Pop Schriver

{{Short description|American baseball player (1865–1932)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Pop Schriver

|image=Pop Schriver baseball card.jpg

|position=Catcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1865|7|11}}

|birth_place=Brooklyn, New York, US

|death_date={{death date and age|1932|12|27|1865|7|11}}

|death_place=New York City, US

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 29

|debutyear=1886

|debutteam=Brooklyn Grays

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 6

|finalyear=1901

|finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.264

|stat2label=Hits

|stat2value=720

|stat3label=Runs scored

|stat3value=367

|teams=

• Brooklyn Grays ({{Baseball year|1886}})
• Philadelphia Quakers / Phillies ({{Baseball year|1888}}–{{Baseball year|1890}})
• Chicago Colts ({{Baseball year|1891}}–{{Baseball year|1894}})
• New York Giants ({{Baseball year|1895}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{Baseball year|1897}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{Baseball year|1898}}–{{Baseball year|1900}})
• St. Louis Cardinals ({{Baseball year|1901}})

}}

William Frederick "Pop" Schriver (July 11, 1865 – December 27, 1932) born in Brooklyn, New York, was a baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Grays (1886), Philadelphia Quakers/Philadelphia Phillies (1888–90), Chicago Colts (1891–94), New York Giants (1895), Cincinnati Reds (1897), Pittsburgh Pirates (1898–1900) and St. Louis Cardinals (1901).

In 14 seasons he played in 800 games, had 2,727 at bats, 367 runs, 720 hits, 117 doubles, 40 triples, 16 home runs, 375 RBIs, 46 stolen bases, 223 walks, .264 batting average, .329 on-base percentage, .354 slugging percentage, 965 total bases and 33 sacrifice hits.

He died in New York City.

A Washington Post article reported on August 26, 1894, that on the 25th, "Pop" Schriver caught a ball tossed by his teammate Clark Griffith from the observation deck of the Washington Monument (505 feet). Griffith reported later that Schriver "couldn't hold it and it plopped out," so Schriver's claim to the first catch from the Monument is questioned.

The feat was successfully completed by Washington Senators catcher Charles E. "Gabby" Street on Aug. 21, 1908.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1994/07/24/from-the-top-of-the-washington-monument/5831bb78-a950-4a70-9fc1-7be22bdc5649 |title=FROM THE TOP OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT |date=1994-07-24 |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}