Cap Anson

For other entities named Pontiac, see Pontiac.Adrian Constantine "Cap" Anson (April 17, 1852 – April 14, 1922) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Including his time in the National Association (NA), he played a record 27 consecutive seasons. Anson was regarded as one of the greatest players of his era and one of the first superstars of the game. Anson spent most of his career with the Chicago Cubs franchise (then known as the "White Stockings" and later the "Colts"), serving as the club's manager, first baseman and, later in his tenure, minority owner. He led the team to five National League pennants in the 1880s. Anson was one of baseball's first great hitters, and the first to tally over 3,000 career hits. Anson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

Cap Anson in Worldwar
During the Battle of Chicago, Lt. Mutt Daniels chose the name of Cap Anson, a hero of his youth, as a password. The men under him were too young to remember when Anson played ball, and wondered why Daniels didn't choose a more up-to-date player. Daniels said that the Lizards would be likelier to have heard of recent players, but young soldier Jacobs pointed out that these obscure references could cause their own men to shoot each other.