As we move into the Hall of Fame voting, debating, fussing, defending, pride and outrage time of the season, it seems like a fun idea to have a look at some of the lesser-known and fewer-discussed White Sox who are already proudly enshrined in Cooperstown. A little while back we looked at Urban Faber. Now let’s meet one of his teammates, Hall of Fame catcher Ray Schalk.
A lot of us first met Schalk watching Eight Men Out. In an early scene, two of the gamblers behind the 1919 World Series fix are talking about which players to approach.