# Charlie Devens

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{{short description|American baseball player (1910-2003)}}
{{distinguish|Charles Devens}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Charlie Devens
|image=Charlie Devens.jpeg
|image_size=150px
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|birth_date={{Birth date|1910|1|1}}
|birth_place=[Milton, Massachusetts](/source/Milton%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2003|8|13|1910|1|1}}
|death_place=[Scarborough, Maine](/source/Scarborough%2C_Maine), U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 24
|debutyear=1932
|debutteam=New York Yankees
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 26
|finalyear=1934
|finalteam=New York Yankees
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=5–3
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=3.73
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=31
|teams=
*[New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) ({{mlby|1932}}–{{mlby|1934}})
|highlights=
*[World Series champion](/source/World_Series_champion) ({{wsy|1932}})
}}

'''Charles Devens''' (January 1, 1910 – August 13, 2003) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) who played from {{baseball year|1932}}-{{baseball year|1934}}. After pitching for Harvard he was signed in 1932 to the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees). At 92 years of age, Devens was the oldest surviving member of the famed 1932 world championship Yankees team and recalled with great detail [http://www.articlearchives.com/sports-recreation/sports-games-outdoor-recreation-baseball/907876-1.html] the now famous [Babe Ruth's Called Shot](/source/Babe_Ruth's_Called_Shot).

== Career ==
Signed in 1932 and leaving the team in 1934, Devens' Major league career was cut short by his future father-in-law who refused to have a ball player as a son in law.  Devens spent the entire 1932 season on the champion Yankees' roster, despite only pitching one game that season, due to a promise the Yankees made to Devens' father as a condition for signing him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lefty Gomez|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Lefty-Gomez/|publisher=SABR|accessdate=2023-02-27}}</ref>  After his departure from the big leagues Devens established his reputation as a standout businessman in Boston. Given his short 3-year career Charlie Devens was only able to amass 82 innings pitched with only one start in 1934. At the conclusion of his career, Charlie held a 5–3 record with 31 strikeouts and a 3.73 ERA in 16 games pitched.

==Personal==
His granddaughter was [Sarah Devens](/source/Sarah_Devens). She participated on three varsity teams at [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College): field hockey, ice
hockey and lacrosse. She was named a captain of all three teams and was considered by many teammates to be the best female athlete Dartmouth
ever had.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006855/index.htm  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121026142537/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006855/index.htm  |url-status= dead  |archive-date= October 26, 2012  |title= An End Too Soon|author= Gerry Callahan, Sonja Steptoe  |date= July 24, 1995|publisher=SportsIllustrated.com|accessdate=18 May 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=d/devench01}}
*{{Find a Grave|8240990}}

{{1932 New York Yankees}}

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Category:1910 births
Category:2003 deaths
Category:Harvard Crimson baseball players
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Baseball players from Cumberland County, Maine
Category:Baseball players from Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Category:New York Yankees players
Category:Sportspeople from Milton, Massachusetts
Category:People from Scarborough, Maine
Category:Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Newark Bears (International League) players

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