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Cap Anson
Cap Anson
First Baseman
Born: April 17, 1852(1852-04-17)
Marshalltown, Iowa
Died: April 14, 1922 (aged 69)
Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 6, 1871
for the Rockford Forest Citys
Final game
October 3, 1897
for the Chicago Colts
Career statistics
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Hits     3418
RBI     2076
Teams

As Player

As Manager
Career highlights and awards
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Elected     1939
Election Method     Veteran's Committee

Adrian Constantine Anson (April 17, 1852 – April 14, 1922), known by the nicknames "Cap" (for "Captain") and "Pop", was a professional baseball player in the National Association and Major League Baseball. In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches Rockford Forest Citys, from Rockford Illinois was one of the first professional baseball clubs Champions National Association (professional Philadelphia Athletics National Association of Amateur Base Ball Players Star of Brooklyn Champions National Association: Boston Red Stockings National Association final standings Statistical Champions National Association: Boston Red Stockings National Association final standings Statistical leaders The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. Champions National League: Chicago White Stockings Major League Baseball final standings Statistical Champions Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Boston Beaneaters, 4 games to 1 National League: Boston Beaneaters Champions National Association: Boston Red Stockings National Association final standings Statistical leaders The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. Champions National League: Providence Grays National League final standings Statistical leaders Champions Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Boston Beaneaters, 4 games to 1 National League: Boston Beaneaters The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Champions National League: Boston Beaneaters National League final standings Events Headline Event of the Year On May 17, 1939, Princeton University and Columbia University played the first televised baseball Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about people called professionals For the Movie, see The Professional or Leon. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP or simply the National Association (NA was founded in 1871 and lasted through the 1875 season He played in a record twenty-seven consecutive seasons,[1] and was regarded as one of the greatest players of his era and one of the first superstars of the game. [2]

Anson spent most of his career with the Chicago Cubs franchise (then known as the "White Stockings" and later the "Colts"), serving as the club's manager, first baseman and, later in his tenure, minority owner. The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. He led the team to five National League pennants in the 1880s. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Anson was one of baseball's first great hitters, and was the first to tally over 3,000 career hits.

His contemporary influence and prestige are regarded by historians as playing a major role in establishing the racial segregation in professional baseball that persisted until the late 1940s. [3] On several occasions, Anson refused to take the field when the opposing roster included black players.

After retiring as a player and leaving the Colts, Anson briefly managed the New York Giants. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. He ran several enterprises in Chicago, including opening a billiards and bowling hall and running a semi-professional baseball team he dubbed "Anson's Colts". Anson also toured extensively on the vaudeville circuit, performing monologues and songs. Many of his business ventures failed, resulting in Anson losing his ownership stake in the Colts (by then called the Cubs) and filing for bankruptcy.

Anson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. The 1939 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were the last ones conducted prior to the Hall's opening that year

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Early life

Anson was born in Marshalltown, Iowa. Marshalltown is a city in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. [3] Beginning in 1866, he spent two years at the high-school age boarding school of the University of Notre Dame after being sent there by his father in hopes of curtailing his mischievousness. The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in [4] His time away did little to discipline him, and soon after he returned home his father sent him to the University of Iowa, where his bad behavior resulted in the school asking him to leave after one semester. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River [4]

Professional career

National Association

Anson played on a number of competitive baseball clubs in his youth and began to play professionally in the National Association (NA) at the age of 19. The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP or simply the National Association (NA was founded in 1871 and lasted through the 1875 season [3] His best years in the NA were 1872 and 1873, when he finished in the top five in batting, OBP (leading the league in 1872), and OPS. Champions National Association: Boston Red Stockings National Association final standings Statistical Champions National Association: Boston Red Stockings National Association final standings Statistical leaders Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively In Baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP (sometimes referred to as on-base average ', as the statistic is rarely presented as a true Percentage) On-base plus slugging (OPS is a baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's On-base percentage and Slugging percentage. His numbers declined slightly the following two seasons, but he was still good enough that Chicago White Stockings Secretary-turned-President William Hulbert sought him to improve his club for the 1876 season. The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. William Ambrose Hulbert Champions National League: Chicago White Stockings Major League Baseball final standings Statistical Hulbert broke league rules by negotiating with Anson and several other stars while the 1875 season was still in progress and ultimately founded the new National League to forestall any disciplinary action. Champions National Association: Boston Red Stockings National Association final standings Statistical leaders The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball [5][3] Anson, who had become engaged to a Philadelphia native in the meantime,[6] had second thoughts about going west, but Hulbert held Anson to his contract and he eventually warmed to the Windy City. [7]

Chicago White Stockings/Colts

The White Stockings won the first league title, but fell off the pace the following two seasons. During this time, Anson was a solid hitter, but not quite a superstar. Both his fortunes and those of his team would change after Anson was named captain-manager of the club in 1879, hence the nickname "Cap",[3] although the newspapers typically called him by the more formal "Captain Anson" or "Capt. Anson". With Anson pacing the way, the White Stockings won five pennants between 1880 and 1886. Champions National League: Chicago White Stockings National League final standings Statistical leaders Champions World Series St Louis Browns 4 Chicago White Stockings 2 National League: Chicago White Stockings They were helped to the titles using new managerial tactics, including using a third-base coach, having one fielder back up another, signaling batters, and the rotation of two star pitchers. [8][3] In the first half of the 1880s, aided by speedy players like Mike Kelly, Anson had his players aggressively run the bases, forcing the opposition into making errors. For the unrelated fictitious baseball character King Kelly see It Happens Every Spring. After the expression first became popular, in the 1890s, he retroactively claimed to used some of the first "hit and run" plays.

Anson shares credit as an innovator of modern spring training along with then-Chicago President Albert Spalding, as they were among the first to send their clubs to warmer climes in the South to prepare for the season. In Major League Baseball, spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the Regular season. Albert Goodwill Spalding ( Byron, Illinois September 2 1850 &ndash September 9 1915 in Point Loma, California) was a professional Baseball [8] On the field, Anson was the team's best hitter and run producer. In the 1880s, he won two batting titles (1881, 1888) and finished second four times (1880, 1882, 1886-87). During the same period, he led the league in RBIs seven times (1880-82, 1884-86, 1888). His best season was in 1881, when he led the league in batting (. 399), OBP (. 442), OPS (. 952), hits (137), total bases (175), and RBIs (82). He also became the first player to hit three consecutive home runs, five homers in two games, and four doubles in a game, as well as being the first to perform two unassisted double plays in a game. This article is about Baseball. For double play Magnetic tape, see Audio tape length and thickness. He is one of only a few players to score six runs in a game, a feat accomplished on August 24, 1886. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Anson signed a ten-year contract in 1888 to manage the White Stockings (which, because of a typographical error he failed to spot, ended after the 1897 season instead of 1898),[2][8] but his best years were behind him. He led the league in walks in 1890 and garnered his eighth and final RBI crown in 1891, but declined precipitously thereafter. Champions National League: Boston Beaneaters American Association: Boston Reds Major League On the managerial front, he failed to win another pennant.

As the end of the 1880s approached, the club had begun trading away its stars in favor of young players, with the exception of the veteran Anson. Local newspapers had started to call the team "Anson's Colts", or just "Colts", before the decade was out. With the advent of the Players' League in 1890, what little talent the club still had was drained away, and the team nickname "Colts", though never official, became standard usage in the local media[9][2][10] along with variants such as (Anson's) White Colts and (Anson's) Broncos. The Players' National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, popularly known as the Players' League (sometimes rendered as Players League) was a short-lived but [8]

He also mellowed enough that he became a fatherly figure and was often called "Pop". [3] When he was fired as manager after the 1897 season, it also marked the end of his 27-year playing career. Champions Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Boston Beaneaters, 4 games to 1 National League: Boston Beaneaters The following season, newspapers dubbed the Colts the "Orphans", as they had lost their "Pop". [8][3]

Racial intolerance

Cap Anson baseball card (N162), 1888.
Cap Anson baseball card (N162), 1888. A baseball card is a type of Trading card relating to baseball usually printed on some type of Paper stock or card stock

Anson was well known to be a racist and refused to play in exhibition games versus dark-skinned players. List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that [8] This attitude was not considered to be unusual in his day, and Anson remained very popular in Chicago while playing for the White Stockings. On August 10, 1883 Anson refused to play an exhibition game against the Toledo Blue Stockings because their catcher, Moses Fleetwood Walker, was African American. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Toledo Blue Stockings formed as a minor league Baseball team in Toledo Ohio in 1883. Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker ( October 7 1857 &ndash May 11 1924) was an American Major League Baseball player African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa [8] When Blue Stockings Manager Charlie Morton told Anson the White Stockings would forfeit the gate receipts if they refused to play, Anson backed down. Charles Hazen "Charlie" Morton ( October 12 1854 &ndash December 9 1921) was an American Major League Baseball [11][3] On July 14, 1887 the Chicago White Stockings played an exhibition game against the Newark Little Giants. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. The Newark Little Giants were a professional baseball team based in Newark New Jersey in the late 1880's African American George Stovey was listed in the Newark News as the Little Giants' scheduled starting pitcher. George Stovey is considered the best African-American baseball pitcher of the nineteenth century but discrimination barred him from the majors and led him to move from team to team until The Newark Evening News was an American newspaper published in Newark New Jersey. Anson objected, and Stovey did not pitch. [8] Moreover, International League owners had voted 6-to-4 to exclude African-American players from future contracts. [12][11] In September 1888 Chicago was at Syracuse for an exhibition game. Anson refused to start the game when he saw Walker’s name on the scorecard as catcher. Again, Anson pressured his opponents to find a Caucasian replacement. [12]

Albert Spalding and James Hart

Anson first met Albert Spalding while both were players; Spalding was a pitcher for the Rockford Forest Citys, Anson played for the Marshalltown, Iowa team. Albert Goodwill Spalding ( Byron, Illinois September 2 1850 &ndash September 9 1915 in Point Loma, California) was a professional Baseball In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Rockford Forest Citys, from Rockford Illinois was one of the first professional baseball clubs [8] Spalding convinced the 18-year-old Anson to come play for the Forest Citys at a salary of $65 per month. [8]

In 1876, when Anson was playing for Philadelphia, Spalding and William Hulbert lured Anson to the Chicago team, which Spalding now managed. William Ambrose Hulbert [8] After signing the contract, Anson had second thoughts (his future wife did not want to leave her family in Philadelphia), and offered Spalding $1,000 to void the contract. [8] Spalding held Anson to the contract, and Anson came to Chicago in March, 1876. [8]

Spalding retired as a player and manager after the 1877 season, but continued as secretary, and later president, of the White Stockings. [8] Anson became a player/manager of the team in 1879, and by 1889 had a 13% ownership. [8][6]

In 1888 Spalding announced that the White Stockings, including Anson, and a "picked nine"[6] from the rest of the National League would begin a World Tour after the end of the season. Spalding put up most of the money, but Anson invested $3,750 of his own. [6] James Hart was hired as business manager and Anson developed an intense dislike for him. [6]

After the Spalding stepped down as president of the Chicago club in 1891, he appointed James Hart to the position,[8] which Anson felt should have been his despite his dismal business record. [6] Spalding, however, continued to run the club behind the scenes. [8]

In December 1892, Hart, with Spalding's blessing, reorganized the White Stockings into a stock company. [6] Anson was required to sign a new contract, which ended in 1898 instead of 1899 as the previous one had. [6] Anson spotted the error later but said nothing, trusting that Spalding would honor the previous terms. [6]

Hart began to undermine Anson's managerial decisions by reversing fines and suspensions imposed by Anson. [6] By 1897 Anson had little control over his players; after Anson demanded a sportswriter print that Anson thought "the Chicago ball club is composed of drunkards and loafers who are throwing him down",[6] his days as manager were numbered. Spalding invited Anson and his wife on a four week journey to England in late November 1897. [6] Spalding dropped many hints on the voyage, encouraging Anson to voluntarily retire, but Anson had no intention of doing so. [6] Things remained in limbo until January 29, 1898 when the Associated Press printed a statement by Spalding: "I have taken pains as a mediator to find out from Chicagoans how they feel about a change of management. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common There has been a decided undercurrent in favor. . . Lovers of baseball think that Anson has been in power too long. "[6]

Cap Anson throws out the first pitch for the Cubs in 1908, at Chicago's West Side Park
Cap Anson throws out the first pitch for the Cubs in 1908, at Chicago's West Side Park

Career hits total

There has been some controversy as to whether Anson should be considered the first player ever to reach the 3,000 hit milestone. West Side Park was the name used for two different Baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago Illinois. In Major League Baseball, the 3000 Hit Club is an informal term applied to the group of players who have made 3000 or more career base hits. For many years, official statistics credited him with achieving that goal.

When the first edition of Macmillan's Baseball Encyclopedia was published in 1969, it disregarded a rule in place only for the 1887 season which counted base-on-balls (walks) as hits and times-at-bat instead of 0's in both categories as they were before and have been since. Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately-held International Publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Champions World Series Detroit Wolverines 10 St Louis Browns 5 (15 game series National League: Detroit A base on balls ( BB) is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in Baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire Anson's 60 walks were removed from his 1887 hit total, resulting in a career mark of 2,995. [6]

The other controversy over Anson's total hits had to do with his five years in the National Association. [13] Neither the Macmillan Encyclopedia editions nor Major League Baseball itself at that time recognized the NA as being a true major league. [6] Only recently has Major League Baseball accepted the NA as a de facto major league; the MLB. com website now includes the NA years in Anson's record, placing major league hits total as 3,418. [13] Anson is officially placed at seventh in the all-time leaders in hits.

Other sources credit Anson with a different number of hits, largely because scoring and record keeping was haphazard in baseball until well into the 20th century. [14] Beginning with the publication of the Baseball Encyclopedia, statisticians have continually found errors and have adjusted career totals accordingly. According to the Sporting News baseball record book, which does not take NA statistics into account, Anson had 3,012 hits over his career. Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports [15] The National Baseball Hall of Fame (which uses statistics verified by the Elias Sports Bureau) credits Anson with 3,081 hits. The Elias Sports Bureau is a company that provides historical research and statistical services in the field of Professional sports. [16] This figure disregards games played in the NA, but includes the 1887 walks as hits.

Retirement

Anson briefly made a return to baseball managing the New York Giants in June and July of 1898. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Champions National League: Boston Beaneaters National League final standings Events [8] He then attempted to buy a Chicago team in the Western League, but failed after being opposed by Spalding. The Western League of Professional Baseball Clubs, simply called the Western League, was a Minor league baseball league founded in 1893 and focused in the [8] In 1900, he helped to organize a new version of the defunct American Association, called the New American Base Ball Association, and was named its president. Champions Chronicle-Telegraph Cup: Brooklyn Superbas defeated Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 1 National League: This article refers to the former Baseball major league that existed from 1882 to 1891 [3][6] However, at the first sign of trouble he dissolved the league before a single game was played, drawing heated criticism from other backers. [3][6]

After a number of failed business attempts, including a handball arena and bottled ginger beer that exploded on store shelves,[6] he was later elected city clerk of Chicago in 1905[17] and then, after serving one term, failed in the Democratic primary to become sheriff in 1907. Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, or Olympic handball) is a Team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six Ginger beer is a type of carbonated Soft drink or occasionally Alcoholic beverage flavored primarily with Ginger, Lemon and The municipal clerk along with the tax collector is the oldest of public servants The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. A primary election ( nominating primary) also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a Jurisdiction select candidates SHERIFF is a telecom fraud detection and management system originally developed by BT and MCI. [18]

In 1907, Anson made another attempt to come back to baseball, acquiring a semi-pro team in the Chicago City League, which he would call "Anson's Colts". [6][3] Anson initially had no intention of playing for the team, but in June 1907, at the age of 55, Anson started playing some games at first base in an attempt to boost poor attendance. [6] Despite the draw of seeing Anson play, the team did not attract much attendance, and lost money for Anson. [6] In the fall of 1908, Anson assembled a semi-pro football team, also called Anson's Colts. Although the football team won the city championship, they were not a financial success. [6]

Some of Anson's few successful ventures were a combination billiards hall and a bowling alley he opened in downtown Chicago in 1899. [18][6] Anson was named vice-president of the American Bowling Congress in 1903, and led a team to the five-man national championship in 1904. The United States Bowling Congress is a sports membership organization dedicated to Ten-pin bowling in the United States of America [2] Anson was forced to sell the billiards hall in 1909 when faced with mounting financial problems that led to his bankruptcy. [18] Anson was also an avid golfer.

With the aid of ghostwriter Richard Cary Jr. , Anson's memoirs, titled A Ball Player's Career: Being the Personal Reminiscences of Adrian C. Anson, were published in 1900. This book is considered the first baseball autobiography. [6]

Anson began acting during his baseball career. In 1888, he made his stage debut with a single appearance in Hoyt's play A Parlor Match at the Theatre Comique in Harlem. [19] He also played himself in an 1895 Broadway play called The Runaway Colt, written to take advantage of his fame. [13][19] Later, Anson began touring on the vaudeville circuit, a common practice for athletes of the time,[19] which lasted up until about a year before his death. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s [17] He first appeared in vaudeville in 1913 doing a monologue and a short dance. In 1914, George M. Cohan wrote a monologue for him,[19] and in 1917, Cohan, with Chicago Tribune sportswriter Ring Lardner wrote another piece for him, titled First Aid for Father. George Michael Cohan ( July 3, 1878 &ndash November 5, 1942) was a United States Entertainer, Playwright, Ringgold Wilmer Lardner ( March 6 1885 – September 25 1933) was an American sports columnist and Short story writer best [6] Anson appeared with two of his grown daughters, Adele and Dorothy, and would bat papier-mâché baseballs made by Albert Spalding into the audience. [6] He appeared in 1921 accompanied by his two daughters in an act written by Ring Lardner with songs by Herman Timberg. [20]

Anson retired from vaudeville in 1921, and continued to refuse a pension from Major League Baseball, despite having no other income. [6] In April 1922, he became the general manager of a new golf club in the South Side of Chicago. [6] Following a glandular ailment,[21] Anson died on April 14 at the age of 69 in Chicago, Illinois and was interred at the Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago. A gland is an organ in an animal's body that synthesizes a substance for release such as Hormones or Breast milk, often into the Bloodstream A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Oak Woods Cemetery was established in 1854 – five years earlier than Rosehill and Calvary – on an area of 74  ha (183 Acres located at [22]

Anson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939, one of the first 19th century players selected. The 1939 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were the last ones conducted prior to the Hall's opening that year Over 100 years after his retirement, he still holds several Cubs franchise records, including most career RBI, runs, hits, singles, and doubles. The following lists statistical records and all-time leaders for the Chicago Cubs professional baseball club of Major League Baseball. In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches In Baseball, a single is the most common type of base hit, accomplished through the act of a batter safely reaching First base by hitting In Baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching Second base without being called out by the Umpire [23] Defensively, he also holds the franchise record for putouts, but also is second in franchise history for errors. In Baseball statistics, a putout (denoted by PO or fly ball when appropriate is given to a defensive player who records an out by one of the In Baseball statistics|statistics]] an error is the act in the judgment of the Official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner [24]

Personal life

In 1872 the 20 year old Anson met 13 year old Virginia Fiegal, the daughter of a Philadelphia bar and restaurant owner. [6] Anson married Virginia on November 21, 1876, and they remained married until her death in 1915. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year [6] For the first seven years of their marriage, the couple lived in Chicago during the baseball season and Philadelphia during the off season, but eventually moved to Chicago year around. [6]

The Ansons had seven children, three of whom would die in infancy. [6] Daughter Grace was born in October 1877, son Adrian Hulbert was born in 1882 and died four days later, daughter Adele was born in April 1884, son Adrian Constantine Jr. was born in 1887 and died four months later, daughter Dorothy was born in 1889, son John Henry was born in 1892 and died four days later, and daughter Virginia Jeanette was born in 1899. [6]

See also

References

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  9. ^ Gold, Eddie; Art Ahrens (1985). The Golden Era Cubs: 1876-1940. Bonus Books, pg. 2. ISBN 0931028663.  
  10. ^ “Chicago Defeated Again”, The New York Times: pg. 3, June 14, 1891, <http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9F04E6D71139E033A25757C1A9609C94609ED7CF&oref=slogin> 
  11. ^ a b Cap Chronicled - Chapter 4: Cap's Great Shame - Racial Intolerance. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  12. ^ a b Rosenberg, Howard W. (2006). Cap Anson 4: Bigger Than Babe Ruth: Captain Anson of Chicago, 560.  
  13. ^ a b c Merkin, Scott (July 27, 2007). Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Complex Anson a legend of baseball. Major League Baseball. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
  14. ^ Schwarz, Alan (2005). The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination With Statistics. Macmillan, pp. 99-103. ISBN 0312322224.  
  15. ^ 2007 Complete Baseball Record Book - Career Milestones (PDF). Sporting News. Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports Retrieved on 2007-06-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem
  16. ^ Cap Anson's Hitting Stats. National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-06-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem
  17. ^ a b Cap Chronicled - Chapter 5: Saloons & Stages - Life after Baseball. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  18. ^ a b c CapAnson.com - Timeline. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  19. ^ a b c d Mark Lamster. Spalding's World Tour: The Epic Adventure that Took Baseball Around the Globe - And Made It America's Game. New York: PublicAffairs. ISBN 1-58648-311-0.  
  20. ^ Laurie, Joe, Jr. (1953). Vaudeville: From the Honky-tonks to the Palace. New York: Henry Holt.  
  21. ^ 'Pop' Anson, famed in baseball, dead. New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  22. ^ Adrian Constantine "Cap" Anson. FindAGrave. com. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  23. ^ Chicago Cubs Hitting Stats, Career All Time. Major League Baseball. Retrieved on 2008-01-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled
  24. ^ Chicago Cubs Fielding Stats, Career All Time. Major League Baseball. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate

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NAME Anson, Adrian Constantine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anson, Cap
SHORT DESCRIPTION Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Marshalltown, Iowa
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1922
PLACE OF DEATH Chicago, Illinois
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