MLB / Players

Roy Schalk

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 168 lb
BornNovember 9, 1908 · Chicago, IL, USA
MLB debutSeptember 17, 1932
Final gameSeptember 9, 1945
Seasons3 (1932–1945)

New York Yankees 1932; Chicago White Sox 1944–1945

Percentile snapshot

1945 season — qualified batters

G
133
48.6
PA
570
54.1
AB
513
61.3
R
50
34.2
H
127
44.1
2B
23
58.6
3B
1
6.3
HR
1
17.1
RBI
65
72.1
BB
32
34.2
SO
41
27
SB
3
34.2
CS
6
10.8
BA
.248
13.5
OBP
.293
4.5
SLG
.302
9.9
OPS
.595
3.6
wRC+
69.8
6.3
OPS+
74.7
9.9
wOBA
.288
3.6
sWAR
0.1
9

of 112 qualified 1945 batters (min 465 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-1.2
4.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1932314123310002200.250.357.333.69085.780.3.3310.0
194414665458747129144144455254.220.276.262.53951.455.0.263-1.3
194513357051350127231165324136.248.293.302.59569.874.7.2880.1

Career totals

G
282
PA
1,238
AB
1,112
R
100
H
259
2B
38
3B
5
HR
2
RBI
109
BB
79
SO
95
SB
8
BA
.2329
OBP
.2850
SLG
.2815
OPS
.5665

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1944-07-07CWS @ ATH Gameday522011207
1944-07-22NYY @ CWS Gameday424100205
1945-08-03DET @ CWS Gameday513100304
1944-07-20BOS @ CWS Gameday503100214
1945-05-01CWS @ DET Gameday312010304

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1932-04-12NYY @ ATH Gameday0.0000000
1932-04-15NYY @ ATH Gameday0.0000000
1932-04-16NYY @ BOS Gameday0.0000000
1932-04-19NYY @ BOS Gameday0.0000000
1932-04-19NYY @ BOS Gameday0.0000000

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.