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Originally Posted by CBL-Commish
Cap Anson with one of the lowest percentages I found, 8 of 97.
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Fun history lesson. Explaining Cap Anson's low ITP numbers.
I would take Cap Anson's ITP numbers with a grain of salt. I refuse to believe any 19th century ITP data is complete or reliable actually.
However, the only reason I may believe Anson's possibly being correct is he played in a home field where in 1884 they made the 200 foot right field fence a legal homerun instead of a ground rule double (the top 4 HR hitters in the NL were White Stockings that year including a quarter of Anson's career homers)
The legal minimum in the 1800's for a fence was 215 feet from home plate and after leaving that park the White Stockings found home at a park with a 216 foot right field fence. Anson hit 2/3 of his career HR at home and only one of those 66 at home without a RF fence of 216 feet or less... which was an ITP
