Delvin James

Biography

Delvin DeWayne James (born January 3, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. James attended Nacogdoches High School in Nacogdoches, Texas, where he was a five-sport star. He was the leading scorer on the school's basketball team, had a 1.43 earned run average, struck out 80 batters in 73 innings pitched and received a scholarship to play college football as a linebacker at Oklahoma State. He was a high school football teammate of Kynan Forney. He was drafted by the Devil Rays in the 14th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. He was assigned to the Gulf Coast League to begin his professional career. In September 2000, James and a minor league teammate helped apprehend a bank robber near the Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg, Florida, and returned $7,600 to a SouthTrust bank.

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