Joe Schultz

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Joe Schultz
Joseph Charles Schultz Jr.
"Dode"
Bat/Throw:	L/R
Height:	5' 11"
Weight:	180
Born:	1918-8-29 at Chicago, IL (US)
Died:	1996-1-10 at St. Louis, MO (US)
Interred:	Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO (US)

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Joe Schultz was a professional player and minor and major league manager.

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At the age of thirteen, Joe pinch hit in a regular league game with Houston (Texas League). He was the batboy, his father, Joe Sr. was the manager. After his major league career as a back up catcher,he became a coach and a minor league manager. In his only full season as a major league manager, he lead the Seattle Pilots with a down-to-earth style that was chronicled in Jim Bouton's "Ball Four".

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Footnotes

1. ↑ , First edition. The Ballplayers. New York: Arbor House-Willaim Morrow, 1990.