McNulty didn’t quite have a debut to remember, as he would appear in five games for the Oakland A’s and go hitless over 17 at-bats, striking out 10 times. Ouch.
He’d spend the next two years in the Minors before making it all the way back in 1972, albeit for four games, going 1-for-10 along with a couple of walks.
That would be it for him on a Major League field, as he’d go on to play three more years in the Minors before some time in Japan before retiring as a player after the 1975 season.
But get this. His 1974 season for Sacramento in the Milwaukee Brewers system was one of the top seasons of the decade, in ANY leagues!
That year, in 144 games and 526 at-bats, McNulty hit 55 homers with 135 runs batted in, along with 135 runs scored.
He slashed a .329/.438/.690 line for the year and it’s really something that he didn’t get a chance to join the other Brewer sluggers on the Big League level.
As a matter of fact, McNulty hit 20 or more homers the final seven years of his pro career, dating back to 1969.
Even in his last season of 1975, he finished with 24 homers, in only 104 games, with 63 RBIs and 54 runs scored.
