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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Cap AnsonWWikipedia↗

Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1852-04-17 · Played 1871–1897 · Career WAR 94.2 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1871	RC1	NA	25		120	29	39	11	3	0	16	6	2	2	1	.325	.336	.467	.803	0.8
1872	PH1	NA	46		217	60	90	10	7	0	48	6	6	16	3	.415	.455	.525	.980	2.4
1873	PH1	NA	52		254	53	101	9	2	0	36	1	2	5	2	.398	.409	.449	.858	2.0
1874	PH1	NA	55		260	51	87	8	3	0	37	6	0	4	1	.335	.345	.388	.733	1.9
1875	PH1	NA	69		326	84	106	15	3	0	58	11	6	4	2	.325	.333	.390	.723	2.4
1876	CHN	NL	66		309	63	110	9	7	2	59			12	8	.356	.380	.450	.830	3.7
1877	CHN	NL	59		255	52	86	19	1	0	32			9	3	.337	.360	.420	.780	2.2
1878	CHN	NL	60		261	55	89	12	2	0	40			13	1	.341	.372	.402	.774	1.7
1879	CHN	NL	51		227	40	72	20	1	0	34			2	2	.317	.323	.414	.737	2.1
1880	CHN	NL	86		356	54	120	24	1	1	74			14	12	.337	.362	.419	.781	5.0
1881	CHN	NL	84		343	67	137	21	7	1	82			26	4	.399	.442	.510	.952	5.9
1882	CHN	NL	82		348	69	126	29	8	1	83			20	7	.362	.397	.500	.897	4.4
1883	CHN	NL	98		413	70	127	36	5	0	68			18	9	.308	.336	.419	.755	2.2
1884	CHN	NL	112		475	108	159	30	3	21	102			29	13	.335	.373	.543	.916	5.1
1885	CHN	NL	112		464	100	144	35	7	7	108			34	13	.310	.357	.461	.818	3.9
1886	CHN	NL	125		504	117	187	35	11	10	147	29		55	19	.371	.433	.544	.977	7.0
1887	CHN	NL	122		472	107	164	33	13	7	102	27		60	18	.347	.422	.517	.939	5.2
1888	CHN	NL	134		515	101	177	20	12	12	84	28		47	24	.344	.400	.499	.899	6.9
1889	CHN	NL	134		518	100	177	32	7	7	117	27		86	19	.342	.440	.471	.911	6.4
1890	CHN	NL	139		504	95	157	14	5	7	107	29		113	23	.312	.443	.401	.844	5.4
1891	CHN	NL	136		540	81	157	24	8	8	120	17		75	29	.291	.378	.409	.787	3.9
1892	CHN	NL	146		559	62	152	25	9	1	74	13		67	30	.272	.354	.354	.708	3.2
1893	CHN	NL	103		398	70	125	24	2	0	91	13		68	12	.314	.415	.384	.799	2.3
1894	CHN	NL	84		343	85	133	29	4	5	100	17		41	15	.388	.457	.539	.996	2.9
1895	CHN	NL	122		474	87	159	23	6	2	91	12		55	23	.335	.408	.422	.830	2.1
1896	CHN	NL	108		402	72	133	18	2	2	90	24		49	10	.331	.407	.400	.807	2.2
1897	CHN	NL	114		424	67	121	17	3	3	75	11		60	27	.285	.379	.361	.740	1.1
Total			2524		10281	1999	3435	582	142	97	2075	277	16	984	330	.334	.392	.447	.839	94.3

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1883	CHN	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	.667	0.1
1884	CHN	NL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	18.00	4.000	-0.2
Total			0	1	3	0	0	0	1	4.0	4	2	2	2	1	4.50	1.500	-0.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1871	RC1	NA	1B	1	0	5.0	7	0	0	0
1871	RC1	NA	2B	2	1	10.0	3	4	1	0
1871	RC1	NA	3B	20	19	185.0	38	52	28	2
1871	RC1	NA	C	5	4	31.0	10	0	8	0
1871	RC1	NA	OF	1	1	2.0	0	0	0	0
1872	PH1	NA	3B	46	46	411.0	89	84	57	5
1873	PH1	NA	1B	36		329.0	396	9	35	19
1873	PH1	NA	2B	3		23.0	4	5	7	1
1873	PH1	NA	3B	11		88.0	27	16	10	1
1873	PH1	NA	C	3		15.0	7	1	1	0
1873	PH1	NA	OF	3		28.0	6	1	1	0
1874	PH1	NA	1B	24	23	195.0	229	5	16	9
1874	PH1	NA	3B	20	20	177.0	38	33	21	2
1874	PH1	NA	C	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1874	PH1	NA	OF	8	8	65.0	11	1	4	0
1874	PH1	NA	SS	6	4	50.0	5	18	8	0
1875	PH1	NA	1B	32		257.0	269	14	24	13
1875	PH1	NA	3B	5		23.0	2	8	3	1
1875	PH1	NA	C	13		94.0	41	14	15	1
1875	PH1	NA	OF	25		238.0	40	13	12	5
1876	CHN	NL	3B	66		588.0	135	147	50	8
1876	CHN	NL	C	2		3.0	2	0	0	0
1877	CHN	NL	3B	40		327.0	74	77	20	9
1877	CHN	NL	C	31		231.0	103	41	22	5
1878	CHN	NL	2B	9		80.0	22	26	7	4
1878	CHN	NL	3B	3		17.0	0	5	3	0
1878	CHN	NL	C	3		22.0	13	5	1	3
1878	CHN	NL	OF	48		430.0	60	6	14	0
1879	CHN	NL	1B	51		453.0	620	8	16	26
1880	CHN	NL	1B	81		695.0	866	15	20	28
1880	CHN	NL	2B	1		2.0	0	0	0	0
1880	CHN	NL	3B	9		68.0	14	14	4	1
1880	CHN	NL	SS	1		9.0	2	1	1	0
1881	CHN	NL	1B	84		735.0	892	43	24	48
1881	CHN	NL	C	2		4.0	2	0	0	0
1881	CHN	NL	SS	1		2.0	0	0	0	0
1882	CHN	NL	1B	82		735.0	810	27	45	42
1882	CHN	NL	C	1		6.0	3	0	1	0
1883	CHN	NL	1B	98		852.0	1031	41	40	59
1883	CHN	NL	C	1		6.0	2	0	2	0
1883	CHN	NL	OF	1		4.0	1	0	0	0
1883	CHN	NL	P	2		3.0	0	1	0	0
1884	CHN	NL	1B	112		981.0	1211	40	58	86
1884	CHN	NL	C	3		14.0	4	4	3	0
1884	CHN	NL	P	1		1.0	0	1	0	0
1884	CHN	NL	SS	1		9.0	1	3	1	0
1885	CHN	NL	1B	112		1001.0	1253	39	57	62
1885	CHN	NL	C	1		2.0	2	0	0	0
1886	CHN	NL	1B	125		1046.0	1188	66	48	69
1886	CHN	NL	C	12		58.0	32	18	5	1
1887	CHN	NL	1B	122		1071.0	1232	70	36	75
1887	CHN	NL	C	1		2.0	1	0	1	0
1888	CHN	NL	1B	134		1175.0	1314	65	20	85
1889	CHN	NL	1B	134		1225.0	1409	79	27	73
1890	CHN	NL	1B	135		1177.0	1345	49	31	61
1890	CHN	NL	2B	2		21.0	7	5	1	0
1890	CHN	NL	C	3		17.0	9	2	0	0
1891	CHN	NL	1B	136		1202.0	1407	79	29	86
1891	CHN	NL	C	2		4.0	2	1	0	0
1892	CHN	NL	1B	146		1296.0	1491	67	44	62
1893	CHN	NL	1B	101		888.0	997	44	20	59
1894	CHN	NL	1B	83		708.0	743	47	8	54
1894	CHN	NL	2B	1		8.0	4	1	0	0
1895	CHN	NL	1B	122		1050.0	1176	60	19	82
1896	CHN	NL	1B	98		837.0	880	54	16	67
1896	CHN	NL	C	10		60.0	21	8	4	0
1897	CHN	NL	1B	103		856.0	933	62	25	67
1897	CHN	NL	C	11		88.0	36	13	2	2
Total				2593	126	22296.0	22572	1612	976	1283

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1936	Veterans	39	59	No
1939	Old Timers			Yes