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.

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 18	CHW		SLB	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 22	CHW		DET	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 28	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
6	6	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
9	9	May 2	CHW	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
10	10	May 3	CHW	@	DET	W,19-3	GS	19	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	May 4	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	12	May 5	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
13	13	May 6	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
14	14	May 7	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
15	15	May 8	CHW		CLE	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
16	16	May 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	42	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	17	May 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
18	18	May 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	19	May 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
20	20	May 14	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
21	21	May 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	63	17.1	4	0	0	4	0
22	22	May 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	42	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	8.2	5	0	0	5	1
24	24	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	53	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	25	May 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	26	May 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	50	13.1	9	0	0	9	0
27	27	May 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
28	28	May 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.2	5	1	0	6	0
29	29	May 27	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	31 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	50	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	32	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
32	33	May 31	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	34	Jun 1	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
34	35	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	36	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
36	37	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
37	38	Jun 5	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	39	Jun 7	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
39	40	Jun 8	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	41	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
41	42	Jun 10	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
42	43	Jun 11	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	44	Jun 12	CHW		BOS	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
44	45	Jun 13	CHW		BOS	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	46	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	1	9	0
46	47	Jun 15	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
47	48	Jun 16	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	49	Jun 17	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
49	51 (1)	Jun 20	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
50	52	Jun 21	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	53	Jun 22	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
52	56 (2)	Jun 25	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
53	57	Jun 26	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
54	58	Jun 27	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	59	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	7	1	0	8	1
56	60	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	61	Jun 29	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
58	62	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	63	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
60	64	Jul 1 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	65	Jul 2 (1)	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	67 (1)	Jul 3	CHW		DET	W,9-5	CG	45	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
63	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	70 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	72 (1)	Jul 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
66	73	Jul 9 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
67	75 (1)	Jul 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
68	81 (5)	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
69	82	Jul 18 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
70	83	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
71	84	Jul 20	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	86 (1)	Jul 22	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	3	1	0	4	0
73	87	Jul 25	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
74	88	Jul 26	CHW		BOS	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
75	89	Jul 27	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
76	90	Jul 28	CHW		BOS	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	91	Jul 29	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	51	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	92	Jul 30	CHW		WSH	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
79	93	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	5	3	1	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	94	Aug 1	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	95	Aug 3 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,10-3	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	96	Aug 3 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	97	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	98	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
85	99	Aug 5	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	100	Aug 6	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	58	15.0	8	0	0	8	0
87	101	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,8-4	GS	17	4.0	5	1	0	6	0
88	102	Aug 7 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
89	103	Aug 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	104	Aug 11 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
91	105	Aug 11 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	106	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-11	GS	27	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	107	Aug 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
94	108	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	109	Aug 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
96	110	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	111	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	112	Aug 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
99	113	Aug 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
100	114	Aug 22	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
101	116 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	118 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
103	119	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
104	121 (1)	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	122	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,5-8	GS	0	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
106	124 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
							106gm		918.0	422	114	12	548	13