FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A former Major League Baseball player and retired correctional officer with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office has died.
The sheriff's office has confirmed that La Schelle Tarver died last month.
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Tarver was 65.
He was a Madera grad who went on to play at Reedley College.
The Mets drafted him in 1980 and his Major League debut came in July of 1986 with the Red Sox.
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Tarver went on to serve 20 years as a correctional officer for Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
Funeral services for Tarver will be held on Friday.
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