Joe Devine (scout)

Devine as manager of the Mission Reds, circa 1932.

Joseph Vincent Devine (March 3, 1892 – September 21, 1951) was a baseball scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees, credited for signing Joe DiMaggio to the Yankees.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Cramer, Richard Ben (2000). Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life. Simon & Schuster. p. 66. ISBN 0-684-85391-4.
  2. ^ "Yankee hunter, Joe Devine dies on Coast". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). United Press. September 22, 1951. p. A3.
  3. ^ "Joe Devine, baseball scout, dead at San Francisco". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 22, 1951. p. 3.