C is for Cap
Adrian Consrantine "Cap" Anson (HOF)
1852- 1922
1852- 1922
Rockford, Philadephia, Chicago
Cap Anson was a first base for the Cubs from 1876 to 1897 and manages the team 17 of those years. Back then the Cubs were known as the "White Stockings" and the stockings weren't the only thing white about those teams. Anson was one of the first stars of the sport and one of it's leading racists. As a manager he signed contracts for games against player that had african americans on them that said they could not play against Anson's club. This of course was typical of post civil war life, but still very unsettling.
Anson hit all of his 97 Homers as a member of the White Stockings. This ties him for 23 on the Cubs all time HR list.
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2 comments:
He had long career with them and I learned something new, I didn't realize they used to be called the White Stockings. I like White Sox a lot better myself!
betty
He does look a bit full of himself. Didn't know about the racist contracts. Not a good time in our history...
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