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.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 19	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	46	10.1	4	1	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 21	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
5	5	Apr 22	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 23	CHW	@	SLB	T,7-7	CG	64	14.0	7	1	1	9	0
7	7	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
10	10	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 30	CHW		SLB	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	14	May 2	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
15	15	May 3	CHW		SLB	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
16	16	May 4	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
17	17	May 5	CHW		DET	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
18	18	May 6	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 7	CHW		DET	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
20	20	May 10	CHW		BOS	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
21	21	May 12	CHW		PHA	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
22	22	May 13	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	23	May 14	CHW		PHA	L,0-9	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 17	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	25	May 18	CHW		WSH	W,14-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
26	26	May 19	CHW		WSH	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
27	27	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
28	30 (2)	May 24	CHW	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	31	May 25	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
30	32	May 26	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
31	33	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,0-6	GS	36	7.0	4	2	0	6	1
32	34	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	35	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	36	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
35	37	May 31	CHW		CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	38	Jun 1	CHW		SLB	L,5-8	GS	31	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	39	Jun 2	CHW		SLB	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
38	40	Jun 3	CHW		SLB	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
39	41	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	46	9.2	9	2	0	11	0
40	42	Jun 6	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
41	43	Jun 8	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
42	44	Jun 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	46 (1)	Jun 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	44	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
44	47	Jun 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	48	Jun 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
46	49	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
47	50	Jun 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	49	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	51	Jun 18	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	52	Jun 19	CHW	@	PHA	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	53	Jun 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	48	10.1	7	0	0	7	0
51	54	Jun 21	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
52	55	Jun 23	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	56	Jun 24	CHW	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	57	Jun 25	CHW	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	58	Jun 26	CHW	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	45	8.2	3	1	0	4	0
56	59	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
57	60	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	62 (1)	Jul 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	63	Jul 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	64	Jul 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
61	65	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	67 (1)	Jul 5	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	68	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
64	69	Jul 7 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	70	Jul 8	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
66	71	Jul 9	CHW		WSH	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	72	Jul 10	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
68	75 (2)	Jul 13	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
69	76	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
70	77	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	78	Jul 15	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
72	79	Jul 16	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
73	80	Jul 17	CHW		PHA	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	81	Jul 18 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	83 (1)	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
76	84	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	85	Jul 21 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
78	86	Jul 21 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
79	87	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
80	88	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-4	GS	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
81	90 (1)	Jul 25	CHW		DET	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
82	91	Jul 28	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	92	Jul 29 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
84	93	Jul 29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS	29	6.0	2	0	1	3	0
85	94	Jul 30	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	2	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	95	Aug 1 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	6	1	0	7	0
87	97 (1)	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
88	98	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS	26	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	99	Aug 6	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-14	GS	25	4.0	2	1	0	3	1
90	100	Aug 7	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	101	Aug 8	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
92	102	Aug 9	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-21	GS	25	4.0	6	0	0	6	1
93	103	Aug 11 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
94	105 (1)	Aug 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	106	Aug 13 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	33	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
96	108 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,1-5	CG	49	12.0	3	1	1	5	0
97	112 (3)	Aug 18	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
98	113	Aug 19	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
99	114	Aug 20	CHW		NYY	L,5-16	GS	23	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	115	Aug 22	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	53	13.0	10	0	0	10	0
101	116	Aug 23	CHW		PHA	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	117	Aug 24	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
103	118	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
104	121 (2)	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GS	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	122	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	W,14-6	CG	37	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	123	Sep 3 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-14	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
107	124	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
108	125	Sep 4	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	126	Sep 7	CHW		SLB	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
110	127	Sep 8 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
111	131 (3)	Sep 12 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
112	133 (1)	Sep 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
113	136 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
114	138 (1)	Sep 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
115	140 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	142 (1)	Sep 24	CHW	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
117	145 (2)	Sep 28	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
118	147 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	149 (1)	Oct 1	CHW		DET	L,5-16	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	150	Oct 2	CHW		DET	L,5-7		25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	151	Oct 3	CHW		DET	L,4-8	GS	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
							121gm		997.0	481	93	10	584	20