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1946-47 Propagandas Montiel Los Reyes del Deporte #81 James Tabor. Low grade paper thin card pencil marks minor paper loss on back as pictured. Jim played with the Boston Red Sox 1938-44 and the Philadelphia Phillies 1946-47. I just spent the last ten minutes reading about this man and his big league career.

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 US Army. 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 minors. His Major League career was marked by numerous suspensions for "breaking training rules,” and one teammate 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.

Upon close inspection this card appears to picture Jim in his Red Sox uniform. Jim died of a heart attack at the age of 36.

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