- Hal Deviney
Harold John Deviney (
April 11 ,1893 -January 4 ,1933 ) was arelief pitcher inMajor League Baseball who played briefly for theBoston Red Sox during the 1920 season. He batted and threwright-handed .A native of
Newton, Massachusetts , Deviney was a major league player whose career, statistically speaking, was only slightly different than that ofEddie Gaedel orMoonlight Graham .On July 30, 1920 Deviney posted a 15.00
earned run average with three walks in 3.0 innings of work. He did not have a decision. But Deviney had more luck at the plate, going 2-for-2 with one run and a triple for a perfect 1.000batting average . He never appeared in a major league game again.Deviney died in
Westwood, Massachusetts at age 40.ee also
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* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/devinha01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdevih101.htm Retrosheet]
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