Jim Barr

Pitcher, Baseball Player

1948 –

89

Who is Jim Barr?

James Leland Barr is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants and California Angels. He is perhaps best known for setting a record for consecutive batters retired.

Barr attended the University of Southern California, where his teammates included Dave Kingman, and helped lead their baseball team to a pair of NCAA championships in 1968 and 1970. He graduated from USC in 1970 with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. After previously being drafted five times, he was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the third round of the 1970 amateur draft and signed with the club that summer.

The Giants called Barr up from the minors midway through the 1971 season, and he posted a 1-1 record and a 3.57 ERA in 17 appearances out of the bullpen. He joined the team's rotation in the middle of 1972 and, despite never pitching a no-hitter or perfect game, that summer set the record for consecutive batters retired. Over the course of two starts, on August 23 and August 29, he retired 41 players in a row. On August 23 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, he walked opposing pitcher Bob Moose to lead off the third inning and then retired the final 21 batters to end the game with a 2-hitter. In his next start, he retired the first 20 St. Louis Cardinals in order before Bernie Carbo earned a seventh-inning double. He won that game too, with a complete game 3-hitter.

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Born
Feb 10, 1948
Lynwood
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Education
  • University of Southern California

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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