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Bob Barrett (baseball)

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Batting average
  
.260

Role
  
Baseball player

Name
  
Bob Barrett

Runs batted in
  
86

Home runs
  
10


Bob Barrett (baseball) Bob Barrett Society for American Baseball Research

Died
  
January 18, 1982, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Robert Schley Barrett, Sr. (January 27, 1899 in Atlanta – January 18, 1982 in Atlanta, Georgia) was third baseman in Major League Baseball.

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Early life and education

Robert Schley Barrett was one of seven children born to Robert Pittman Barrett and Lenora Jett Barrett in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended English Avenue Elementary School and Boys High School, finishing his education after the tenth grade.

Personal life

Barrett married the former Ruby Irene Brewer on February 13, 1924. He had at least two children, Robert Schley Barrett, Jr. (1927–1982) and Betty Marlene "Betts" Barrett (1934–2015). He became a steamfitter after his retirement from baseball, and died at the age of 82 in Atlanta. He had one granddaughter, Terri Lynn Barrett

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