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James Reubin Tabor (November 5, 1916 – August 22, 1953), nicknamed "Rawhide," was an American
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, a
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for the
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(1938–44) and Philadelphia Phillies (1946–47). Born in New Hope, Alabama, he batted and threw
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, stood tall and weighed .


Productive Major League hitter

Tabor attended the
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. He came to the Red Sox late in after two stellar minor league seasons and
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.316 (18-for-57) in 19 games. The next year he was the Bosox' regular third baseman. He appeared in 149 games and had a .280
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, highest of his MLB career, with 14
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s and 95
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. In 1940 Tabor collected a career-high 21 home runs with 81 RBI, with 16 homers and a career-high 101 RBI in 1941. He remained with Boston until the end of the 1944 campaign, when he was inducted into the
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. After missing the 1945 campaign, he was discharged from military service and then sold to the Phillies on January 22, 1946. After two years in Philadelphia, Tabor was sent to the
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. His Major League career was marked by numerous suspensions for "breaking training rules," and one teammate, Doc Cramer, alleged that Tabor would come to the ballpark still "half drunk" from his nights on the town; the Red Sox even hired private detectives to unsuccessfully try to control Tabor's behavior. Tabor was a career .270 hitter with 1,021 hits, 104 home runs and 598 RBI in 1,005 games. He led
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third basemen in assists (1939) and
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(1942), and in errors for five consecutive seasons (1939–43). His last active seasons were spent with Los Angeles, Sacramento and Portland in the Pacific Coast League until his retirement in 1952. Tabor died of a heart attack in
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, at the age of 36.


Highlights

* Hit four home runs in a double-header against the Philadelphia Athletics, collecting 19 bases and 11 RBI. Three of his homers came in the second game, including a record-tying two grand slams in consecutive innings (July 4, 1939). His 11 RBI is the AL single day record.


See also

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List of Major League Baseball hitters with two grand slams in one game In baseball, a grand slam is a home run that is hit when the bases are loaded (i.e., there are runners occupying first, second, and third base simultaneously), thereby scoring four runs—the most possible in one play. Thirteen players have hit ...


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Jim Tabor Baseball Biography
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