Continuing my series on the worst hitter in the Hall of Fame at each position I'm now at Catcher.

Perhaps more than any other position, catcher is the one where it's hard to find players with truly eye popping hitting stats. That being said, all of the Hall of Famers at the catcher position except for two have at least an OPS+ of 115.

The two exceptions are Rick Ferrell at 95 and Ray Schalk at 83.

Schalk is my "winner" for the worst hitting Catcher in the Hall of Fame. He played from 1912 to 1929. All but 5 of his 1762 games were played for the Chicago White Sox. He was a member of the White Sox during the infamous "Black Sox" scandal of 1919. He hit .304 in the 1919 World Series (well above his standard) so he was never suspected of being in on the scandal.

His career stats include a .253 batting average and a .316 slugging percentage. He hit 11 home runs during his entire career.

His best season was 1915 when his OPS+ was at a career high 105. He hit .266 that year.

Schalk lead all catchers in the AL in fielding percentage eight times. Clearly he is not in the Hall of Fame for his bat, so it must be for his glove.

Labels: Hall Of Fame, Ray Schalk