Danny McDevitt pitched in the Major Leagues from 1957-1962. He compiled a 21-27 career record with a 4.40 ERA.
In June of 1957, he was called up to the Brooklyn Dodgers. On September 24, 1957, he pitched a 2-0 shutout over the Pittsburgh Pirates. That would be the last game ever played at Ebbetts Field.
Two weeks later, team owner Walter O'Malley announced that he was moving the team to Los Angeles where the team played in the over-sized L.A. Coliseum.
Mr. McDevitt died in Covington, Georgia on November 20, 2010, two days after his 78th birthday.
Mr. McDevitt compiled a 10-8 record on the 1959 Dodgers team that beat the Chicago White Sox in the World Series.
He spent the 1960 season with the New York Yankees before finishing his career in 1962 with the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City A's.
After baseball, he worked as a minor league umpire and held government jobs in Mississippi and Alabama.
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