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.

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHW		SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 13	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
3	3	Apr 15	CHW		SLB	L,0-14	GS	30	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 16	CHW		DET	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
5	5	Apr 18	CHW		DET	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
6	6	Apr 20	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	44	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 22	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-10	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
9	9	Apr 23	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	46	9.1	4	2	0	6	1
11	11	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
12	12	Apr 27	CHW	@	CLE	T,6-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 28	CHW	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
14	14	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	27	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
17	17	May 2	CHW		CLE	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
18	18	May 4	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	19	May 5	CHW		CLE	L,3-6	GS	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
20	20	May 6	CHW	@	DET	L,1-8	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 7	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
22	22	May 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	23	May 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	47	9.2	2	3	0	5	0
24	24	May 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
25	25	May 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	5	4	1	10	0
27	27	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	29	May 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	6	2	1	9	0
30	30	May 17	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	48	12.2	13	1	0	14	0
31	31	May 19	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
32	32	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
34	34	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
35	35	May 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
36	36	May 26	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
37	37	May 27 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
38	38	May 27 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	39	May 28	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	40	May 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	41	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	42	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	43	May 31	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 1	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	48	11.2	5	0	0	5	0
45	45	Jun 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-12	GS	24	4.0	3	1	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
47	47	Jun 4	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 6	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	49	Jun 7	CHW		NYY	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
51	51	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
52	52	Jun 10	CHW		BOS	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 11	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	56	13.0	6	2	0	8	0
54	54	Jun 12	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 13	CHW		BOS	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 14	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	57	Jun 15	CHW		PHA	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
58	58	Jun 16	CHW		PHA	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
59	59	Jun 17	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
60	60	Jun 18	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	61	Jun 19	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
62	62	Jun 20	CHW		WSH	L,6-9	CG	64	13.0	7	0	0	7	0
63	63	Jun 21	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
64	64	Jun 22	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	65	Jun 23	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	8	2	0	10	0
66	66	Jun 24	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
67	67	Jun 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	68	Jun 27	CHW	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	69	Jun 28	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	CHW		DET	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
71	71	Jul 2	CHW		DET	L,6-12	GS	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
72	72	Jul 3 (1)	CHW		DET	L,6-7	CG	62	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	73	Jul 3 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
76	76	Jul 6	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
77	77	Jul 7	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-6	GF	16	4.0	3	1	0	4	0
78	78	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
79	79	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	80	Jul 10	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
81	81	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
82	84 (2)	Jul 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	47	12.0	7	3	0	10	1
83	86 (1)	Jul 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	87	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-14	GS	38	6.0	4	3	0	7	0
85	88	Jul 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
86	89	Jul 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	5	1	0	6	0
87	90	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	51	10.1	6	5	0	11	1
88	91	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
89	92	Jul 23	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	93	Jul 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
91	94	Jul 25	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
92	95	Jul 26	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
93	96	Jul 27	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	97	Jul 28	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
95	98	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
96	99	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	100	Jul 31	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	101	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
99	102	Aug 3	CHW		WSH	L,0-2	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	103	Aug 4	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
101	104	Aug 5	CHW		WSH	L,2-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	105	Aug 6	CHW		PHA	L,1-5	GS	19	5.0	6	1	0	7	0
103	110 (4)	Aug 13	CHW		SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	111	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,19-11	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
105	112	Aug 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
106	113	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	3	1	0	4	0
107	115 (1)	Aug 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
108	116	Aug 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-12	GS	33	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	117	Aug 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
110	118	Aug 22 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	119	Aug 22 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
112	120	Aug 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-11	GS	38	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
113	121	Aug 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	122	Aug 26	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
115	123	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
116	125 (1)	Aug 29	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	1
117	126	Aug 30	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	10	2	0	12	2
118	127	Aug 31	CHW	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	128	Sep 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	129	Sep 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	130	Sep 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
122	131	Sep 4 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
123	132	Sep 4 (2)	CHW		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	133	Sep 5 (1)	CHW		DET	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
125	135 (1)	Sep 6	CHW		DET	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
126	136	Sep 7	CHW		CLE	W,9-8	GS	47	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
127	140 (3)	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
128	141	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
129	142	Sep 14	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	143	Sep 15	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
131	144	Sep 16	CHW		BOS	W,9-2	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
132	145	Sep 17	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
133	146	Sep 18	CHW		BOS	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	147	Sep 20 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
135	148	Sep 20 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
136	149	Sep 21	CHW		PHA	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
137	150	Sep 22	CHW		WSH	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
138	151	Sep 23	CHW		WSH	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
139	152	Sep 24	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
140	153	Sep 29	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
141	154	Sep 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-11	GS	29	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
142	155	Oct 1	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	6	1	0	7	0
							142gm		1229.0	591	150	8	749	15