Making the transition from baseball to major fast pitch softball can be difficult. It wasn’t for Bob (Beaver) Barron who, in less than two years, was one of the nation’s top softball players. Born May 2, 1933, Barron earned the first of his six All-America selections in 1961. The highest Barron batted in a national championship was .350 in 1972 and in 11 nationals he batted .243 (44-for-181). Barron was a member of national championship teams in 1961, 1965 and 1967. He also played in two ISF World Championships, 1966 and 1968, and batted .333 in the 1966 ISF world championship. In July, 1996, Barron retired from College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL where he served as assistant softball coach/equipment manager for 26 years.
