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.

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHW		SLB	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
2	2	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	6	3	0	9	0
3	3	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
4	5 (1)	Apr 20	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	13 (7)	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	14	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
7	15	May 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
8	16	May 4	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-13	GS	48	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	17	May 5	CHW		DET	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	7	3	1	11	2
10	18	May 6	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	19	May 10	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.1	3	1	0	4	0
12	20	May 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	22 (1)	May 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
14	23	May 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	47	11.1	5	2	0	7	0
15	24	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
16	26 (1)	May 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
17	27	May 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
18	28	May 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-9	GS	0	3.2	4	2	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	37 (8)	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	43 (5)	Jun 10	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
21	44	Jun 11	CHW		PHA	W,10-2	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	68 (23)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	71 (2)	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,9-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	74 (2)	Jul 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	75	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	76	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-18	GF	20	3.2	2	0	0	2	0
27	77	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,9-12	GF	24	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
28	87 (9)	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-16	GS	18	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	88	Jul 22 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	91 (2)	Jul 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-7	GF	22	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	92	Jul 26	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	60	14.0	9	2	0	11	0
32	93	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	94	Jul 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
34	95	Jul 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,10-12	GS	14	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	99 (3)	Aug 1	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
36	101 (1)	Aug 3	CHW		PHA	L,3-9	GS	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	107 (5)	Aug 10	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
38	109 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	111 (1)	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	112	Aug 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	6	1	0	7	0
41	113	Aug 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	114	Aug 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	115	Aug 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	1	2	7	0
44	116	Aug 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
45	117	Aug 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
46	118	Aug 26	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	120 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	121	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	122	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	49	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
50	123	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	3	1	0	4	0
51	124	Aug 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-11	GF	12	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	127 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	CHW		DET	W,10-2	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	128	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	129	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
55	130	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
56	152 (21)	Sep 27	CHW		DET	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
							56gm		417.0	176	55	10	241	8