Jarvis Tatum

Biography

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). 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.

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