Art Devlin (baseball)

Art Devlin
Art Devlin
	Third baseman
	Born: October 16, 1879; Washington, D.C., U.S.
	Died: September 18, 1948 (aged 68); Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 14, 1904, for the New York Giants
Last MLB appearance
	August 25, 1913, for the Boston Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average	.269
Home runs	10
Runs batted in	508
Teams
	New York Giants (1904–1911); Boston Braves (1912–1913);
Career highlights and awards
	World Series champion (1905); NL stolen base leader (1905);

Arthur McArthur Devlin (October 16, 1879 – September 18, 1948) was an American athlete and coach. He is most known for his Major League Baseball career from 1904 to 1913.

College career

Devlin attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he played baseball and football. As a senior in 1900, he served as the team captain.^[1] He was a standout back, and in 1900 was considered competitive for the Walter Camp All-American team if it had not been restricted to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton players.^[2]

Coaching career

He served as the head football coach at North Carolina A&M, now North Carolina State, for the 1902 and 1903 seasons. During that time, Devlin's teams compiled a 7–8–2 record for a winning percentage of .471.^[3]

In the early 1920s, Devlin served as the head baseball coach at Fordham University.^[4]^[5]

In the late 1920s, Devlin served as a basketball coach at the Naval Academy.^[6]

Baseball career

Devlin spent most of his nine-year baseball career with the New York Giants, where he started as their third baseman in 1904. In 1905 Devlin stole 59 bases, sharing the National League lead with Billy Maloney of the Chicago Cubs. Devlin was traded to the Boston Braves in 1911, where he played for two years as a backup infielder until his retirement in 1913. Devlin had a short temper and on one occasion in 1910, jumped into the grandstand at the Polo Grounds to beat up a fan who called him a "dog".^[7]

In 1313 games over 10 seasons, Devlin posted a .269 batting average (1185-for-4412) with 603 runs, 10 home runs, 508 RBI and 285 stolen bases. Defensively, he recorded a .946 fielding percentage.

Devlin died in Jersey City, New Jersey a month before his 69th birthday.

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall
North Carolina A&M Aggies (Independent) (1902–1903)
1902	North Carolina A&M	3–4–2
1903	North Carolina A&M	4–4
North Carolina A&M:		7–8–2
Total:		7–8–2