Jay D Schlueter was an outfielder

Outfielder

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 who played in Major League Baseball

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 during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 182 lb., he batted and threw right handed.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona

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, Schlueter was a second round selection in the 1967 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros

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. He spent part of five seasons in the minor leagues

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 before joining the big club in the 1971 midseason. Unfortunately, he formed part of a very congested Astros outfield that included César Cedeño

César Cedeño

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, César Gerónimo

César Gerónimo

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, Jimmy Wynn

Jimmy Wynn

James Sherman Wynn , nicknamed the "Toy Cannon," is a former Major League Baseball center fielder. During a 15-year baseball career, he played from 1963-1977 for five different teams: the Houston Colt .45s/Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and Milwaukee Brewers...

 and Bob Watson, among others. Schlueter went 1-for-3 and scored one run in seven games, but never returned to the majors. After that, he went to the minors for four more seasons. In a nine-year minors career, he posted a .209 average with 48 home run

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s and 128 runs batted in in 863 games.

Following his playing career, Schlueter became a dedicated coach and supporter of all youth and high school sports in Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale, Arizona

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 and Chaparral, New Mexico

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. He later worked as a commercial real estate broker.

Schlueter died in his homeland of Scottdale at the age of 60.

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