Did Ray Schalk, like Varitek, catch 4 no-no's?

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If you go to Cooperstown and read Schalk's plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame, that's what you'd come away believing. Here's what the plaque says: "Caught four no-hit games including perfect game in 1922.'' So why is everyone, including the Globe, reporting that Varitek on Monday night became the first catcher to catch four no-hitters? Because on Sept. 4, 1991, baseball's ... [link]

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Wicked Lester
Published 5/20/2008 by redsock (noreply@blogger.com) at The Joy of Sox
... Ray Schalk's Hall of Fame plaque says he caught four no-hit games, but MLB changed its definition of a no-hitter in 1991 and Schalk's total dropped to three. ...

The Scorecard: Ned Yost is still kickin' with the Brewers
Published 5/20/2008 at Big League Stew
... erroneous report can do for the traffic of a small, Wisconsin-based blog. Elsewhere in the baseball blogosphere ...   • Jason Varitek has now caught four no-hitters, but it's possible that total could be a mind-blowing seven (which would make him the Nolan Ryan of catchers — if he isn't already — no?) [Red Sox Monster] • Ray Schalk would be atop the list with Varitek if MLB hadn't changed the no-hitter rules. [Extra Bases] • Speaking of Nolan Ryan, the only other time the Royals have been ...

Clarifying Varitek's Place in No-No History
Published 5/20/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... As Gordon Edes of the Boston Globe explains, Major League Baseball tweaked its guidelines for what constitutes a no-hitter in 1991, defining it as "a game of nine innings or more that ended with no hits." ...

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