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10 MLB stars you forgot were Philadelphia Phillies

By Gabrielle Starr

COOPERSTOWN, NY - JULY 29: Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins is introduced during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Clark Sports Center on July 29, 2018 in Cooperstown, New York. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
COOPERSTOWN, NY - JULY 29: Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins is introduced during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Clark Sports Center on July 29, 2018 in Cooperstown, New York. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /
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Danny Tartabull
Danny Tartabull #45, Designated Hitter for the Oakland Athletics at bat during the Major League Baseball American League West game against the California Angels on 1st October 1995 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels won the game 8 – 2. (Photo by J.D. Cuban/Allsport/Getty Images) /

3. Danny Tartabull, 1997 Phillies

Danny Tartabull‘s 14-year career ended with the Phillies, not with a bang, but a whimper.

The former Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals slugger had finished fifth in Rookie of the Year voting in 1986, and 17th in MVP voting in 1987, when he hit a career-high 34 home runs.

Tartabull then played for the New York Yankees, Oakland A’s (whom his father also played for), and Chicago White Sox. But by 1997, he played exactly three games in red pinstripes and went hitless in 11 plate appearances before closing the book on his career.

Unfortunately, Tartabull became notorious for something other than baseball and tv cameos, when he was named the “top deadbeat dad in Los Angeles” for not paying child support. He avoided arrest for five years but was finally taken into custody in 2017.

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