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Ray Schalk

Raymond William Schalk (Cracker)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 12, 1892 in Harvel, IL
High School: Litchfield HS (Litchfield, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1912
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Giants 1912-1929

Final Game: September 15, 1929
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1955.
   View Ray Schalk Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Died: May 19, 1970 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Evergreen Park, IL
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1912 19 CHW AL 23 73 63 7 18 2 0 0 8 2 0 3 3 .286 .357 .317 .675 96 20 4 3 2
1913 20 CHW AL 129 445 401 38 98 15 5 1 38 14 27 36 .244 .297 .314 .611 80 126 3 14 *2 MVP-20
1914 21 CHW AL 136 459 392 30 106 13 2 0 36 24 11 38 24 .270 .347 .314 .661 100 123 8 21 *2 MVP-6
1915 22 CHW AL 135 495 413 46 110 14 4 1 54 15 18 62 21 .266 .366 .327 .693 105 135 3 17 *2
1916 23 CHW AL 129 472 410 36 95 12 9 0 41 30 13 41 31 .232 .311 .305 .616 84 125 6 15 *2
1917 24 CHW AL 140 507 424 48 96 12 5 2 51 19 59 27 .226 .331 .292 .623 89 124 7 17 *2
1918 25 CHW AL 108 387 333 35 73 6 3 0 22 12 36 22 .219 .301 .255 .556 67 85 3 15 *2
1919 26 CHW AL 131 464 394 57 111 9 3 0 34 11 51 25 .282 .367 .320 .687 93 126 2 14 *2
1920 27 CHW AL 151 577 485 64 131 25 5 1 61 10 4 68 19 .270 .362 .348 .711 89 169 2 21 *2
1921 28 CHW AL 128 473 416 32 105 24 4 0 47 3 4 40 36 .252 .328 .329 .658 69 137 7 9 *2
1922 29 CHW AL 142 538 442 57 124 22 3 4 60 12 4 67 36 .281 .379 .371 .750 97 164 3 22 *2 MVP-3
1923 30 CHW AL 123 444 382 42 87 12 2 1 44 7 4 39 28 .228 .306 .277 .583 55 106 4 17 *2
1924 31 CHW AL 57 183 153 15 30 4 2 1 11 1 5 21 10 .196 .301 .268 .569 49 41 2 6 2
1925 32 CHW AL 125 417 343 44 94 18 1 0 52 11 5 57 27 .274 .382 .332 .714 86 114 3 14 *2 MVP-12
1926 33 CHW AL 82 261 226 26 60 9 1 0 32 5 1 27 11 .265 .349 .314 .663 76 71 2 8 2
1927 34 CHW AL 16 29 26 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .231 .286 .308 .593 55 8 0 1 2
1928 35 CHW AL 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 431 1 0 0 /2
1929 36 NYG NL 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /2
18 Yrs 1762 6228 5306 579 1345 199 49 11 594 177 69 638 358 .253 .340 .316 .656 83 1675 59 214
162 Game Avg. 162 573 488 53 124 18 5 1 55 16 59 33 .253 .340 .316 .656 83 154 5 20
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CHW (17 yrs) 1757 6226 5304 579 1345 199 49 11 594 177 69 638 357 .254 .340 .316 .656 83 1675 59 214
NYG (1 yr) 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
AL (17 yrs) 1757 6226 5304 579 1345 199 49 11 594 177 69 638 357 .254 .340 .316 .656 83 1675 59 214
NL (1 yr) 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1912 19 CHW AL 23 73 0 1 0 -1 1 1 0.1 2 4 0.4 .506 .501 0.5 0.0 5 $ 2
1913 20 CHW AL 129 445 -10 -1 0 4 7 1 0.1 16 16 1.6 .501 .501 1.2 1.3 12 $ *2 MVP-20
1914 21 CHW AL 136 459 2 3 0 4 8 16 1.8 16 32 3.4 .514 .512 3.0 1.3 28 $ *2 MVP-6
1915 22 CHW AL 135 495 5 -3 0 4 8 15 1.6 17 32 3.4 .512 .510 2.9 1.4 28 $ *2
1916 23 CHW AL 129 472 -7 2 0 6 8 9 1.0 16 25 2.7 .509 .507 2.0 1.6 19 $ *2
1917 24 CHW AL 140 507 -3 -0 0 4 8 8 1.0 17 25 2.7 .507 .506 2.2 1.4 21 $ *2
1918 25 CHW AL 108 387 -12 -0 0 2 6 -5 -0.6 13 8 0.7 .495 .497 0.5 0.9 6 $ *2
1919 26 CHW AL 131 464 -1 -1 0 2 6 6 0.7 16 21 2.3 .505 .504 2.0 0.9 19 $ *2
1920 27 CHW AL 151 577 -4 2 0 5 7 10 1.0 18 28 2.8 .506 .506 2.3 1.2 23 $ *2
1921 28 CHW AL 128 473 -18 -0 0 4 5 -10 -0.9 15 5 0.6 .493 .494 0.2 0.9 1 $ *2
1922 29 CHW AL 142 538 1 2 0 5 5 13 1.2 17 30 2.9 .509 .508 2.4 0.9 25 $ *2 MVP-3
1923 30 CHW AL 123 444 -24 1 0 5 4 -14 -1.5 14 -0 -0.1 .488 .491 -0.6 0.8 -5 $ *2
1924 31 CHW AL 57 183 -11 -2 0 0 2 -12 -1.1 6 -6 -0.5 .480 .493 -0.5 0.2 -6 $ 2
1925 32 CHW AL 125 417 -4 1 0 2 4 3 0.3 13 16 1.6 .502 .502 1.4 0.5 14 $ *2 MVP-12
1926 33 CHW AL 82 261 -6 1 0 0 2 -3 -0.3 8 5 0.5 .496 .498 0.5 0.2 5 $ 2
1927 34 CHW AL 16 29 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 2
1928 35 CHW AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .561 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /2
1929 36 NYG NL 5 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 0.0 .487 .500 0.0 0.0 -1 $ /2
18 Seasons 1762 6228 -94 6 0 46 79 37 4.3 205 242 25.0 .503 .502 20.0 13.7 196 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CHW (17 yrs) 1757 6226 -93 6 0 46 79 38 4.4 205 243 25.0 .503 .502 20.0 13.7 197 $
NYG (1 yr) 5 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 0.0 .487 .500 0.0 0.0 -1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1912 19 CHW AL 73 48 7 3.9 89 .300 .286 .269 .357 .337 .317 .354 .675 .691 96 .506 -0.0 0.0 .644 .111 .032 .0
1913 20 CHW AL 445 317 37 3.1 86 .266 .244 .263 .297 .335 .314 .346 .611 .681 80 .431 -11.3 -1.3 .561 .172 .070 1.9
1914 21 CHW AL 459 318 42 3.5 82 .288 .270 .255 .347 .328 .314 .334 .661 .663 100 .536 1.2 0.1 .613 .173 .043 .0
1915 22 CHW AL 495 338 46 3.6 86 .279 .266 .259 .366 .337 .327 .340 .693 .677 105 .528 5.0 0.6 .614 .203 .061 1.9
1916 23 CHW AL 472 343 39 3.1 83 .251 .232 .258 .311 .332 .305 .337 .616 .669 84 .437 -8.5 -1.0 .576 .215 .073 .0
1917 24 CHW AL 507 345 40 3.1 81 .238 .226 .257 .331 .328 .292 .333 .623 .661 89 .465 -3.8 -0.4 .637 .250 .066 3.6
1918 25 CHW AL 387 275 25 2.5 83 .235 .219 .262 .301 .333 .255 .334 .556 .667 67 .347 -13.0 -1.5 .523 .180 .036 .0
1919 26 CHW AL 464 297 46 4.2 96 .301 .282 .278 .367 .344 .320 .373 .687 .717 93 .511 -1.8 -0.2 .671 .195 .038 .0
1920 27 CHW AL 577 379 62 4.4 106 .280 .270 .291 .362 .356 .348 .400 .711 .756 89 .480 -5.1 -0.5 .684 .231 .078 1.8
1921 28 CHW AL 473 324 43 3.6 113 .276 .252 .297 .328 .363 .329 .417 .658 .780 69 .342 -18.1 -1.7 .581 .171 .077 .0
1922 29 CHW AL 538 344 63 4.9 109 .299 .281 .292 .379 .357 .371 .410 .750 .766 97 .515 1.2 0.1 .752 .260 .090 6.0
1923 30 CHW AL 444 316 32 2.7 106 .244 .228 .288 .306 .357 .277 .398 .583 .755 55 .270 -24.2 -2.4 .508 .160 .050 1.8
1924 31 CHW AL 183 134 11 2.2 109 .204 .196 .294 .301 .363 .268 .404 .569 .767 49 .187 -11.5 -1.1 .469 .183 .072 1.0
1925 32 CHW AL 417 268 44 4.4 111 .297 .274 .293 .382 .363 .332 .411 .714 .774 86 .431 -3.2 -0.3 .709 .242 .058 .0
1926 33 CHW AL 261 175 25 3.8 107 .279 .265 .286 .349 .357 .314 .401 .663 .758 76 .406 -6.8 -0.7 .623 .186 .049 .0
1927 34 CHW AL 29 21 2 2.5 109 .240 .231 .290 .286 .358 .308 .408 .593 .766 55 .234 -1.7 -0.2 .500 .154 .077
1928 35 CHW AL 2 0 2 106 1.000 1.000 .286 1.000 .351 1.000 .406 2.000 .757 431 .000 0.5 0.0 1.000 .000 .0
1929 36 NYG NL 2 2 0 0.0 121 .000 .000 .304 .000 .368 .000 .444 .000 .812 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
18 Yrs 6228 4244 566 3.6 96 .270 .253 .276 .340 .346 .316 .372 .656 .718 83 .433 -101.9 -10.4 .615 .203 .062 20.7
162 Game Avg. 573 390 52 3.6 96 .270 .253 .276 .340 .346 .316 .372 .656 .718 83 .433 -101.9 -10.4 .615 .203 .062 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHW (17 yrs) 6226 4242 566 3.6 96 .270 .254 .276 .340 .346 .316 .372 .656 .718 83 .434 -101.2 -10.3 .616 .203 .062 20.7
NYG (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 121 .000 .000 .304 .000 .368 .000 .444 .000 .812 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
AL (17 yrs) 6226 4242 566 3.6 96 .270 .254 .276 .340 .346 .316 .372 .656 .718 83 .434 -101.2 -10.3 .616 .203 .062 20.7
NL (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 121 .000 .000 .304 .000 .368 .000 .444 .000 .812 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1917 24 CHW AL WS NYG W 6 21 19 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 .263 .333 .263 .596 5 0 0 0 0 0
1919 26 CHW AL WS CIN L 8 28 23 1 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 2 .304 .429 .304 .733 7 0 1 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 14 49 42 2 12 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 3 .286 .388 .286 .673 12 0 1 0 0 0
2 WS 14 49 42 2 12 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 3 .286 .388 .286 .673 12 0 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 25 CHW AL 387 0.0% 5.7% 9.3% 2.3% 12% 0.61 15.1 15.1 80%
1919 26 CHW AL 464 0.0% 5.4% 11.0% 2.6% 11% 0.49 15.8 11.6 80%
1920 27 CHW AL 577 0.2% 3.3% 11.8% 5.4% 24% 0.28 25.5 485.0 8.0 81%
1921 28 CHW AL 473 0.0% 7.6% 8.5% 5.9% 27% 0.90 11.6 8.9 80%
1922 29 CHW AL 538 0.7% 6.7% 12.5% 5.4% 23% 0.54 12.3 110.5 7.4 75%
1923 30 CHW AL 444 0.2% 6.3% 8.8% 3.4% 17% 0.72 13.6 382.0 8.7 80%
1924 31 CHW AL 183 0.6% 5.5% 11.5% 3.8% 23% 0.48 15.3 153.0 13.9 78%
1925 32 CHW AL 417 0.0% 6.5% 13.7% 4.6% 20% 0.47 12.7 6.6 76%
1926 33 CHW AL 261 0.0% 4.2% 10.3% 3.8% 17% 0.41 20.5 7.1 82%
1927 34 CHW AL 29 0.0% 3.5% 6.9% 6.9% 33% 0.50 26.0 13.0 86%
1928 35 CHW AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.0 50%
1929 36 NYG NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
18 Yrs 3777 0.3% 9.5% 16.9% 6.9% 19% 0.56 14.8 482.4 8.9 131%
MLB Averages 1.2% 13.3% 12.3% 9.3% 24% 1.08 10.5 115.2 8.8 125%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1912 19 23 73 63 7 18 2 0 0 8 2 0 3 3 .286 .357 .317 .675 96 20 4 3
1913 20 152 518 464 45 116 17 5 1 46 16 0 30 39 .250 .305 .315 .620 82 146 7 17
1914 21 288 977 856 75 222 30 7 1 82 40 11 68 63 .259 .325 .314 .639 90 269 15 38
1915 22 423 1472 1269 121 332 44 11 2 136 55 29 130 84 .262 .339 .318 .657 95 404 18 55
1916 23 552 1944 1679 157 427 56 20 2 177 85 42 171 115 .254 .332 .315 .647 92 529 24 70
1917 24 692 2451 2103 205 523 68 25 4 228 104 42 230 142 .249 .332 .311 .642 92 653 31 87
1918 25 800 2838 2436 240 596 74 28 4 250 116 42 266 164 .245 .327 .303 .630 88 738 34 102
1919 26 931 3302 2830 297 707 83 31 4 284 127 42 317 189 .250 .333 .305 .638 89 864 36 116
1920 27 1082 3879 3315 361 838 108 36 5 345 137 46 385 208 .253 .337 .312 .649 89 1033 38 137
1921 28 1210 4352 3731 393 943 132 40 5 392 140 50 425 244 .253 .336 .314 .650 86 1170 45 146
1922 29 1352 4890 4173 450 1067 154 43 9 452 152 54 492 280 .256 .341 .320 .661 88 1334 48 168
1923 30 1475 5334 4555 492 1154 166 45 10 496 159 58 531 308 .253 .338 .316 .654 85 1440 52 185
1924 31 1532 5517 4708 507 1184 170 47 11 507 160 63 552 318 .251 .337 .315 .651 83 1481 54 191
1925 32 1657 5934 5051 551 1278 188 48 11 559 171 68 609 345 .253 .340 .316 .656 84 1595 57 205
1926 33 1739 6195 5277 577 1338 197 49 11 591 176 69 636 356 .254 .340 .316 .656 83 1666 59 213
1927 34 1755 6224 5303 579 1344 199 49 11 593 176 69 638 357 .253 .340 .316 .656 83 1674 59 214
1928 35 1757 6226 5304 579 1345 199 49 11 594 177 69 638 357 .254 .340 .316 .656 83 1675 59 214
1929 36 1762 6228 5306 579 1345 199 49 11 594 177 69 638 358 .253 .340 .316 .656 83 1675 59 214

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1912 19 24 77 67 8 20 2 0 0 9 2 3 3 .299 .365 .328 .693 7 23
1913 20 136 479 430 46 111 17 6 1 46 16 31 38 .258 .313 .333 .645 44 129
1914 21 139 490 415 37 122 15 2 0 45 28 44 25 .294 .374 .340 .714 51 136
1915 22 141 527 438 52 121 15 4 1 61 16 68 22 .276 .377 .336 .713 55 135
1916 23 134 507 437 45 110 14 10 0 51 35 47 32 .252 .334 .330 .664 47 129
1917 24 145 545 451 59 110 14 6 2 63 22 68 28 .244 .353 .315 .668 49 140
1918 25 138 509 435 53 103 8 4 0 34 17 51 28 .237 .322 .274 .596 38 108
1919 26 152 541 461 70 134 11 4 0 42 13 62 29 .291 .377 .332 .709 57 131
1920 27 159 597 504 63 132 25 5 1 60 10 69 20 .262 .353 .337 .690 60 151
1921 28 135 484 429 29 102 23 4 0 43 3 39 38 .238 .312 .310 .622 40 128
1922 29 148 551 457 56 125 22 3 4 59 12 68 38 .274 .371 .361 .732 61 142
1923 30 129 461 399 42 89 12 2 1 44 7 40 29 .223 .300 .271 .571 32 123
1924 31 60 188 159 14 30 4 2 1 11 1 21 11 .189 .291 .258 .549 12 57
1925 32 131 429 355 42 93 18 1 0 50 11 56 28 .262 .367 .318 .685 41 125
1926 33 86 275 237 27 62 9 1 0 33 5 28 12 .262 .345 .308 .653 25 82
1927 34 17 30 27 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 .222 .276 .296 .572 2 16
1928 35 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 2
1929 36 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
18 Yrs 1881 6693 5704 645 1471 211 54 11 654 199 697 383 .258 .345 .320 .665 622 1762
162 Game Avg. 162 576 491 56 127 18 5 1 56 17 60 33 .258 .345 .320 .665 54 1762
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1937 BBWAA (11.9%)
1938 BBWAA (17.2%)
1939 BBWAA (12.8%)
1942 BBWAA (22.7%)
1945 BBWAA (13.4%)
1946 Nominating Vote (17.8%)
1947 BBWAA (31.1%)
1948 BBWAA (18.2%)
1949 BBWAA (15.7%)
1949 Run Off ( 9.1%)
1950 BBWAA ( 9.5%)
1951 BBWAA (16.4%)
1952 BBWAA (18.8%)
1953 BBWAA (19.7%)
1954 BBWAA (21.4%)
1955 BBWAA (45.0%)
1955 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1955
by Veteran's Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1913 AL (20, 5%)
1914 AL (6, 20%)
1922 AL (3, 41%)
1925 AL (12, 11%)
0.77 Career Shares (312th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1913 AL  1.3 (4th)
1914 AL  1.3 (7th)
1915 AL  1.4 (8th)
1916 AL  1.6 (5th)
1917 AL  1.4 (3rd)
1918 AL  0.9 (6th)
1919 AL  0.9 (8th)
1920 AL  1.2 (7th)
1921 AL  0.9 (6th)
1922 AL  0.9 (9th)
1923 AL  0.8 (10th)
Career  13.7 (119th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1920 AL  68 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1916 AL  30 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1914 AL  8 (6th)
1916 AL  6 (9th)
1917 AL  7 (5th)
1921 AL  7 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career  214 (73rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1914 AL  16.3 (9th)
1915 AL  19.7 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 56 (349), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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