Joe Schultz
| Joe Schultz Jr. | |||
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| Catcher / Coach / Manager | |||
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Born: August 29, 1918 Chicago, Illinois |
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Died: January 10, 1996 (aged 77) St. Louis, Missouri |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 27, 1939, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 23, 1948, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .259 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 46 | ||
| Managerial record | 78–112 | ||
| Winning % | .411 | ||
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Joseph Charles Schultz Jr. (August 29, 1918 – January 10, 1996) was an American Major League Baseball catcher, coach, and manager. Schultz was the first and only manager for the Seattle Pilots franchise during their lone season before they became the Milwaukee Brewers. Seattle entered the American League as an expansion franchise in 1969, and moved to Wisconsin shortly before the following season.
Born in Chicago, he was the son of a Major League baseball player—Joe (Germany) Schultz, an outfielder who played for seven of the eight National League clubs (1912–16; 1919–25) and who later became a manager in the St. Louis Cardinals' extensive farm system. In 1932, at age 13, Joe Jr. appeared in his first professional game, as a pinch hitter for the Houston Buffaloes of the Class A Texas League; the elder Schultz was managing Houston and Joe Jr. was serving as the Buffaloes' batboy that season.
Joe Jr. had a distinguished prep career at St. Louis University High School and signed his first contract with the Cardinals in 1936, but was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates, where his father had become minor league director, after the 1939 season. After appearing in only 22 games for Pittsburgh in 1939–41, Schultz made his way back to St. Louis with the Browns of the American League, where he spent six seasons (1943–48) as a backup catcher and pinch hitter. In 328 major-league at bats over all or parts of nine MLB seasons, Schultz batted .259 with one home run.
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