Cap Anson

1871–1897 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'0", 227 lb · b. 1852 Marshalltown, IA

Career 2,524 G · 3,435 H · 97 HR · 2,075 RBI · .334 AVG · 0–1 · 4.50 ERA · 1 SO · 4.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

42 best in baseball 12 league only

205 Top-5 finishes

18 Title seasons

18 Categories led

1881 Best season

Spanning 1871–1895, peaking at 10 titles in 1881.

Clubs 3,000 Hit Club .400 Seasons

Team records #1 Cubs career RBI #1 Philadelphia Athletics career RBI #1 Philadelphia Athletics career H #1 Rockford Forest Citys career H #1 Cubs career H #1 Philadelphia Athletics career R #1 Cubs career R #1 Rockford Forest Citys 1871 AVG #1 Rockford Forest Citys 1871 H #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1875 R

Led in First Base Assists for 3 straight seasons (1881–1883) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

15th League titles 54
7th Best in baseball 42
1st Top-5 finishes 205

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

2nd First Base Putouts 21,699
5th Runs Batted In 2,075
7th Hits 3,435
9th Runs 1,999
15th First Base Range Factor 10.54
23rd Doubles 582
28th Batting Average .334
45th Total Bases 4,592
54th First Base Double Plays 1,232
61st First Base Assists 983
62nd Triples 142
91st On-Base Percentage .394
131st Walks 984
147th First Base Fielding Percentage .972
199th Stolen Bases 277
231st On-Base Plus Slug. .841
300th Third Base Putouts 417

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
First Base Assists	8	1st	3 yrs (1881–1883)	1875 14 1881 43 1882 27 1883 41 1886 66 1887 70 1889 79 1890 NL 49 1884 #2 1885 #3 1888 #2 1891 #2
Runs Batted In	8	1st	3 yrs (1880–1882)	1880 74 1881 82 1882 83 1885 108 1886 147 1891 120 1884 NL 102 1888 NL 84 1872 #2 1876 #2 1878 #3 1887 #3 1889 #3 1890 #2
First Base Double Plays	5	1st	—	1884 86 1888 85 1895 82 1886 NL 69 1891 NL 86 1879 #3 1882 #3 1883 #2 1885 #2 1887 #3 1889 #2
First Base Range Factor	4	1st	2 yrs (1884–1885)	1881 11.13 1885 11.54 1889 11.10 1884 NL 11.17 1873 #3 1880 #2 1883 #3 1891 #3 1895 #3
First Base Fielding Percentage	4	1st	2 yrs (1880–1881)	1880 .978 1881 .975 1888 NL .986 1889 NL .982 1890 #2 1895 #3
First Base Putouts	4	1st	2 yrs (1884–1885)	1881 892 1884 1,211 1885 1,253 1889 1,409 1880 #2 1883 #3 1887 #2 1890 #2 1891 #2
On-Base Percentage	4	1st	—	1872 .455 1881 .442 1888 NL .400 1890 NL .443 1873 #2 1876 #3 1878 #2 1880 #2 1882 #2 1887 #2
Doubles	3	1st	—	1871 11 1877 19 1885 NL 35 1880 #3 1882 #2 1884 #3 1886 #2
Third Base Double Plays	2	1st	2 yrs (1876–1877)	1876 8 1877 9 1872 #3
Third Base Putouts	2	1st	—	1872 89 1876 135
On-Base Plus Slug.	2	1st	—	1881 .952 1888 .899 1872 #2 1876 #3 1882 #2 1884 #3 1886 #3 1887 #3 1890 #3
Batting Average	2	1st	—	1881 .399 1888 .344 1872 #3 1873 #2 1876 #3 1880 #2 1882 #2 1886 #2 1887 #2 1889 #3
Third Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1871 4.50 1876 #2 1877 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1877 .883 1871 #2 1872 #3 1876 #2
Third Base Assists	1	1st	—	1876 147
Walks	1	1st	—	1890 NL 113 1872 #2 1878 #3
Total Bases	1	1st	—	1881 175 1876 #3 1884 #2 1886 #2 1888 #3
Hits	1	1st	—	1881 137 1876 #3 1880 #2 1882 #2 1885 #3 1886 #2 1888 #2
Catcher Double Plays	—	#2	—	1877 #2
Triples	—	#2	—	1872 #2
Slugging Percentage	—	#2	—	1872 #2 1881 #2 1884 #3 1886 #2 1888 #2
Saves	—	#3	—	1883 #3
Home Runs	—	#3	—	1876 #3 1885 #3 1886 #3 1888 #3

Title Seasons

18 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1895	1	1B DP 82
1891	2	RBI 120 1B DP 86
1890	3	OBP .443 BB 113 1B A 49
1889	4	1B PO 1,409 1B A 79 1B FPCT .982 1B RF 11.10
1888	6	AVG .344 RBI 84 OPS .899 OBP .400 1B DP 85 1B FPCT .986
1887	1	1B A 70
1886	3	RBI 147 1B A 66 1B DP 69
1885	4	RBI 108 2B 35 1B PO 1,253 1B RF 11.54
1884	4	RBI 102 1B PO 1,211 1B DP 86 1B RF 11.17
1883	1	1B A 41
1882	2	RBI 83 1B A 27
1881	10	AVG .399 RBI 82 H 137 OPS .952 OBP .442 TB 175 1B PO 892 1B A 43 1B FPCT .975 1B RF 11.13
1880	2	RBI 74 1B FPCT .978
1877	3	2B 19 3B DP 9 3B FPCT .883
1876	3	3B A 147 3B PO 135 3B DP 8
1875	1	1B A 14
1872	2	OBP .455 3B PO 89
1871	2	2B 11 3B RF 4.50

Batting

led the league 27 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1871	RC1	NA	25	120	29	39	11	3	0	16	2	1	6	.325	.336	.467	.803
1872	PH1	NA	46	217	60	90	10	7	0	48	16	3	6	.415	.455	.525	.980
1873	PH1	NA	52	254	53	101	9	2	0	36	5	2	1	.398	.409	.449	.858
1874	PH1	NA	55	260	51	87	8	3	0	37	4	1	6	.335	.345	.388	.733
1875	PH1	NA	69	326	84	106	15	3	0	58	4	2	11	.325	.333	.390	.723
1876	CHN	NL	66	309	63	110	9	7	2	59	12	8	0	.356	.380	.450	.830
1877	CHN	NL	59	255	52	86	19	1	0	32	9	3	0	.337	.360	.420	.779
1878	CHN	NL	60	261	55	89	12	2	0	40	13	1	0	.341	.372	.402	.775
1879	CHN	NL	51	227	40	72	20	1	0	34	2	2	0	.317	.323	.414	.737
1880	CHN	NL	86	356	54	120	24	1	1	74	14	12	0	.337	.362	.419	.781
1881	CHN	NL	84	343	67	137	21	7	1	82	26	4	0	.399	.442	.510	.952
1882	CHN	NL	82	348	69	126	29	8	1	83	20	7	0	.362	.397	.500	.897
1883	CHN	NL	98	413	70	127	36	5	0	68	18	9	0	.308	.336	.419	.755
1884	CHN	NL	112	475	108	159	30	3	21	102	29	13	0	.335	.373	.543	.916
1885	CHN	NL	112	464	100	144	35	7	7	108	34	13	0	.310	.357	.461	.819
1886	CHN	NL	125	504	117	187	35	11	10	147	55	19	29	.371	.433	.544	.977
1887	CHN	NL	122	472	107	164	33	13	7	102	60	18	27	.347	.422	.517	.939
1888	CHN	NL	134	515	101	177	20	12	12	84	47	24	28	.344	.400	.499	.899
1889	CHN	NL	134	518	100	177	32	7	7	117	86	19	27	.342	.440	.471	.911
1890	CHN	NL	139	504	95	157	14	5	7	107	113	23	29	.312	.443	.401	.844
1891	CHN	NL	136	540	81	157	24	8	8	120	75	29	17	.291	.378	.409	.788
1892	CHN	NL	146	559	62	152	25	9	1	74	67	30	13	.272	.354	.354	.708
1893	CHN	NL	103	398	70	125	24	2	0	91	68	12	13	.314	.415	.384	.800
1894	CHN	NL	84	343	85	133	29	4	5	100	41	15	17	.388	.457	.539	.997
1895	CHN	NL	122	474	87	159	23	6	2	91	55	23	12	.335	.408	.422	.830
1896	CHN	NL	108	402	72	133	18	2	2	90	49	10	24	.331	.407	.400	.808
1897	CHN	NL	114	424	67	121	17	3	3	75	60	27	11	.285	.379	.361	.740
Career	—	—	2,524	10,281	1,999	3,435	582	142	97	2,075	984	330	277	.334	.394	.447	.841

Pitching

2 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1883	CHN	NL	0	0.00	2	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0.67
1884	CHN	NL	1	18.00	1	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	4.00
Career	—	—	1	4.50	3	1	4.0	4	2	2	2	1	1.50

Fielding

7 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1871	RC1	NA	3B	20	19	185.0	38	52	28	2	118	.763	4.50
			C	5	4	31.0	10	0	8	0	18	.556	2.00
			2B	2	1	10.0	3	4	1	0	8	.875	3.50
			1B	1	0	5.0	7	0	0	0	7	1.000	7.00
			OF	1	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1872	PH1	NA	3B	46	46	411.0	89	84	57	5	230	.752	3.76
1873	PH1	NA	1B	36	—	329.0	396	9	35	19	440	.920	11.25
			3B	11	—	88.0	27	16	10	1	53	.811	3.91
			2B	3	—	23.0	4	5	7	1	16	.563	3.00
			C	3	—	15.0	7	1	1	0	9	.889	2.67
			OF	3	—	28.0	6	1	1	0	8	.875	2.33
1874	PH1	NA	1B	24	23	195.0	229	5	16	9	250	.936	9.75
			3B	20	20	177.0	38	33	21	2	92	.772	3.55
			OF	8	8	65.0	11	1	4	0	16	.750	1.50
			SS	6	4	50.0	5	18	8	0	31	.742	3.83
			C	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1875	PH1	NA	1B	32	—	257.0	269	14	24	13	307	.922	8.84
			OF	25	—	238.0	40	13	12	5	65	.815	2.12
			C	13	—	94.0	41	14	15	1	70	.786	4.23
			3B	5	—	23.0	2	8	3	1	13	.769	2.00
1876	CHN	NL	3B	66	—	588.0	135	147	50	8	332	.849	4.27
			C	2	—	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	1.00
1877	CHN	NL	3B	40	—	327.0	74	77	20	9	171	.883	3.78
			C	31	—	231.0	103	41	22	5	166	.867	4.65
1878	CHN	NL	OF	48	—	430.0	60	6	14	0	80	.825	1.38
			2B	9	—	80.0	22	26	7	4	55	.873	5.33
			3B	3	—	17.0	0	5	3	0	8	.625	1.67
			C	3	—	22.0	13	5	1	3	19	.947	6.00
1879	CHN	NL	1B	51	—	453.0	620	8	16	26	644	.975	12.31
1880	CHN	NL	1B	81	—	695.0	866	15	20	28	901	.978	10.88
			3B	9	—	68.0	14	14	4	1	32	.875	3.11
			2B	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
			SS	1	—	9.0	2	1	1	0	4	.750	3.00
1881	CHN	NL	1B	84	—	735.0	892	43	24	48	959	.975	11.13
			C	2	—	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	1.00
			SS	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1882	CHN	NL	1B	82	—	735.0	810	27	45	42	882	.949	10.21
			C	1	—	6.0	3	0	1	0	4	.750	3.00
1883	CHN	NL	1B	98	—	852.0	1,031	41	40	59	1,112	.964	10.94
			P	2	—	3.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
			C	1	—	6.0	2	0	2	0	4	.500	2.00
			OF	1	—	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1884	CHN	NL	1B	112	—	981.0	1,211	40	58	86	1,309	.956	11.17
			C	3	—	14.0	4	4	3	0	11	.727	2.67
			P	1	—	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
			SS	1	—	9.0	1	3	1	0	5	.800	4.00
1885	CHN	NL	1B	112	—	1001.0	1,253	39	57	62	1,349	.958	11.54
			C	1	—	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1886	CHN	NL	1B	125	—	1046.0	1,188	66	48	69	1,302	.963	10.03
			C	12	—	58.0	32	18	5	1	55	.909	4.17
1887	CHN	NL	1B	122	—	1071.0	1,232	70	36	75	1,338	.973	10.67
			C	1	—	2.0	1	0	1	0	2	.500	1.00
1888	CHN	NL	1B	134	—	1175.0	1,314	65	20	85	1,399	.986	10.29
1889	CHN	NL	1B	134	—	1225.0	1,409	79	27	73	1,515	.982	11.10
1890	CHN	NL	1B	135	—	1177.0	1,345	49	31	61	1,425	.978	10.33
			C	3	—	17.0	9	2	0	0	11	1.000	3.67
			2B	2	—	21.0	7	5	1	0	13	.923	6.00
1891	CHN	NL	1B	136	—	1202.0	1,407	79	29	86	1,515	.981	10.93
			C	2	—	4.0	2	1	0	0	3	1.000	1.50
1892	CHN	NL	1B	146	—	1296.0	1,491	67	44	62	1,602	.973	10.67
1893	CHN	NL	1B	101	—	888.0	997	44	20	59	1,061	.981	10.31
1894	CHN	NL	1B	83	—	708.0	743	47	8	54	798	.990	9.52
			2B	1	—	8.0	4	1	0	0	5	1.000	5.00
1895	CHN	NL	1B	122	—	1050.0	1,176	60	19	82	1,255	.985	10.13
1896	CHN	NL	1B	98	—	837.0	880	54	16	67	950	.983	9.53
			C	10	—	60.0	21	8	4	0	33	.879	2.90
1897	CHN	NL	1B	103	—	856.0	933	62	25	67	1,020	.975	9.66
			C	11	—	88.0	36	13	2	2	51	.961	4.45
Career	—	—	1B	2,152	23	18769.0	21,699	983	658	1,232	23,340	.972	10.54
	—	—	3B	220	85	1884.0	417	436	196	29	1,049	.813	3.88
	—	—	C	105	4	658.0	290	107	65	12	462	.859	3.78
	—	—	OF	86	9	767.0	118	21	31	5	170	.818	1.62
	—	—	2B	18	1	144.0	40	41	16	5	97	.835	4.50
	—	—	SS	9	4	70.0	8	22	10	0	40	.750	3.33
	—	—	P	3	—	4.0	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	0.67