White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh throws 23 balls off Mt Washington (555 ft) before C Billy Sullivan snares one
On August 24, 1910 – Atop the Washington Monument, White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh throws 23 balls before C Billy Sullivan snares one, then catches two more, 555 feet below. It duplicates Gabby Street’s catch of August 21, 1908. The estimated speed of the ball is 161 feet per second. On the field Walsh will be 18-20 despite a league-leading 1.27 ERA, the only time a pitcher with a losing record loses 20 and leads either league in ERA.
The White Sox catcher, feeling the 200-to-300 pound force the objects gain in their vertical descent, nixes the idea of trying to catch a ball tossed from a plane.
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