Cap Anson

First Baseman · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1871-1897)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1939
AVG .334
HR 97
RBI 2,075
H 3,435
OPS .841
PIV 52,242
Position
First Baseman
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'0" / 227 lb
Born
4/17/1852 in Marshalltown, IA, USA
Died
4/14/1922 in Chicago, IL, USA
MLB Debut
1871-05-06
Last Game
1897-10-03
Hall of Fame
Inducted 1939 (Veterans)

Full name: Adrian Constantine Anson

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Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
2,524 10,281 1,999 3,435 582 142 97 2,075 277 984 330 .334 .394 .447 .841 52,242

Career AVG .334 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — +27.0% above league average.

Career OBP .394 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — +24.4% above league average.

Career SLG .447 vs. league average .351 across their career seasons — +27.1% above league average.

Career OPS .841 vs. league average .668 across their career seasons — +25.9% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1871 RC1 25 120 29 39 11 3 0 16 6 2 1 .325 .286 (+13%) .311 (+8%) .383 (+22%) .695 (+15%) 262.5
1872 PH1 46 217 60 90 10 7 0 48 6 16 3 .415 .285 (+45%) .296 (+53%) .347 (+51%) .644 (+52%) 1828.6
1873 PH1 52 254 53 101 9 2 0 36 1 5 2 .398 .290 (+37%) .304 (+35%) .357 (+26%) .661 (+30%) 1249.3
1874 PH1 55 260 51 87 8 3 0 37 6 4 1 .335 .273 (+22%) .282 (+22%) .333 (+17%) .615 (+19%) 764.7
1875 PH1 69 326 84 106 15 3 0 58 11 4 2 .325 .253 (+28%) .260 (+28%) .309 (+26%) .570 (+27%) 1252.0
1876 CHN NL 66 309 63 110 9 7 2 59 0 12 8 .356 .265 (+34%) .277 (+37%) .320 (+40%) .598 (+39%) 1819.0
1877 CHN NL 59 255 52 86 19 1 0 32 0 9 3 .337 .271 (+24%) .289 (+24%) .337 (+24%) .626 (+24%) 980.9
1878 CHN NL 60 261 55 89 12 2 0 40 0 13 1 .341 .259 (+31%) .278 (+34%) .319 (+26%) .597 (+30%) 1210.8
1879 CHN NL 51 227 40 72 20 1 0 34 0 2 2 .317 .255 (+24%) .270 (+19%) .328 (+26%) .599 (+23%) 726.2
1880 CHN NL 86 356 54 120 24 1 1 74 0 14 12 .337 .244 (+38%) .267 (+36%) .319 (+31%) .586 (+33%) 1854.2
1881 CHN NL 84 343 67 137 21 7 1 82 0 26 4 .399 .260 (+54%) .290 (+52%) .338 (+51%) .628 (+52%) 2994.4
1882 CHN NL 82 348 69 126 29 8 1 83 0 20 7 .362 .248 (+46%) .275 (+44%) .329 (+52%) .605 (+48%) 2621.3
1883 CHN NL 98 413 70 127 36 5 0 68 0 18 9 .308 .257 (+20%) .285 (+18%) .345 (+21%) .631 (+20%) 1341.1
1884 CHN NL 112 475 108 159 30 3 21 102 0 29 13 .335 .243 (+38%) .278 (+34%) .327 (+66%) .606 (+51%) 3974.7
1885 CHN NL 112 464 100 144 35 7 7 108 0 34 13 .310 .244 (+27%) .287 (+24%) .325 (+42%) .613 (+34%) 2572.5
1886 CHN NL 125 504 117 187 35 11 10 147 29 55 19 .371 .246 (+51%) .302 (+43%) .331 (+64%) .634 (+54%) 4923.9
1887 CHN NL 122 472 107 164 33 13 7 102 27 60 18 .347 .270 (+28%) .331 (+27%) .373 (+38%) .705 (+33%) 3160.5
1888 CHN NL 134 515 101 177 20 12 12 84 28 47 24 .344 .238 (+44%) .290 (+37%) .319 (+56%) .610 (+47%) 4266.8
1889 CHN NL 134 518 100 177 32 7 7 117 27 86 19 .342 .263 (+30%) .334 (+32%) .357 (+32%) .691 (+32%) 3626.9
1890 CHN NL 139 504 95 157 14 5 7 107 29 113 23 .312 .260 (+20%) .336 (+32%) .351 (+14%) .687 (+23%) 3007.5
1891 CHN NL 136 540 81 157 24 8 8 120 17 75 29 .291 .254 (+14%) .331 (+14%) .343 (+19%) .675 (+17%) 1848.0
1892 CHN NL 146 559 62 152 25 9 1 74 13 67 30 .272 .244 (+11%) .316 (+12%) .327 (+8%) .644 (+10%) 1150.8
1893 CHN NL 103 398 70 125 24 2 0 91 13 68 12 .314 .279 (+12%) .356 (+17%) .379 (+1%) .735 (+9%) 941.0
1894 CHN NL 84 343 85 133 29 4 5 100 17 41 15 .388 .309 (+25%) .379 (+21%) .435 (+24%) .814 (+22%) 1707.7
1895 CHN NL 122 474 87 159 23 6 2 91 12 55 23 .335 .296 (+13%) .361 (+13%) .399 (+6%) .761 (+9%) 1049.8
1896 CHN NL 108 402 72 133 18 2 2 90 24 49 10 .331 .290 (+14%) .354 (+15%) .387 (+3%) .741 (+9%) 914.9
1897 CHN NL 114 424 67 121 17 3 3 75 11 60 27 .285 .291 (-2%) .354 (+7%) .387 (-7%) .741 (avg) 191.8
Career · 27 seasons 2,524 10,281 1,999 3,435 582 142 97 2,075 277 984 330 .334 — — — — 52,242

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
0 1 3 0 0 0 1 4.0 4 2 2 2 1 4.50 0.0

Career ERA 4.50 vs. league average 3.14 across their career seasons — 43.1% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1883 CHN NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 1 0 0.00 — 0.0
1884 CHN NL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 1 1 18.00 — 0.0
Career · 2 seasons 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 4.0 4 2 2 1 4.50 — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
13 47 11 16 2 1 0 1 6 0 .340

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1886 WS CHN 6 21 3 5 1 0 0 1 4 0 .238
1885 WS CHN 7 26 8 11 1 1 0 0 2 0 .423

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 2152 23 21699 983 658 1232
2B 18 1 40 41 16 5
3B 220 85 417 436 196 29
C 105 4 290 107 65 12
OF 86 9 118 21 31 5
P 3 0 0 2 0 0
SS 9 4 8 22 10 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1871 RC1 1B 1 0 7 0 0 0
1871 RC1 2B 2 1 3 4 1 0
1871 RC1 3B 20 19 38 52 28 2
1871 RC1 C 5 4 10 0 8 0
1871 RC1 OF 1 1 0 0 0 0
1872 PH1 3B 46 46 89 84 57 5
1873 PH1 1B 36 0 396 9 35 19
1873 PH1 2B 3 0 4 5 7 1
1873 PH1 3B 11 0 27 16 10 1
1873 PH1 C 3 0 7 1 1 0
1873 PH1 OF 3 0 6 1 1 0
1874 PH1 1B 24 23 229 5 16 9
1874 PH1 3B 20 20 38 33 21 2
1874 PH1 C 1 0 0 0 0 0
1874 PH1 OF 8 8 11 1 4 0
1874 PH1 SS 6 4 5 18 8 0
1875 PH1 1B 32 0 269 14 24 13
1875 PH1 3B 5 0 2 8 3 1
1875 PH1 C 13 0 41 14 15 1
1875 PH1 OF 25 0 40 13 12 5
1876 CHN 3B 66 0 135 147 50 8
1876 CHN C 2 0 2 0 0 0
1877 CHN 3B 40 0 74 77 20 9
1877 CHN C 31 0 103 41 22 5
1878 CHN 2B 9 0 22 26 7 4
1878 CHN 3B 3 0 0 5 3 0
1878 CHN C 3 0 13 5 1 3
1878 CHN OF 48 0 60 6 14 0
1879 CHN 1B 51 0 620 8 16 26
1880 CHN 1B 81 0 866 15 20 28
1880 CHN 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1880 CHN 3B 9 0 14 14 4 1
1880 CHN SS 1 0 2 1 1 0
1881 CHN 1B 84 0 892 43 24 48
1881 CHN C 2 0 2 0 0 0
1881 CHN SS 1 0 0 0 0 0
1882 CHN 1B 82 0 810 27 45 42
1882 CHN C 1 0 3 0 1 0
1883 CHN 1B 98 0 1031 41 40 59
1883 CHN C 1 0 2 0 2 0
1883 CHN OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
1883 CHN P 2 0 0 1 0 0
1884 CHN 1B 112 0 1211 40 58 86
1884 CHN C 3 0 4 4 3 0
1884 CHN P 1 0 0 1 0 0
1884 CHN SS 1 0 1 3 1 0
1885 CHN 1B 112 0 1253 39 57 62
1885 CHN C 1 0 2 0 0 0
1886 CHN 1B 125 0 1188 66 48 69
1886 CHN C 12 0 32 18 5 1
1887 CHN 1B 122 0 1232 70 36 75
1887 CHN C 1 0 1 0 1 0
1888 CHN 1B 134 0 1314 65 20 85
1889 CHN 1B 134 0 1409 79 27 73
1890 CHN 1B 135 0 1345 49 31 61
1890 CHN 2B 2 0 7 5 1 0
1890 CHN C 3 0 9 2 0 0
1891 CHN 1B 136 0 1407 79 29 86
1891 CHN C 2 0 2 1 0 0
1892 CHN 1B 146 0 1491 67 44 62
1893 CHN 1B 101 0 997 44 20 59
1894 CHN 1B 83 0 743 47 8 54
1894 CHN 2B 1 0 4 1 0 0
1895 CHN 1B 122 0 1176 60 19 82
1896 CHN 1B 98 0 880 54 16 67
1896 CHN C 10 0 21 8 4 0
1897 CHN 1B 103 0 933 62 25 67
1897 CHN C 11 0 36 13 2 2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 3
Catcher 105
First Base 2152
Second Base 18
Third Base 220
Shortstop 9
Left Field 46
Center Field 8
Right Field 32

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Cap Anson (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Nap Lajoie HOF
    .338 avg, 82 HR
  2. 89
    Charlie Gehringer HOF
    .320 avg, 184 HR
  3. 81
    Frankie Frisch HOF
    .316 avg, 105 HR
  4. 77
    George Sisler HOF
    .340 avg, 102 HR
  5. 77
    Jake Beckley HOF
    .308 avg, 87 HR
  6. 77
    Rod Carew HOF
    .328 avg, 92 HR

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Frequently Asked Questions about Cap Anson

What years did Cap Anson play?
Cap Anson played in Major League Baseball from 1871 to 1897.
Was Cap Anson a pitcher?
No. Cap Anson was a position player (First Baseman), though he did pitch in 3 career games.
How many home runs did Cap Anson hit?
Cap Anson hit 97 career home runs with 3435 hits.
Is Cap Anson in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. Cap Anson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.