The second baseman on the 1946 Warren High School Class C and State Baseball Champions, Buzz Barry was named All Class C three years in succession and All State in his senior year.       

As a freshman Buzz played both infield and outfield for the 1945 Warren High Class C and State Baseball Champions.  He saw his first game action when his brother Jim, called out on strikes, threw his bat high into the air and was told by umpire Hank Soar (later an American League ump), “If that bat comes down, you’re outta here.”

In 1946 he hit .355 (with a .553 on-base percentage) and was named the All Class C second baseman for the Warren High Class C and State Baseball Champions.  In the final game of the state playoffs he pitched the first game of his high school career and, throwing five strong innings, was the winning hurler.

After again being named All Class C for the 1947 Warren High Class C Champions (they lost in the state finals to La Salle), Buzz hit .348 and received All Class C and All State honors for the 1948 Class C Eastern Champions.

He was a member of the Warren Post American Legion Baseball nine that lost in the state finals to a team comprised mostly of La Salle Academy players, including Lou Gorman, the future general manager of the Boston Red Sox.  In the Warren versus Bristol Baseball Little World Series he participated from 1946 to the Series’ final year of 1949.

In the Warren Twilight League Buzz was the All Star second baseman for the 1947 Champions Knights of Columbus; in 1948 he returned to the All Stars after hitting .435.  That same year he was a member of a New England All Star team that played against the Boston All Stars at Braves Field.

Buzz was a member of the Providence College baseball team, and his four-year career culminated in 1952 when he hit .356.  Perhaps the highlight of his senior season was a shutout of St. Anselm’s in which he doubled, walked, stole two bases, scored four times, and hit a grand-slam home run.

In 1950 a number of Warren baseball stars competed in the Barrington Twilight League under the umbrella of the Warren Drugstore Cowboys.  Buzz was one of them and hit .421 for the regular season and playoff winners.

Grand Falls won the Maine-New Brunswick Baseball League title in 1951 and 1952, with Buzz playing a key role in both years.  In 1952 he was the league’s second leading hitter.

Picture from Hall of Fame archives