the largest city in his native Ventura County. In the early 1960s, a half-century after his infamous dropped ball, Snodgrass was immortalized in the Lawrence Ritter 1966 book The Glory of Their Times, which featured oral accounts by 26 of the game's oldest surviving players. Snodgrass' recount of the error in an interview with Ritter was included in Ritter's renowned baseball book. His error in the 1912 World Series remained with him to the end. When he died on April 5, 1974, his obituary in The New York Times was headlined "Fred Snodgrass, 86, Dead; Ball Player Muffed 1912 Fly." Snodgrass was buried in Ventura's Ivy Lawn Memorial Park. See also List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders References External links , or Fred Snodgrass - Baseballbiography.com Fred Snodgrass at Society for American Baseball Research 1887 births 1974 deaths Major League Baseball center fielders New York Giants (NL) players Boston Braves players Baseball players from California Major League Baseball controversies Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Vernon Tigers players People from Ventura, California Mayors of places in California People from Oxnard, California Burials at Ivy Lawn Cemetery Sportspeople from Ventura County, California Los Angeles High School alumni