| SERIES: 1953-55 Artvue Hall of Fame Plaque Postcards SUBJECT: Cap Anson APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5-1/4" ISSUER: Artvue ORIGINAL or REPRODUCTION: Original vintage item produced in the time period shown COMMENTS / CONDITION: 1953-55 - Cap Anson baseball card VG or better condition as shown. See scans of actual card offered for condition and further details. BIO: Adrian Constantine Anson (Pop, Uncle, or Captain) was born in 1852 in Marshalltown, IA and died in 1922 in Chicago, IL. He went to college at the University of Notre Dame. He played major league baseball from 1871 to 1897 as infielder for the Rockford Forest Citys, Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Stockings, and the Chicago Colts, appeared in the 1885 and 1886 World Series, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. Anson played a record 27 consecutive seasons, and was regarded as one of the greatest players of his era and one of the first superstars of the game. He spent most of his career with the Chicago Cubs franchise (then known as the "White Stockings" and later the "Colts"), serving as the club's manager, first baseman and, later in his tenure, minority owner. He led the team to five National League pennants in the 1880s. Anson was one of baseball's first great hitters, and was the first to tally over 3,000 career hits. His contemporary influence and prestige are regarded by historians as playing a major role in establishing the racial segregation in professional baseball that persisted until the late 1940s. On several occasions, Anson refused to take the field when the opposing roster included black players. After retiring as a player and leaving the Colts, Anson briefly managed the New York Giants. He ran several enterprises in Chicago, including opening a billiards and bowling hall and running a semi-professional baseball team he dubbed "Anson's Colts". Anson also toured extensively on the vaudeville circuit, performing monologues and songs. Many of his business ventures failed, resulting in Anson losing his ownership stake in the Colts (by then called the Cubs) and filing for bankruptcy. SKU: CL02394
Item: CL02394
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