Martin Mullen was an American

United States

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 professional baseball player for the Cleveland Forest Citys

Cleveland Forest Citys

The Forest Citys were a short lived professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio in the early 1870s. The actual name of the team, as shown in standings, was Forest City, not "Cleveland". The name "Forest Citys" was used in the same generic style of the day in which the team from Chicago,...

. He played in one game on August 17, 1872 and was hitless in four at-bats, scoring one run. He played in right field

Right fielder

A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field. Right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound...

 for the game. His one appearance in the professional leagues was due to an accident. Rynie Wolters

Rynie Wolters

Reinder Albertus Wolters was a Major League Baseball player from Nieuweschans, Netherlands, in the late 19th century. His first and best year was in 1871 with the New York Mutuals, when he pitched 283 innings and had a 3.43 earned run average. His second year was with the Cleveland Forest Citys,...

, the regular outfielder for the Forest Citys, swallowed his chaw of tobacco and could not play so Mullen, a local amateur player made his professional debut.http://www.sabr.org/cmsFiles/Files/200604bio.pdf

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