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Cap Anson played 27 major-league seasons (1871-1897) as a 1B (2,152), 3B (220), C (105), OF (86), 2B (18). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 27 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 19 | RC1 | 25 | 120 | 29 | 39 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .325 | .803 | 129 |
| 1872 | 20 | PH1 | 46 | 217 | 60 | 90 | 0 | 48 | 6 | 16 | 3 | .415 | .980 | 204 |
| 1873 | 21 | PH1 | 52 | 254 | 53 | 101 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .398 | .858 | 160 |
| 1874 | 22 | PH1 | 55 | 260 | 51 | 87 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .335 | .733 | 139 |
| 1875 | 23 | PH1 | 69 | 326 | 84 | 106 | 0 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .325 | .723 | 154 |
| 1876 | 24 | CHN | 66 | 309 | 63 | 110 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 12 | 8 | .356 | .830 | 177 |
| 1877 | 25 | CHN | 59 | 255 | 52 | 86 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .337 | .779 | 149 |
| 1878 | 26 | CHN | 60 | 261 | 55 | 89 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 13 | 1 | .341 | .775 | 160 |
| 1879 | 27 | CHN | 51 | 227 | 40 | 72 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .317 | .737 | 145 |
| 1880 | 28 | CHN | 86 | 356 | 54 | 120 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .337 | .781 | 167 |
| 1881 | 29 | CHN | 84 | 343 | 67 | 137 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 26 | 4 | .399 | .952 | 203 |
| 1882 | 30 | CHN | 82 | 348 | 69 | 126 | 1 | 83 | 0 | 20 | 7 | .362 | .897 | 188 |
| 1883 | 31 | CHN | 98 | 413 | 70 | 127 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 18 | 9 | .308 | .755 | 132 |
| 1884 | 32 | CHN | 112 | 475 | 108 | 159 | 21 | 102 | 0 | 29 | 13 | .335 | .916 | 190 |
| 1885 | 33 | CHN | 112 | 464 | 100 | 144 | 7 | 108 | 0 | 34 | 13 | .310 | .819 | 169 |
| 1886 | 34 | CHN | 125 | 504 | 117 | 187 | 10 | 147 | 29 | 55 | 19 | .371 | .977 | 204 |
| 1887 | 35 | CHN | 122 | 472 | 107 | 164 | 7 | 102 | 27 | 60 | 18 | .347 | .939 | 165 |
| 1888 | 36 | CHN | 134 | 515 | 101 | 177 | 12 | 84 | 28 | 47 | 24 | .344 | .899 | 194 |
| 1889 | 37 | CHN | 134 | 518 | 100 | 177 | 7 | 117 | 27 | 86 | 19 | .342 | .911 | 162 |
| 1890 | 38 | CHN | 139 | 504 | 95 | 157 | 7 | 107 | 29 | 113 | 23 | .312 | .844 | 152 |
| 1891 | 39 | CHN | 136 | 540 | 81 | 157 | 8 | 120 | 17 | 75 | 29 | .291 | .788 | 136 |
| 1892 | 40 | CHN | 146 | 559 | 62 | 152 | 1 | 74 | 13 | 67 | 30 | .272 | .708 | 120 |
| 1893 | 41 | CHN | 103 | 398 | 70 | 125 | 0 | 91 | 13 | 68 | 12 | .314 | .800 | 118 |
| 1894 | 42 | CHN | 84 | 343 | 85 | 133 | 5 | 100 | 17 | 41 | 15 | .388 | .997 | 145 |
| 1895 | 43 | CHN | 122 | 474 | 87 | 159 | 2 | 91 | 12 | 55 | 23 | .335 | .830 | 118 |
| 1896 | 44 | CHN | 108 | 402 | 72 | 133 | 2 | 90 | 24 | 49 | 10 | .331 | .808 | 118 |
| 1897 | 45 | CHN | 114 | 424 | 67 | 121 | 3 | 75 | 11 | 60 | 27 | .285 | .740 | 101 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883 | 31 | CHN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | — |
| 1884 | 32 | CHN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18.00 | 17 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 3B | 20 | 19 | 38 | 52 | 28 | 2 |
| 1871 | C | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1871 | 2B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1871 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1871 | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1872 | 3B | 46 | 46 | 89 | 84 | 57 | 5 |
| 1873 | 1B | 36 | 0 | 396 | 9 | 35 | 19 |
| 1873 | 3B | 11 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 1 |
| 1873 | 2B | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| 1873 | C | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1873 | OF | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1874 | 1B | 24 | 23 | 229 | 5 | 16 | 9 |
| 1874 | 3B | 20 | 20 | 38 | 33 | 21 | 2 |
| 1874 | OF | 8 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1874 | SS | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 0 |
| 1874 | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1875 | 1B | 32 | 0 | 269 | 14 | 24 | 13 |
| 1875 | OF | 25 | 0 | 40 | 13 | 12 | 5 |
| 1875 | C | 13 | 0 | 41 | 14 | 15 | 1 |
| 1875 | 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 1876 | 3B | 66 | 0 | 135 | 147 | 50 | 8 |
| 1876 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1877 | 3B | 40 | 0 | 74 | 77 | 20 | 9 |
| 1877 | C | 31 | 0 | 103 | 41 | 22 | 5 |
| 1878 | OF | 48 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| 1878 | 2B | 9 | 0 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 4 |
| 1878 | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1878 | C | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 1879 | 1B | 51 | 0 | 620 | 8 | 16 | 26 |
| 1880 | 1B | 81 | 0 | 866 | 15 | 20 | 28 |
| 1880 | 3B | 9 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| 1880 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1880 | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1881 | 1B | 84 | 0 | 892 | 43 | 24 | 48 |
| 1881 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1881 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1882 | 1B | 82 | 0 | 810 | 27 | 45 | 42 |
| 1882 | C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1883 | 1B | 98 | 0 | 1031 | 41 | 40 | 59 |
| 1883 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1883 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | 1B | 112 | 0 | 1211 | 40 | 58 | 86 |
| 1884 | C | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1884 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1885 | 1B | 112 | 0 | 1253 | 39 | 57 | 62 |
| 1885 | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | 1B | 125 | 0 | 1188 | 66 | 48 | 69 |
| 1886 | C | 12 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| 1887 | 1B | 122 | 0 | 1232 | 70 | 36 | 75 |
| 1887 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1888 | 1B | 134 | 0 | 1314 | 65 | 20 | 85 |
| 1889 | 1B | 134 | 0 | 1409 | 79 | 27 | 73 |
| 1890 | 1B | 135 | 0 | 1345 | 49 | 31 | 61 |
| 1890 | C | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | 2B | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1891 | 1B | 136 | 0 | 1407 | 79 | 29 | 86 |
| 1891 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | 1B | 146 | 0 | 1491 | 67 | 44 | 62 |
| 1893 | 1B | 101 | 0 | 997 | 44 | 20 | 59 |
| 1894 | 1B | 83 | 0 | 743 | 47 | 8 | 54 |
| 1894 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1895 | 1B | 122 | 0 | 1176 | 60 | 19 | 82 |
| 1896 | 1B | 98 | 0 | 880 | 54 | 16 | 67 |
| 1896 | C | 10 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 1897 | 1B | 103 | 0 | 933 | 62 | 25 | 67 |
| 1897 | C | 11 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Cap Anson ranks on 7 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #3 | third basemen | 1872 | 204 OPS+ |
| #16 | first basemen | 1886 | 204 OPS+ |
| #19 | first basemen | 1881 | 203 OPS+ |
| #26 | third basemen | 1876 | 177 OPS+ |
| #40 | first basemen | 1888 | 194 OPS+ |
| #51 | first basemen | 1884 | 190 OPS+ |
| #59 | first basemen | 1882 | 188 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.