Ray Schalk

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: August 12, 1892 in Harvel, IL us

Died: May 19, 1970 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Evergreen Park, IL

High School: Litchfield HS (Litchfield, IL)

Debut: August 11, 1912 (Age 19-365d, 3,756th in major league history)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 15, 1929 (Age 37-034d)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1955. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Ray Schalk's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: Ray William Schalk

Nicknames: Cracker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.0

5306

1345

.254

579

RBI

593

177

OBP

.340

SLG

.316

OPS

.656

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-36 / in Starts: 19-29
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 183 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	109 (49-38-22) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 183 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	122 (60-38-22)

Most Driven In
B Barrett	3
R French	2
W Kamm	2
H McClellan	1
B Falk	1
E Sheely	1
Self	1
R Morehart	0

Most Driven In By
H Hooper	4
J Mostil	3
B Barrett	2
M Archdeacon	2
H Thurston	1
E Collins	1
Self	1
T Lyons	1

1924 Batting Game Log

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1924 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1477	1	Apr 15	CHW		SLB	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.85	0.069	2.26	0.11%	0.40	C
2	1478	2	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	8	1.50	-0.049	3.48	-0.07%	-0.13	C
3	1479	3	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.417	.400	.817	8	.44	0.051	1.13	0.08%	0.42	C
4	1480	5 (1)	Apr 20	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		1		0	1	.333	.467	.500	.967	8	1.27	0.118	3.69	0.21%	0.43	C
5	1481	6	Apr 22	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.438	.462	.899	8	3.57	-0.094	11.23	-0.18%	-0.25	PH
6	1482	13 (6)	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.400	.529	.929	8	1.28	-0.140	3.47	-0.23%	-2.18	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	1483	14	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,13-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.360	.455	.815	8	.80	-0.166	2.36	-0.29%	-1.36	C
8	1484	15	May 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.310	.385	.695	8	.36	-0.038	1.10	-0.07%	-0.55	C
9	1485	16	May 4	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-13	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.281	.345	.626	8	1.64	-0.158	5.39	-0.31%	-1.26	C
10	1486	17	May 5	CHW		DET	L,5-8	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.333	.355	.688	8	.72	0.035	2.44	0.07%	1.18	C
11	1487	18	May 6	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.350	.457	.807	8	1.53	0.125	4.72	0.23%	0.97	C
12	1488	19	May 10	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.237	.341	.421	.762	8	1.47	-0.056	4.42	-0.10%	-0.10	C
13	1489	20	May 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.341	.421	.762	8						C
14	1490	22 (1)	May 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.237	.370	.421	.791	8	1.00	0.068	2.51	0.10%	0.57	C
15	1491	23	May 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	1	.238	.373	.405	.777	8	1.38	0.084	3.86	0.14%	-0.17	C
16	1492	24	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.382	.386	.768	8	1.60	0.030	3.90	0.04%	0.42	C
17	1493	26 (1)	May 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.229	.373	.375	.748	8	1.14	-0.022	2.03	-0.02%	-0.31	C
18	1494	27	May 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.355	.353	.708	8	.59	-0.046	1.20	-0.06%	-0.69	C
19	1495	28	May 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-9	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.212	.349	.346	.695	8						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	1496	37 (8)	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.343	.327	.671	8	.58	-0.017	1.51	-0.03%	-0.27	C
21	1497	43 (5)	Jun 10	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.343	.328	.670	8	1.43	-0.102	2.91	-0.13%	-0.78	C
22	1498	44	Jun 11	CHW		PHA	W,10-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.329	.311	.640	8	.87	-0.061	1.81	-0.08%	-0.71	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	1499	68 (23)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,5-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		1	0	.203	.338	.313	.650	8	1.78	0.005	3.41	0.01%	0.48	C
24	1500	71 (2)	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,9-6	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.346	.313	.659	8	1.22	0.055	2.54	0.07%	0.27	PH C
25	1501	74 (2)	Jul 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.341	.299	.640	8	.67	-0.059	2.04	-0.11%	-1.11	C
26	1502	75	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.341	.300	.641	8	1.16	-0.018	4.54	-0.04%	0.03	C
27	1503	76	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-18	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.345	.296	.641	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.16	C
28	1504	77	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,9-12	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.194	.348	.292	.640	8	1.73	-0.072	5.02	-0.13%	-0.95	C
29	1505	87 (9)	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-16	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.344	.288	.632	8	.28	-0.007	.48	-0.01%	-0.18	C
30	1506	88	Jul 22 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.330	.273	.603	8	.54	-0.057	.90	-0.06%	-1.00	C
31	1507	91 (2)	Jul 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-7	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.190	.333	.278	.612	8	1.89	-0.067	2.33	-0.05%	-0.35	C
32	1508	92	Jul 26	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG(14)	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.340	.282	.622	8	1.43	-0.026	1.43	-0.02%	-0.16	C
33	1509	93	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.352	.295	.647	8	1.79	0.364	1.32	0.16%	1.67	C
34	1510	94	Jul 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.348	.286	.634	8	1.46	-0.064	1.40	-0.04%	-0.63	C
35	1511	95	Jul 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,10-12	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.348	.286	.634	8						C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	1512	99 (3)	Aug 1	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.357	.319	.676	8	1.18	0.304	.50	0.08%	1.79	C
37	1513	101 (1)	Aug 3	CHW		PHA	L,3-9	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.211	.353	.316	.669	8						C
38	1514	107 (5)	Aug 10	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.345	.306	.651	8	1.42	-0.172	.46	-0.03%	-1.33	C
39	1515	109 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.341	.297	.638	8	.95	-0.029	.11	0.00%	-0.43	C
40	1516	111 (1)	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.341	.297	.638	8						C
41	1517	112	Aug 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.192	.333	.288	.622	8	1.09	-0.084	.06	0.00%	-0.98	C
42	1518	113	Aug 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.333	.290	.623	8	1.44	-0.010	.03	0.00%	-0.25	C
43	1519	114	Aug 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.323	.279	.603	8	2.40	-0.252	.02	0.00%	-1.73	C
44	1520	115	Aug 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.316	.272	.588	8	1.41	-0.115	.01	0.00%	-0.74	C
45	1521	116	Aug 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.309	.265	.574	8	.96	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.64	C
46	1522	117	Aug 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.176	.305	.261	.565	8	.89	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.52	C
47	1523	118	Aug 26	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.305	.261	.565	8						C
48	1524	120 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.310	.262	.573	8	.40	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.44	C
49	1525	121	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.183	.309	.262	.571	8	.43	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.86	C
50	1526	122	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.318	.264	.582	8	1.09	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.10	C
51	1527	123	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	1	.182	.312	.258	.570	8	1.80	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.83	C
52	1528	124	Aug 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-11	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.310	.256	.566	8	1.83	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.61	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	1529	127 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	CHW		DET	W,10-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.309	.255	.564	8	.18	-0.016	.00	0.00%	0.35	C
54	1530	128	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.307	.262	.570	8	.33	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.30	C
55	1531	129	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.312	.269	.581	8	.44	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
56	1532	130	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.306	.264	.570	8	1.02	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.69	C
57	1533	152 (21)	Sep 27	CHW		DET	L,8-10	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.311	.270	.580	8	1.09	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.06	C
							21-36		183	152	15	30	4	2	1	11	23	0	10	2	5		5		1	5	.197	.311	.270	.580		1.13	-1.134	1.75	-0.74%	-14.65

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