Cap Anson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 227 lb

BornApril 17, 1852 · Marshalltown, IA, USA

MLB debutMay 6, 1871

Final gameOctober 3, 1897

Seasons27 (1871–1897)

Rockford Forest Citys 1871; Philadelphia Athletics 1872–1875; Chicago White Stockings 1876–1889; Chicago Colts 1890–1897

Percentile snapshot

1897 season — qualified batters

114

44.6

497

47.8

424

39.1

121

30.4

59.8

RBI

72.8

84.8

21.7

32.6

.285

31.5

OBP

.379

57.6

SLG

.361

27.2

OPS

.740

41.3

wRC+

99.9

45.7

OPS+

95.7

41.3

wOBA

.362

45.7

sWAR

1.0

45.7

of 93 qualified 1897 batters (min 427 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

136.1

94.5

OPS+

149.0

97.8

sWAR

76.9

99.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1871	25	122	120	29	39	11	3	0	16	2	1	6	2	.325	.336	.467	.803	113.5	127.4	.354	0.6
1872	46	233	217	60	90	10	7	0	48	16	3	6	6	.415	.455	.525	.980	152.1	200.9	.450	2.2
1873	52	259	254	53	101	9	2	0	36	5	2	1	2	.398	.409	.449	.858	130.2	153.5	.393	1.6
1874	55	264	260	51	87	8	3	0	37	4	1	6	0	.335	.345	.388	.733	119.5	134.0	.336	1.4
1875	69	330	326	84	106	15	3	0	58	4	2	11	6	.325	.333	.390	.723	128.9	148.8	.329	2.1
1876	66	321	309	63	110	9	7	2	59	12	8	0	0	.356	.380	.450	.830	149.0	174.7	.384	3.2
1877	59	264	255	52	86	19	1	0	32	9	3	0	0	.337	.360	.420	.779	132.4	144.0	.359	2.2
1878	60	274	261	55	89	12	2	0	40	13	1	0	0	.341	.372	.402	.775	140.0	154.2	.361	2.2
1879	51	229	227	40	72	20	1	0	34	2	2	0	0	.317	.323	.414	.737	128.9	140.3	.330	1.2
1880	86	370	356	54	120	24	1	1	74	14	12	0	0	.337	.362	.419	.781	147.2	162.1	.353	2.9
1881	84	369	343	67	137	21	7	1	82	26	4	0	0	.399	.442	.510	.952	175.2	196.4	.434	4.3
1882	82	368	348	69	126	29	8	1	83	20	7	0	0	.362	.397	.500	.897	162.1	185.6	.399	3.6
1883	98	431	413	70	127	36	5	0	68	18	9	0	0	.308	.336	.419	.755	119.3	126.3	.335	2.0
1884	112	504	475	108	159	30	3	21	102	29	13	0	0	.335	.373	.543	.916	159.8	184.8	.407	4.7
1885	112	498	464	100	144	35	7	7	108	34	13	0	0	.310	.357	.461	.819	146.2	162.8	.376	3.9
1886	125	559	504	117	187	35	11	10	147	55	19	29	0	.371	.433	.544	.977	170.9	194.8	.444	6.3
1887	122	533	472	107	164	33	13	7	102	60	18	27	0	.347	.422	.517	.939	145.6	159.1	.426	4.2
1888	134	563	515	101	177	20	12	12	84	47	24	28	0	.344	.400	.499	.899	168.5	184.4	.411	5.8
1889	134	609	518	100	177	32	7	7	117	86	19	27	0	.342	.440	.471	.911	144.5	153.2	.434	4.6
1890	139	623	504	95	157	14	5	7	107	113	23	29	0	.312	.443	.401	.844	142.3	146.1	.418	4.5
1891	136	616	540	81	157	24	8	8	120	75	29	17	0	.291	.378	.409	.788	123.9	129.1	.380	2.9
1892	146	630	559	62	152	25	9	1	74	67	30	13	0	.272	.354	.354	.708	112.5	113.9	.348	2.0
1893	103	467	398	70	125	24	2	0	91	68	12	13	0	.314	.415	.384	.800	114.2	112.9	.394	1.7
1894	84	394	343	85	133	29	4	5	100	41	15	17	0	.388	.457	.539	.997	132.0	139.2	.458	2.4
1895	122	545	474	87	159	23	6	2	91	55	23	12	0	.335	.408	.422	.830	113.1	114.0	.396	1.9
1896	108	459	402	72	133	18	2	2	90	49	10	24	0	.331	.407	.400	.808	113.9	113.3	.390	1.7
1897	114	497	424	67	121	17	3	3	75	60	27	11	0	.285	.379	.361	.740	99.9	95.7	.362	1.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1883	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	0.00	.667	0.00	4.25	135.5	—	2.0
1884	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	2	1.0	18.00	4.000	9.00	29.86	1002.7	16.5	4.7

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

2,524

55th-most career G

11,331

31st-most career PA

10,281

25th-most career AB

1,999

9th-most career R

3,435

7th-most career H

582

23rd-most career 2B

142

62nd-most career 3B

RBI

2,075

5th-most career RBI

984

131st-most career BB

330

277

200th-most career SB

.3341

31st-highest career batting average

OBP

.3940

93rd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4466

OPS

.8406

237th-highest career OPS

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

4.500

WHIP

1.5000

K/9

2.25

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1939 (Old Timers)

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.