Leroy Mack Mullins, born February 2nd, 19201
in Arkansas,2
was a Negro League baseball player in 1948.
Biography
Mullins was the son of Henry Mullins and Anna Bell (nee Thomas) Mullins.3 He grew up in Blytheville, AR.
Mullins, a pitcher, briefly appeared with the Memphis Red Sox in 1948.4 5 6 He also played and managed the semi-pro Blytheville Brown Bombers.7
Mullins died on February 19th, 1998 in Memphis, TN.8 He was buried in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens in Blytheville, AR.9
Excerpts
". . . Leroy Mullins, a semi pro hurler from Blytheville, Ark., who has shown plenty of stuff in training [with the Memphis Red Sox]."10
"Mullins finished for the [Red] Sox."11
"During his military career, he [Mullins] played professional baseball in the Southern Negro League for the Memphis Red Sox. He managed and played baseball with the Blytheville Bombers after leaving the military."12
Stats
Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com.
Biography
Mullins was the son of Henry Mullins and Anna Bell (nee Thomas) Mullins.3 He grew up in Blytheville, AR.
Mullins, a pitcher, briefly appeared with the Memphis Red Sox in 1948.4 5 6 He also played and managed the semi-pro Blytheville Brown Bombers.7
Mullins died on February 19th, 1998 in Memphis, TN.8 He was buried in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens in Blytheville, AR.9
Excerpts
". . . Leroy Mullins, a semi pro hurler from Blytheville, Ark., who has shown plenty of stuff in training [with the Memphis Red Sox]."10
"Mullins finished for the [Red] Sox."11
"During his military career, he [Mullins] played professional baseball in the Southern Negro League for the Memphis Red Sox. He managed and played baseball with the Blytheville Bombers after leaving the military."12
Stats
Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com.
1
Social Security Death Index gives his birth year as 1920. Mullin's military grave marker gives his birth year as 1921.
4
Chicago Defender, 4/10/1948, p.11
5
Chicago Defender, 4/24/1948, p.11
6
Mullins' obituary, Blytheville Courier News, 2/25/1998
8
Mullins' obituary, Blytheville Courier News, 2/25/1998
10
Chicago Defender, 4/10/1948, p.11
11
Chicago Defender, 4/24/1948, p.11
12
Mullins' obituary, Blytheville Courier News, 2/25/1998