Comparing the careers of Cap Anson and Ross Barnes
Anson: Age 32 (MVP 1876 1878 1879 1881 1882 1883 1884)
Barnes: Age 34 (MVP 1872 1874 1875)
Cap Anson
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R K BB SB CS AVG OBP SLG Team
1871 30 135 43 6 6 0 31 22 7 7 5 1 .319 .352 .452 ROK
1872 43 198 55 14 6 0 25 27 8 6 2 1 .278 .299 .409 BLC
1873 52 216 74 16 8 0 48 47 5 20 6 2 .343 .398 .491 BLC
1874 29 91 28 9 5 0 16 25 0 2 2 2 .308 .323 .516 PNA
1875 60 234 72 13 9 0 27 55 7 21 5 4 .308 .365 .440 PNA
1876 69 289 101 26 11 2 78 52 7 24 2 0 .349 .399 .536 CHC
1877 60 239 84 15 7 2 46 44 6 21 5 2 .351 .404 .498 CHC
1878 55 233 89 17 11 4 63 57 3 26 6 4 .382 .444 .601 CHC
1879 83 319 129 23 7 7 89 84 8 63 4 3 .404 .503 .586 CHC
1880 49 197 70 15 6 4 39 39 15 31 2 0 .355 .443 .553 CHC
1881 79 309 107 21 7 5 59 64 27 40 4 3 .346 .421 .508 CHC
1882 82 321 130 11 7 4 81 74 25 44 7 3 .405 .477 .520 CHC
1883 89 369 145 29 7 5 103 89 27 53 9 3 .393 .469 .550 CHC
1884 105 423 170 30 19 5 113 100 31 67 8 4 .402 .484 .598 CHC
Tot 885 3573 1297 245 116 38 818 779 176 425 67 32 .363 .431 .528
Ross Barnes
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R K BB SB CS AVG OBP SLG Team
1871 30 124 52 6 2 0 24 30 5 18 5 0 .419 .493 .500 PNA
1872 43 174 70 6 8 0 39 41 5 33 3 2 .402 .498 .529 BNA
1873 50 193 70 14 5 0 30 55 7 42 2 0 .363 .477 .487 BNA
1874 59 226 81 12 7 1 45 55 6 55 8 2 .358 .484 .487 BNA
1875 67 276 110 19 12 1 55 59 5 48 5 1 .399 .488 .565 BNA
1876 70 273 115 29 8 1 49 76 6 49 6 1 .421 .509 .597 CHC
1877 59 223 74 21 3 1 30 46 7 47 1 1 .332 .448 .466 CHC
1878 59 246 93 18 3 0 43 62 11 41 3 3 .378 .467 .476 CHC
1879 82 318 109 15 9 2 38 84 9 72 2 5 .343 .464 .465 CHC
1880 81 314 113 28 8 0 57 73 11 77 3 5 .360 .486 .500 CHC
1881 80 312 104 17 4 1 50 61 10 51 3 3 .333 .427 .423 CHC
1882 80 310 116 18 10 0 53 86 10 57 3 2 .374 .471 .497 CHC
1883 95 363 161 29 10 0 81 101 9 91 5 4 .444 .555 .579 CHC
1884 105 424 172 36 9 2 80 111 14 71 10 0 .406 .486 .547 CHC
Tot 960 3776 1440 268 98 9 674 940 115 752 59 29 .381 .484 .511