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Ossee Schrecongost

Freeman Osee Schrecongost
Also Played Under Name Of Ossee Schreck, born Schrecongost

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 11, 1875 in New Bethlehem, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1897
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Americans/Perfectos/Spiders/Bronchos/... 1897-1908

Final Game: October 2, 1908
Died: July 9, 1914 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning, PA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1897	LOU	NL	22	C	1				3	2	1	0	0	1.000		3.00	.947		4.70		1		1	1	50%	37%
1898	CLV	NL	23	C	9				50	33	10	7	1	.860		4.78	.953		4.82		2		9	7	44%	44%
1899	TOT	NL	24	C	64				301	179	100	22	11	.927		4.36	.952		4.59		10		122	89	42%	44%
1899	TOT	NL	24	1B	43				481	455	9	17	30	.965		10.79	.977		10.49
1899	TOT	NL	24	OF	2				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.50	.940		2.20	0-0-2
1899	STL	NL	24	1B	1				9	9	0	0	0	1.000		9.00	.977		10.50
1899	STL	NL	24	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20	0-0-1
1899	CLV	NL	24	C	39				180	104	60	16	6	.911		4.21	.952		4.59		5		93	54	37%	44%
1899	CLV	NL	24	1B	1				14	14	0	0	0	1.000		14.00	.977		10.50
1899	CLV	NL	24	OF	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.940		2.20	0-0-1
1899	CLV	NL	24	SS	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.60
1899	STL	NL	24	1B	41				458	432	9	17	30	.963		10.76	.977		10.49
1899	STL	NL	24	C	25				121	75	40	6	5	.950		4.60	.952		4.59		5		29	35	55%	44%
1899	STL	NL	24	2B	1				4	2	1	1	0	.750		3.00	.940		5.60
1901	BOS	AL	26	C	72				405	273	102	30	8	.926		5.21	.950		4.97		14		90	75	45%	44%
1901	BOS	AL	26	1B	4				28	28	0	0	1	1.000		7.00	.974		10.78
1902	TOT	AL	27	1B	24				268	252	9	7	8	.974		10.88	.980		10.94
1902	CLE	AL	27	1B	17				197	184	8	5	6	.975		11.29	.980		10.94
1902	PHA	AL	27	C	71				495	367	108	20	3	.960		6.69	.957		4.90		6		79	71	47%	44%
1902	PHA	AL	27	1B	7				71	68	1	2	2	.972		9.86	.980		10.94
1902	PHA	AL	27	OF	1				1	0	0	1	0	.000		0.00	.940		2.10	0-1-0
1903	PHA	AL	28	C	77				636	514	106	16	4	.975		8.05	.971		6.07		11		75	67	47%	44%
1903	PHA	AL	28	1B	10				89	83	4	2	4	.978		8.70	.981		10.79
1904	PHA	AL	29	C	84				679	589	76	14	5	.979		7.92	.969		6.15		8		75	53	41%	44%
1904	PHA	AL	29	1B	9				78	77	1	0	0	1.000		8.67	.982		11.03
1905	PHA	AL	30	C	114				920	790	115	15	11	.984		7.94	.971		6.40		9		102	80	44%	45%
1905	PHA	AL	30	1B	2				10	10	0	0	0	1.000		5.00	.982		10.80
1906	PHA	AL	31	C	89				661	532	110	19	7	.971		7.21	.961		5.98		8		111	78	41%	45%
1906	PHA	AL	31	1B	4				38	36	2	0	1	1.000		9.50	.982		10.85
1907	PHA	AL	32	C	99				797	640	145	12	4	.985		7.93	.968		6.11		9		118	94	44%	44%
1907	PHA	AL	32	1B	2				3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.983		11.15
1908	TOT	AL	33	C	71				509	402	96	11	4	.978		7.01	.969		6.28		6		96	66	41%	45%
1908	PHA	AL	33	C	65				453	352	91	10	3	.978		6.82	.969		6.28		6		91	63	41%	45%
1908	PHA	AL	33	1B	1				2	2	0	0	1	1.000		2.00	.985		11.40
1908	CHW	AL	33	C	6				56	50	5	1	1	.982		9.17	.969		6.28		0		5	3	38%	46%
	11 Seasons			C	751				5456	4321	969	166	58	.970		7.04	.965		5.78		84		878	681	44%	44%
	9 Seasons			1B	99				997	946	25	26	45	.974		9.81	.979		10.73
	2 Seasons			OF	3				2	1	0	1	0	.500		0.33	.940		2.17	0-1-2
	1 Season			2B	1				4	2	1	1	0	.750		3.00	.940		5.60
	1 Season			SS	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.60
	11 Seasons			TOT	855				6459	5270	995	194	103	.970		7.33	.967		6.34	0-1-2	84		878	681	44%	44%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B	2B	SS	CF	RF	OF
1897	LOU	NL	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1898	CLV	NL	23	10	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
1899	STL	NL	24	72	72	25	42	1	0	0	1	1
1899	CLV	NL	24	43	43	39	1	0	1	0	1	1
1901	BOS	AL	26	86	86	72	4	0	0	0	0	0
1902	PHA	AL	27	79	79	71	7	0	0	1	0	1
1902	CLE	AL	27	18	18	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
1903	PHA	AL	28	92	92	77	10	0	0	0	0	0
1904	PHA	AL	29	95	95	84	9	0	0	0	0	0
1905	PHA	AL	30	123	123	114	2	0	0	0	0	0
1906	PHA	AL	31	98	98	89	4	0	0	0	0	0
1907	PHA	AL	32	101	101	99	2	0	0	0	0	0
1908	PHA	AL	33	71	71	65	1	0	0	0	0	0
1908	CHW	AL	33	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
	11 Seasons			895	895	751	99	1	1	1	2	3

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1937 BBWAA ( 1.0%) 1938 BBWAA ( 0.8%) 1939 BBWAA ( 0.7%)	Def. Games as C s c a p y 1901 AL 72 (5th) 1902 AL 71 (5th) 1903 AL 77 (2nd) 1904 AL 84 (4th) 1905 AL 114 (1st) 1906 AL 89 (3rd) 1907 AL 99 (4th)	Putouts as C s c a p y 1902 AL 367 (1st) 1903 AL 514 (1st) 1904 AL 589 (1st) 1905 AL 790 (1st) 1906 AL 532 (1st) 1907 AL 640 (1st) 1908 AL 402 (4th)	Assists as C s c a p y 1902 AL 108 (4th) 1903 AL 106 (2nd) 1905 AL 115 (3rd) 1906 AL 110 (3rd) 1907 AL 145 (1st) Career 969 (55th)
Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1899 NL 22 (2nd) 1901 AL 30 (1st) 1902 AL 20 (1st) 1903 AL 16 (3rd) 1904 AL 14 (5th) 1905 AL 15 (3rd) 1906 AL 19 (2nd) Career 166 (61st)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1901 AL 14 (4th) 1903 AL 11 (3rd)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1903 AL 75 (4th) 1905 AL 102 (2nd) 1906 AL 111 (1st) 1907 AL 118 (2nd) 1908 AL 96 (5th) Career 878 (48th)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1902 AL 71 (5th) 1903 AL 67 (2nd) 1905 AL 80 (2nd) 1906 AL 78 (4th) 1907 AL 94 (1st) Career 681 (32nd)
Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1901 AL 5.21 (2nd) 1902 AL 6.69 (1st) 1903 AL 8.05 (1st) 1904 AL 7.92 (1st) 1905 AL 7.94 (1st) 1906 AL 7.21 (1st) 1907 AL 7.93 (1st) Career 7.04 (17th)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 1903 AL .975 (3rd) 1904 AL .979 (4th) 1905 AL .984 (1st) 1906 AL .971 (4th) 1907 AL .985 (1st)

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