Cap Anson Stats

Cap Anson was born on Saturday, April 17, 1852, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Anson was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 6, 1876, with the Chicago White Stockings. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Cap Anson baseball stats page.
"The very name 'Cap Anson' is synonymous with 19th century baseball. The slugging first baseman-manager of the Chicago White Stockings batted better than .300 19 times in his 22-year major league career." - National Baseball Hall of Fame

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Cap Anson
 
 
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Birth Name:   Adrian Constantine Anson
Nickname:   Cap or Pop
Born On:   04-17-1852
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Marshalltown, Iowa
Zodiac:   Aries
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-14-1922
Place of Death Data Died In:   Chicago, Illinois
Cemetery:   Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois Click For Grave Photo
College:   Notre Dame (DNP) & Iowa (DNP)
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00
Player Weight Chart Weight:   227
First Game:   05-06-1876 (Age 24)
Last Game:   10-03-1897
Draft:   Not Applicable
Cap Anson

Cap Anson Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1883 White Stockings 2 0 2 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 3.0 12 1 0 1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 -
1884 White Stockings 1 0 1 0 1 .000 18.00 0 0 0 1.0 9 3 2 4 2 1 - 1 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 3 0 3 0 1 .000 4.50 0 0 1 4.0 21 4 2 5 2 2 - 1 0 0 0 -
Cap Anson

Cap Anson Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1876 White Stockings 66 309 63 110 9 7 2 0 59 12 - 8 - - 0 - .356 .380 .450
1877 White Stockings 59 255 52 86 19 1 0 0 32 9 - 3 - - 0 - .337 .360 .420
1878 White Stockings 60 261 55 89 12 2 0 0 40 13 - 1 - - 0 - .341 .372 .402
1879 White Stockings 51 227 40 72 20 1 0 0 34 2 - 2 - - 0 - .317 .323 .414
1880 White Stockings 86 356 54 120 24 1 1 0 74 14 - 12 - - 0 - .337 .362 .419
1881 White Stockings 84 343 67 137 21 7 1 0 82 26 - 4 - - 0 - .399 .442 .510
1882 White Stockings 82 348 69 126 29 8 1 0 83 20 - 7 - - 0 - .362 .397 .500
1883 White Stockings 98 413 70 127 36 5 0 0 68 18 - 9 - - 0 - .308 .336 .419
1884 White Stockings 112 475 108 159 30 3 21 0 102 29 - 13 - - 0 - .335 .373 .543
1885 White Stockings 112 464 100 144 35 7 7 0 108 34 - 13 - - 0 - .310 .357 .461
1886 White Stockings 125 504 117 187 35 11 10 0 147 55 - 19 - - 0 - .371 .433 .544
1887 White Stockings 122 472 107 164 33 13 7 0 102 60 - 18 - - 1 - .347 .422 .390
1888 White Stockings 134 515 101 177 20 12 12 0 84 47 - 24 - - 1 - .344 .400 .499
1889 White Stockings 134 518 100 161 32 7 7 0 117 86 - 19 - - 5 - .311 .414 .440
1890 Colts 139 504 95 157 14 5 7 0 107 113 - 23 - - 6 - .312 .443 .401
1891 Colts 136 540 81 157 24 8 8 0 120 75 - 29 - - 1 - .291 .378 .409
1892 Colts 146 559 62 152 25 9 1 0 74 67 - 30 - - 4 - .272 .354 .354
1893 Colts 103 398 70 125 24 2 0 0 91 68 - 12 - - 1 - .314 .415 .384
1894 Colts 83 340 82 132 28 4 5 1 99 40 - 15 7 - 3 - .388 .457 .538
1895 Colts 122 474 87 159 23 6 2 0 91 55 - 23 13 - 3 - .335 .408 .422
1896 Colts 108 402 72 133 18 2 2 0 90 49 - 10 5 - 3 - .331 .407 .400
1897 Colts 114 424 67 121 17 3 3 0 75 60 - - 9 - 4 - .285 .379 .361
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
22 Years 2,276 9,101 1,719 2,995 528 124 97 1 1,879 952 - 294 34 - 32 - .329 .395 .446
Cap Anson

Cap Anson Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1876 White Stockings 3B 66 - - 332 5.0 282 135 147 50 8 n/a n/a n/a .849 0.00 -
1876 White Stockings C 2 - - 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1 - - 1.000 0.00 -
1877 White Stockings 3B 40 - - 171 4.3 151 74 77 20 9 n/a n/a n/a .883 0.00 -
1877 White Stockings C 31 - - 166 5.4 144 103 41 22 5 26 - - .867 0.00 -
1878 White Stockings 2B 9 - - 55 6.1 48 22 26 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .873 0.00 -
1878 White Stockings 3B 3 - - 8 2.7 5 0 5 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .625 0.00 -
1878 White Stockings C 3 - - 19 6.3 18 13 5 1 3 11 - - .947 0.00 -
1878 White Stockings OF 48 - - 80 1.7 66 60 6 14 0 n/a n/a n/a .825 0.00 -
1879 White Stockings 1B 51 - - 644 12.6 628 620 8 16 26 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1880 White Stockings 1B 81 - - 901 11.1 881 866 15 20 28 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00 -
1880 White Stockings 2B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1880 White Stockings 3B 9 - - 32 3.6 28 14 14 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .875 0.00 -
1880 White Stockings SS 1 - - 4 4.0 3 2 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 -
1881 White Stockings 1B 84 - - 959 11.4 935 892 43 24 48 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1881 White Stockings C 2 - - 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 - - 1.000 0.00 -
1881 White Stockings SS 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1882 White Stockings 1B 82 - - 882 10.8 837 810 27 45 42 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00 -
1882 White Stockings C 1 - - 4 4.0 3 3 0 1 0 0 - - .750 0.00 -
1883 White Stockings 1B 98 - - 1,112 11.3 1,072 1,031 41 40 59 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1883 White Stockings C 1 - - 4 4.0 2 2 0 2 0 1 - - .500 0.00 -
1883 White Stockings P 2 0 9 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00 -
1883 White Stockings RF 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1884 White Stockings 1B 112 - - 1,309 11.7 1,251 1,211 40 58 86 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 -
1884 White Stockings C 3 - - 11 3.7 8 4 4 3 0 2 - - .727 0.00 -
1884 White Stockings P 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00 -
1884 White Stockings SS 1 - - 5 5.0 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00 -
1885 White Stockings 1B 112 - - 1,349 12.0 1,292 1,253 39 57 62 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00 -
1885 White Stockings C 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 2 - - 1.000 0.00 -
1886 White Stockings 1B 125 - - 1,302 10.4 1,254 1,188 66 48 69 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 -
1886 White Stockings C 12 - - 55 4.6 50 32 18 5 1 9 - - .909 0.00 -
1887 White Stockings 1B 122 - - 1,338 11.0 1,302 1,232 70 36 75 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1887 White Stockings C 1 - - 2 2.0 1 1 0 1 0 1 - - .500 0.00 -
1888 White Stockings 1B 134 - - 1,399 10.4 1,379 1,314 65 20 85 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00 -
1889 White Stockings 1B 134 - - 1,515 11.3 1,488 1,409 79 27 73 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00 -
1890 Colts 1B 135 - - 1,425 10.6 1,394 1,345 49 31 61 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00 -
1890 Colts 2B 2 - - 13 6.5 12 7 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00 -
1890 Colts C 3 - - 11 3.7 11 9 2 0 0 4 - - 1.000 0.00 -
1891 Colts 1B 136 - - 1,515 11.1 1,486 1,407 79 29 86 n/a n/a n/a .981 0.00 -
1891 Colts C 2 - - 3 1.5 3 2 1 0 0 0 - - 1.000 0.00 -
1892 Colts 1B 146 - - 1,602 11.0 1,558 1,491 67 44 62 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1893 Colts 1B 101 - - 1,061 10.5 1,041 997 44 20 59 n/a n/a n/a .981 0.00 -
1894 Colts 1B 82 - - 794 9.7 786 739 47 8 52 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00 -
1894 Colts 2B 1 - - 5 5.0 5 4 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1895 Colts 1B 122 - - 1,255 10.3 1,236 1,176 60 19 82 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1896 Colts 1B 98 - - 950 9.7 934 880 54 16 67 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 -
1896 Colts C 10 - - 33 3.3 29 21 8 4 0 0 - - .879 0.00 -
1897 Colts 1B 103 - - 1,020 9.9 995 933 62 25 67 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1897 Colts C 11 - - 51 4.6 49 36 13 2 2 6 - - .961 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1B Totals 2,058 0 0 22,332 10.9 21,749 20,794 955 583 1,189 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00 --
3B Totals 118 0 0 543 4.6 466 223 243 77 18 n/a n/a n/a .858 0.00 --
C Totals 83 0 0 365 4.4 324 232 92 41 11 63 n/a n/a .888 0.00 --
OF Totals 48 0 0 80 1.7 66 60 6 14 0 n/a n/a n/a .825 0.00 --
2B Totals 13 0 0 73 5.6 65 33 32 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .890 0.00 --
P Totals 3 0 12 2 0.7 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50 --
SS Totals 3 0 0 9 3.0 7 3 4 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .778 0.00 --
RF Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
22 Years 2,327 0 12 23,405 10.1 22,680 21,346 1,334 725 1,222 63 n/a n/a .969 51,030.00 --
Cap Anson

Cap Anson Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1876 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 154.5 38.6 5.2 - - -
1877 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 0.0 85.0 8.0 - - -
1878 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 0.0 261.0 6.5 - - -
1879 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 0.0 113.5 6.7 - - -
1880 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 356.0 29.7 4.8 - - -
1881 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 343.0 85.8 4.2 - - -
1882 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 348.0 49.7 4.2 - - -
1883 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 0.0 45.9 6.1 0.00 0.00 3.00
1884 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 22.6 36.5 4.7 1.00 9.00 9.00
1885 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 66.3 35.7 4.3 - - -
1886 White Stockings 29 - - - - n/a 50.4 26.5 3.4 - - -
1887 White Stockings 27 - - - - n/a 67.4 26.2 4.6 - - -
1888 White Stockings 28 - - - - n/a 42.9 21.5 6.1 - - -
1889 White Stockings 27 - - - - n/a 74.0 27.3 4.4 - - -
1890 Colts 29 - - - - n/a 72.0 21.9 4.7 - - -
1891 Colts 17 - - - - n/a 67.5 18.6 4.5 - - -
1892 Colts 13 - - - - n/a 559.0 18.6 7.6 - - -
1893 Colts 13 - - - - n/a 0.0 33.2 4.4 - - -
1894 Colts 17 - - - - n/a 68.0 22.7 3.4 - - -
1895 Colts 12 - - - - n/a 237.0 20.6 5.2 - - -
1896 Colts 24 - - - - n/a 201.0 40.2 4.5 - - -
1897 Colts 11 - - - - n/a 141.3 0.0 5.7 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
22 Years 247 - - - - n/a 93.8 31.0 4.8 0.50 2.25 4.50
Cap Anson

Cap Anson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1876 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1877 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1878 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1879 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1880 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1894 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1895 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a


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