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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	MIN	@	WSA	W,2-0	GS	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B LF
2	2	Apr 11	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-4	GS	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B LF
3	3	Apr 13	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-0	GS	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B LF
4	4	Apr 14	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B LF
5	5	Apr 15	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B LF
6	6	Apr 17	MIN		WSA	W,13-1	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B LF
7	7	Apr 18	MIN		WSA	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 20	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	1	3B
9	9	Apr 21	MIN		NYY	W,5-2	GS	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B LF
10	10	Apr 22	MIN		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	10.0	2	7	0	9	3	3B
11	11	Apr 24	MIN		BAL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 25	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	GS	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B LF
13	13	Apr 26	MIN		CHW	L,2-3	GS	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B SS
14	14	Apr 27	MIN		CHW	W,4-1	GS	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B LF
15	15	Apr 28	MIN		CHW	L,2-3	GS	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B LF
16	16	Apr 29	MIN	@	BOS	W,11-2	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B LF
17	17	Apr 30	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
19	19	May 2	MIN	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B LF
20	20	May 3	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B 2B
21	21	May 4	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
22	24 (2)	May 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B LF
23	25	May 8	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
24	26	May 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS	41	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
25	27	May 10 (1)	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	28	May 10 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B 2B
27	29	May 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-5	GS	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B SS
28	30	May 12	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
29	31	May 14	MIN		OAK	L,8-13	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
30	32	May 16	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS CF
31	33	May 19 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
32	34	May 19 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS LF
33	35	May 20	MIN		DET	L,3-4	GS	41	10.0	2	8	1	11	1	SS 3B LF
34	36	May 21	MIN		DET	W,3-1	GS	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS 3B
35	37	May 22	MIN		DET	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS 3B
36	38	May 24	MIN		BOS	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
37	39	May 25	MIN		BOS	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
38	40	May 26	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
39	41	May 27	MIN		CLE	L,1-3	GS	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS 3B
40	42	May 28	MIN		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
41	43	May 29	MIN		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
42	44	May 30	MIN		CLE	L,1-3	GS	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B SS
43	45	May 31	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	55	13.1	2	4	0	6	1	3B SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	2B
45	47	Jun 2 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS 2B
46	48	Jun 2 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	2B SS
47	49	Jun 3	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS 3B
48	50	Jun 4	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
49	51	Jun 5	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
50	52	Jun 6	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS 3B
51	53	Jun 7 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS	44	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS 3B
52	54	Jun 7 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B SS
53	55	Jun 9	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
54	56	Jun 11 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-3	GS	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B SS
55	57	Jun 11 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	4	3	2	9	2	2B
56	58	Jun 12	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
57	59	Jun 13	MIN	@	DET	L,1-3	GS	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B SS
58	60	Jun 14	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
59	61	Jun 15	MIN		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
60	62	Jun 16	MIN		WSA	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
61	63	Jun 17	MIN		WSA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
62	64	Jun 18	MIN		WSA	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	65	Jun 19	MIN		WSA	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	66	Jun 21	MIN		NYY	L,6-11	GS	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B 2B
65	67	Jun 22	MIN		NYY	L,2-5	GS	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B 2B
66	68	Jun 23	MIN		NYY	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
67	69	Jun 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	71 (1)	Jun 28	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	72	Jun 29	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
70	73	Jun 30	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	74	Jul 1	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
72	75	Jul 2	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	76	Jul 3	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS	31	9.0	2	8	1	11	0	3B SS
74	77	Jul 4	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
75	78	Jul 5	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	79	Jul 6	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
77	80	Jul 7 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B SS
78	81	Jul 7 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
79	82	Jul 11	MIN		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	83	Jul 12	MIN		DET	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
81	84	Jul 13	MIN		DET	W,7-6	CG	61	14.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
82	85	Jul 14	MIN		CLE	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
83	86	Jul 15	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
84	87	Jul 16	MIN		BOS	W,12-3	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
85	88	Jul 17	MIN		BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	89	Jul 18	MIN		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	LF
87	90	Jul 19	MIN		OAK	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	91	Jul 20	MIN		OAK	L,1-2	GS	47	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF SS
89	92	Jul 21 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,7-5	GS	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS LF
90	93	Jul 21 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,10-0	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
91	94	Jul 22	MIN		CAL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
92	95	Jul 23 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	GS	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B CF
93	96	Jul 23 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
94	97	Jul 24	MIN		CAL	W,12-1	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	98	Jul 26	MIN	@	OAK	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
96	99	Jul 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,7-8	GS	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF SS
97	100	Jul 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B SS
98	101	Jul 29	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
99	102	Jul 31	MIN		CHW	L,8-12	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	103	Aug 1	MIN		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
101	104	Aug 2	MIN		DET	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
102	105	Aug 3	MIN		DET	W,4-0	GS	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF 3B
103	106	Aug 4	MIN		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
104	107	Aug 6	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B RF
105	108	Aug 7 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
106	109	Aug 7 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
107	110	Aug 8	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	111	Aug 9	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	48	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B RF
109	112	Aug 10	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B LF
110	113	Aug 11	MIN	@	NYY	W,11-2	GS	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B LF
111	114	Aug 12	MIN		WSA	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
112	115	Aug 13	MIN		WSA	W,8-4	GS	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
113	116	Aug 14	MIN		WSA	L,2-4	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
114	118 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
115	119	Aug 16	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
116	120	Aug 17	MIN		BAL	L,2-8	GS	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
117	121	Aug 18	MIN		BAL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
118	122	Aug 19	MIN		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
119	123	Aug 20	MIN		NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
120	124	Aug 21	MIN		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
121	125	Aug 22	MIN		NYY	W,3-1	GS	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
122	126	Aug 23	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
123	127	Aug 24 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
124	128	Aug 24 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
125	129	Aug 25	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-2	GS	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF CF
126	130	Aug 26 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
127	131	Aug 26 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	44	12.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
128	132	Aug 27 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
129	133	Aug 27 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
130	134	Aug 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
131	135	Aug 29	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
132	136	Aug 30	MIN		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	11.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
133	137	Aug 31	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
134	138	Sep 1	MIN		CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
135	139	Sep 2	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
136	140	Sep 3	MIN		BOS	L,1-4	CG	25	5.0	3	1	1	5	0	CF
137	141	Sep 4	MIN		BOS	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
138	142	Sep 6	MIN	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
139	143	Sep 7	MIN	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
140	144	Sep 8	MIN	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
141	146 (1)	Sep 10	MIN		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
142	147	Sep 11	MIN		CLE	L,0-1	CG	47	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
143	148	Sep 13	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
144	149	Sep 14	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
145	150	Sep 15	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
146	151	Sep 16	MIN		CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
147	152	Sep 18 (1)	MIN		CAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
148	153	Sep 18 (2)	MIN		CAL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
149	154	Sep 20	MIN		OAK	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
150	155	Sep 21	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	CG	21	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
151	156	Sep 22	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	P C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF
152	158 (1)	Sep 24	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
153	160 (1)	Sep 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-8	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B CF
154	162 (1)	Sep 29	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
							215gm		1334.1	245	236	26	507	24