Sam Crawford (720) *
  9. Rod Carew (698) *
  10. Sam Rice (692) *
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  1. Denny Lyons (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Willie Keeler (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tuck Turner (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pete Browning (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Cal McVey (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Cal McVey (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Wade Boggs (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim O'Rourke (912) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim O'Rourke (903) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim O'Rourke (887) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Earle Combs (877) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Earle Combs (887) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Pete Browning (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Sam Thompson (869) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Sam Thompson (865) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Sam Thompson (864) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Hugh Duffy (854) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Hugh Duffy (864) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Hugh Duffy (847) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Jimmy Ryan (831)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Paul Waner (801) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  22. Paul Waner (810) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  23. Sam Rice (740) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  24. Sam Rice (728) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  25. Jim O'Rourke (646) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1876 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Stockings.

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