death_date death_place years_active birth_place article_title name birth_date employer birth_name occupation
26 july 1974 sulphur , oklahoma 1931-1949 scammon , kansas george barr -lrb- umpire -rrb-
 george barr 19 july 1897 national league george mckinley barr umpire
george barr -lrb- umpire -rrb-

george mckinley barr -lrb- july 19 , 1897 -- july 26 , 1974 -rrb- was a professional baseball umpire who worked in the national league from 1931 to 1949 .
barr umpired 2,757 major league games in his 19 year career .
he umpired in four world series -lrb- 1937 , 1942 , 1948 , 1949 -rrb- and two all-star games -lrb- 1937 and 1944 -rrb- .
barr founded the earliest umpire training school .
