Baseball Digest - This day in baseball history: July 16, 1897 - Chicago Colts' Adrian "Cap" Anson (at age 45) becomes the first major league hitter to collect 3,000 hits. Photo credit:
It's time for baseball to acknowledge Cap Anson's role in erecting its color barrier - The Washington Post
BP's Baseball Vault - Cap Anson, baseball's first superstar, was the dominant on-field figure of nineteenth-century baseball. He was a small-town boy from Iowa who earned his fame as the playing manager
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