Ossee Schreckengost
[edit] Biography
Ossee Schreckengost (Ossee Freeman Schreckengost) was born on April 11, 1875 in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1897 for the Louisville Colonels. In 1899, his rookie year, he hit .290 with 2 home runs and 47 RBI. Schreckengost played for the Louisville Colonels, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos, Boston Americans, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Broncos and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 11 year career.
Most people believe that Ossee Schreckengost's best season was 1899, when he hit for a .290 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1897
| LOU
| N
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| 10
| 35
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 10
| .314
| .314
| .543
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .111
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 66
| 269
| 42
| 77
| 2
| 37
| .286
| .324
| .368
| 12
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 43
| 150
| 15
| 47
| 0
| 10
| .313
| .348
| .407
| 8
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 115
| 427
| 57
| 124
| 2
| 47
| .290
| .328
| .375
| 20
| 5
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| BOS
| A
| 86
| 280
| 37
| 85
| 0
| 38
| .304
| .356
| .386
| 13
| 5
| 19
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| PHI
| A
| 79
| 284
| 45
| 92
| 2
| 43
| .324
| .347
| .419
| 17
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| CLE
| A
| 18
| 74
| 5
| 25
| 0
| 9
| .338
| .338
| .338
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| TOT
| A
| 97
| 358
| 50
| 117
| 2
| 52
| .327
| .345
| .402
| 17
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| PHI
| A
| 92
| 306
| 26
| 78
| 3
| 30
| .255
| .285
| .353
| 13
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| PHI
| A
| 95
| 311
| 23
| 58
| 1
| 21
| .186
| .199
| .232
| 9
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| PHI
| A
| 123
| 420
| 30
| 114
| 0
| 45
| .271
| .278
| .345
| 19
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| PHI
| A
| 98
| 338
| 29
| 96
| 1
| 41
| .284
| .305
| .358
| 20
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| PHI
| A
| 101
| 356
| 30
| 97
| 0
| 38
| .272
| .306
| .334
| 16
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| PHI
| A
| 71
| 207
| 16
| 46
| 0
| 16
| .222
| .248
| .266
| 7
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| 6
| 16
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .188
| .235
| .188
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| TOT
| A
| 77
| 223
| 17
| 49
| 0
| 16
| .220
| .247
| .260
| 7
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 126
| 465
| 62
| 135
| 2
| 57
| .290
| .325
| .385
| 22
| 8
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 769
| 2592
| 242
| 694
| 7
| 281
| .268
| .292
| .338
| 114
| 23
| 81
| 0
| 9
| 43
| 33
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 895
| 3057
| 304
| 829
| 9
| 338
| .271
| .297
| .345
| 136
| 31
| 102
| 0
| 12
| 45
| 52
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1897
| LOU
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| C
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 10
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .860
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 432
| 9
| 17
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| C
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 75
| 40
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| C
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 104
| 60
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 1B
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 455
| 9
| 17
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| C
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 179
| 100
| 22
| 11
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1901
| BOS
| A
| C
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 273
| 102
| 30
| 8
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1901
| BOS
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| PHI
| A
| C
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 367
| 108
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1902
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 68
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1902
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1902
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 184
| 8
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1902
| TOT
| A
| 1B
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 252
| 9
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1903
| PHI
| A
| C
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 514
| 106
| 16
| 4
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1903
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 83
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1904
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 77
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1904
| PHI
| A
| C
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 589
| 76
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1905
| PHI
| A
| C
| 114
| 0
| 0
| 790
| 115
| 15
| 11
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1905
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1906
| PHI
| A
| C
| 89
| 0
| 0
| 532
| 110
| 19
| 7
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1906
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1907
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1907
| PHI
| A
| C
| 99
| 0
| 0
| 640
| 145
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1908
| PHI
| A
| C
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 352
| 91
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1908
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| C
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 50
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1908
| TOT
| A
| C
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 402
| 96
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 751
| 0
| 0
| 4321
| 969
| 166
| 58
| 0
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 99
| 0
| 0
| 946
| 25
| 26
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
[edit] Transactions
- Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders with Frank Bates, Harry Blake, Jesse Burkett, Jimmy Burke, Cupid Childs, Lou Criger, Nig Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Cowboy Jones, Pete McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Patsy Tebeau, Bobby Wallace and Zeke Wilson (March 29, 1899).
- Assigned to Cleveland Spiders by St. Louis Perfectos with Frank Bates (June 5, 1899).
- Traded by Boston Americans to Cleveland Broncos in exchange for Candy LaChance (November 16, 1901).
- Released by Cleveland Broncos (@May 18, 1902).
- Signed by Philadelphia Athletics (May 22, 1902).
- Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Chicago White Sox for $2400 (September 23, 1908).
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