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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	30	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
2	2	Apr 9	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	37	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	PR LF
3	3	Apr 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
4	4	Apr 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF 2B
5	5	Apr 13	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
6	6	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-4	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
7	7	Apr 16	MIN	@	SEP	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	8	Apr 18	MIN		CAL	W,6-0	GS	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF LF
9	10 (1)	Apr 20	MIN		CAL	W,12-1	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	11	Apr 21	MIN		OAK	W,8-4	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	13 (1)	Apr 23	MIN		OAK	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	15 (1)	Apr 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	16	Apr 26	MIN	@	CHW	W,12-1	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
14	17	Apr 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
15	18	Apr 28	MIN		KCR	W,4-0	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH LF
16	19	Apr 29	MIN		KCR	W,9-1	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
17	20	Apr 30	MIN		SEP	W,6-4	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	21	May 1	MIN		SEP	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
19	22	May 3	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
20	23	May 4	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF 3B
21	24	May 6	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
22	25	May 7	MIN	@	CLE	W,10-3	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	26	May 9	MIN	@	DET	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	27	May 11	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
25	28	May 13	MIN		BAL	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
26	30 (1)	May 15	MIN		BAL	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
27	32 (1)	May 18	MIN		DET	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
28	33	May 20	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	50	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
29	34	May 21	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
30	35	May 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-6	GF	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 3B
31	36	May 23	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
32	37	May 24	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B LF
33	38	May 25 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
34	39	May 25 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B LF
35	40	May 26	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-1	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B LF
36	41	May 27	MIN	@	WSA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	42	May 28	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	43	May 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
39	44	May 31	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	45	Jun 1	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
41	46	Jun 2	MIN		NYY	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B 2B
42	47	Jun 3	MIN		NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
43	48	Jun 4	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	GS	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B LF
44	49	Jun 6	MIN		WSA	L,0-1	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
45	50	Jun 7	MIN		WSA	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
46	51	Jun 8	MIN		WSA	L,5-7	CG	51	12.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
47	52	Jun 9	MIN		BOS	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
48	53	Jun 10	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
49	54	Jun 11	MIN		BOS	L,5-13	GF	22	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
50	55	Jun 13	MIN		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
51	56	Jun 14	MIN		CLE	L,0-12	CG	50	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
52	57	Jun 15	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	58	Jun 16	MIN		CAL	W,8-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
54	59	Jun 17	MIN		CAL	L,1-13	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
55	60	Jun 18	MIN		CAL	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
56	61	Jun 19	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
57	62	Jun 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	GF	32	7.1	0	2	0	2	0	LF 3B 2B
58	63	Jun 21	MIN	@	OAK	W,14-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	65 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	GF	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	PR 2B
60	66	Jun 23	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
61	67	Jun 24	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-3	GS	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B CF
62	68	Jun 25	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B LF
63	69	Jun 26	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-4	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B LF
64	70	Jun 27	MIN	@	KCR	L,8-9	CG	48	8.2	2	1	0	3	1	2B
65	71	Jun 28	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
66	73 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	W,12-2	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF 3B
67	74	Jun 30	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	75	Jul 1	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-5	GF	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
69	76	Jul 2	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
70	77	Jul 3	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
71	78	Jul 4	MIN		OAK	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	79	Jul 5	MIN		OAK	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
73	80	Jul 6	MIN		OAK	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
74	81	Jul 7	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
75	82	Jul 8	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	83	Jul 9	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	84	Jul 10	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
78	85	Jul 11	MIN		SEP	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
79	86	Jul 12	MIN		SEP	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
80	87	Jul 13 (1)	MIN		SEP	W,5-2	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF 2B
81	88	Jul 13 (2)	MIN		SEP	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
82	89	Jul 14	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	6	1	0	7	0	CF
83	90	Jul 16 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,9-8	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
84	91	Jul 16 (2)	MIN		CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	92	Jul 17	MIN		CHW	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
86	93	Jul 18 (1)	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
87	94	Jul 18 (2)	MIN	@	SEP	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
88	95	Jul 19 susp	MIN	@	SEP	W,11-7	GS	82	18.0	2	3	0	5	0	RF 3B
89	96	Jul 20	MIN	@	SEP	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	97	Jul 24	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
91	98	Jul 25	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	57	16.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF 3B
92	99	Jul 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
93	100	Jul 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF 3B LF
94	101	Jul 29 (1)	MIN		DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
95	102	Jul 29 (2)	MIN		DET	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
96	103	Jul 30	MIN		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
97	104	Jul 31	MIN		DET	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	105	Aug 1	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
99	106	Aug 2	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
100	107	Aug 3	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
101	108	Aug 4	MIN	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
102	109	Aug 5	MIN	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	53	12.2	6	0	1	7	0	CF
103	110	Aug 6	MIN	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
104	111	Aug 7	MIN	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
105	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	1	4	1	6	0	2B
106	113	Aug 9	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
107	114	Aug 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
108	115	Aug 12	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
109	116	Aug 13	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
110	117	Aug 15	MIN	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
111	118	Aug 16	MIN	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
112	119	Aug 17	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
113	120	Aug 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	43	9.1	5	2	0	7	0	2B
114	121	Aug 19	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B LF
115	122	Aug 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	42	8.2	5	2	0	7	1	2B LF
116	123	Aug 22	MIN		NYY	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
117	124	Aug 23	MIN		NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
118	125	Aug 24	MIN		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
119	126	Aug 25	MIN		WSA	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
120	127	Aug 26	MIN		WSA	W,6-4	GS	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	CF 2B
121	128	Aug 27	MIN		WSA	W,4-2	GS	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B CF
122	129	Aug 29	MIN		BOS	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
123	130	Aug 30	MIN		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
124	131	Aug 31	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	132	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	W,7-5	GS	41	9.0	6	6	1	13	1	2B CF
126	133	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
127	134	Sep 3	MIN		CLE	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
128	135	Sep 4	MIN	@	OAK	W,10-5	CG	49	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
129	136	Sep 5	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
130	137	Sep 6	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-6	CG	78	18.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
131	138	Sep 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,16-4	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
132	139	Sep 8	MIN	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	6	1	8	1	2B
133	140	Sep 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
134	141	Sep 10	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
135	142	Sep 11	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
136	143	Sep 12	MIN		KCR	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
137	145 (1)	Sep 14	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
138	146	Sep 15	MIN		OAK	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
139	147	Sep 16	MIN		OAK	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
140	148	Sep 17	MIN		CAL	L,4-6	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
141	149	Sep 18	MIN		CAL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	CF
142	150	Sep 19	MIN		SEP	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
143	151	Sep 20	MIN		SEP	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
144	152	Sep 21	MIN		SEP	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
145	153	Sep 22	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
146	156 (2)	Sep 25	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-5	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
147	157	Sep 26	MIN	@	SEP	L,3-4	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
148	158	Sep 28 (1)	MIN	@	SEP	W,5-2	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B CF
149	159	Sep 28 (2)	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-4	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
150	160	Sep 30	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
151	161	Oct 1	MIN		CHW	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
152	162	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	CF 2B
							178gm		1199.0	315	133	13	461	30