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ROBERT BARR, 94; SIGNED WITH RED SOX

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20020808
Author:Adam D. Krauss, Globe Correspondent

Robert A. Barr, formerly of Waltham and Barrington, N.H., who signed a contract with the Red Sox in 1932, died last Thursday of heart failure at Langdon Place of Dover. He was 94.

Robert A. Barr Jr. compared his father to a baseball book of facts and statistics. "You could throw any ballplayer's name at him and he'd tell you their position, team, whatever - he knew it," he said this week. "He had a hell of a memory."A right-handed pitcher, Mr. Barr began playing semipro baseball in the Cape Cod League in 1927, at age 19. Three years later, he was signed by the Red Sox, receiving a $500 ...

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