Kenneth Scott Mullen (born January 17, 1975) is an American former

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. He played for the Kansas City Royals and

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from 2000 to 2003. Mullen played

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and Dallas Baptist University. In 1995, he played collegiate summer baseball with the

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of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Mullen was drafted in the seventh round (199th overall) of the

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by the Kansas City Royals. He spent five seasons in the Royals' minor league system before making his Major League debut in and spent parts of the next three seasons with the Royals before he was traded to the

in (with Victor Rodriguez) for Gookie Dawkins. He pitched primarily for the Dodgers minor league team in 2003, but spent part of the year in the majors. In , he pitched in Japan and then returned to the United States in to play for the Richmond Braves in AAA.

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