| 19th Century | Ossee Schreckengost | ||
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Full Name: Ossee Freeman Schreckengost (a.k.a. Ossee Schreck) Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5-10 Weight: 180 Born: Apr 11, 1875 in New Bethlehem, PA Major League Debut: Sep 8, 1897 Died: Jul 9, 1914 in Philadelphia, PA |
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| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS |
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Avg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1897 | LOU | .000 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | .000 | -- |
| 1898 | CLE | .314 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | -- | .543 | -- |
| 1899 | CLE | .313 | 43 | 150 | 15 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | -- | .407 | -- |
| 1899 | STL | .278 | 72 | 277 | 42 | 77 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 0 | -- | .357 | -- |
| 1899 | Total | .290 | 115 | 427 | 57 | 124 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 21 | 0 | -- | .375 | -- |
| 1901 | BOS | .304 | 86 | 280 | 37 | 85 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 0 | -- | .386 | -- |
| 1902 | PHI | .324 | 79 | 284 | 45 | 92 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 9 | 0 | -- | .419 | -- |
| 1902 | CLE | .338 | 18 | 74 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | -- | .338 | -- |
| 1902 | Total | .327 | 97 | 358 | 50 | 117 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 9 | 0 | -- | .402 | -- |
| 1903 | PHI | .255 | 92 | 306 | 26 | 78 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 0 | -- | .353 | -- |
| 1904 | PHI | .186 | 95 | 311 | 23 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 0 | -- | .232 | -- |
| 1905 | PHI | .271 | 123 | 420 | 30 | 114 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 0 | -- | .345 | -- |
| 1906 | PHI | .284 | 98 | 338 | 29 | 96 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 0 | -- | .358 | -- |
| 1907 | PHI | .272 | 101 | 356 | 30 | 97 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 17 | 0 | -- | .334 | -- |
| 1908 | PHI | .222 | 71 | 207 | 16 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | -- | .266 | -- |
| 1908 | CWS | .188 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | .188 | -- |
| 1908 | Total | .220 | 77 | 223 | 17 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | -- | .260 | -- |
| AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
| Totals | .271 | 895 | 3057 | 304 | 829 | 136 | 31 | 9 | 338 | 102 | 0 | .000 | .345 | .000 | |
| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1897 | LOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1898 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1899 | CLE | 2 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1899 | STL | 1 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 138.5 | 0.0 |
| 1899 | Total | 3 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | .000 | 213.5 | 0.0 |
| 1901 | BOS | 4 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1902 | PHI | 1 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 142.0 | 0.0 |
| 1902 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1902 | Total | 1 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 179.0 | 0.0 |
| 1903 | PHI | 2 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 102.0 | 0.0 |
| 1904 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 311.0 | 0.0 |
| 1905 | PHI | 1 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1906 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 338.0 | 0.0 |
| 1907 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1908 | PHI | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1908 | CWS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1908 | Total | 1 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K | ||
| Totals | 12 | 0 | 1054 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 52 | 0 | .000 | 339.7 | 0.0 | |
| CAREER FIELDING STATS | ||||||||
| Year | Team | POS | G | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1897 | LOU | C | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1898 | CLE | C | 9 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .860 |
| 1899 | CLE | C | 39 | 104 | 60 | 16 | 6 | .911 |
| 1899 | CLE | 1B | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1899 | CLE | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1899 | CLE | UN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1899 | STL | C | 25 | 75 | 40 | 6 | 5 | .950 |
| 1899 | STL | UN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1899 | STL | 1B | 42 | 441 | 9 | 17 | 30 | .964 |
| 1899 | STL | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
| 1899 | Total | 111 | 637 | 110 | 40 | 41 | .949 | |
| 1901 | BOS | C | 72 | 273 | 102 | 30 | 8 | .926 |
| 1901 | BOS | 1B | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1901 | Total | 76 | 301 | 102 | 30 | 9 | .931 | |
| 1902 | PHI | C | 71 | 367 | 108 | 20 | 3 | .960 |
| 1902 | PHI | 1B | 7 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .972 |
| 1902 | PHI | UN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1902 | CLE | 1B | 17 | 184 | 8 | 5 | 6 | .975 |
| 1902 | Total | 96 | 619 | 117 | 28 | 11 | .963 | |
| 1903 | PHI | C | 77 | 514 | 106 | 16 | 4 | .975 |
| 1903 | PHI | 1B | 10 | 83 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .978 |
| 1903 | Total | 87 | 597 | 110 | 18 | 8 | .975 | |
| 1904 | PHI | C | 84 | 589 | 76 | 14 | 5 | .979 |
| 1904 | PHI | 1B | 9 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1904 | Total | 93 | 666 | 77 | 14 | 5 | .982 | |
| 1905 | PHI | C | 114 | 790 | 115 | 15 | 11 | .984 |
| 1905 | PHI | 1B | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1905 | Total | 116 | 800 | 115 | 15 | 11 | .984 | |
| 1906 | PHI | C | 89 | 532 | 110 | 19 | 7 | .971 |
| 1906 | PHI | 1B | 4 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1906 | Total | 93 | 568 | 112 | 19 | 8 | .973 | |
| 1907 | PHI | C | 99 | 640 | 145 | 12 | 4 | .985 |
| 1907 | PHI | 1B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1907 | Total | 101 | 643 | 145 | 12 | 4 | .985 | |
| 1908 | PHI | C | 65 | 352 | 91 | 10 | 3 | .978 |
| 1908 | PHI | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1908 | CWS | C | 6 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .982 |
| 1908 | Total | 72 | 404 | 96 | 11 | 5 | .978 | |
| G | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | |||
| Totals | 855 | 5270 | 995 | 194 | 103 | .970 | ||
Highly rated by Connie Mack as a defensive catcher and handler of pitchers, Schreckengost
and Hall of Famer Rube Waddell formed a devastating battery for the early Athletics.
Off the field, the two were cohorts in mischief; Mack later called the catcher "the
Harpo Marx of his time." When they roomed together on road trips, Schreckengost had
written into Waddell's contract that he was not to eat crackers in bed. Schreckengost
disdained shin guards (invented near the end of his career), and used a one-handed
catching style over fifty years before it became an accepted technique.
Ossee was the very first Boomerang Catcher when in 1899 he
was traded from Stl-N to Cle-N and back again to Stl-N in the same season.
