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Joe Schultz, Jr.
Nickname(s): Dode
Born: 1918

C 1939-41, 43-48 Pirates, Browns
Manager in 1969, 73 Pilots, Tigers

Joe Schultz, Jr.'s Teammates

GamesAverageHRRBI
Career 240.259146

Wins-LossesWinning %
Manager 78-112.411


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» Photo: Willard "Home Run" Brown from Black Baseball in Kansas City

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


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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
» September 11, 1932: Joe Schultz, Jr., 14-year-old son of Houston (Texas League) manager Joe Schultz, is inserted into a game against Galveston as a pinch hitter. He hits a single, steals 2B and 3B, and scores a run. Fritz, the black batboy, also bats, but is fanned by Thormahlen after trying to sacrifice.

» October 11, 1968: Joe Schultz is named manager of the Seattle Pilots.

» November 20, 1969: Joe Schultz is fired as manager of the Pilots.