Donald Arthur Schulze (born September 27, 1962) is a former
Major League Baseball
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pitcher and current
minor league
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pitching coach
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.
Schulze graduated from
Lake Park High School
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in 1981. He pitched all or part of six seasons in the majors, between and , for the
Chicago Cubs
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,
Cleveland Indians
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,
New York Mets
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,
New York Yankees
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, and
San Diego Padres
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. He also pitched three seasons in Japan: from until for the
Orix BlueWave
, styled as ORIX, is a Japanese diversified financial services group headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, and Osaka, Japan.
ORIX offers leasing, lending, rentals, life insurance, real estate financing and development, venture capital, investment an ...
. He currently serves as the
pitching coach
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for the
Lansing Lugnuts
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The Midwe ...
.
Since , Schulze has worked in the
Oakland Athletics
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organization as a pitching coach. He was with the
Arizona League Athletics
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in 2006, the
Kane County Cougars
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in 2007 to 2008, and the
Stockton Ports
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in 2009 to 2010. In November 2010, he was named to the staff of the
Midland RockHounds
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. He was moved to the Beloit Snappers for the 2018 and 2019 seasons, and to the Lugnuts from 2021 onward.
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1962 births
Living people
American expatriate baseball players in Japan
Baseball players from Illinois
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Chicago Cubs players
Cleveland Indians players
Columbus Clippers players
Gulf Coast Cubs players
Iowa Cubs players
Maine Guides players
Major League Baseball pitchers
New York Mets players
New York Yankees players
Orix BlueWave players
Orix Braves players
People from Roselle, Illinois
Quad Cities Cubs players
Rochester Red Wings players
Salinas Spurs players
San Diego Padres players
Tidewater Tides players
Tigres de Aragua players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Toledo Mud Hens players
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