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Cuban-born Jose Tartabull was one of the fastest men in the American League. He got down the line from home to first in 3.4 seconds. A singles hitter, he batted a high of .312 with the 1965 A's, but never played regularly. He played in all seven games of the 1967 World Series, leading off and playing right field for the Red Sox in three of them. His son Danny hit as many home runs in his first ten games with the Mariners as Jose hit in his career (two). (KC)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » June 13, 1966: The Red Sox acquire P John Wyatt, P Rollie Sheldon, and OF Jose Tartabull from the A's for P Ken Sanders, P Guido Grilli, and OF Jim Gosger. » August 27, 1967: In a critical game with the White Sox, Boston RF Jose Tartabull makes a great throw home in the 9th to Elston Howard to nail Ken Berry trying to score from 3B. Boston wins, 4–3 behind two homers by Yaz. » August 30, 1995: Angels' power prospect Todd Greene hits his 40th home run as Vancouver (PCL) beats Salt Lake City 14–5. Greene is the first minor leaguer to reach 40 dingers since Jose Tartabull for Calgary in 1985.