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Beckett certified and slabbed 2012 Leaf History of Baseball Edition certified autograph signature card of former All Star Barney Schultz. Schultz was a professional baseball player and coach. He was a knuckleball-throwing pitcher in the Major Leagues for all or parts of seven seasons between 1955 and 1965 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs. Schultz was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. Schultz was strictly a relief pitcher, appearing in 227 games without any starts. He was an early specialist in the knuckleball. Cardinals' utility catcher Bob Uecker was sometimes called upon to catch when Schultz was brought in to pitch. It was from that experience that Uecker drew some of his material when joking about the difficulties of catching the knuckleball. 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. He was a member of the Chicago Cubs' coaching staff in 1977. Schultz is a member of the South Jersey Baseball Hall of Fame. He died on September 6, 2015, the 50th anniversary of his final MLB game. The scan shows the actual item - any scratches are on the holder and not the card. Please email if you have any questions or would like additional scans of this item. Card will be shipped in a padded envelope with tracking in the US. Shipping and handling to the US is free. My default for international shipping is ebay's third party service via first class with tracking. Cost are the actual amount with no mark up. Please email for other costs to mail to any other country - cost will be the actual amount charged by the service to ship. PLEASE READ All items are guaranteed to be as described or I will provide a full refund. If you are unsure about an item or want more details - ASK, don't assume. Please note that I will only provide a refund upon return of the item so please don't complain about the item and then ask me to send you a full or partial refund without sending the items back. I always have and will continue to pay to have the item shipped back to me.