Raymond William Schalk was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox for the majority of his career.
Schalk with the Chicago White Sox in 1920
Schalk, circa 1926
Schalk's plaque at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Eight Men Out is a 1988 American period sports drama film based on Eliot Asinof's 1963 book Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series. It was written and directed by John Sayles. The film
Ray Schalk
…May 19, 1970, at the age of 78, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Schalk was portrayed by Gordon Clapp in the 1988 film Eight Men Out. List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders…