James H. Devlin (April 16, 1866 – December 14, 1900) was an American professional baseball player who played

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

in the major leagues from 1886 to 1889 for three clubs, the

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and Philadelphia Quakers of the

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, and the

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of the American Association. He died at the age of 34, in his hometown of

Troy, New York Troy is a city in and the county seat of Rensselaer County, New York, United States. It is located on the western edge of the county, on the eastern bank of the Hudson River just northeast of the capital city of Albany, New York, Albany. At the ...

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, and is interred at St. John's Cemetery in Troy.

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