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.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHW		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
2	2	Apr 13	CHW		DET	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 14	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 15	CHW		DET	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	9	0	2	11	0
7	7	Apr 18	CHW		SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 19	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
9	9	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	3	6	0	9	0
10	10	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
11	11	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
12	12	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	15	3.2	3	0	0	3	0
13	15 (2)	Apr 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
14	16	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.1	7	1	0	8	0
15	17	Apr 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
16	18	Apr 30	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	20 (1)	May 4	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
18	21	May 5	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	22	May 6	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	23	May 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
21	24	May 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	3	1	12	0
22	25	May 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	26	May 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
24	27	May 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	28	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	5	4	1	10	1
26	29	May 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
27	30	May 19	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	42	10.2	6	3	0	9	2
28	31	May 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	32	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
30	33	May 24	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
31	34	May 25	CHW	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG	51	14.0	5	5	0	10	0
32	35	May 28 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	36	May 28 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	8	4	0	12	0
34	37	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	38	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	47	9.1	6	1	0	7	0
36	39	May 31	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	40	Jun 1	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
38	41	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
39	42	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	43	Jun 5	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
41	44	Jun 10	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
42	45	Jun 11	CHW		WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
43	46	Jun 12	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
44	47	Jun 13	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
45	48	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
46	49	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
47	50	Jun 16	CHW		BOS	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
48	51	Jun 17	CHW		BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	52	Jun 18	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
50	53	Jun 20	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
51	54	Jun 21 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-11	GS	26	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	55	Jun 21 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
53	56	Jun 22	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	57	Jun 24	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	58	Jun 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	8	4	0	12	0
56	59	Jun 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
57	60	Jun 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
58	61	Jun 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	62	Jun 29	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	63	Jun 30	CHW		DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	64	Jul 1	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
62	65	Jul 2	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	0	12.0	5	2	0	7	0
63	66	Jul 3	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
64	67	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
65	68	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	13.0	15	0	0	15	1
66	69	Jul 6	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
67	70	Jul 7	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	45	11.1	4	1	0	5	0
68	71	Jul 8	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	72	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
70	74 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	1
71	75	Jul 11 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	77 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	78	Jul 15 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
74	80 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
75	82 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
76	84 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	7	0	0	7	0
77	85	Jul 20 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	9.1	2	1	0	3	0
78	86	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
79	87	Jul 22	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	43	11.1	3	1	0	4	0
80	88	Jul 23	CHW	@	DET	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
81	89	Jul 24	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	90	Jul 25	CHW		NYY	W,13-8	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
83	91	Jul 26	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
84	92	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
85	93	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
86	94	Jul 29 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	99 (4)	Aug 1 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
88	102 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	103	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
90	104	Aug 5	CHW		WSH	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	105	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	106	Aug 7	CHW		BOS	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
93	107	Aug 8	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	13	3	0	16	1
94	108	Aug 9	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	CG	46	12.0	4	2	0	6	0
95	109	Aug 10	CHW		BOS	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
96	110	Aug 11	CHW		DET	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
97	111	Aug 12	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
98	112	Aug 13	CHW		DET	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	113	Aug 16 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	65	15.2	6	2	0	8	0
100	115 (1)	Aug 17	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
101	116	Aug 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	117	Aug 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
103	118	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
104	119	Aug 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
105	120	Aug 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	20	4.0	3	1	0	4	1
106	122 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
107	126 (3)	Aug 30	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
108	127	Aug 31	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	128	Sep 2	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	5	3	0	8	0
110	129	Sep 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
111	130	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
112	131	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
113	132	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	133	Sep 7	CHW		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
115	134	Sep 8	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
116	135	Sep 9	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
117	136	Sep 10	CHW		SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	137	Sep 11	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
119	138	Sep 12	CHW		SLB	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
120	139	Sep 13	CHW		SLB	W,9-8	GS	0		12	3	0	15	1
121	144 (4)	Sep 18	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	148 (3)	Sep 22	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	GS	32	7.0	11	0	1	12	0
123	154 (5)	Oct 1 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
124	155	Oct 1 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-4		0		5	0	0	5	0
							124gm		1097.0	653	166	10	829	25