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Ray Schalk
Raymond William Schalk (Cracker)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.

Debut August 11, 1912
Final Game September 15, 1929
Born August 12, 1892 in Harvel, IL
Died May 19, 1970 in Chicago, IL

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1955.

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 19 CHW AL  23   63    7   18   2  0   0    8   2      3      .286  .357  .317   96   20   3           4    
 1913 20 CHW AL 129  401   38   98  15  5   1   38  14     27  36  .244  .297  .314   80  126  14           3     MVP-20
 1914 21 CHW AL 136  392   30  106  13  2   0   36  24 11  38  24  .270  .347  .314  100  123  21           8     MVP-6
 1915 22 CHW AL 135  413   46  110  14  4   1   54  15 18  62  21  .266  .366  .327  105  135  17           3    
 1916 23 CHW AL 129  410   36   95  12  9   0   41  30 13  41  31  .232  .311  .305   84  125  15           6    
 1917 24 CHW AL 140  424   48   96  12  5   2   51  19     59  27  .226  .331  .292   89  124  17           7    
 1918 25 CHW AL 108  333   35   73   6  3   0   22  12     36  22  .219  .301  .255   67   85  15           3    
 1919 26 CHW AL 131  394   57  111   9  3   0   34  11     51  25  .282  .367  .320   93  126  14           2    
 1920 27 CHW AL 151  485   64  131  25  5   1   61  10  4  68  19  .270  .362  .348   89  169  21           2    
 1921 28 CHW AL 128  416   32  105  24  4   0   47   3  4  40  36  .252  .328  .329   69  137   9           7    
 1922 29 CHW AL 142  442   57  124  22  3   4   60  12  4  67  36  .281  .379  .371   96  164  22           3     MVP-3
 1923 30 CHW AL 123  382   42   87  12  2   1   44   7  4  39  28  .228  .306  .277   55  106  17           4    
 1924 31 CHW AL  57  153   15   30   4  2   1   11   1  5  21  10  .196  .301  .268   49   41   6           2    
 1925 32 CHW AL 125  343   44   94  18  1   0   52  11  5  57  27  .274  .382  .332   86  114  14           3     MVP-12
 1926 33 CHW AL  82  226   26   60   9  1   0   32   5  1  27  11  .265  .349  .314   77   71   8           2    
 1927 34 CHW AL  16   26    2    6   2  0   0    2   0  0   2   1  .231  .286  .308   55    8   1           0    
 1928 35 CHW AL   2    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   1  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  429    1   0           0    
 1929 36 NYG NL   5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    1762 5306  579 1345 199 49  11  594 177 69 638 355  .253  .340  .316   83 1675 214   0   0  59   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        488   53  124  18  5   1   55  16  6  59  33  .253  .340  .316   83  154  20   0   0   5   0
 Career High    151  485   64  131  25  9   4   61  30 18  68  36  .282  .382  .371  105  169  22   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 19 CHW AL   73   48    6   3.3    89| .286  .269| .357  .337| .317  .354| .674  .691|  96  .424  -0.0   0.0     
 1913 20 CHW AL  445  317   37   3.1    86| .244  .263| .297  .335| .314  .346| .611  .681|  80  .431 -11.3  -1.3     
 1914 21 CHW AL  459  318   42   3.5    82| .270  .255| .347  .328| .314  .334| .661  .663| 100  .535   1.2   0.1  68%
 1915 22 CHW AL  495  338   46   3.6    86| .266  .259| .366  .337| .327  .339| .693  .677| 105  .528   5.0   0.6  45%
 1916 23 CHW AL  472  343   39   3.1    83| .232  .258| .311  .332| .305  .337| .616  .669|  84  .448  -8.5  -1.0  69%
 1917 24 CHW AL  507  345   40   3.1    81| .226  .257| .331  .328| .292  .333| .623  .661|  89  .465  -3.8  -0.4     
 1918 25 CHW AL  387  275   25   2.5    83| .219  .262| .301  .333| .255  .334| .556  .666|  67  .346 -13.0  -1.5     
 1919 26 CHW AL  461  297   46   4.2    96| .282  .277| .367  .343| .320  .373| .687  .716|  93  .511  -1.8  -0.2     
 1920 27 CHW AL  576  379   62   4.4   106| .270  .291| .362  .356| .348  .400| .710  .756|  89  .480  -5.1  -0.5  71%
 1921 28 CHW AL  472  324   43   3.6   113| .252  .298| .328  .364| .329  .419| .657  .783|  69  .342 -18.7  -1.8  42%
 1922 29 CHW AL  534  344   63   4.9   110| .281  .293| .379  .358| .371  .411| .750  .770|  96  .515   0.5   0.1  75%
 1923 30 CHW AL  442  316   32   2.7   107| .228  .289| .306  .359| .277  .399| .583  .758|  55  .268 -24.8  -2.4  63%
 1924 31 CHW AL  182  134   11   2.2   109| .196  .294| .301  .363| .268  .404| .569  .767|  49  .187 -11.4  -1.1  16%
 1925 32 CHW AL  417  268   44   4.4   111| .274  .293| .382  .363| .332  .411| .714  .774|  86  .431  -3.1  -0.3  68%
 1926 33 CHW AL  263  175   25   3.8   106| .265  .285| .349  .356| .314  .399| .663  .755|  77  .406  -6.5  -0.6  83%
 1927 34 CHW AL   29   21    2   2.5   109| .231  .290| .286  .358| .308  .408| .594  .766|  55  .234  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1928 35 CHW AL    1    0    2         107|1.000  .287|1.000  .352|1.000  .408|2.000  .760| 429         0.5   0.0 100%
 1929 36 NYG NL    2    2    0   0.0   121| .000  .304| .000  .368| .000  .443| .000  .812|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     6217 4244  565   3.6    96| .253  .276| .340  .346| .316  .373| .656  .718|  83  .434 -103.2 -10.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 19 CHW AL C 23 115 40 14 4 .917 .961 6.74 5.85 0 1913 20 CHW AL C 125 599 154 15 18 .980 .967 6.02 5.59 15 1914 21 CHW AL C 125 613 183 21 20 .974 .967 6.37 5.70 12 1915 22 CHW AL C 134 655 159 13 8 .984 .965 6.07 5.46 12 1916 23 CHW AL C 124 653 166 10 25 .988 .974 6.60 5.21 3 1917 24 CHW AL C 139 624 148 15 18 .981 .971 5.55 4.98 8 1918 25 CHW AL C 106 422 114 12 15 .978 .970 5.06 4.96 8 1919 26 CHW AL C 129 551 130 13 14 .981 .974 5.28 4.96 4 1920 27 CHW AL C 151 581 138 10 19 .986 .973 4.76 4.58 6 1921 28 CHW AL C 126 453 129 9 19 .985 .971 4.62 4.33 11 1922 29 CHW AL C 142 591 150 8 16 .989 .977 5.22 4.24 3 1923 30 CHW AL C 121 481 93 10 20 .983 .975 4.74 4.20 3 1924 31 CHW AL C 56 176 55 10 8 .959 .972 4.12 4.02 5 1925 32 CHW AL C 125 368 99 8 15 .983 .977 3.74 3.82 5 1926 33 CHW AL C 80 251 45 7 6 .977 .979 3.70 3.95 3 1927 34 CHW AL C 15 24 8 0 1 1.000 .973 2.13 3.91 0 1928 35 CHW AL C 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.00 0 1929 36 NYG NL C 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 3.56 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1912 19 CHW AL C 23 115 40 14 4 .917 .961 6.74 5.85 0 1913 20 CHW AL C 125 599 154 15 18 .980 .967 6.02 5.59 15 1914 21 CHW AL C 125 613 183 21 20 .974 .967 6.37 5.70 12 1915 22 CHW AL C 134 655 159 13 8 .984 .965 6.07 5.46 12 1916 23 CHW AL C 124 653 166 10 25 .988 .974 6.60 5.21 3 1917 24 CHW AL C 139 624 148 15 18 .981 .971 5.55 4.98 8 1918 25 CHW AL C 106 422 114 12 15 .978 .970 5.06 4.96 8 1919 26 CHW AL C 129 551 130 13 14 .981 .974 5.28 4.96 4 1920 27 CHW AL C 151 581 138 10 19 .986 .973 4.76 4.58 6 1921 28 CHW AL C 126 453 129 9 19 .985 .971 4.62 4.33 11 1922 29 CHW AL C 142 591 150 8 16 .989 .977 5.22 4.24 3 1923 30 CHW AL C 121 481 93 10 20 .983 .975 4.74 4.20 3 1924 31 CHW AL C 56 176 55 10 8 .959 .972 4.12 4.02 5 1925 32 CHW AL C 125 368 99 8 15 .983 .977 3.74 3.82 5 1926 33 CHW AL C 80 251 45 7 6 .977 .979 3.70 3.95 3 1927 34 CHW AL C 15 24 8 0 1 1.000 .973 2.13 3.91 0 1928 35 CHW AL C 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.00 0 1929 36 NYG NL C 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 3.56 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 1727 7168 1811 175 226 .981 .972 5.20 4.76 98 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1727 7168 1811 175 226 .981 .972 5.20 4.76
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1917   WS    CHW NYG     W   6  19   1   5  0  0  0   0   2   1  .263  .333  .263   1  1   0   0   0 
 1919   WS    CHW CIN     L   8  23   1   7  0  0  0   2   4   2  .304  .429  .304   1  1   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  14  42   2  12  0  0  0   2   6   3  .286  .388  .286   2  2   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1913-AL-20-0.05
1914-AL-6-0.20
1922-AL-3-0.41
1925-AL-12-0.11
Car-295-0.77 shares

Bases on Balls
1920 AL-68-10

Stolen Bases
1916 AL-30-8

Hit By Pitch
1914 AL-8-6
1916 AL-6-9
1917 AL-7-5
1921 AL-7-8

Sac. Hits
Car-214-73

At Bats per Strikeout
1914 AL-16.3-9
1915 AL-19.7-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1788) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.9 (1030) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 56.0 (330) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 9, 1912: Traded by the Milwaukee (American Association) to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later, Lena Blackburne, Bruno Block, and cash. The Chicago White Sox sent Matty McIntyre (August 24, 1912) and Mutz Ens (January 30, 1913) to the Milwaukee (American Association) to complete the trade.

November 12, 1928: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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