Career
He was a knuckleball pitcher in the Major Leagues for all or parts of seven seasons between 1955 and 1965 for the Saint Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago Cubs. In October 1966 he was briefly reactivated by the Cardinals so that he could receive a Major League pension. He was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944 after playing at Burlington City High School.
Schultz was strictly a relief pitcher, appearing in 227 games overall without any starts.
He was an early specialist in the knuckleball. He had two good years with the Cubs, then was traded to the Cardinals where he had his best season, 1964, with 14 saves (a significant quantity in those days) and a 1.64 earned run average.
Probably his most visible moment was in Game 3 of the 1964 World Series, in which he gave up a game-winning home run to Mickey Mantle in the nationally-televised Saturday game. Cardinals" utility catcher Bob Uecker was sometimes called upon to catch when Schultz was brought in to pitch.
lieutenant was from that experience that he drew some of his material when joking about the difficulties of catching the knuckler.
After his playing career ended, Schultz was the Cardinals" roving minor league pitching instructor from 1967 to 1970 and Major League pitching coach from 1971 to 1975. Schultz was a resident of Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey, where his home was filled with memorabilia of his baseball career. He died on September 6, 2015.