Ken McMullen

Kenneth Lee McMullen, born June 1, 1942, in Oxnard, California, was a right-handed third baseman who signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers directly out of Oxnard High School. After two minor league seasons in which he hit .285 with 42 home runs and 177 RBIs, he made his major league debut as a September call-up in 1962 at age twenty. He won the starting third base job in 1963 but was optioned to Triple-A Spokane in April after a difficult start. Recalled in late June, he hit his first major league home run — a grand slam off Cardinals pitcher Ernie Broglio — on the Fourth of July, finishing the season at .236 with five home runs and 28 RBIs.