Jeffrey Scott Schaefer (born May 31, 1960 in

Patchogue, New York Patchogue (, ) is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in Suffolk County, New York. The population was 11,798 at the time of the 2010 census. Patchogue is part of the Town (New York), town of Brookhaven, New York, Brookhaven, on ...

) is an American former professional baseball

utility infielder In baseball, a utility player is a player who typically does not have the offensive abilities to justify a regular starting role on the team but is capable of playing more than one defensive position. These players are able to give the various st ...

. He played all or parts of five seasons in the majors between and . Of the 225 games Schaefer played in the majors, about half (110) were at

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, with most of the rest at

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(81) or second base (25). Schaefer was inducted into the

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, New York, in the Baseball Category with the Class of 2010.

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