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Steven Rance Mulliniks (born January 15, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball player. Originally drafted as a shortstop, Mulliniks made his major league debut in for the California Angels, batting .269 in 78 games. He saw limited playing time over the following years with the California Angels until and with the Kansas City Royals in and . Mulliniks' luck changed when he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, just before the start of the season. He was converted to third base and appeared in over 100 games each year through the season. He batted over .300 three times (, and ) and demonstrated great patience at the plate, regularly posting on-base percentages near .400. In 1984 he was named to Sports Illustrated's Dream Team as a utility infielder. == Retirement and broadcasting career == Mulliniks retired after the season having compiled a .272 career batting average, 73 home runs, 437 RBI, and 445 runs. He holds the Blue Jays franchise single season fielding percentage record for third basemen (.975) and the franchise record for most pinch hits (59). Rance Mulliniks was a colour commentator for Rogers Sportsnet's Blue Jays coverage, and in 2007 and 2008 he was also a colour commentator alongside Jim Hughson and Jesse Barfield on CBC Sports, broadcasting Blue Jays baseball. In 2009, Mulliniks filled in for the ailing Jerry Remy on NESN, for the Boston Red Sox May 29–31 road trip to Toronto.〔http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9621694/At-NESN,-Roberts-getting-up-to-speed〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rance Mulliniks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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