Josh Devoe

Josh Devoe
Josh Devoe
	1920 Josh R. Devoe
	Catcher / Manager
	Born: March 24, 1888; Unknown
	Died: March 19, 1979 (aged 90); Los Angeles
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
	1913, for the Honolulu Team
Last appearance
	1920, for the Cleveland Tate Stars
Teams
	Honolulu Team (1913–1914); Chicago American Giants (1915); Crawford All Stars of Chicago (1916); Chicago Giants (1917–1919); Cleveland Tate Stars (1920);

James R. "Josh" Devoe (March 24, 1888 – March 19, 1979) was a Negro leagues catcher and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons.

A Cleveland newspaper reporter in 1920 claimed Rube Foster said of Devoe he was "one of the smartest young players he ever trained."^[1]

Post career

Devoe died in Los Angeles, California in 1979 at the age of 90.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Prime Sports News" by Allen H. Dorsey, Cleveland Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, July 24, 1920, Page 3, Column 4

External links

Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball Reference (Negro leagues)

[cleveland1920-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Prime Sports News" by Allen H. Dorsey, Cleveland Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, July 24, 1920, Page 3, Column 4

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