Barney Schultz

George Warren "Barney" Schultz (August 15, 1926 in Beverly, New Jersey), was a professional baseball player. He was signed by the Philadelphia Blue Jays in 1944. He played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1955-1965. He would play for the St. 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.

Notable Game
Game 3
October 10, 1964 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
New York 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 2

WP: Jim Bouton (1-0) LP: Barney Schultz (0-1)
HRs: NY – Mickey Mantle (1)

In this game, Mickey Mantle reached deep for one of the last ounces of Yankees magic. In the bottom of the 9th inning, with the game tied at 1, Mantle swung on the first pitch from Cardinal pitcher Barney Schultz, a knuckleball that failed to move, and hit it into the right field stands to win the game for the Yankees. Schultz had been a mainstay of the Cardinals' stretch run and Yankee scouting reports had advised his knuckler was most vulnerable on the first pitch when he threw harder than usual to try for a strike. Mantle's home run (his 16th Series home run) broke Babe Ruth's record for most home runs hit in World Series play.

External links

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