Additionally, star Anson decided to accept a $1,250 contract offer from Philadelphia for the 1872 season.
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Born in Port Hope, Ontario, he is credited with employing the first slide in an organized baseball game, while playing for the 1866 Rockford Forest Citys of the National Association of Base Ball Players.