Jim Devlin (pitcher)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1866–1900)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jim Devlin

|image=Jim Devlin.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1866|4|16}}

|birth_place=Troy, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1900|12|14|1866|4|16}}

|death_place=Troy, New York, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 28

|debutyear=1886

|debutteam=New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 17

|finalyear=1889

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=11-10

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.38

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=90

|teams=

• New York Giants ({{mlby|1886}})
• Philadelphia Quakers ({{mlby|1887}})
• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1888}}–{{mlby|1889}})

}}

File:James H. "Jim" Devlin, Pitcher, St. Louis Browns, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes MET DP846041.jpg

James H. Devlin (April 16, 1866 – December 14, 1900) was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher in the major leagues from 1886 to 1889 for three clubs, the New York Giants and Philadelphia Quakers of the National League, and the St. Louis Browns of the American Association.{{cite web|title=Jim Devlin|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdevlj102.htm|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=October 12, 2010}}

He died at the age of 34, in his hometown of Troy, New York of typhoid fever, and is interred at St. John's Cemetery in Troy.{{cite web|title=Too Young TO Die|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html|work=thedeadballera.com|publisher=TheDeadBallEra|accessdate=October 12, 2010}}