Scott Mullen

{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1975)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Scott Mullen

|image=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1975|1|17}}

|birth_place=San Benito, Texas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 31

|debutyear=2000

|debutteam=Kansas City Royals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 3

|finalyear=2003

|finalteam=Los Angeles Dodgers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=4–5

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=35

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.66

|teams=

• Kansas City Royals ({{By|2000}}–{{By|2003}})
• Los Angeles Dodgers ({{By|2003}})
• Yokohama BayStars ({{By|2004}})
• Yomiuri Giants ({{By|2005}})

}}

Kenneth Scott Mullen (born January 17, 1975) is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Dodgers from 2000 to 2003.

Mullen played college baseball at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina{{cite web|url=http://www.citadelsports.com/sports/bsb/2003-04/releases/667085|title=McPherson Picks up First Major League Hit|publisher=citadelsports.com|accessdate=2012-06-13|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112205146/http://www.citadelsports.com/sports/bsb/2003-04/releases/667085|archivedate=2013-11-12}} and Dallas Baptist University. In 1995, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}

Mullen was drafted in the seventh round (199th overall) of the {{By|1996}} MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals.{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=mullesc01|title=Scott Mullen Baseball Stats|publisher=Baseball Almanac|accessdate=2012-06-13}} He spent five seasons in the Royals' minor league system before making his Major League debut in {{By|2000}} and spent parts of the next three seasons with the Royals before he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in {{By|2003}} (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 {{By|2005}}, he pitched in Japan and then returned to the United States in {{By|2006}} to play for the Richmond Braves in AAA.