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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	2	Apr 13	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
3	3	Apr 14	MIN		DET	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 15	MIN		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
5	5	Apr 16	MIN		CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	6	Apr 19	MIN		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	7	Apr 21	MIN	@	DET	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	8	Apr 22	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 23	MIN	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
10	10	Apr 25	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	11	Apr 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	12	Apr 28	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-3	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
13	13	Apr 29	MIN	@	WSA	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
14	14	Apr 30 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
15	15	Apr 30 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2	MIN		NYY	W,13-4	GS	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	2B SS
17	17	May 3	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
18	18	May 5	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	19	May 6	MIN		BOS	W,4-2	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF LF
20	20	May 7	MIN		BOS	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	21	May 8	MIN		WSA	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
22	22	May 9	MIN		WSA	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	23	May 11	MIN		KCA	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	24	May 12	MIN		KCA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
25	25	May 13	MIN		KCA	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	26	May 14	MIN		KCA	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
27	27	May 16	MIN	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	28	May 17	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	29	May 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	30	May 20	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
31	31	May 21	MIN	@	CAL	W,12-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF 2B
32	32	May 22	MIN		CHW	W,8-7	GS	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF 3B
33	33	May 23	MIN		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	34	May 24	MIN		CHW	L,1-14	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	35	May 25	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
36	36	May 26	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
37	37	May 27	MIN	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	38	May 28 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
39	39	May 28 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	40	May 30 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
41	41	May 30 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-0	GS	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
42	42	May 31	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-0	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
44	44	Jun 2	MIN		CAL	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	45	Jun 3	MIN		CAL	W,8-6	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
46	46	Jun 4	MIN		CAL	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
47	47	Jun 5	MIN		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	48	Jun 6 (1)	MIN		CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
49	49	Jun 6 (2)	MIN		CLE	W,7-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	50	Jun 8	MIN		CLE	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
51	51	Jun 9	MIN		BAL	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	52	Jun 10	MIN		BAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
53	53	Jun 11 (1)	MIN		BAL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	54	Jun 11 (2)	MIN		BAL	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
55	55	Jun 12	MIN		DET	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
56	56	Jun 13	MIN		DET	L,10-15	CG	50	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
57	57	Jun 14	MIN		DET	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
58	58	Jun 15	MIN		DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	59	Jun 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	1	0	0	1	1	3B
60	60	Jun 17	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	61	Jun 18	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF 3B
62	62	Jun 19 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF 3B
63	63	Jun 19 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-9	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	64	Jun 21	MIN	@	DET	T,5-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF 3B
65	65	Jun 22	MIN	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	66	Jun 23	MIN		CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
67	67	Jun 24	MIN		CHW	L,2-5	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B CF
68	68	Jun 25	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	GS	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF 3B
69	69	Jun 26	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
70	70	Jun 27	MIN		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
71	71	Jun 28	MIN		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1	MIN		WSA	W,4-0	GS	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF 2B
73	73	Jul 2 (1)	MIN		WSA	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B 3B
74	74	Jul 2 (2)	MIN		WSA	W,6-1	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B 3B
75	75	Jul 3	MIN		NYY	W,3-0	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B 3B
76	76	Jul 4 (1)	MIN		NYY	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
77	77	Jul 4 (2)	MIN		NYY	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	3B
78	78	Jul 5	MIN		NYY	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	79	Jul 7	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	3B
80	80	Jul 8	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	2B
81	81	Jul 9 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
82	82	Jul 9 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
83	83	Jul 13	MIN		KCA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
84	84	Jul 14	MIN		KCA	L,2-3	GS	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	3B CF
85	85	Jul 15	MIN		KCA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	86	Jul 16 (1)	MIN		CAL	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
87	87	Jul 16 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
88	88	Jul 17	MIN		CAL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
89	89	Jul 18	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
90	90	Jul 19	MIN	@	KCA	L,6-9	GS	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS CF
91	91	Jul 21	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
92	92	Jul 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
93	93	Jul 23	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
94	94	Jul 25	MIN	@	NYY	T,1-1	GS	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF 2B
95	95	Jul 26 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
96	96	Jul 26 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	65	18.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
97	98 (1)	Jul 28	MIN	@	BOS	W,9-2	GS	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B 3B
98	99	Jul 29 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
99	100	Jul 29 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-3	GS	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
100	101	Jul 30	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-5	GF	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	102	Jul 31	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	103	Aug 1	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
103	104	Aug 2	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	41	10.2	3	3	0	6	1	3B
104	105	Aug 4	MIN		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
105	106	Aug 5	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B 3B
106	107	Aug 6	MIN		BOS	W,2-0	CG	15	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
107	108	Aug 7	MIN		WSA	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	2B
108	109	Aug 8	MIN		WSA	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B 3B
109	110	Aug 9	MIN		WSA	L,7-9	GS	79	20.0	3	6	0	9	1	3B 2B
110	111	Aug 10	MIN		WSA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	2B
111	112	Aug 11	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	2B
112	113	Aug 12	MIN		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
113	114	Aug 13	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
114	115	Aug 14	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
115	116	Aug 15	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
116	117	Aug 16	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
117	118	Aug 18 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
118	119	Aug 18 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
119	120	Aug 19	MIN	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
120	121	Aug 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
121	122	Aug 22 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	38	7.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
122	123	Aug 22 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	39	10.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
123	124	Aug 23 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,0-10	GS	36	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
124	125	Aug 23 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
125	126	Aug 24	MIN	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
126	127	Aug 25 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
127	128	Aug 25 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
128	129	Aug 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B SS
129	130	Aug 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS 3B
130	131	Aug 28	MIN		BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
131	132	Aug 29	MIN		BAL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
132	133	Aug 30	MIN		BAL	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
133	134	Aug 31	MIN		BAL	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
134	135	Sep 1	MIN		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
135	136	Sep 2	MIN		DET	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
136	137	Sep 3	MIN		DET	L,0-5	GS	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B 2B
137	138	Sep 4 (1)	MIN		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
138	139	Sep 4 (2)	MIN		CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
139	140	Sep 5	MIN		CLE	W,9-2	GS	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS 3B
140	141	Sep 6	MIN		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
141	142	Sep 7	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
142	143	Sep 8 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
143	144	Sep 8 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
144	145	Sep 9	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B 3B
145	146	Sep 10	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	4	1	9	3	2B
146	147	Sep 11	MIN	@	WSA	W,13-5	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
147	148	Sep 12	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B LF
148	149	Sep 13	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
149	150	Sep 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B SS
150	151	Sep 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	3B
151	152	Sep 17	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
152	153	Sep 18	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-0	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
153	154	Sep 19	MIN	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
154	155	Sep 20	MIN		KCA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
155	156	Sep 21	MIN		KCA	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
156	157	Sep 22	MIN		NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
157	158	Sep 23	MIN		NYY	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
158	159	Sep 24	MIN		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
159	160	Sep 25	MIN		CAL	L,2-9	GS	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	3B SS
160	161	Sep 26	MIN		CAL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
161	162	Sep 27	MIN		CAL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
162	163	Sep 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
163	164	Oct 1	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							195gm		1433.0	306	184	17	507	23