Nicknamed "Bullet Bob", Schultz stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).

The native of Louisville, Kentucky, served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

[2] His 25-win season in 1950 was especially noteworthy as it came with the Nashville Vols of the Class AA Southern Association, who played their home games in a hitter's paradise called Sulphur Dell.

Schultz lost only six decisions and finished second in the league in earned run average (2.68), just one one-hundredth of a point behind ERA champion Marv Rotblatt (2.67).

He was shot to death at age 55 after becoming embroiled in a late-night argument with another patron, 59-year-old Charles Johnson, in the bar of Nashville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3595.