José Milages Tartabull Guzmán (born November 27, 1938) is a retired Major League Baseball

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 outfield

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er; his Major League career lasted nine years, from 1962

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 to 1970

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-Major Leagues:*World Series MVP: Brooks Robinson*All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium: National League, 5-4 ; Carl Yastrzemski, MVP-Other champions:*Caribbean World Series: Navegantes del Magallanes *College World Series: USC...

. He played for the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics

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 and Boston Red Sox

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 of the American League

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Tartabull is well remembered by Red Sox fans for throwing out the Chicago White Sox

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' Ken Berry

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Allen Kent Berry is a former Major League Baseball center fielder. He was signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before the 1961 season. He played for the White Sox from 1962 until he was traded in 1970 to the California Angels. He also played for the Milwaukee Brewers and...

 at home plate

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 on August 27, 1967, to win a key game during the 1967

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-Major League Baseball:*World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox ; Bob Gibson, MVP*All-Star Game, July 11 at Anaheim Stadium: National League, 2-1 ; Tony Pérez, MVP-Other champions:*College World Series: Arizona State...

 American League pennant drive. In the bottom of the ninth inning with Boston leading 4–3 with one out at Comiskey Park

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, in the first of two scheduled that day, the contending White Sox had the fleet Berry at third base

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 with one out

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. Pinch hitter

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 Duane Josephson

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 lofted a fly ball to Tartabull in medium right field — a probable sacrifice fly

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 that would have tied the game. Tartabull was not known for a strong arm, but his throw, though high, arrived in time to beat Berry to home plate, where Red Sox catcher

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 Elston Howard

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 made the catch while blocking the plate, then swept a tag on Berry to end the game. The Red Sox would win the AL championship by a single game on the final day of the season. The play is the subject of a novel, Tartabull's Throw, by Henry Garfield, published by Simon & Schuster in 2001. Tartabull also was known for his speed and was always a threat to steal

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 on the basepaths.

Tartabull was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He and his wife lived in Puerto Rico

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 before moving to the United States

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. Their son, Danny Tartabull

Danny Tartabull

Danilo Tartabull Mora , also known as Danny Tartabull, is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. Born to Cuban parents in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he is the son of José Tartabull, who played in the major leagues from 1962 to 1970.-Playing career:Danny played for the Seattle Mariners ,...

, was an All-Star major league baseball player with the Kansas City Royals

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, New York Yankees

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, and Philadelphia Phillies

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