Ray Schalk
Ray William Schalk
Born: August 12, 1892
Harvel, IL USA
Deceased: 1970
Chicago, IL USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 165
Career: 1912-1929
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.
Minor League Statistics
Ray Schalk compiled a career batting average of .253 with 11 home runs and 594 RBI in his 1763-game career with the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants. He began playing during the 1912 season and last took the field during the 1929 campaign. Schalk was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 23 | 73 | 63 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .286 | .357 | .317 | .675 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 129 | 445 | 401 | 38 | 98 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 36 | .244 | .297 | .314 | .611 | 126 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 136 | 459 | 392 | 30 | 106 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 38 | 24 | .270 | .347 | .314 | .661 | 123 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 135 | 495 | 413 | 46 | 110 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 15 | 18 | 62 | 21 | .266 | .366 | .327 | .693 | 135 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 129 | 472 | 410 | 36 | 95 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 30 | 13 | 41 | 31 | .232 | .311 | .305 | .616 | 125 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 140 | 507 | 424 | 48 | 96 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 19 | 0 | 59 | 27 | .226 | .331 | .292 | .623 | 124 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 108 | 387 | 333 | 35 | 73 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 36 | 22 | .219 | .301 | .255 | .556 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 131 | 461 | 394 | 57 | 111 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 51 | 25 | .282 | .367 | .320 | .687 | 126 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 151 | 576 | 485 | 64 | 131 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 10 | 4 | 68 | 19 | .270 | .362 | .348 | .711 | 169 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 128 | 472 | 416 | 32 | 105 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 36 | .252 | .328 | .329 | .658 | 137 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 142 | 534 | 442 | 57 | 124 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 12 | 4 | 67 | 36 | .281 | .379 | .371 | .750 | 164 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 123 | 442 | 382 | 42 | 87 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 28 | .228 | .306 | .277 | .583 | 106 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 57 | 182 | 153 | 15 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 10 | .196 | .301 | .268 | .569 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 125 | 417 | 343 | 44 | 94 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 11 | 5 | 57 | 27 | .274 | .382 | .332 | .714 | 114 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 82 | 263 | 226 | 26 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | .265 | .349 | .314 | .663 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 16 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | NL | New York Giants | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1762 | 6217 | 5306 | 579 | 1345 | 199 | 49 | 11 | 594 | 177 | 69 | 638 | 355 | .253 | .340 | .316 | .656 | 1675 | 0 | 59 | 214 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 115 | 40 | 14 | 4 | .917 | 6.739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1913 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 599 | 154 | 15 | 18 | .980 | 6.024 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1914 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 613 | 183 | 21 | 20 | .974 | 6.368 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1915 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 655 | 159 | 13 | 8 | .984 | 6.075 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1916 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 124 | 0 | 0.0 | 653 | 166 | 10 | 25 | .988 | 6.605 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1917 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 624 | 148 | 15 | 18 | .981 | 5.554 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1918 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 422 | 114 | 12 | 15 | .978 | 5.057 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1919 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 551 | 130 | 13 | 14 | .981 | 5.279 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1920 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 581 | 138 | 10 | 19 | .986 | 4.762 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1921 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 126 | 0 | 0.0 | 453 | 129 | 9 | 19 | .985 | 4.619 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1922 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 591 | 150 | 8 | 16 | .989 | 5.218 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1923 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 481 | 93 | 10 | 20 | .983 | 4.744 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1924 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 176 | 55 | 10 | 8 | .959 | 4.125 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1925 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 368 | 99 | 8 | 15 | .983 | 3.736 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1926 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 251 | 45 | 7 | 6 | .977 | 3.700 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1927 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1928 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1929 | NL | New York Giants | C | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1727 | 0 | 0.0 | 7168 | 1811 | 175 | 226 | .981 | 5.199 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | AL | Chicago White Sox | WS | 6 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .263 | .333 | .263 | .596 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | AL | Chicago White Sox | WS | 8 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .304 | .429 | .304 | .733 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 49 | 42 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .286 | .388 | .286 | .673 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | AL | Chicago White Sox | WS | C | 6 | 6 | 52.0 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 6.577 | 6.333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1919 | AL | Chicago White Sox | WS | C | 8 | 8 | 67.3 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 5.881 | 5.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 14 | 14 | 119.3 | 61 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .965 | 6.184 | 5.857 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Awards
1914 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C2
1915 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
1916 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
1917 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
