Francis Joseph Mullins (born May 14, 1957) is an American former

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player. He played in

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(MLB) as an

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. Mullins played at least one game at all four infield positions, but saw most of his playing time at third base and shortstop.

Career

Mullins attended

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, and played

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for the

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. He was drafted by the

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in the 1978 and 1979 amateur drafts. After the 1979 draft, Mullins went professional. Mullins made his MLB debut with the White Sox in 1980. After the 1983 season, the White Sox traded Mullins to the

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for

Steve Christmas Stephen Randal Christmas (born December 9, 1957) is a former professional baseball player. He played in 24 games over three seasons in Major League Baseball for three teams, primarily as a catcher. He went 4-for-11 in 1984 for the Chicago White So ...

. Weeks later, he was selected by the

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in the Rule 5 draft. He saw his greatest amount of playing time with the Giants in , when he batted .218 with 2 home runs in 52 games. After playing in minor league baseball in 1985, the

Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F ...

purchased Mullins from the Giants.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB727B340DFC6F1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Mullins played for the Indians in 1986, and was released after the season.

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1957 births Living people American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baseball players from Oakland, California Chicago White Sox players Cleveland Indians players Denver Bears players Edmonton Trappers players Glens Falls White Sox players Iowa Oaks players Knoxville Sox players Major League Baseball infielders Maine Guides players Phoenix Giants players San Francisco Giants players Santa Clara Broncos baseball players {{US-baseball-infielder-stub