jarvis, tatum, october, 1946, january, 2003, american, professional, baseball, player, native, fresno, california, outfielder, threw, batted, right, handed, stood, feet, tall, weighed, pounds, tatum, appeared, major, league, baseball, games, primarily, center,. Jarvis Tatum October 11 1946 January 6 2003 was an American professional baseball player A native of Fresno California he was an outfielder who threw and batted right handed stood 6 feet 1 8 m tall and weighed 185 pounds 84 kg Tatum appeared in 102 Major League Baseball games primarily as a center fielder over parts of three seasons for the California Angels 1968 1970 Jarvis TatumCenter fielderBorn October 11 1946Fresno California U S Died January 6 2003 2003 01 06 aged 56 Los Angeles California U S Batted RightThrew RightProfessional debutMLB September 7 1968 for the California AngelsNPB April 30 1971 for the Yakult AtomsLast appearanceMLB October 1 1970 for the California AngelsNPB August 1 1971 for the Yakult AtomsMLB statisticsBatting average 232Home runs0Runs batted in8NPB statisticsBatting average 192Home runs1Runs batted in9TeamsCalifornia Angels 1968 1970 Yakult Atoms 1971 Tatum was selected by the Angels in the 16th round of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft after graduating from Fresno s Edison High School His first two partial seasons in MLB came in post September 1 trials with the Angels when rosters expanded to 40 players But in 1970 Tatum spent all but 13 games on the Angels American League roster Getting into 75 games with 44 starts in the outfield he batted 238 However he failed to hit for power with only seven extra base hits all doubles and stole only one base On October 11 1970 the Angels packaged him with second baseman Doug Griffin and pitcher Ken Tatum no relation to the Boston Red Sox for slugging outfielder Tony Conigliaro pitcher Ray Jarvis and catcher Gerry Moses Jarvis Tatum never reported to the Red Sox after getting his release from Boston in April 1971 he played for Yakult in the Japanese Central League for one year He returned to the United States for a brief appearance at the Triple A level in 1972 and the Mexican League in 1973 As a big leaguer Tatum batted 232 with 59 hits 51 of them singles and eight runs batted in He died at age 56 in Los Angeles External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball outfielder born in the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article relating to a baseball center fielder is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jarvis Tatum amp oldid 1211891007, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
