Sam Barber (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player}}

{{About|the American baseball player||Samuel Barber (disambiguation)}}

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| name = Sam Barber

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| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|9|17|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|4|18|1919|9|17|mf=y}}

| death_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

| bats = Unknown

| throws = Unknown

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1940

| debutteam = Birmingham Black Barons

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| finalyear = 1940

| finalteam = Birmingham Black Barons

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• Birmingham Black Barons (1940)

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Samuel Barber (September 17, 1919 – April 18, 1999) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Barber played with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1940,{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=barbe01sam |title=Sam Barber Seamheads Profile |publisher=seamheads.com |access-date=January 27, 2021}} and served in the US Army during World War II.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseballinwartime.com/negro.htm |title=Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII |publisher=baseballinwartime.com |date= |accessdate=December 25, 2020}} He died in Birmingham in 1999 at age 79.