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.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	13.0	11	1	0	12	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHW	@	SLB	W,16-0	GS	0		7	1	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	8	4	1	13	0
5	5	Apr 18	CHW	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
6	6	Apr 19	CHW	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
7	7	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	8	1	0	9	0
9	9	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
10	10	Apr 23	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
11	11	Apr 24	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 25	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
13	13	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	W,12-1	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
14	14	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	12	3	0	15	0
15	15	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	Apr 29	CHW		CLE	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
17	17	Apr 30	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
19	19	May 2	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
20	20	May 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS	17	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	22 (1)	May 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	23	May 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-1	GS	0		6	1	1	8	0
23	27 (3)	May 15	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
24	28	May 16	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
25	29	May 17	CHW		PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	30	May 18	CHW		PHA	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
27	31	May 19	CHW		PHA	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	32	May 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	17.0	16	2	0	18	0
29	33	May 22	CHW		BOS	W,11-3	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	34	May 23	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
31	35	May 24	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	7	2	1	10	0
32	36	May 26	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
33	37	May 27	CHW		NYY	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
34	38	May 30	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
35	39	May 31 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
36	40	May 31 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	41	Jun 1	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
38	42	Jun 2	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
39	43	Jun 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	44	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	45	Jun 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
42	46	Jun 8	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
43	47	Jun 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,13-0	GS	24	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
44	48	Jun 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	49	Jun 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,9-10	GS	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	50	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
47	51	Jun 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	52	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
49	53	Jun 17	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	54	Jun 18	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	55	Jun 19	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
52	56	Jun 20 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
53	57	Jun 20 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
54	58	Jun 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
55	59	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
56	60	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	61	Jun 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	74	19.0	13	4	0	17	0
58	62	Jun 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
59	63	Jun 27	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
60	64	Jun 28	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
61	65	Jun 29	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
62	66	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	W,8-6	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	67	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
64	68	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
65	69	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	70	Jul 4	CHW	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	0	9.2	4	1	0	5	0
67	71	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	72	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-9	GS	0	5.0	5	1	1	7	0
69	73	Jul 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
70	74	Jul 9	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
71	75	Jul 10	CHW		WSH	T,1-1	CG	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	76	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,3-8	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
73	77	Jul 11 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,12-5	GS	0	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
74	78	Jul 12	CHW		WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
75	79	Jul 13	CHW		PHA	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
76	80	Jul 14	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	81	Jul 15	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	82	Jul 16	CHW		PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
79	83	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
80	84	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	85	Jul 18	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
82	86	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
83	87	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	88	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
85	91 (2)	Jul 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
86	92	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	95 (2)	Aug 2	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
88	96	Aug 4 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	98 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	99	Aug 6 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	100	Aug 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	101	Aug 9	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	102	Aug 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
94	103	Aug 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
95	104	Aug 14	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	105	Aug 15	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
97	106	Aug 16 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-4	GS	20	5.1	2	1	0	3	0
98	108 (1)	Aug 18	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
99	109	Aug 19	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
100	110	Aug 20	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	111	Aug 21 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	10	1	0	11	0
102	112	Aug 21 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
103	113	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
104	114	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
105	115	Aug 23	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	5	2	0	7	0
106	116	Aug 24	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	GS	0		1	0	1	2	0
107	119 (2)	Aug 27	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
108	120	Aug 28	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	6	3	1	10	0
109	121	Aug 29	CHW		PHA	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
110	122	Aug 31	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	123	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
112	125 (1)	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
113	126	Sep 4	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	127	Sep 5 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	4	3	2	9	0
115	128	Sep 5 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
116	129	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
117	131 (1)	Sep 7	CHW		DET	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
118	132	Sep 8	CHW		DET	W,10-9	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
119	133	Sep 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	46	10.1	5	0	0	5	0
120	134	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
121	135	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	136	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	137	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
124	138	Sep 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
125	140 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
126	141	Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
127	142	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	6	2	0	8	0
128	143	Sep 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
129	144	Sep 22	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
130	145	Sep 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
131	147 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
132	148	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
133	150 (1)	Sep 27	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	GS	30	7.1	3	2	0	5	0
134	152 (1)	Oct 1	CHW		SLB	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
135	153	Oct 2 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
							134gm		1149.0	655	159	13	827	8