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.

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CHW		SLB	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHW		SLB	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
4	5	Apr 18	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	6	Apr 19	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	7	Apr 20	CHW		CLE	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	9 (1)	Apr 22	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-7	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	10	Apr 23	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	44	11.2	2	3	0	5	1
9	12 (1)	Apr 25	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
10	14 (1)	Apr 27	CHW	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	15	Apr 28	CHW	@	DET	W,9-5	GF	7	1.1	2	0	0	2	0
12	17 (1)	Apr 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	18	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-6	GS	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	19	May 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	20	May 3	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
16	21	May 4	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	22	May 5	CHW		DET	L,7-14	GS	39	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	24 (1)	May 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	25	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	28 (2)	May 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	GF	9	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
21	30 (1)	May 14	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	GF	12	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	31	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-10	GS	28	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	34 (2)	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	36 (1)	May 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	7	1	0	8	1
25	44 (7)	May 30	CHW		DET	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	46 (1)	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	49	11.1	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	48 (1)	Jun 4	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
28	51 (2)	Jun 7	CHW		BOS	W,10-5	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
29	52	Jun 8	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	55 (2)	Jun 12	CHW		WSH	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	57 (1)	Jun 15	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	60 (2)	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-10	CG	50	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
33	61	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	62	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
35	64 (1)	Jun 22	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	66 (1)	Jun 24	CHW		CLE	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
37	67	Jun 25	CHW		SLB	L,4-11	GS	33	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	70 (2)	Jun 27	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	71	Jun 28	CHW		SLB	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
40	72	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	76 (3)	Jul 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
42	77	Jul 4	CHW	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	79 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
44	81 (1)	Jul 8	CHW	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	82	Jul 9	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	4	1	0	5	0
46	83	Jul 10	CHW	@	PHA	L,14-17	GS	22	4.0	4	0	0	4	1
47	84	Jul 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-6	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	85	Jul 13	CHW	@	WSH	L,9-13	GS	20	3.0	3	1	0	4	0
49	86	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	88 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	89	Jul 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
52	90	Jul 20	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	92 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	95 (2)	Jul 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS	26	6.0	5	1	0	6	0
55	96	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	97	Jul 27	CHW		WSH	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
57	98	Jul 28	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	99	Jul 29	CHW		WSH	L,3-7	CG	51	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
59	101 (1)	Jul 31	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	103 (1)	Aug 2	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	105 (1)	Aug 4	CHW		BOS	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	106	Aug 5	CHW		BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	107	Aug 6	CHW		BOS	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	108	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
65	110 (1)	Aug 8	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	113 (2)	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	51	13.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	114	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	115	Aug 14	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	120 (4)	Aug 20	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	122 (1)	Aug 22	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	124 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS	36	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
72	126 (1)	Aug 27	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	130 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,19-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	132 (1)	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	W,11-7	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	135 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	141 (5)	Sep 11	CHW		PHA	L,5-11	GF	31	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	143 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
78	147 (3)	Sep 18	CHW		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	149 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
80	154 (4)	Sep 25 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
							80gm		598.0	251	45	7	303	6