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Skip Jutze

Skip Jutze, American baseball player

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Born
May 28, 1946
Age in 2026
80
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1946

About Skip Jutze

Alfred Henry "Skip" Jutze is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher. On May 17, 1977, in the Kingdome, Jutze hit a grand slam, which was his second home run in the big leagues and the Seattle Mariners' first Grand Slam as a team. Alfred Henry "Skip" Jutze (born May 28, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player. Skip later disclosed that he had other help than human agency.

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Skip Jutze timeline

  1. Alfred Henry "Skip" Jutze (born May 28, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player.
  2. On May 17, 1977, in the Kingdome, Jutze hit a grand slam, which was his second home run in the big leagues and the Seattle Mariners' first Grand Slam as a team.

The world when Skip Jutze was born

Skip Jutze was born in 1946. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1946

  • #1 song"The Christmas Song" – Nat King Cole
  • Top movieThe Best Years of Our Lives
  • Best-selling bookThe King's General – Daphne du Maurier

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst NBA (BAA) season begins
  • Top headlineUnited Nations General Assembly holds its first session
  • Technology milestoneENIAC — first general-purpose electronic computer
  • Defining fadBaby boom begins
  • Notable inventionTupperware
  • World population2.43 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHarry S. Truman
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population141.4M

1946 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Skip Jutze's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19462026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,600$435,000
Average income$4,300$67,500
Minimum wage$0.40$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.35$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population141.4M341 million

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