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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	7	5	0	12	0
2	2	Apr 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,13-3	CG	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 13	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 14	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 15	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
6	6	Apr 16	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
7	7	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 18	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	CG	32	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
9	9	Apr 19	CHW		CLE	L,2-9	GS	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 20	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
11	11	Apr 21	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
12	15 (3)	Apr 26	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
13	16	Apr 27	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
14	17	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	18	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	19	May 1	CHW	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	21 (1)	May 3	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	7	3	0	10	0
18	23 (1)	May 7	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
19	24	May 8	CHW		WSH	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	26 (1)	May 10	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
21	27	May 11	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
22	28	May 12	CHW		PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	29	May 15	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	30	May 16	CHW		NYY	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
25	31	May 17	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	32	May 18	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	34 (1)	May 21	CHW		BOS	L,9-10	CG	48	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
28	35	May 22	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
29	36	May 24	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	37	May 25	CHW		CLE	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
31	38	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	39	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
33	40	May 29	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
34	41	May 30 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
35	42	May 30 (2)	CHW		DET	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
36	43	May 31	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	7	2	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	44	Jun 1	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
38	45	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	7	3	0	10	0
39	46	Jun 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
40	47	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
41	48	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	49	11.2	6	2	1	9	0
42	49	Jun 7	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	2	3	0	5	0
43	50	Jun 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
44	51	Jun 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
45	52	Jun 11	CHW	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
46	53	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
47	54	Jun 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
48	55	Jun 14	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	56	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
50	57	Jun 17	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	58	Jun 18	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
52	59	Jun 19	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	60	Jun 20	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
54	61	Jun 22 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
55	62	Jun 22 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
56	63	Jun 23 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
57	64	Jun 23 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	14	0	0	14	1
58	65	Jun 24	CHW		SLB	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	66	Jun 25	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
60	67	Jun 26	CHW		CLE	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
61	68	Jun 27	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
62	69	Jun 28	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GS	21	4.2	2	1	1	4	0
63	70	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
64	71	Jun 30	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	72	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
66	73	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-7	GS	23	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	75 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
68	76	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
69	78 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
70	79	Jul 6 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-7	GS	0		4	3	0	7	0
71	80	Jul 9	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
72	81	Jul 10	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
73	82	Jul 11	CHW		NYY	L,1-11	GS	33	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	83	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	84	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,0-9	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
76	85	Jul 13	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
77	86	Jul 14	CHW		BOS	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
78	87	Jul 15	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
79	88	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	5	3	0	8	2
80	89	Jul 16 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
81	90	Jul 17	CHW		PHA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	91	Jul 18	CHW		PHA	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
83	92	Jul 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
84	93	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	12.0	4	2	0	6	0
85	95 (1)	Jul 21	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	GS	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	96	Jul 22	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
87	97	Jul 23	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	GS	29	6.0	5	1	0	6	0
88	98	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS	35	7.1	4	0	1	5	0
89	99	Jul 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	101 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
91	102	Jul 30	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	28	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
92	103	Jul 31	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	105 (1)	Aug 4	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	106	Aug 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	42	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
95	108 (1)	Aug 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-4	GS	0	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	110 (1)	Aug 9	CHW	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
97	111	Aug 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	113 (1)	Aug 14	CHW		NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
99	114	Aug 15	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
100	116 (1)	Aug 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	42	12.0	4	6	0	10	0
101	117	Aug 18	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
102	118	Aug 19	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
103	121 (2)	Aug 22	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
104	122	Aug 23	CHW		PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
105	124 (1)	Aug 25	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
106	125	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	126	Aug 30	CHW		DET	L,5-8	GF	18	3.0	1	1	1	3	0
108	127	Aug 31	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	128	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
110	131 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	132	Sep 4	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	41	10.1	6	3	0	9	0
112	133	Sep 5	CHW	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
113	135 (1)	Sep 7	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
114	136	Sep 9	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
115	137	Sep 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	44	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
116	138	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
117	139	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-7	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
118	140	Sep 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
119	141	Sep 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
120	143 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
121	144	Sep 17 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	30	7.0	5	2	0	7	0
122	147 (2)	Sep 23 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
123	148	Sep 26	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
124	150 (1)	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
125	151	Oct 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	2	5	0
							125gm		1049.0	599	154	15	768	18