Kevin Mulvey

Kevin John Mulvey was born on May 26, 1985 in Sayreville, New Jersey.

The New York Mets selected him in round two of the 2006 MLB Draft out of Villanova University. He blossomed into one of their better pitching prospects, and played in the 2007 Futures Game on All-Star weekend. New York traded him to the Minnesota Twins as part of the Johan Santana trade. At the time of the deal, Baseball America ranked Mulvey as the Mets fourth best prospect.

Mulvey made his Major League debut for the Twins on July 20, 2009 in a high leverage relief appearance. Minnesota was trailing by a run in the eighth inning with two outs and a runner on second base. Ron Gardenhire gave the ball to Mulvey, who got Oakland Athletics shortstop Orlando Cabrera to line out. The Twins had 2-3-4 due up in the ninth inning, but they weren't able to score a game tying run. His second relief appearance came two days later, but was not as successful. Mulvey allowed four runs in one inning, and was optioned back to Triple-A after the game.

Minnesota acquired veteran reliever Jon Rauch from the Arizona Diamondbacks for a player to be named later in a post-deadline waiver deal later that season. They designated Mulvey for assignment to make room for Rauch on the 40-man roster, and he was claimed on waivers by the Diamondbacks. The two teams later agreed to call Mulvey the de facto player to be named later.

He made four starts and four more relief appearances for the Diamondbacks over parts of two seasons, going 0-3 with a 6.92 ERA. Mulvey returned to the Mets on a minor league deal in 2012 after spending all of 2011 in Triple-A. He struggled that April, and retired in May.

Mulvey has been the head coach at Villanova University, his alma mater, since 2017. Through 2025, he is 139-256-1.

• Threw a no-hitter for Villanova against UConn on March 26, 2005
  • Three walks and six strikeouts
  • Eighth no-hitter in Villanova history (began play in 1866)
    • Second Villanova no-hitter of the 2005 season