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Ball Player's Career

English· 09:18:01· 38 chapters

The biography of one of the greatest players that the game of baseball of his era, in his own words. "Cap" Anson, quite probably baseball's first superstar. - Summary by cavaet

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Chapters

Chapter 1
Chapter One: My Birthplace and Ancestry
09:45
Chapter 2
Chapter Two: Days at Marshalltown
12:06
Chapter 3
Chapter Three: Some Facts About the National Game
13:38
Chapter 4
Chapter Four: Further Facts and Figures
14:56
Chapter 5
Chapter Five: The Game at Marshalltown
13:35
Chapter 6
Chapter Six: My Experience at Rockford
13:33
Chapter 7
Chapter Seven: With the Atheltics of Philadelphia
13:16
Chapter 8
Chapter Eight: Some Minor Diversions
10:47
Chapter 9
Chapter Nine: We Ball Players Go Abroad
14:09
Chapter 10
Chapter Ten: The Argonauts of 1874
11:49
Chapter 11
Chapter Eleven: I Win One Prize and Others Follow
10:03
Chapter 12
Chapter Twelve: With the National League
12:17
Chapter 13
Chapter Thirteen: From Fourth Place to the Championship
14:43
Chapter 14
Chapter Fourteen: The Champions of the Early Eighties
13:43
Chapter 15
Chapter Fifteen: We Fall Down and Rise Again
16:27
Chapter 16
Chapter Sixteen: Ball-Players Each and Every One
13:05
Chapter 17
Chapter Seventeen: While Fortune Frowns and Smiles
13:10
Chapter 18
Chapter Eighteen: From Chicago to Denver
15:13
Chapter 19
Chapter Nineteen: From Denver to San Francisco
13:09
Chapter 20
Chapter Twenty: Two Weeks in California
16:06
Chapter 21
Chapter Twenty-One: We Visit the Hawaiian Islands
23:24
Chapter 22
Chapter Twenty-Two: From Honolulu to Australia
15:15
Chapter 23
Chapter Twenty-Three: With Our Friends in the Antipodes
15:56
Chapter 24
Chapter Twenty-Four: Ball Playing and Sight Seeing in Australia
15:44
Chapter 25
Chapter Twenty-Five: Afloat on the Indian Sea
14:48
Chapter 26
Chapter Twenty-Six: From Ceylon to Egypt
16:02
Chapter 27
Chapter Twenty-Seven: In the Shadow of the Pyramids
12:10
Chapter 28
Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Blue Skies of Italy
15:14
Chapter 29
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Our Visit to La Belle France
14:40
Chapter 30
Chapter Thirty: Through England, Scotland and Ireland
20:29
Chapter 31
Chapter Thirty-One: "Home, Sweet Home"
22:16
Chapter 32
Chapter Thirty-Two: The Revolt of the Brotherhood
15:39
Chapter 33
Chapter Thirty-Three: My Last Years on the Ball Field
17:13
Chapter 34
Chapter Thirty-Four: If This Be Treason, Make the Most of It
14:28
Chapter 35
Chapter Thirty-Five: How My Winters Were Spent
09:20
Chapter 36
Chapter Thirty-Six: With the Knights of the Cue
14:09
Chapter 37
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Not Dead, But Sleeping
11:17
Chapter 38
Chapter Thirty-Eight: L'Envoi
24:27

Ball Player's Career

Chapters

Chapter One: My Birthplace and Ancestry

Chapter Two: Days at Marshalltown

Chapter Three: Some Facts About the National Game

Chapter Four: Further Facts and Figures

Chapter Five: The Game at Marshalltown

Chapter Six: My Experience at Rockford

Chapter Seven: With the Atheltics of Philadelphia

Chapter Eight: Some Minor Diversions

Chapter Nine: We Ball Players Go Abroad

Chapter Ten: The Argonauts of 1874

Chapter Eleven: I Win One Prize and Others Follow

Chapter Twelve: With the National League

Chapter Thirteen: From Fourth Place to the Championship

Chapter Fourteen: The Champions of the Early Eighties

Chapter Fifteen: We Fall Down and Rise Again

Chapter Sixteen: Ball-Players Each and Every One

Chapter Seventeen: While Fortune Frowns and Smiles

Chapter Eighteen: From Chicago to Denver

Chapter Nineteen: From Denver to San Francisco

Chapter Twenty: Two Weeks in California

Chapter Twenty-One: We Visit the Hawaiian Islands

Chapter Twenty-Two: From Honolulu to Australia

Chapter Twenty-Three: With Our Friends in the Antipodes

Chapter Twenty-Four: Ball Playing and Sight Seeing in Australia

Chapter Twenty-Five: Afloat on the Indian Sea

Chapter Twenty-Six: From Ceylon to Egypt

Chapter Twenty-Seven: In the Shadow of the Pyramids

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Blue Skies of Italy

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Our Visit to La Belle France

Chapter Thirty: Through England, Scotland and Ireland

Chapter Thirty-One: "Home, Sweet Home"

Chapter Thirty-Two: The Revolt of the Brotherhood

Chapter Thirty-Three: My Last Years on the Ball Field

Chapter Thirty-Four: If This Be Treason, Make the Most of It

Chapter Thirty-Five: How My Winters Were Spent

Chapter Thirty-Six: With the Knights of the Cue

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Not Dead, But Sleeping

Chapter Thirty-Eight: L'Envoi