Ray Schalk
1912–1929 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, New York Giants
1,763G
.253AVG
.340OBP
.316SLG
More career statistics
1,345H
11HR
594RBI
177SB
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 5,306 | 5,312 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 69 | 113 |
| Batting · Doubles | 199 | 200 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 355 | 356 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,217 | 6,239 |
| Batting · Runs | 579 | 578 |
| Batting · RBI | 594 | 598 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 177 | 176 |
| Batting · Walks | 638 | 651 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,763 | 6,217 | 5,306 | 579 | 1,345 | 199 | 49 | 11 | 594 | 638 | 355 | 177 | 69 | 59 | 0 | 1,675 | .253 | .340 | .316 | .656 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1914-06-28 to 1914-07-09
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1922-06-27 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1916-08-16 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1917-08-19 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 880 | 3066 | 670 | 4 | 298 | 346 | 151 | .259 | .331 | .323 |
| Away | 883 | 3173 | 675 | 7 | 300 | 305 | 205 | .247 | .309 | .309 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 172 | 628 | 135 | 1 | 61 | 59 | 36 | .251 | .309 | .320 |
| May | 304 | 1092 | 221 | 3 | 99 | 112 | 64 | .236 | .305 | .285 |
| June | 311 | 1146 | 248 | 3 | 118 | 124 | 52 | .258 | .325 | .327 |
| July | 368 | 1278 | 272 | 1 | 114 | 149 | 74 | .252 | .329 | .311 |
| August | 327 | 1137 | 234 | 2 | 107 | 106 | 67 | .239 | .299 | .303 |
| September | 261 | 904 | 222 | 1 | 92 | 91 | 59 | .287 | .346 | .351 |
| October | 20 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 4 | .325 | .426 | .425 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 268 | 942 | 185 | 0 | 74 | 91 | 52 | .230 | .293 | .289 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 256 | 866 | 189 | 2 | 71 | 85 | 60 | .251 | .316 | .306 |
| new-york-yankees | 253 | 886 | 190 | 2 | 72 | 88 | 56 | .248 | .314 | .310 |
| detroit-tigers | 249 | 911 | 216 | 5 | 110 | 101 | 42 | .282 | .348 | .383 |
| boston-red-sox | 247 | 890 | 202 | 0 | 96 | 96 | 55 | .268 | .335 | .326 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 244 | 875 | 155 | 1 | 85 | 84 | 47 | .209 | .273 | .250 |
| st-louis-browns | 241 | 867 | 208 | 1 | 90 | 106 | 43 | .287 | .362 | .347 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Chicago White Sox | 23 | 63 | 18 | – | 7 | 2 | .286 | – | – |
| 1913 | Chicago White Sox | 129 | 402 | 97 | 1 | 35 | 14 | .241 | – | – |
| 1914 | Chicago White Sox | 136 | 392 | 106 | – | 36 | 24 | .270 | – | – |
| 1915 | Chicago White Sox | 136 | 416 | 111 | 1 | 52 | 16 | .267 | – | – |
| 1916 | Chicago White Sox | 129 | 410 | 95 | – | 37 | 30 | .232 | – | – |
| 1917 | Chicago White Sox | 140 | 423 | 96 | 2 | 50 | 19 | .227 | – | – |
| 1918 | Chicago White Sox | 108 | 333 | 73 | – | 25 | 13 | .219 | – | – |
| 1919 | Chicago White Sox | 131 | 395 | 111 | – | 35 | 9 | .281 | – | – |
| 1920 | Chicago White Sox | 151 | 485 | 131 | 1 | 65 | 11 | .270 | – | – |
| 1921 | Chicago White Sox | 128 | 416 | 105 | – | 46 | 3 | .252 | – | – |
| 1922 | Chicago White Sox | 142 | 443 | 123 | 4 | 61 | 11 | .278 | – | – |
| 1923 | Chicago White Sox | 123 | 384 | 88 | 1 | 47 | 6 | .229 | – | – |
| 1924 | Chicago White Sox | 57 | 152 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .197 | – | – |
| 1925 | Chicago White Sox | 125 | 343 | 94 | – | 58 | 11 | .274 | – | – |
| 1926 | Chicago White Sox | 82 | 226 | 60 | – | 30 | 5 | .265 | – | – |
| 1927 | Chicago White Sox | 16 | 26 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1928 | Chicago White Sox | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | – | – |
| 1929 |  New York Giants | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |