Ball Player's Career
Adrian C. Anson
Play
Length 9 h 18 min
Chapters 38
First published 1900
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
Chapters
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Chapter One: My Birthplace and Ancestry Read by Cavaet 9:45
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Chapter Two: Days at Marshalltown Read by Cavaet 12:06
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Chapter Three: Some Facts About the National Game Read by Cavaet 13:38
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Chapter Four: Further Facts and Figures Read by Cavaet 14:56
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Chapter Five: The Game at Marshalltown Read by Cavaet 13:35
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Chapter Six: My Experience at Rockford Read by Cavaet 13:33
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Chapter Seven: With the Atheltics of Philadelphia Read by Cavaet 13:16
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Chapter Eight: Some Minor Diversions Read by Cavaet 10:47
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Chapter Nine: We Ball Players Go Abroad Read by Cavaet 14:09
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Chapter Ten: The Argonauts of 1874 Read by Cavaet 11:49
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Chapter Eleven: I Win One Prize and Others Follow Read by Cavaet 10:03
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Chapter Twelve: With the National League Read by Cavaet 12:17
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Chapter Thirteen: From Fourth Place to the Championship Read by Cavaet 14:43
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Chapter Fourteen: The Champions of the Early Eighties Read by Cavaet 13:43
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Chapter Fifteen: We Fall Down and Rise Again Read by Cavaet 16:27
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Chapter Sixteen: Ball-Players Each and Every One Read by Cavaet 13:05
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Chapter Seventeen: While Fortune Frowns and Smiles Read by Cavaet 13:10
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Chapter Eighteen: From Chicago to Denver Read by Cavaet 15:13
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Chapter Nineteen: From Denver to San Francisco Read by Cavaet 13:09
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Chapter Twenty: Two Weeks in California Read by Cavaet 16:06
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Chapter Twenty-One: We Visit the Hawaiian Islands Read by Cavaet 23:24
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Chapter Twenty-Two: From Honolulu to Australia Read by Cavaet 15:15
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Chapter Twenty-Three: With Our Friends in the Antipodes Read by Cavaet 15:56
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Chapter Twenty-Four: Ball Playing and Sight Seeing in Australia Read by Cavaet 15:44
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Chapter Twenty-Five: Afloat on the Indian Sea Read by Cavaet 14:48
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Chapter Twenty-Six: From Ceylon to Egypt Read by Cavaet 16:02
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Chapter Twenty-Seven: In the Shadow of the Pyramids Read by Cavaet 12:10
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Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Blue Skies of Italy Read by Cavaet 15:14
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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Our Visit to La Belle France Read by Cavaet 14:40
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Chapter Thirty: Through England, Scotland and Ireland Read by Cavaet 20:29
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Chapter Thirty-One: "Home, Sweet Home" Read by Cavaet 22:16
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Chapter Thirty-Two: The Revolt of the Brotherhood Read by Cavaet 15:39
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Chapter Thirty-Three: My Last Years on the Ball Field Read by Cavaet 17:13
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Chapter Thirty-Four: If This Be Treason, Make the Most of It Read by Cavaet 14:28
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Chapter Thirty-Five: How My Winters Were Spent Read by Cavaet 9:20
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Chapter Thirty-Six: With the Knights of the Cue Read by Cavaet 14:09
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Chapter Thirty-Seven: Not Dead, But Sleeping Read by Cavaet 11:17
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Chapter Thirty-Eight: L'Envoi Read by Cavaet 24:27
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