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 remains the only pitcher to retire as many as 41 consecutive batters in the course of only two games; his streak began in the third inning of a complete-game win and extended through the seventh inning of another complete-game win. 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. 

February 10th, 1948 in Lynwood (Age 77)