How Cap Anson's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players
Cap Anson posted a career Equivalent Average of .862, above the league average of .745 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1894, posting 1.02, above the league average of .897 that year. The lowest point came in 1875 at .736, near the league average of .761 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .858 in 1895 to .859 in 1896 and .779 in 1897. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Equivalent Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 27 seasons.
Cap Anson Lifetime Equivalent Average
Stats similar to Equivalent Average for Cap Anson
| Cap Anson
Equivalent Average |
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| Career | 0.862 |
| Season Avg. | 0.862 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.862 |
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Cap Anson Equivalent Average Per Season
Cap Anson's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Cap Anson Equivalent Average by Team
Cap Anson's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cap Anson Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Cap Anson's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Cap Anson Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Cap Anson's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Cap Anson Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Cap Anson's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
