José Milages Tartabull Guzmán (born November 27, 1938) is a Cuban former professional baseball outfielder.
He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1962 to 1970 for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox.
He hit his second (and last) career home run on August 1, doing so off Phil Ortega of the Washington Senators at Municipal Stadium.
He received a bit of change in 1966, as he played just 37 games with the Athletics before being traded to the Boston Red Sox on June 13 (going alongside Rollie Sheldon and John Wyatt) for Jim Gosger, Guido Grilli, and Ken Sanders.
Playing the first game of a double-header against the Chicago White Sox, Duane Josephson was up to bat with one out in a 4–3 lead for Boston, with Ken Berry at third base in Comiskey Park.
When Tartabull caught the flyball, he lofted a high throw that Elston Howard managed to field in time, landing on his feet and blocking the plate while sweeping a tag on Berry just before he could slide in, clinching a double play and winning it for Boston.
[7][8] The win was the 73rd for the Red Sox, which kept them firmly locked into a tie with the Twins for first place in the American League (while Chicago was a game back).
The Red Sox ultimately won the pennant (the second-to-last held before division play) by one game over Detroit and Minnesota.
Their son, Danny Tartabull, was an All-Star major league baseball player, primarily with the Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, and New York Yankees.