César Tovar

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 155lb (175cm, 70kg)

Born: July 3, 1940 in Caracas, Venezuela ve

Died: July 14, 1994 in Caracas, Venezuela

Buried: Cementerio General del Sur, Caracas, Distrito Federal

High School: Roosevelt (Roosevelt, Venezuela)

Debut: April 12, 1965 (Age 24-283d, 12,325th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1976 (Age 36-088d)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: César Leonardo Tovar

Nicknames: Pepito

Pronunciation: \SAY-zar toe-VAR\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.3

5569

1546

.278

834

RBI

435

226

OBP

.335

SLG

.368

OPS

.703

OPS+

100

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 15	MIN		CAL	L,4-9	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	11 (6)	May 1 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-5	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	12	May 1 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
4	13	May 3	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
5	14	May 4	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
6	15	May 6	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	16	May 7	MIN		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	17	May 8 (1)	MIN		BOS	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
9	18	May 8 (2)	MIN		BOS	L,1-4	GF	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
10	19	May 9	MIN		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
11	20	May 12	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
12	21	May 13	MIN		WSA	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
13	22	May 14	MIN		WSA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
14	23	May 15	MIN		WSA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	24	May 16	MIN		WSA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
16	25	May 17	MIN		CHW	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	26	May 18	MIN		CHW	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
18	27	May 19	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	28	May 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	29	May 21	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
21	31 (1)	May 22 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
22	32	May 24	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-11	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
23	37 (4)	May 29 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
24	38	May 29 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
25	39	May 30 (1)	MIN		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	40	May 30 (2)	MIN		BAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
27	41	May 31	MIN		BAL	L,5-14	CG	52	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	52 (10)	Jun 12	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
29	53	Jun 13 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
30	54	Jun 13 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	55	Jun 14	MIN	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
32	56	Jun 15 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
33	57	Jun 15 (2)	MIN		CAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
34	58	Jun 16	MIN		CAL	L,2-7	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
35	59	Jun 17	MIN		CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
36	60	Jun 18	MIN		CHW	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
37	61	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
38	62	Jun 20	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
39	63	Jun 21	MIN	@	CAL	L,7-10	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
40	64	Jun 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
41	65	Jun 24 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	0	4	0	4	0	2B
42	66	Jun 24 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
43	67	Jun 25	MIN	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
44	68	Jun 26 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
45	69	Jun 26 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
46	70	Jun 27	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
47	71	Jun 28	MIN		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
48	72	Jun 29	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
49	73	Jun 30	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	GS	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	78 (4)	Jul 3	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
51	82 (3)	Jul 7	MIN		DET	L,3-4	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
52	83	Jul 8	MIN		DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
53	84	Jul 9	MIN		DET	L,1-8	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
54	85	Jul 10	MIN		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
55	86	Jul 14	MIN		WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	2B
56	87	Jul 15	MIN		WSA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
57	88	Jul 16	MIN		WSA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
58	89	Jul 17 (1)	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
59	90	Jul 17 (2)	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
60	91	Jul 18	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
61	92	Jul 19 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
62	93	Jul 19 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	2B
63	94	Jul 20	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
64	95	Jul 21	MIN	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
65	96	Jul 22	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	54	10.2	4	2	1	7	0	2B
66	97	Jul 23	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
67	98	Jul 24	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
68	99	Jul 26	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
69	100	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
70	101	Jul 29	MIN		BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
71	102	Jul 30	MIN		BAL	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
72	103	Jul 31	MIN		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	104	Aug 1	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
74	105	Aug 2	MIN		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
75	106	Aug 3	MIN		BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
76	107	Aug 4	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
77	108	Aug 5	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
78	109	Aug 6	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-0	GS	32	9.0	2	3	2	7	1	2B SS
79	110	Aug 7 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
80	111	Aug 7 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
81	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	KCA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
82	113	Aug 9	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
83	114	Aug 10	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	LF
84	115	Aug 11	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	LF 2B
85	116	Aug 12	MIN		KCA	W,6-2	GS	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B SS
86	117	Aug 14 (1)	MIN		KCA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
87	118	Aug 14 (2)	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
88	119	Aug 15	MIN		CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	6	0	11	3	2B
89	120	Aug 16	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
90	121	Aug 17	MIN		CAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
91	122	Aug 18	MIN		CAL	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
92	123	Aug 19	MIN	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
93	124	Aug 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
94	125	Aug 21	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
95	126	Aug 23 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
96	127	Aug 23 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
97	128	Aug 24	MIN	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG	51	10.1	5	4	0	9	1	2B
98	129	Aug 26	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
99	130	Aug 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
100	131	Aug 28 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	64	14.2	4	6	0	10	1	2B
101	132	Aug 28 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
102	133	Aug 29	MIN		WSA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
103	134	Aug 30	MIN		WSA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
104	135	Aug 31	MIN		BOS	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	136	Sep 2	MIN		NYY	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
106	137	Sep 3 (1)	MIN		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	SS
107	138	Sep 3 (2)	MIN		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
108	139	Sep 4	MIN		NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
109	140	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
110	141	Sep 6	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	12.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
111	145 (3)	Sep 11	MIN		BAL	W,11-6	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
112	146	Sep 13	MIN	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
113	147	Sep 14	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
114	148	Sep 15	MIN	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
115	149	Sep 16	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
116	150	Sep 17	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
117	151	Sep 18	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
118	152	Sep 20	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
119	153	Sep 21	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
120	154	Sep 23	MIN		DET	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
121	155	Sep 24	MIN		DET	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
122	156	Sep 25	MIN		DET	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
123	157	Sep 27	MIN		CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
124	158	Sep 28	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
125	159	Sep 30 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
126	160	Sep 30 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
127	161	Oct 2 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
128	162	Oct 2 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
							131gm		1089.1	255	274	14	543	44