# Rich Barry

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1940–2021)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{similar names|Richard Barry (disambiguation){{!}}Richard Barry}}
{{inline|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Rich Barry
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
|image=
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1940|09|12}}
|birth_place=[Berkeley, California](/source/Berkeley%2C_California), U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|2021|10|09|1940|09|12}}
|death_place=
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 4
|debutyear=1969
|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=August 19
|finalyear=1969
|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.188
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs scored](/source/Run_(baseball))
|stat3value=4
|teams=
*[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) ({{mlby|1969}})
}}

'''Richard Donovan Barry''' (September 12, 1940 – October 9, 2021) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player who appeared in 20 [games](/source/games_played) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) for the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) in 1969, primarily as an [outfielder](/source/outfielder). The native of [Berkeley, California](/source/Berkeley%2C_California), threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|4|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|205|lb}}.

Originally signed by the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) in 1958 after graduating from [Berkeley High School](/source/Berkeley_High_School_(California)), Barry played 11 full seasons in the [minor leagues](/source/minor_league_baseball) before reaching the majors in early July 1969. He was a power hitter in the minors, slugging 280 career [home runs](/source/home_runs) and topping the 20-HR mark seven different times in his 15-year minor league career. During his midsummer 1969 trial with the Phillies, however, he had only 38 total [plate appearance](/source/plate_appearance)s, no [runs batted in](/source/runs_batted_in), and one [extra-base hit](/source/extra-base_hit), a [double](/source/double_(baseball)). He retired after the 1972 season.

Barry died on October 9, 2021, at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Donovan Barry |url=https://obituaries.neptunesociety.com/obituaries/sherman-oaks-ca/richard-barry-10401324 |website=NeptuneSociety.com |access-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{baseballstats| mlb=110636 |espn=18943| br=b/barryri01 |fangraphs=1000618 | brm=barry-003ric |retro=B/Pbarrr102}}
*[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=barryri01 Rich Barry] at Baseball Almanac

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Category:1940 births
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Category:Amarillo Gold Sox players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Augusta Yankees players
Category:Baseball players from Berkeley, California
Category:Binghamton Triplets players
Category:Columbus Confederate Yankees players
Category:Eugene Emeralds players
Category:Greensboro Yankees players
Category:Hawaii Islanders players
Category:Macon Peaches players
Category:Major League Baseball left fielders
Category:Modesto Reds players
Category:Philadelphia Phillies players
Category:Richmond Braves players
Category:Richmond Virginians (minor league) players
Category:San Diego Padres (minor league) players

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