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Schalk's plaque at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. In an 18-year major league career, Schalk played in 1,762 games, accumulating 1,345 hits in 5,306 at bats for a .253 career batting average along with 11 home runs, 594 runs batted in, 579 runs, 177 stolen bases, an on-base percentage of .340 and a .981 fielding percentage. [1]
Ray Schalk, holder of the American League career record Red Dooin, holder of the National League career record Bill Rariden posted the two highest assist totals in history in the short-lived Federal League. Iván Rodríguez has the most assists of any catcher since 1950. Jim Sundberg led the American League in assists a record six times.
Ray Schalk holds the record for the most career double plays by a catcher with 222. [5] Steve O'Neill is second with 198; [ 6 ] only seven other catchers have recorded 150 career double plays. Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
Byrd "Birdie" Lynn (March 13, 1889 – February 5, 1940) was an American Major League Baseball catcher from 1916 to 1920. During that time, he played for the Chicago White Sox and was the back-up to Hall of Fame catcher Ray Schalk. In 116 career games, Lynn had 211 at-bats, with 50 hits, for a .237 batting average.
Pop Snyder, who retired in 1891 with a record 877 games as a catcher, is the all-time leader in passed balls with 763, nearly four times as many as any catcher who began their career after 1915. Silver Flint, who ended his career in 1889, is second with 639, and holds the National League record of 602.
Jake Beckley, the all-time leader in career putouts. In baseball statistics, a putout (denoted by PO or fly out when appropriate) is given to a defensive player who records an out by a Tagging a runner with the ball when he is not touching a base (a tagout), catching a batted or thrown ball and tagging a base to put out a batter or runner (a Force out), catching a thrown ball and tagging a ...
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After his playing career, he worked as a coach before serving as the Royals manager from 1987 to 1991. He also managed the California Angels in 1992. Wathan is notable for setting the single-season stolen base record for catchers in 1982 when, he stole 36 bases to break the previous record set by Ray Schalk in 1916. [2] [3]