Joe Mulvey

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Joseph H. Mulvey

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Weight 178 lb.

• Debut May 31, 1883
• Final Game May 14, 1895
• Born October 27, 1858 in Providence, RI USA
• Died August 21, 1928 in Philadelphia, PA USA

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Joe Mulvey played 12 years in the majors, mostly for teams in Philadelphia, with whom he played in three different major leagues. Not normally a strong batter, in his best year he was perhaps the top hitter on the 1885 Philadelphia Quakers, an above-.500 team.

Mulvey played almost exclusively at third base during his years in the majors. The book Irish in Pennsylvania states that he was a hero to thousands of Irish-American youngsters due to his Irish heritage.

Wikipedia states Mulvey, while a rookie, was shot in the shoulder by a man who mistakenly thought he was teammate Cliff Carroll.

For over 100 years he was the only Mulvey to come to the majors, but in 2009 Kevin Mulvey came up.

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