Leroy Mack Mullins, born February 2nd, 19201
in Blytheville, AR2
3
was a Negro League baseball player in 1948.
Biography
Mullins was the son of Henry Mullins and Anna Bell (nee Thomas) Mullins.4 He grew up in Blytheville, AR.
Mullins, a pitcher, briefly appeared with the Memphis Red Sox from April to June 1948.5 6 7 8 He also played and managed the semi-pro Blytheville Brown Bombers.9
Mullins died on February 19th, 1998 in Memphis, TN.10 He was buried in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens in Blytheville, AR.11
Excerpts
". . . Leroy Mullins, a semi pro hurler from Blytheville, Ark., who has shown plenty of stuff in training [with the Memphis Red Sox]."12
"Mullins finished for the [Red] Sox."13
"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."14
Stats
Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com.
Biography
Mullins was the son of Henry Mullins and Anna Bell (nee Thomas) Mullins.4 He grew up in Blytheville, AR.
Mullins, a pitcher, briefly appeared with the Memphis Red Sox from April to June 1948.5 6 7 8 He also played and managed the semi-pro Blytheville Brown Bombers.9
Mullins died on February 19th, 1998 in Memphis, TN.10 He was buried in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens in Blytheville, AR.11
Excerpts
". . . Leroy Mullins, a semi pro hurler from Blytheville, Ark., who has shown plenty of stuff in training [with the Memphis Red Sox]."12
"Mullins finished for the [Red] Sox."13
"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."14
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.
3
"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7H-4KYL : 10 February 2023), Leroy Mullins, .
5
Chicago Defender, 4/10/1948, p.11
6
Chicago Defender, 4/24/1948, p.11
7
Mullins' obituary, Blytheville Courier News, 2/25/1998
10
Mullins' obituary, Blytheville Courier News, 2/25/1998
12
Chicago Defender, 4/10/1948, p.11
13
Chicago Defender, 4/24/1948, p.11
14
Mullins' obituary, Blytheville Courier News, 2/25/1998