Cedric Mullins 31 CF

Cedric Mullins  31 CF

2019
♦ Made Baltimore's Opening Day roster and started in center field, the first player to start in center field other than Adam Jones since 2007 (Corey Patterson). 
♦ Appeared in 22 games for Baltimore before being optioned to Norfolk on 4/22. 
♦ Registered two triples and three RBI, 4/8 vs. Oakland.
♦ Played in 117 Minor League games between Norfolk and Double-A Bowie, batting .233 with 10 home runs, 42 RBI and 33 stolen bases. 
♦ Ranked among Orioles minor leaguers in stolen bases (T-1st, 33), runs (5th, 75), walks (T-6th, 47) and hits (9th, 109). 
♦ Appeared in 66 games with Norfolk, batting .205 with five home runs and eight doubles. 
♦ Transferred to Bowie on 7/11 and spent the rest of the season with the Baysox, hitting .271 with 11 doubles, 18 RBI and 35 runs scored in 51 games. 
♦ Matched a career-high with four runs scored, 8/29 at Reading. 
♦ Had four multi-steal games on the season - three of which came with Bowie. 
♦ Hit for the cycle in Game 4 of the Western Division Championship Series against Harrisburg (5-for-6, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI, SB), becoming the first Baysox player to hit for the cycle since Manny Machado in 2012. The win moved the Baysox into the Eastern League title series. 
♦ Hit .353 (12-34) with five extra-base hits, 10 runs and five RBI in eight EL playoff games.

2018
♦ Ranked by MLB.com as the #7 prospect in the Orioles organization entering the season. Also rated by Baseball America as the Fastest Baserunner and Best Athlete in the O's system.
♦ Split the year between Bowie and Norfolk, hitting .289 with 12 home runs, 29 doubles and 21 stolen bases in 109 minor league games before receiving a promotion to Baltimore. 
♦ Named Orioles Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year.
♦ Named an Orioles Organizational All-Star by MLB.com
♦ Named a Double-A All-Star by Baseball America after hitting .313 with six home runs, 29 RBI and 12 doubles in 49 games with Bowie.
♦ Homered and drove in a career-high four RBI, 5/20 at Trenton.
♦ Named EL Player of the Week on 5/27 - then recorded four hits that night at Binghamton.
♦ Hit safely in 38 of his 49 games with Bowie before being promoted to Norfolk on 6/1. 
♦ Batted .269 with six home runs, 17 doubles, 19 RBI and 41 runs in 60 games with Norfolk.
♦ Made a diving catch on 7/25 that ranked as the #4 play on SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays.
♦ Was a perfect 12-12 in stolen base attempts for Norfolk, leading the team.
♦ Matched a career-high with four runs in a game, 6/22 at Louisville.
♦ Registered a 15-game hitting streak from 6/27 - 7/15, the longest by a Tide in 2018.
♦ Had contract selected by Baltimore on 8/10 and made his MLB debut that night vs. Boston, going 3-4 with two doubles, two RBI, a walk and three runs. Was the first player in Orioles history to record three hits in their MLB debut, and was the second player in O's history to record at least two hits, two runs and two RBI in their debut (Brent Bowers, 1996).
♦ Hit first MLB home run on 8/18 at Cleveland, a solo shot off of Neil Ramirez.
♦ Went 4-5 with a double, RBI and his first career stolen base, 9/16 vs. CWS.
♦ Hit his first MLB leadoff home run on 8/31 at Kansas City. Belted another leadoff home run on 9/18 vs. Toronto - his first career home run at Camden Yards. 
♦ At the time of his promotion to Baltimore (8/10), his 127 hits ranked 2nd among Orioles minor leaguers (behind Ryan McKenna's 135 hits). 

2017
♦ Spent the year with Bowie, hitting .265 with 13 home runs and 37 RBI in 76 games.
♦ Opened the season with four hits - including a home run, triple, two RBI and four runs scored - on Opening Night at Akron.
♦ Started the year with a 10-game hitting streak, over which he batted .455 (20-44).
♦ Named Eastern League Player of the Week on 4/16.
♦ Had two disabled list stints with hamstring injuries: 4/21-6/4, 7/6-7/23.
♦ Batted .318 (55-173) with 13 doubles, eight home runs and 24 RBI before the All-Star break.
♦ Hit a game-tying homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, 8/22 vs Reading.
♦ Batted .455 with a double, home run and RBI in three postseason games for the Baysox.
♦ Rated by Baseball America as the No. 9 prospect in the Orioles system after the season.

2016
♦ Played the season with Delmarva, hitting .273 with 14 home runs and 55 runs batted in.
♦ Named an Orioles Organizational All-Star by MLB.com.
♦ Hit safely in a career-high 19 straight games from 7/24 to 8/19.
♦ Led the team with 30 stolen bases.
♦ Finished 3rd in the South Atlantic League in hits (141), doubles (37) and runs scored (79) while finishing 2nd in at-bats (517), extra-base hits (61), and triples (10).
♦ Named South Atlantic League Batter of the Week for the week of 8/29 to 9/4.

2015
♦ Started his pro career with Aberdeen where he appeared in 68 games for the Ironbirds.
♦ Went 2-3 with a double, walk, RBI and run scored in his pro debut, 6/19 vs Hudson Valley.
♦ Stole 17 bases and was caught stealing four times.

PERSONAL
♦ Selected by Baltimore in the 13th round of the 2015 draft.
♦ Attended Campbell University, where he was named Second Team Atlantic All-Region by the ABCA and Second Team All-Big South after his 2015 campaign. 
♦ Campbell University has also produced Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry, who ranks 8th all-time with 3,534 strikeouts.
♦ Attended junior college at Louisburg College in North Carolina prior to Campbell.
♦ Graduated from Brookwood High School (GA), where he was a First Team All-County center fielder his senior year. Was a high school teammate of current Reds RHP Lucas Sims. Brookwood HS counts longtime NFL placekicker Jason Elam among its notable alumni.