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

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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		.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	461	394	57	111	9	3	0	34	11		51	25	.282	.367	.320	.687	93	126		2	14			*2
1920	27	CHW	AL	151	576	485	64	131	25	5	1	61	10	4	68	19	.270	.362	.348	.711	90	169		2	21			*2
1921	28	CHW	AL	128	472	416	32	105	24	4	0	47	3	4	40	36	.252	.328	.329	.658	70	137		7	9			*2
1922	29	CHW	AL	142	534	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	442	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	182	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	263	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	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	429	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 Seasons				1762	6217	5306	579	1345	199	49	11	594	177	69	638	355	.253	.340	.316	.656	83	1675		59	214
162 Game Avg.				162	572	488	53	124	18	5	1	55	16		59		.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	6215	5304	579	1345	199	49	11	594	177	69	638	354	.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	6215	5304	579	1345	199	49	11	594	177	69	638	354	.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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1912	CHW	AL	19	C	23			169	115	40	14	4	.917		6.74	.963		5.85	0		30	26	46%
1913	CHW	AL	20	C	125			768	599	154	15	18	.980		6.02	.967		5.59	15		129	110	46%	MVP-20
1914	CHW	AL	21	C	125			817	613	183	21	20	.974		6.37	.967		5.70	12		122	121	50%	MVP-6
1915	CHW	AL	22	C	134			827	655	159	13	8	.984		6.07	.964		5.46	12		83	89	52%
1916	CHW	AL	23	C	124			829	653	166	10	25	.988		6.60	.974		5.21	3		88	73	45%
1917	CHW	AL	24	C	139			787	624	148	15	18	.981		5.55	.971		4.98	8		94	101	52%
1918	CHW	AL	25	C	106			548	422	114	12	15	.978		5.06	.970		4.96	8		78	59	43%
1919	CHW	AL	26	C	129			694	551	130	13	14	.981		5.28	.974		4.96	4		78	71	48%
1920	CHW	AL	27	C	151			729	581	138	10	19	.986		4.76	.973		4.58	6		58	78	57%
1921	CHW	AL	28	C	126			591	453	129	9	19	.985		4.62	.971		4.33	11		75	63	46%
1922	CHW	AL	29	C	142			749	591	150	8	16	.989		5.22	.977		4.24	3		66	70	51%	MVP-3
1923	CHW	AL	30	C	121			584	481	93	10	20	.983		4.74	.975		4.20	3		76	48	39%
1924	CHW	AL	31	C	56			241	176	55	10	8	.959		4.13	.972		4.02	5		32	28	47%
1925	CHW	AL	32	C	125			475	368	99	8	15	.983		3.74	.977		3.82	4		31	59	66%	MVP-12
1926	CHW	AL	33	C	80			303	251	45	7	6	.977		3.70	.979		3.95	3		25	22	47%
1927	CHW	AL	34	C	15			32	24	8	0	1	1.000		2.13	.972		3.91	0		4	4	50%
1928	CHW	AL	35	C	1			4	4	0	0	0	1.000		4.00	.975		4.00	0		0	0
1929	NYG	NL	36	C	5			7	7	0	0	0	1.000		1.40	.971		3.56	0		0	0
18 Seasons				C	1727			9154	7168	1811	175	226	.981		5.20	.971		4.76	97		1069	1022	49%
18 Seasons				TOT	1727			9154	7168	1811	175	226	.981		5.20	.952		4.76	97		1069	1022	49%
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards

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 (303rd)	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

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Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1815), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 56 (339), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 25 (480), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 9, 1912: Traded by Milwaukee (American Association) to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later, Lena Blackburne, Bruno Block and cash. The Chicago White Sox sent Matty McIntyre (August 24, 1912) and Mutz Ens (January 30, 1913) to Milwaukee (American Association) to complete the trade.

November 12, 1928: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1815), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 56 (339), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 25 (480), Average HOFer ≈ 50