Ossee Freeman Schreckengost (also played under name of Ossee Schreck, born Schrecongost) (April 11, 1875 – July 9, 1914) was a Major League Baseball

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 catcher

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 and first baseman

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. Schreckengost was born in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Schreckengost made his Major League Baseball

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 debut with the Louisville Colonels

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 on September 8, 1897, and appeared in his final game on October 2, 1908, which was the perfect game

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 pitched by Addie Joss

Addie Joss

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, in which Schreckengost made the last out.

Schreckengost died of uremia

Uremia

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 at the age of 39 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. He was laid to rest at Kittanning Cemetery in Kittanning, Pennsylvania

Kittanning, Pennsylvania

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External links

• TheDeadBallEra.com - Schreckengost's grave marker