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.

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 18	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 19	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 21	CHW		DET	W,8-3	CG	29	7.2	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 23	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	5	1	1	7	0
7	7	Apr 24	CHW		DET	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
8	8	Apr 26	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 29	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 30	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	50	12.0	7	1	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	May 3	CHW	@	DET	L,1-13	GS	32	6.0	4	2	0	6	0
13	13	May 4	CHW	@	DET	L,8-11	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
14	14	May 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	May 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-8	GS	16	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	17	May 8	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-17	GS	33	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 10	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
19	19	May 11	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
20	20	May 13	CHW		BOS	L,8-16	GS	32	5.0	3	0	1	4	0
21	21	May 14	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	22	May 15	CHW		PHA	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
23	23	May 16	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
24	24	May 17	CHW		PHA	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
25	25	May 18	CHW		NYY	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
26	26	May 19	CHW		NYY	L,4-11	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	27	May 20	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	28	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
29	29	May 22	CHW		WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
30	30	May 23	CHW		WSH	L,5-9	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	43 (12)	Jun 4	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
32	44	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-9	GS	23	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	45	Jun 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
34	46	Jun 8	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	46	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
35	47	Jun 9	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	48	Jun 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	49	Jun 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
38	50	Jun 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	51	Jun 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
40	52	Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	53	Jun 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
42	54	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
43	55	Jun 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	56	Jun 21	CHW		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	57	Jun 22	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	58	Jun 23	CHW		CLE	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	59	Jun 24	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
48	60	Jun 25	CHW		DET	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
49	61	Jun 26	CHW		DET	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
50	62	Jun 29	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	6	0	0	6	0
51	63	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	65 (1)	Jul 1	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
53	66	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
54	68 (1)	Jul 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	69	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	70	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,10-11	CG	47	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
57	72 (1)	Jul 6	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	73	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		DET	L,8-13	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
59	75 (1)	Jul 8	CHW		NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
60	76	Jul 9	CHW		NYY	W,10-9	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	77	Jul 10	CHW		NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
62	78	Jul 11	CHW		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
63	79	Jul 12	CHW		WSH	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
64	80	Jul 13	CHW		WSH	L,9-10	CG	45	9.0	7	3	2	12	0
65	81	Jul 14	CHW		WSH	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
66	82	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	83	Jul 16	CHW		BOS	L,0-10	GS	40	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	84	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	85	Jul 18 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	3	1	1	5	0
70	87 (1)	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
71	88	Jul 20	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	1
72	89	Jul 21	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	54	14.0	8	1	0	9	1
73	90	Jul 23	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	92 (1)	Jul 26	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
75	93	Jul 27	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
76	95 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	96	Jul 30 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	97	Aug 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	98	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
80	99	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
81	100	Aug 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-10	GS	27	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
82	101	Aug 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
83	102	Aug 7	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	20	4.2	3	0	0	3	0
84	107 (4)	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
85	108	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
86	109	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	110	Aug 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
88	111	Aug 17	CHW		NYY	L,3-11	GS	36	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
89	112	Aug 18	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	GS	30	6.1	4	0	0	4	0
90	113	Aug 19	CHW		NYY	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	114	Aug 20	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	51	13.0	5	2	0	7	2
92	115	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
93	116	Aug 22	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
94	117	Aug 23	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
95	118	Aug 24	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	5	2	0	7	1
96	119	Aug 25	CHW		PHA	W,13-6	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	120	Aug 26	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
98	121	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
99	122	Aug 28	CHW		BOS	L,5-6	CG	53	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	123	Aug 30	CHW		SLB	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
101	124	Aug 31 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	126 (1)	Sep 1	CHW		SLB	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
103	127	Sep 2	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	128	Sep 3	CHW		SLB	W,12-1	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	129	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	W,11-10	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	130	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	131	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
108	132	Sep 7	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-10	GS	29	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	133	Sep 8	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
110	136 (2)	Sep 11	CHW		DET	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
111	137	Sep 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
112	138	Sep 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-11	CG	47	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
113	139	Sep 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	140	Sep 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	141	Sep 19 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	143 (1)	Sep 20	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS	38	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	144	Sep 21 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
118	145	Sep 21 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	4	2	0	6	0
119	146	Sep 23 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
120	147	Sep 23 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
121	148	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-7	GS	0	4.0	2	3	0	5	0
122	149	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,18-1	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
123	150	Sep 26	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
124	151	Sep 29	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
125	152	Sep 30	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
126	154 (1)	Oct 2	CHW		CLE	W,7-4	GS	21	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
							126gm		1052.0	453	129	9	591	20