PostHeaderIcon Cap Anson, 1852 – 1922

Adrian Constantine Anson or more popularly known as Cap Anson was a professional player of baseball in both the Major League and the National Association. He was able to play for a total of 27 seasons and was hailed to be one of the greatest baseball players of his time.

He managed the New York Giants after his retirement as a player and left the Colts. He ran a few businesses in Chicago which included a billiards hall which ran a semi-professional baseball team called as Anson’s Colts. A lot of his business plans failed though which led him to bankruptcy.

He was included in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

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