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1910
It was a noteworthy publicity stunt. With the White Sox in Washington, D.C., catcher Ray Schalk caught a ball tossed off of the top of the Washington Monument from pitcher Ed Walsh.
It took 23 tries before Schalk was able to grab the ball, traveling at well faster than 100 mph, into his glove. The ball fell 555 feet.