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Major League Baseball Stats
 
Batting Stats
GamesAt BatsHitsAverageSlugging %
2,52410,2813,4350.3340.447
 
Pitching Stats
GamesInningsWinsLosesTiesW/L%ERA
34.000110.0004.500
 
Managing Stats
GamesWinsLosesTiesW/L%
2,2881,295947460.578
 
Notable Accomplishments
Batting Title: 1879, 1881, 1887, 1888
Cap Anson
(Adrian  Constantine  Anson)
"Pop"
Born: April 17, 1852        Died: April 14, 1922 (70 yrs.)
 
Year of Induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame
1939
 
Induction Position/Capacity
1st Base
 
 
 
 
 
Bats
Right
Throws
Right
Seasons1st GameLast Game
27May 6, 1871October 3, 1897
 
Positions Played/Held
1st Base
Pitcher
Catcher
2nd Base
3rd Base
Shortstop
Left Field
Center Field
Right Field
Manager
 
Teams as Player
Rockford Forest Citys (1871)
Philadelphia Athletics (1872-1875)
Chicago White Stockings (1876-1897)
 
Teams as Manager
Philadelphia Athletics (1875)
Chicago White Stockings (1879-1889)
Chicago Colts (1890-1897)
New York Giants (1898)
 
 
 
Cards and Other Memorabilia
Cap Anson - Estimated Sets: 170 | DB Records: 25 | Images: 10
 
1886  Lorillard's Plug Tobacco
Team Photo Schedules
Chicago White Stockings (Anson) 

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 1887  Allen & Ginter
The World's Champions (N28)
Adrian C. Anson 

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 1887  Buchner
Gold Coin Tobacco Cards (N284)
Cap Anson (Hands Outstretched) 

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1887  Tobin
Lithographic Trade Cards - Color (H801)
"Oh Come Off" (Cap Anson) 

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 1888  August Beck & Company
Yum Yum Tobacco Cards (N403)
Cap Anson (batting) 

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 1888  Goodwin Company
Champions (N162)
Cap Anson 

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1888  Green & Blackwell
Chewing Gum Cards (E223)
Cap Anson 

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 1889  Goodwin Company
Circular Album Baseball Cards (A35)
Cap Anson 

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 1894 - 1895  Mayo
Cut Plug Tobacco (N300)
Cap Anson 

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1898 - 1899  National Copper Plate Co.
Portfolio of Prominent Baseball Players
A.C. Anson, Chicago  (#2)

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