Ossee Schrecongost

Freeman Osee Schrecongost
Last name also spelled Schreckengost and Shrecongost
Also played as Ossee Schreck

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.

• Debut September 8, 1897
• Final Game October 2, 1908
• Born April 11, 1875 in New Bethlehem, PA USA
• Died July 9, 1914 in Philadelphia, PA USA

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Biographical Information

Ossee Schrecongost gained fame, if not notoriety, as Rube Waddell's catcher and as his road roommate. In a day when road travel often required not only rooming together but actually sharing beds, Ossee insisted that a provision be included in Waddell's contract prohibiting him from eating Animal Crackers in bed.

He umpired 2 American League games in 1903.

Schrecongost died at the age of 39 from uremia, which is the toxic reaction following renal failure.

Further Reading

• Bill Nowlin: "Osee Schrecongost", in Bill Nowlin, Maurice Bouchard and Len Levin, eds.: New Century, New Team: The 1901 Boston Americans, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2013, pp. 144-153. ISBN 978-1-933599-58-8

Related Sites

• Osee Schrecongost at the SABR Bio Project