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Cap Anson

Manager

Adrian Constantine Anson

2288 Games
1296-947 Record
0.578 Win%
21 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats R
Throws R
Born 4/17/1852
Marshalltown, IA, USA
Died 4/14/1922
Chicago, IL, USA
MLB Debut 1871-05-06
Final Game 1897-10-03

📊 Career Record

2288 Games Managed
1296 Wins
947 Losses
0.578 Win Percentage

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

21 seasons
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Cap Anson — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year Team Lg G W L Win% Rank P-M
1875 PH1 8 4 2 0.667 2 Y
1879 CHN NL 64 41 21 0.661 4 Y
1880 CHN NL 86 67 17 0.798 1st 🏆 Y
1881 CHN NL 84 56 28 0.667 1st 🏆 Y
1882 CHN NL 84 55 29 0.655 1st 🏆 Y
1883 CHN NL 98 59 39 0.602 2 Y
1884 CHN NL 113 62 50 0.554 5 Y
1885 CHN NL 113 87 25 0.777 1st 🏆 Y
1886 CHN NL 126 90 34 0.726 1st 🏆 Y
1887 CHN NL 127 71 50 0.587 3 Y
1888 CHN NL 136 77 58 0.570 2 Y
1889 CHN NL 136 67 65 0.508 3 Y
1890 CHN NL 139 84 53 0.613 2 Y
1891 CHN NL 137 82 53 0.607 2 Y
1892 CHN NL 147 70 76 0.479 7 Y
1893 CHN NL 128 56 71 0.441 9 Y
1894 CHN NL 137 57 75 0.432 8 Y
1895 CHN NL 133 72 58 0.554 4 Y
1896 CHN NL 132 71 57 0.555 5 Y
1897 CHN NL 138 59 73 0.447 9 Y
1898 NY1 NL 22 9 13 0.409 7 N

Cap Anson as a manager

Cap Anson managed 2288 major league games between 1875 and 1898, winning 1296 and losing 947 for a .578 percentage. The season table runs through the Philadelphia Athletics (1875), the Chicago White Stockings (1879-1889), the Chicago Colts (1890-1897), and the New York Giants (1898). The best full season was 1880, 67-17 with the Chicago White Stockings. The weakest full season was 1894, at 57-75. With the Chicago Colts (1890-1897), the finishes read 2nd, 2nd, 7th, 9th, 8th, 4th, 5th, and 9th. The first season in the table, 1875, ended 4-2; the last, 1898, ended 9-13.

The Rank column shows first-place finishes in 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885, and 1886. The Lg column places these seasons in the National League. Some stints began mid-season, in 1875 and 1898. Anson was a player-manager in 1897, 1896, 1895, 1894, 1893, 1892 and earlier years back to 1875. The personal information panel gives a birth date of April 17, 1852 in Marshalltown, IA, USA. Anson died on April 14, 1922. Anson also played in the majors, from 1871 to 1897, as the player page shows.

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