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Ray Schalk

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Ray Schalk

Full name Ray William Schalk
Born August 12, 1892, Harvel, Illinois
Died May 19, 1970, Chicago, Illinois
Buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Evergreen Park, Illinois (Oakland Section- Lot 124- Part 1- Grave 5)
First Game: August 11, 1912; Final Game: September 15, 1929
Managed First Game: April 12, 1927; Managed Final Game: July 4, 1928
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 165
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1955
Ejections as player: 1913 (2), 1914 (1), 1915 (1), 1916 (2), 1919 (2), 1921 (1), 1925 (1), 1929 (2). Total: 12
Ejections as coach: 1931 (1)
Ejections as manager: 1927 (2), 1928 (1). Total: 3
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1912 CHI A    Daily Splits   23    63    7   18   2   0   0    8    3        3   4   3   0            2      .286  .357  .317   0.4 1912 CHI A
1913 CHI A    Daily Splits  129   401   38   98  15   5   1   38   27   0i  36   3  14   0  12i  7i  14   6i .244  .297  .314   1.0 1913 CHI A
1914 CHI A    Daily Splits  136   392   30  106  13   2   0   36   38   0i  24   8  21   0  11i  3i  24  11  .270  .347  .314   3.0 1914 CHI A
1915 CHI A    Daily Splits  135   413   46  110  14   4   1   54   62   1i  21   3  17   0  11i  7i  15  18  .266  .366  .327   3.0 1915 CHI A
1916 CHI A    Daily Splits  129   410   36   95  12   9   0   41   41   1i  31   6  15   0i 11i  9i  30  13  .232  .311  .305   3.5 1916 CHI A
1917 CHI A    Daily Splits  140   424   48   96  12   5   2   50   59   4i  27   7  17   0i 12i  6i  19  11i .226  .331  .292   2.8 1917 CHI A
1918 CHI A    Daily Splits  108   333   35   73   6   3   0   22   36   0i  22   3  15   0i  9i  3i  12   4i .219  .301  .255  -0.3 1918 CHI A
1919 CHI A    Daily Splits  131   394   57  111   9   3   0   34   51   1   25   2  14   0  14   5   11   7  .282  .367  .320   1.5 1919 CHI A
1920 CHI A    Daily Splits  151   485   64  131  25   5   1   61   68   2   19   2  21   0  13   5   10   4  .270  .362  .348   1.5 1920 CHI A
1921 CHI A    Daily Splits  128   416   32  105  24   4   0   47   40   4   36   7   9   0   7   8    3   4  .252  .328  .329  -0.2 1921 CHI A
1922 CHI A    Daily Splits  142   442   57  124  22   3   4   60   67   5   36   3  22   0  13  10   12   4  .281  .379  .371   3.2 1922 CHI A
1923 CHI A    Daily Splits  123   382   42   87  12   2   1   44   39   2   28   4  17   0   9  11    7   4  .228  .306  .277  -0.9 1923 CHI A
1924 CHI A    Daily Splits   57   153   15   30   4   2   1   11   21   0   10   2   6   0   5   5    1   5  .196  .301  .268  -0.6 1924 CHI A
1925 CHI A    Daily Splits  125   343   44   94  18   1   0   52   57   4   27   3  14   0   5   9   11   5  .274  .382  .332   1.0 1925 CHI A
1926 CHI A    Daily Splits   82   226   26   60   9   1   0   32   27   1   11   2   8   0   4   4    5   1  .265  .349  .314  -0.3 1926 CHI A
1927 CHI A    Daily Splits   16    26    2    6   2   0   0    2    2   0    1   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .231  .286  .308  -0.1 1927 CHI A
1928 CHI A    Daily Splits    2     1    0    1   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0.1 1928 CHI A
1929 NY  N    Daily Splits    5     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1929 NY  N
Total NL ( 1 Year )           5     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 Total NL
Total AL (17 Years)        1757  5304  579 1345 199  49  11  593  638  25i 357  59 214   0i136i 92i 177  97i .254  .340  .316  18.6 Total AL
Total    (18 Years) Splits 1762  5306  579 1345 199  49  11  593  638  25i 358  59 214   0i136i 92i 177  97i .253  .340  .316  18.6 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1917 CHI A    Daily Splits    6    19    1    5   0   0   0    0    2   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   1  .263  .333  .263 1917 CHI A
1919 CHI A    Daily Splits    8    23    1    7   0   0   0    2    4   1    2   1   0   0   0   0   0    1   1  .304  .429  .304 1919 CHI A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits   14    42    2   12   0   0   0    2    6   1    3   1   0   0   0   0   0    2   2  .286  .388  .286 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1912 CHI A Daily Splits   C   23   20   17   155  i  115   40   14    4   0    0   23i   0       .917
1913 CHI A Daily Splits   C  125  121  110  1038.2i  599  154   15   18   0   15  116i  71    8i .980
1914 CHI A Daily Splits   C  125  120  105  1034.1i  613  183   21   20   0   12  119   90    6i .974
1915 CHI A Daily Splits   C  135  132  117  1126.2i  655  159   13    8   0   12   74i  78    0i .984
1916 CHI A Daily Splits   C  124  121  113  1083  i  653  166   10   25   0    3   56i  65    2i .988
1917 CHI A Daily Splits   C  139  137  126  1221  i  624  148   15   18   0    8   76i  81    3i .981
1918 CHI A Daily Splits   C  106  104   93   917.2i  422  114   12   13   0    8   77i  58    2i .978
1919 CHI A Daily Splits   C  129  129  109  1093     551  130   13   11   0    4   65   71    2  .981
1920 CHI A Daily Splits   C  151  150  139  1316.1   581  138   10   20   0    6   52   83    3  .986
1921 CHI A Daily Splits   C  126  126  106  1056     453  129    9   20   0   11   57   61   10  .985
1922 CHI A Daily Splits   C  142  140  126  1240.2   591  150    8   15   0    3   59   77    6  .989
1923 CHI A Daily Splits   C  121  116  102  1004.2   481   93   10   20   0    3   68   46    5  .983
1924 CHI A Daily Splits   C   56   48   40   415.1   176   55   10    8   0    5   28   26    1  .959
1925 CHI A Daily Splits   C  125  111   89   967     368   99    8   15   0    4   26   60    6  .983
1926 CHI A Daily Splits   C   80   70   57   609.2   251   45    7    6   0    3   18   23    1  .977
1927 CHI A Daily Splits   C   15    9    3    68.2    24    8    0    1   0    0    4    6    0 1.000
1928 CHI A Daily Splits   C    1    1    0     4       4    0    0    0   0    0    2    0    0 1.000
1929 NY  N Daily Splits   C    5    1    0     9       7    0    0    0   0    0    2    0    0 1.000
Total (18 Years) Splits   C 1728 1656 1452 14360.2i 7168 1811  175  222   0   97  922i 896   55i .981
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
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              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1917 CHI A Daily Splits   C    6    6    6    52      32    6    2    1   0    1    4    2    0  .950
1919 CHI A Daily Splits   C    8    8    7    67.1    29   15    1    1   0    1    7   10    1  .978
Total ( 2 Years) Splits   C   14   14   13   119.1    61   21    3    2   0    2   11   12    1  .965
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1927 CHI A        153   70   83  .458   662   708                  5
1928 CHI A         75   32   42  .432   309   362          7- 4    6  5
Total ( 2 Years)  228  102  125  .449   971  1070
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1930 CHI N   4-15   9-28
1931 CHI N   4-14   9-27
Total ( 2 Years) 

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-28-1913     BOX  CHI A  Silk O'Loughlin     Balls and strikes
 7-25-1913     BOX  CHI A  Silk O'Loughlin     Call at HP
 9- 2-1914     BOX  CHI A  Tommy Connolly      Balls and strikes
 5- 9-1915     BOX  CHI A  Silk O'Loughlin     Call at HP
 7-24-1916     BOX  CHI A  Bill Dinneen        Called third strike
 9- 6-1916     BOX  CHI A  Bill Dinneen        Balls and strikes
 8-26-1919     BOX  CHI A  George Moriarty     Call at HP (Struck umpire)
10- 6-1919     BOX  CHI A  Cy Rigler           Call at HP (Bumped umpire)
 8-18-1921     BOX  CHI A  Frank Wilson        Fair/foul call
 7- 4-1925(2)  BOX  CHI A  Pants Rowland       Called third strike
 7- 6-1929     BOX  NY  N  George Magerkurth   Called third strike
 7-26-1929     BOX  NY  N  George Magerkurth   Balls and strikes

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-28-1927     BOX  CHI A  Brick Owens         Fair/foul call
 9-11-1927     BOX  CHI A  Bill McGowan        Called third strike
 4-23-1928     BOX  CHI A  Roy Van Graflan     Called third strike

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-18-1931     BOX  CHI N  Ted McGrew          Fair/foul call

Transaction Information

Traded by Milwaukee (American Association) to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Lena
Blackburne, Bruno Block, cash and 2 players to be named later (August 9, 1912);
Milwaukee (American Association) received Matty McIntyre (August 24, 1912) and Mutz
Ens (January 30, 1913).

Signed by New York Giants (November 12, 1928).
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