that time, he finished in the National League's top ten three times for earned run average and shutouts, twice for complete games and innings pitched, and led the league in 1974 with 1.76 BB/9IP. Following the 1978 campaign, he became a free agent and signed with the California Angels. Barr won 10 games in his first year with the Angels, a season in which the club in Anaheim won the American League West to reach the playoffs for the first time. However, Barr did not pitch for the Angels in the playoffs after breaking his hand punching a toilet at a party celebrating their division championship. Barr struggled with arm injuries in 1980 and was released at the end of 1981 spring training. Halfway through the season, he signed with the Chicago White Sox organization and played the rest of the year for their Edmonton Trappers farm club before being let go at the conclusion of the minor league season. He returned to the big leagues with the Giants in 1982 and appeared in 53 games in both that season and the next. Since ending his playing days, Barr was the pitching coach at Sacramento State University for 16 years. He lives with his wife, Susie, in Granite Bay, California. Personal Barr's athletic predisposition has been passed on to his daughters, Betsy and Emmy. Both have played soccer collegiately and professionally. Betsy played soccer at the University of Portland and was a member of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) after being drafted by the San Jose CyberRays in 2003. Emmy went to Santa Clara University and played three seasons with the Washington Freedom of the WUSA. Additionally, his brother, Mark Barr, pitched in the Boston Red Sox farm system for several years in the 1970s. See also List of Major League Baseball individual streaks References External links Baseball Almanac 2003 San Francisco Chronicle article on Barr and his daughters Retrosheet 1948 births Living people Amarillo Giants players American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baseball coaches from California Baseball players from California California Angels players Edmonton Trappers players Major League Baseball pitchers People from Granite Bay, California People from Lynwood, California Phoenix Giants players Rochester Red Wings players Sacramento State Hornets baseball coaches San Francisco Giants players USC Trojans baseball players Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks players