Cap Anson

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Cap Anson was a 19th-century American baseball player and manager, widely regarded as one of the sport’s earliest stars and a key figure in the development of professional baseball.

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Cap Anson canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century baseball player
Major League Baseball player
baseball manager
baseball player
human
bats right
battingAverage .334
burialPlace Oak Woods Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1852-04-17
dateOfDeath 1922-04-14
era 19th century
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Anson
fieldOfWork professional baseball
gamesPlayed 2524
givenName Adrian
Constantine
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hits 3435
isInauguralMemberOf National League batting champion
surface form: National League .400 batting average club (season) (contextual, 19th century)
languageSpoken English
league National League
managedTeam Chicago Colts
Chicago Cubs
surface form: Chicago White Stockings
memberOfSportsTeam Chicago Colts
Chicago Cubs
surface form: Chicago White Stockings

Philadelphia Athletics
surface form: Philadelphia Athletics (NA)
nickname Cap
Pop
notableFor being one of the first superstars of professional baseball
helping establish the popularity of professional baseball in the United States
long tenure as player-manager of Chicago’s National League club
occupation baseball manager
baseball player
businessperson
placeOfBirth Marshalltown
surface form: Marshalltown, Iowa
placeOfDeath Chicago
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
positionPlayed first baseman
runsBattedIn 2075
runsScored 1999
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
team Chicago Colts
Chicago Cubs
surface form: Chicago White Stockings

Philadelphia Athletics
surface form: Philadelphia Athletics (NA)

Rockford Forest Citys
throws right

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Chicago Colts manager Cap Anson
Chicago Colts captain Cap Anson
Chicago Colts namedAfter Cap Anson
Anson’s Colts manager Cap Anson
Anson’s Colts teamCaptain Cap Anson
Anson’s Colts namedAfter Cap Anson
Anson’s Colts notableLeader Cap Anson