A Ball Player's Career. Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscences -
Adrian C. Anson, Late Manager and Captain of the Chicago Base Ball Club
1900 - Era Publishing Co., Chicago - First Edition
A superior and thus scarce first edition of what is considered the first autobiography of the game, by Adrian Constantine ‘Cap’ Anson (1852--1922), one of the great modernizers of the game, bringing strategy and leadership to the National Pastime, played 2,522 games, the first major league hitter to collect more than 3,000 base hits, venerable captain of the famous Chicago White Stockings when they were the kingpins of the baseball world in the 1880s, winning five National League pennants as a player/manager while accumulating almost 1,300 career victories. Anson finished his final year as manager of the New York Giants in 1897.
Illustrated throughout with photographs, and including an account of the 1889 world tour. To the rear are 16 pages of fabulous mostly illustrated Chicago related advertisements.  More Details
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