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Who was the major league baseball catcher to catch a ball dropped off of the Washington monument?
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∙ 14y ago
Legend has it that there were three that pulled the stunt.
The first was Pops Schriver of the Chicago Colts who caught a ball from the Monument in 1894. Clark Griffith, Schriver's teammate, leaned out a window at the top of the Monument and tossed the first ball which, legend has it, Schriver allowed to hit the ground so he see how high it bounced to determine whether attempting to catch it would rip his hand off. Being satisfied he could pull the stunt off, the second ball was tossed which he caught cleanly.
The second was Gabby Street of the 1908 Washington Senators who missed 12 or 14, based on who is telling the story, before he caught one. Street was reportedly given $500 for the stunt.
The third was Billy Sullivan of the 1910 Chicago White Sox who caught 3 of 11 balls from teammate Ed Walsh.
Obviously, all three wore catcher's mitts, which in those days were kind of like wearing a pillow, to catch the ball.
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