Cap Anson
Hall of Fame Inductee
Retired
Cap Anson
OOTP Player Page
Nickname:
Pop
Birthdate:
April 17, 1852 (185 y, 8 m, 18 d)
Born In:
Marshalltown, IA, USA
Nationality:
American
Position:
1B
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Height/Weight:
6'0"/227
Entry:
Unknown
Contract:
Free Agent
ML Service Time:
None
Player Popup
Player Awards
None
Hall of Fame Metrics
Metric Score HoF
Pos Avg		 HoF
All Avg
Black Ink 84 30.9 26.6
Grey Ink 347 172.7 149.9
HoF Standard 63 44.2 44.0
WAR 81.2 59.3 59.0
WAR7 35.0 37.7 37.8
JAWS 58.1 48.5 48.4
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Sam Crawford R 697
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Note: See Baseball Reference formula (primary position)
Leaderboard Appearances
Year PA Rank
1876 321 4
1877 264 7
1878 274 2
1880 370 3
1881 369 2
1882 368 8
1883 431 9
1884 504 6
1885 498 5
1886 559 1
1887 533 10
1888 563 5
1889 609 4
1890 623 6
1891 616 7
Year AB Rank
1876 309 5
1876 309 5
1877 255 9
1877 255 9
1878 261 4
1878 261 4
1880 356 3
1880 356 3
1881 343 3
1881 343 3
1882 348 8
1882 348 8
1883 413 8
1883 413 8
1884 475 6
1884 475 6
1885 464 4
1885 464 4
1886 504 2
1886 504 2
1888 515 9
1888 515 9
Year Hits Rank
1876 110 3
1877 86 4
1878 89 3
1880 120 2
1881 137 1
1882 126 1
1883 127 7
1884 159 4
1885 144 2
1886 187 1
1887 164 2
1888 177 2
1889 161 8
1890 157 9
1891 157 7
Year K Rank
1876 8 8
Year TB Rank
1876 139 2
1877 107 4
1878 105 2
1880 149 3
1881 175 1
1882 174 1
1884 258 2
1885 214 3
1886 274 1
1887 244 2
1888 257 3
1889 228 10
1891 221 7
Year 2B Rank
1877 19 1
1878 12 2
1879 20 5
1880 24 2
1881 21 3
1882 29 2
1883 36 3
1884 30 1
1885 35 1
1886 35 1
1887 33 2
1888 20 7
1889 32 5
1891 24 9
Year 3B Rank
1876 7 2
1878 2 8
1881 7 3
1882 8 4
1886 11 6
1887 13 9
1888 12 7
Year HR Rank
1876 2 1
1880 1 8
1881 1 4
1882 1 8
1884 21 4
1885 7 3
1886 10 1
1888 12 3
1889 7 10
1890 7 5
1891 8 8
Year SB Rank
1886 29 8
Year RBI Rank
1876 59 2
1877 32 7
1878 40 1
1879 34 10
1880 74 1
1881 82 1
1882 83 1
1883 68 3
1884 102 1
1885 108 1
1886 147 1
1887 102 2
1888 84 1
1889 117 3
1890 107 2
1891 120 1
1896 90 9
Year R Rank
1876 63 5
1877 52 4
1878 55 2
1880 54 7
1881 67 4
1882 69 5
1884 108 4
1885 100 6
1886 117 3
1887 107 8
1888 101 3
Year BB Rank
1876 12 3
1877 9 2
1878 13 3
1880 14 5
1881 26 2
1882 20 5
1884 29 9
1885 34 10
1886 55 6
1887 60 4
1888 47 6
1889 86 3
1890 113 1
1891 75 6
1897 60 8
Year HBP Rank
1889 5 10
Year XBH Rank
1876 18 6
1877 20 3
1878 14 4
1879 21 8
1880 26 6
1881 29 2
1882 38 2
1883 41 8
1884 54 1
1885 49 2
1886 56 1
1887 53 3
1888 44 4
1889 46 7
1891 40 9
Year Avg Rank
1884 0.335 1
1886 0.371 2
1887 0.348 1
1888 0.344 1
1889 0.311 5
1890 0.312 5
1891 0.291 6
Year OBP Rank
1884 0.373 1
1886 0.433 3
1887 0.422 1
1888 0.400 1
1889 0.414 5
1890 0.443 1
1891 0.378 5
Year SLG Rank
1884 0.543 1
1886 0.544 1
1887 0.517 3
1888 0.499 2
1889 0.440 7
1890 0.401 10
1891 0.409 10
Year ISO Rank
1884 0.208 1
1886 0.173 2
1887 0.170 5
1888 0.155 4
1889 0.129 9
Year OPS Rank
1884 0.916 1
1886 0.977 2
1887 0.939 1
1888 0.899 1
1889 0.854 5
1890 0.844 2
1891 0.788 6
Year SV Rank
1883 1 2
Year G Rank
1876 66 6
1877 59 9
1878 60 3
1880 86 1
1881 84 1
1883 98 2
1884 112 6
1885 112 3
1886 125 2
1887 122 10
1888 134 7
1889 134 5
1890 139 1
1891 136 7
Year WAR Rank
1876 3.2 2
1877 1.8 4
1878 2.4 2
1879 1.5 9
1880 2.9 3
1881 4.5 1
1882 4.2 1
1884 5.5 2
1885 3.9 5
1886 6.7 2
1887 4.0 5
1888 5.6 2
1889 4.3 9
1890 4.7 7
Year K (Low) Rank
1877 3 8
1879 2 3