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Pop Schriver
Given Name: William Frederick
1866-1932

C-1B 1886, 1888-95, 1897-1901 Brooklyn

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Chicago's Cap Anson insisted his star catcher, Pop Schriver, could catch a ball dropped 500 feet from the top of the Washington Monument. On August 25, 1894, he did. Clark Griffith, then a Chicago pitcher, flipped the ball from the top of the obelisk. The apprehensive Schriver let it drop, but after deciding the stunt was not dangerous, caught the next ball Griffith sent down. Washington catcher Gabby Street duplicated the feat in 1908. (JK)
FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
» August 21, 1908: Nationals catcher Gabby Street stands at the base of the Washington Monument and catches the 13th ball dropped from the top, 555 feet up, duplicating the feat performed by Pop Schriver of the Chicago Colts on August 24, 1894. Billy Sullivan of the Chicago White Sox will repeat the catch on August 24, 1910. Street gets a $500 prize for his morning's efforts, then spends the afternoon behind the plate catching Walter Johnson's 3-1 win over Detroit.