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.

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
5	5	Apr 18	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
6	6	Apr 19	CHW		SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
7	7	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
8	8	Apr 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	31	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	8	1	2	11	0
12	12	Apr 28	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	36	10.1	3	1	0	4	0
14	14	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	5	3	1	9	0
16	16	May 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
17	17	May 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
18	18	May 4	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS	25	7.0	8	1	0	9	0
19	20 (1)	May 6	CHW		DET	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	2	0	1	3	0
20	21	May 8	CHW		DET	L,8-10	GS	34	7.0	2	0	2	4	0
21	25 (3)	May 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-2	GF	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	26	May 14	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	27	May 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-6	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
24	28	May 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
25	29	May 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
26	30	May 19	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
27	31	May 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
28	32	May 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	33	May 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	34	May 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
31	35	May 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
32	36	May 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
33	37	May 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS	30	7.0	5	2	1	8	0
34	38	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
35	39	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
36	40	May 31	CHW		CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	41	Jun 1	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	12.1	5	3	0	8	0
38	42	Jun 2	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
39	43	Jun 3	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	CG	40	10.0	8	1	0	9	0
40	44	Jun 4	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	27	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
41	45	Jun 6	CHW		NYY	T,1-1	CG	31	8.0	9	2	0	11	1
42	46	Jun 7	CHW		NYY	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
43	47	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
44	48	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
45	49	Jun 10	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
46	50	Jun 11	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	9	5	0	14	0
47	51	Jun 12	CHW		WSH	L,0-5	GS	21	5.0	5	2	0	7	0
48	55 (3)	Jun 17	CHW		PHA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
49	56	Jun 18	CHW		BOS	L,0-8	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	57	Jun 19	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
51	58	Jun 20	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	59	Jun 21	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	GS	0		0	1	1	2	0
53	66 (6)	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	8	3	0	11	0
54	67	Jun 29	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	68	Jun 30	CHW	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	69	Jul 3	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	47	13.0	8	2	0	10	1
57	71 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
58	72	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
59	73	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
60	74	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	75	Jul 9	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	76	Jul 10	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS	17	4.1	2	1	0	3	0
63	77	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	35	8.0	7	5	3	15	1
64	78	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
65	81 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
66	82	Jul 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	5	7	0	12	1
67	83	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	85 (1)	Jul 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
69	86	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS	29	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
70	87	Jul 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
71	88	Jul 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	GF	8	1.2	1	1	0	2	0
72	89	Jul 25	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	45	13.0	12	3	0	15	1
73	90	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
74	91	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
75	92	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	GS	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	93	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
77	94	Jul 29	CHW		BOS	L,4-8	CG	48	10.0	3	1	1	5	0
78	95	Jul 30	CHW		BOS	L,0-4	GS	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	98 (2)	Aug 2	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
80	99	Aug 3	CHW		PHA	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
81	100	Aug 4	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	101	Aug 5	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
83	102	Aug 7	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
84	103	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	104	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
86	105	Aug 9	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	10	3	0	13	2
87	107 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
88	108	Aug 12	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
89	109	Aug 14	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	110	Aug 15	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
91	111	Aug 16 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
92	113 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
93	114	Aug 19 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
94	116 (1)	Aug 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
95	117	Aug 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
96	118	Aug 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-9	GS	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	120 (1)	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	121	Aug 28	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	27	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	122	Aug 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
100	123	Aug 31	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	124	Sep 1	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	55	15.0	7	6	0	13	0
102	125	Sep 2	CHW	@	WSH	T,4-4	GS	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
103	126	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
104	127	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
105	128	Sep 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
106	129	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	49	12.0	8	1	0	9	0
107	131 (1)	Sep 8	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
108	132	Sep 11	CHW		DET	L,3-5	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	133	Sep 12	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
110	134	Sep 13	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	135	Sep 14	CHW	@	SLB	T,6-6	CG	0	12.0	10	2	0	12	1
112	136	Sep 16 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	9.2	6	2	0	8	1
113	138 (1)	Sep 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
114	142 (3)	Sep 20 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
115	143	Sep 21	CHW		WSH	L,1-6	CG	50	13.0	9	1	0	10	0
116	144	Sep 22 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
117	145	Sep 22 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	GS	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
118	146	Sep 24	CHW		PHA	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
119	147	Sep 25	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	9	2	2	13	1
120	150 (2)	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
121	152 (1)	Sep 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-10	GS	21	4.0	2	2	0	4	0
122	153	Sep 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	55	11.1	10	2	0	12	0
123	154	Oct 2	CHW		SLB	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
124	155	Oct 3 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
125	156	Oct 3 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,0-4	CG	25	6.0	9	0	2	11	0
							125gm		1039.0	613	183	21	817	20