Cap Anson
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Marshalltown, Iowa...of the early 20th century. Adrian Constantine Anson, known as "Cap" Anson, born in Marshalltown in 1852, was a Major League Baseball player and manager, and one of the first superstars of the game. T. Nelson Downs World renown stage... In this article: Marshalltown, Iowa, Marshalltown High School, Iowa, Marshall County, and Marshalltown Community College |
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1879 in baseball
...- Cap Anson plays his final game of the season for the Chicago White Stockings . Anson will travel back home to Marshalltown, Iowa to recover from a liver ailment. Silver Flint assumes the manager duties for Chicago. September 7 - Dan...
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Cap 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. Anson first met Albert Spalding while both were players; Spalding was a pitcher for...
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Cap Anson. First baseman. Born: April 17, 1852(1852-04-17) Marshalltown, Iowa ... Anson was born in Marshalltown, Iowa.[3] Beginning in 1866, he spent two years ...
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... baseball player-manager, known usually as "Cap" Anson, b. Marshalltown, Iowa. ... Cap Anson. First baseman. Born: April 17, 1852(1852-04-17) Marshalltown, Iowa ...
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Henry Anson and "Cap" Anson--Historical Marshalltown Figures. Principal's Page. Media Center ... born to Henry and Jennette Rice Anson in Marshalltown, Iowa was ...
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Adrian Constantine "Cap" Anson (1852-1922) was baseball's first superstar. ... Born in a log cabin in Marshalltown, Iowa, Anson fell in love with baseball at ...
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Born April 17, 1852 in Marshalltown, IA USA. Died April 14, 1922 in Chicago, IL USA ... Adrian Constantine "Cap" Anson (April 11, 1852, Marshalltown, IA - April 14, ...
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A Timeline of the Events that Shaped Cap Anson's Life ... Marshalltown, Iowa, Cap's birthplace, officially gets its name. 1866-68 ...
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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. He played a record 27 consecutive seasons, and was regarded as one of the greatest players of his era and one of the first superstars of the game.
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. He led the team to five National League pennants in the 1880s. 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. 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. 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.
- Birth Date:
- April 17, 1852
- Birthplace:
- Marshalltown, Iowa
- Death Date:
- April 14, 1922
- Place of Death:
- Chicago, Illinois
- Position:
- First Baseman
- Bats:
- Right
- Debut Date:
- May 6
- Debut team:
- Rockford Forest Citys
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