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.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 13	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 14	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 15	CHW	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 16	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 19	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
8	8	Apr 20	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
9	9	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	4	0	10	0
10	10	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
12	12	Apr 25	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
14	14	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
15	15	Apr 28	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	50	14.0	6	0	0	6	0
16	16	Apr 29	CHW		DET	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	18	May 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	5	2	0	7	0
19	19	May 5	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
20	20	May 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 8 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
23	23	May 8 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
24	24	May 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	25	May 10	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
26	26	May 11	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
27	27	May 12	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
28	29 (1)	May 14	CHW		PHA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
29	30	May 15	CHW		PHA	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	33 (2)	May 18	CHW		BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
31	34	May 19	CHW		BOS	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	35	May 20	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	36	May 23	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	37	May 24	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	43	12.0	6	4	0	10	0
35	38	May 25	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	39	May 26	CHW		WSH	T,1-1	CG	23	6.0	4	2	0	6	0
37	40	May 27	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	41	May 29	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	42	Jun 2	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
40	43	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
41	44	Jun 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	45	Jun 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
43	46	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	4	1	0	5	1
44	49 (2)	Jun 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	50	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	46	11.2	9	2	1	12	0
46	51	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
47	52	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	53	Jun 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	54	Jun 18 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	55	Jun 18 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
51	56	Jun 20	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
52	57	Jun 21	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	58	Jun 22	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	59	Jun 23	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	54	15.0	12	1	0	13	0
55	60	Jun 24	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
56	61	Jun 26 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	64 (2)	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	65	Jun 28	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	49	10.0	7	1	0	8	1
59	66	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
60	67	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	70 (2)	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	71	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
63	72	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	73	Jul 5	CHW	@	DET	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
65	74	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
66	75	Jul 7	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
67	76	Jul 8	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	78 (1)	Jul 10	CHW		PHA	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
69	79	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	6	2	0	8	0
70	80	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	81	Jul 13	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	6	1	1	8	0
72	82	Jul 14	CHW		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	83	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	84	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	85	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
76	86	Jul 18 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	87	Jul 18 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
78	88	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
79	89	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
80	90	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	T,5-5	CG	0	15.0	4	4	0	8	0
81	91	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	92	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
83	93	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	2	8	0
84	94	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	95	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	59	13.1	4	0	0	4	0
86	97 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
87	99 (1)	Jul 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
88	100	Jul 31	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	101	Aug 1	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	102	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	103	Aug 3	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	104	Aug 4 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
93	105	Aug 4 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
95	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	46	8.0	6	2	1	9	0
96	110 (2)	Aug 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
97	111	Aug 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	22	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
98	112	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	7	1	0	8	0
99	113	Aug 14 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	114	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
101	115	Aug 15	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	6	1	1	8	0
102	116	Aug 17	CHW		PHA	L,7-9	CG	59	12.0	4	3	0	7	0
103	117	Aug 18	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
104	118	Aug 19	CHW		PHA	W,14-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	119	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
106	120	Aug 20 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
107	121	Aug 21	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	122	Aug 22	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
109	123	Aug 23	CHW		WSH	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	124	Aug 25	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
111	125	Aug 26	CHW		NYY	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
112	126	Aug 27	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
113	127	Aug 28	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
114	128	Aug 29 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
115	129	Aug 29 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,11-1	GS	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
116	130	Aug 30	CHW		SLB	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
117	131	Aug 31	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	132	Sep 1	CHW		SLB	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
119	133	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
120	134	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
121	135	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
122	136	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		DET	W,14-8	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	137	Sep 4	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-6	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	138	Sep 5	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	41	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
125	139	Sep 8	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
126	140	Sep 9	CHW		CLE	W,3-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	2	6	1
127	141	Sep 14	CHW	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
128	142	Sep 15 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	143	Sep 15 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
130	144	Sep 16	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	8	4	0	12	0
131	145	Sep 18	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
132	146	Sep 19	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	3	3	0	6	0
133	147	Sep 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	148	Sep 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	151 (2)	Sep 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	152	Sep 26	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
137	154 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-12	GS	27	5.0	1	2	1	4	0
138	155	Sep 29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS	18	5.0	7	1	0	8	1
139	156	Oct 1	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	20	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
							139gm		1232.0	624	148	15	787	18