• Card series: Beginnings: 1880's
• City: Chicago
• Team: White Stockings
• League: National League
• Hall: National Baseball Hall of Fame

Adrian Constantine Anson (1852-1922) was Mr. Longevity, a big, brawling cyclone of controversy & batsmanship unrivaled in the early days of pro ball. He set hitting standards that only the greatest future players would approach or break. He also, by dint of his ferocious personality, may have been the single greatest force for segregation in baseball until Branch Rickey began to reverse that sad estate.

• Played a record 27 consecutive years in the NL
• First batter to 3000 hits, using his powerful arms to create line drives with a short swing
• Managed the Chicago NL team to five pennants and still holds the Cub franchise records for hits, doubles, runs scored and runs batted in
• Elected to Hall of Fame: 1939