Schreckengost was born in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Naaman Schrecongost and the former Sarah Caroline Protzman. The family lived in the nearby town of Fairmount City for a few years when Schreckengost was a child before moving the two miles back to New Bethlehem. Schreckengost worked in the mines and played local baseball in New Bethlehem before he went to Williamsport in 1895 to play semipro baseball. \n', '

He made his Major League Baseball debut with the Louisville Colonels on September 8, 1897. He spent the 1898 season and part of the 1899 season with the Cleveland Spiders before joining the St. Louis Perfectos, where he took over at first base for the team\'s player-manager, Patsy Tebeau. \n', '

Playing in the minor leagues with the Buffalo Bisons in 1900 and with the Boston Red Sox in 1901, Schreckengost went to the Philadelphia Athletics in 1902. In his first year there, the team won the American League pennant; the modern World Series was not played until the next season. He did get to play in the 1905 World Series, but the Athletics lost the series 4-1 to the New York Giants. Schreckengost appeared in three games, recording two hits in nine at bats and scoring two runs. It was only career World Series.\n', '

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