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.

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHW	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	L,3-9	GS	22	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	7 (2)	Apr 20	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	8	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	9	Apr 22	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	10	Apr 23	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	11	Apr 24	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	12	Apr 25	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	13	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	9	4	0	13	1
12	14	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	W,12-4	GF	19	4.0	1	0	1	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	17 (2)	May 2	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
14	18	May 3	CHW		SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	19	May 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	20	May 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS	24	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	21	May 8	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	22	May 9	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	23	May 10	CHW		WSH	W,10-8	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	25 (1)	May 12	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	26	May 13	CHW		NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	27	May 14	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
23	28	May 15	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
24	29	May 17	CHW		PHA	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
25	30	May 18	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	57	14.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	31	May 19	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	32	May 20	CHW		BOS	W,10-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	33	May 21	CHW		BOS	L,7-9		15	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	36 (2)	May 27	CHW		DET	W,10-6	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	37	May 28	CHW		DET	L,5-7	CG	50	10.0	5	3	0	8	1
31	38	May 29	CHW		DET	L,9-13	GS	32	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	39	May 30 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
33	40	May 30 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
34	41	May 31	CHW		SLB	L,11-15	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	42	Jun 1	CHW	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	38	8.1	2	2	0	4	0
36	43	Jun 2	CHW	@	DET	L,15-16	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	44	Jun 3	CHW	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
38	45	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	36	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
39	47 (1)	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	48	Jun 10	CHW	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	40	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
41	50 (1)	Jun 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,15-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	51	Jun 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-8	GS	25	4.0	4	0	1	5	0
43	52	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-13	GS	30	5.0	3	2	0	5	0
44	54 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	55	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	56	Jun 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	57	Jun 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	47	10.1	2	1	0	3	0
48	59 (1)	Jun 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	60	Jun 22	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
50	61	Jun 25	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	62	Jun 26	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
52	63	Jun 27 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
53	65 (1)	Jun 28	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	66	Jun 29	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	67	Jun 30	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	45	12.0	4	2	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	68	Jul 1	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-8	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	70 (1)	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	71	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
59	72	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	73	Jul 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	75 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
62	76	Jul 7	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	77	Jul 8	CHW		WSH	L,2-10	GS	24	5.0	1	3	0	4	1
64	78	Jul 9	CHW		WSH	L,5-8	CG	49	11.0	7	4	0	11	1
65	79	Jul 10	CHW		WSH	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
66	80	Jul 11	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	81	Jul 12	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	82	Jul 13	CHW		NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	83	Jul 14	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
70	85 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,5-11	GS	40	7.1	2	1	0	3	0
71	86	Jul 16	CHW		PHA	L,3-12	GS	32	6.0	4	2	0	6	1
72	87	Jul 17	CHW		PHA	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
73	88	Jul 18	CHW		BOS	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	89	Jul 20 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
75	91 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
76	92	Jul 21 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	94 (1)	Jul 24	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	95	Jul 25	CHW	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	96	Jul 26	CHW	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	97	Jul 28 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
81	98	Jul 28 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-2	GF	0		9	0	0	9	0
82	99	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	101 (1)	Aug 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	59	15.0	4	1	0	5	1
84	102	Aug 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	46	11.1	4	0	0	4	0
85	104 (1)	Aug 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	105	Aug 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	106	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	2	1	0	3	0
88	108 (1)	Aug 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	109	Aug 11	CHW	@	NYY	W,15-2	GS	25	6.0	3	0	1	4	0
90	110	Aug 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	111	Aug 15	CHW		DET	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
92	112	Aug 16	CHW		DET	L,9-11	GF	22	4.0	3	1	0	4	1
93	113	Aug 17	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
94	114	Aug 18	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
95	116 (1)	Aug 20	CHW		BOS	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	117	Aug 21	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
97	119 (1)	Aug 23	CHW		PHA	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	120	Aug 24	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
99	122 (1)	Aug 26	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
100	124 (1)	Aug 28	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
101	125	Aug 29	CHW		WSH	L,1-12	GS	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
102	126	Aug 30	CHW		WSH	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	127	Sep 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
104	128	Sep 5	CHW	@	SLB	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
105	129	Sep 6	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-9	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	130	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
107	131	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	133 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	52	13.0	5	4	0	9	0
109	134	Sep 10 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-6	GF	0		1	2	0	3	0
110	135	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,4-10	GS	25	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	136	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
112	137	Sep 13	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
113	138	Sep 15	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
114	140 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	141	Sep 17	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
116	142	Sep 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-10	GS	36	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
117	143	Sep 19 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
118	144	Sep 19 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,17-0	GS	18	5.0	0	1	1	2	0
119	145	Sep 20	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
120	147 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	148	Sep 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
122	149	Sep 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	9.1	2	2	1	5	0
123	151 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	153 (1)	Oct 3	CHW		CLE	W,9-2	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	154	Oct 4	CHW		CLE	W,10-8	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
							125gm		959.0	368	99	8	475	15