Cap Anson
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Adrian Constantine Anson, nicknamed "Cap", "Pop", and, early in his career, "Baby" and "The Marshalltown Infant", was an American professional baseball player who played a record 27 consecutive major-
Cap Anson baseball card (N162), 1888
Studio photo of Anson
Cap Anson throws out the first pitch for the home opener for the Cubs on April 22, 1908, at Chicago's West Side Park.
Anson in 1907
Baseball color line
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The color line, also known as the color barrier, in American baseball excluded African American players from Major League Baseball and its affiliated Minor Leagues until 1947. Racial segregation in pr
Cap Anson
…a star player, he innovated managerial tactics such as signals between players and the rotation of pitchers. Anson played a 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. His demands…
Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier on April 15, 1947.
William Edward White
Moses Fleetwood Walker of the Toledo Blue Stockings, c. 1884
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