Cap Anson
Subtitle: The Grand Old Man of Baseball
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: August 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780786422388
Subjects: Baseball; Biography: sport; Sports - Baseball; Biography / Autobiography; Baseball - General; Sports & Recreation; Biography; Sports; Biography/Autobiography; Anson, Adrian C.; United States; Baseball player-managers; (Adrian Constantine),
Description: "Cap Anson's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame sums up his career with admirable simplicity: 'The greatest hitter and greatest National League player-manager of the 19th century.' Anson helped make baseball the national pastime. Anson's career coincided with baseball's rise to prominence. He was one of the best known and most admired men in the United States"--Provided by publisher.