Cap Anson
1897–1897 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs
2,276G
.331AVG
.396OBP
.448SLG
More career statistics
3,011H
97HR
1,879RBI
247SB
0–1W–L
4.0IP
1K
4.50ERA
0GS
1SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 2,276 | 114 |
| Batting · At bats | 9,101 | 424 |
| Batting · Doubles | 528 | 17 |
| Batting · Hits | 3,011 | 121 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 32 | 5 |
| Batting · Home runs | 97 | 3 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 294 | 27 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 10,119 | 497 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,719 | 67 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,879 | 75 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 247 | 11 |
| Batting · Triples | 124 | 3 |
| Batting · Walks | 952 | 60 |
| Pitching · Games | 3 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 2 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 4 | 0 |
| Pitching · p hr | 2 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 12 | 0 |
| Pitching · p k | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 5 | 0 |
| Pitching · p w | 2 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,276 | 10,119 | 9,101 | 1,719 | 3,011 | 528 | 124 | 97 | 1,879 | 952 | 294 | 247 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4,078 | .331 | .396 | .448 | .844 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.500 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1897-09-01 to 1897-09-15
14longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1897-08-08 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 49 | 211 | 53 | 0 | 35 | 26 | 5 | .294 | .374 | .361 |
| Away | 65 | 286 | 68 | 3 | 40 | 34 | 22 | .279 | .357 | .361 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .077 | .235 | .077 |
| May | 7 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .296 | .250 |
| June | 22 | 102 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 7 | .271 | .373 | .388 |
| July | 29 | 124 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 5 | .243 | .315 | .318 |
| August | 27 | 120 | 31 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 9 | .313 | .417 | .364 |
| September | 22 | 93 | 29 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | .345 | .398 | .381 |
| October | 3 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .417 | .357 | .917 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 12 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | .213 | .283 | .255 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 12 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .357 | .438 | .381 |
| louisville-colonels | 11 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .158 | .298 | .184 |
| cleveland-spiders | 11 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .278 | .381 | .306 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 11 | 53 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .432 | .491 | .568 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 10 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .395 | .422 | .605 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 10 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | .302 | .304 | .326 |
| new-york-giants | 10 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 5 | .294 | .432 | .382 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Chicago Cubs | 114 | 424 | 121 | 3 | 75 | 11 | .285 | – | – |