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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MIN		MIL	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
2	2	Apr 7	MIN		MIL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 9	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 10	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 11	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	6	Apr 12	MIN	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
7	7	Apr 13	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 14	MIN		OAK	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	9	Apr 15	MIN		OAK	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 16	MIN		CAL	L,1-4	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B LF
11	11	Apr 17	MIN		CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	12	Apr 18	MIN		CAL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	13	Apr 19	MIN		KCR	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	14	Apr 20	MIN		KCR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	15	Apr 23	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	16	Apr 24	MIN	@	NYY	W,11-8	GS	61	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
17	17	Apr 25	MIN	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	18	Apr 26	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-2	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
19	19	Apr 27	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	20	Apr 28	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	21	Apr 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
23	23	May 2 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
24	24	May 2 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS	53	8.1	3	3	0	6	0	CF 3B
25	25	May 4	MIN		NYY	W,6-5	GS	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
26	26	May 5	MIN		NYY	W,5-3	GS	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
27	27	May 6	MIN		NYY	W,5-3	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
28	28	May 7	MIN		WSA	L,5-6	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
29	31 (2)	May 11	MIN		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	32	May 12	MIN		BOS	W,1-0	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
31	33	May 14	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
32	34	May 15	MIN		CHW	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	RF
33	35	May 16	MIN		CHW	W,6-2	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
34	36	May 17	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B LF
35	37	May 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	38	May 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,12-6	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
37	39	May 20	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF LF
38	40	May 21	MIN	@	OAK	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
39	41	May 22	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
40	42	May 23	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	43	May 25	MIN	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
42	44	May 26	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	45	May 27	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	46	May 28	MIN		BAL	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
45	47	May 29	MIN		BAL	L,8-11	GS	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF LF
46	48	May 30	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	GS	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
47	49	May 31	MIN		DET	W,6-2	GS	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	50	Jun 1	MIN		DET	W,3-1	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
49	51	Jun 2	MIN		DET	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	52	Jun 4	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	CG	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	53	Jun 5	MIN		CLE	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	54	Jun 6	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
53	55	Jun 8	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	56	Jun 9	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	40	9.2	3	1	0	4	0	CF LF
55	57	Jun 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-12	CG	49	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	58	Jun 11	MIN	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	59	Jun 12	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF LF
58	60	Jun 13	MIN	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
59	61	Jun 14	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	62	Jun 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	63	Jun 16	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	64	Jun 17	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	65	Jun 18	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
64	66	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	67	Jun 20	MIN		CHW	L,8-18	CG	49	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
66	68	Jun 21	MIN		OAK	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
67	70 (1)	Jun 23	MIN		OAK	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	71	Jun 25	MIN		MIL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
69	72	Jun 26	MIN		MIL	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
70	73	Jun 27 (1)	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
71	74	Jun 27 (2)	MIN		MIL	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	75	Jun 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-6	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF CF
73	76	Jun 29	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-3	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF RF
74	77	Jun 30	MIN	@	OAK	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	78	Jul 2	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
76	79	Jul 3	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
77	80	Jul 4	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	81	Jul 5	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	82	Jul 6	MIN		CAL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
80	83	Jul 7	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
81	84	Jul 8	MIN		CAL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	85	Jul 9	MIN		KCR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
83	86	Jul 11 (1)	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
84	87	Jul 11 (2)	MIN		KCR	W,7-1	GS	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF 3B
85	88	Jul 15	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	50	12.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	89	Jul 16	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	90	Jul 17	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
88	91	Jul 18	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	36	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
89	92	Jul 19	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
90	93	Jul 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	94	Jul 21	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	95	Jul 22	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-13	GS	47	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF 2B
93	96	Jul 23	MIN		BOS	L,6-8	GS	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF RF
94	97	Jul 24	MIN		BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
95	98	Jul 25	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
96	99	Jul 26	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	100	Jul 27	MIN		WSA	W,4-2	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF CF
98	101	Jul 28	MIN		WSA	L,1-7	GS	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
99	102	Jul 30	MIN		NYY	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
100	103	Jul 31	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	104	Aug 1	MIN		NYY	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
102	105	Aug 2	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
103	106	Aug 3	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
104	107	Aug 4 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	108	Aug 4 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
106	109	Aug 5	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-7	GS	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF CF
107	110	Aug 6	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
108	111	Aug 7	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-1	GS	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
109	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
110	113	Aug 10	MIN		BAL	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	114	Aug 11	MIN		BAL	L,6-9	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
112	115	Aug 12	MIN		BAL	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
113	116	Aug 13	MIN		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
114	117	Aug 14	MIN		DET	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	118	Aug 15	MIN		DET	L,5-7	GS	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF CF
116	119	Aug 16	MIN		CLE	W,11-2	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
117	120	Aug 17	MIN		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
118	121	Aug 18	MIN		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
119	122	Aug 20	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
120	123	Aug 21	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
121	124	Aug 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
122	125	Aug 23	MIN	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
123	126	Aug 24	MIN	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
124	127	Aug 25	MIN	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
125	128	Aug 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
126	129	Aug 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
127	130	Aug 29	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
128	131	Aug 31	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	132	Sep 1	MIN		CHW	L,0-2	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
130	133	Sep 3 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,9-4	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
131	134	Sep 3 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
132	135	Sep 4	MIN		OAK	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	CF 2B
133	136	Sep 5	MIN		OAK	W,7-3	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
134	137	Sep 6 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-6	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
135	138	Sep 6 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
136	139	Sep 7	MIN	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	CF
137	140	Sep 8	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
138	141	Sep 10	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
139	142	Sep 11	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	39	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
140	143	Sep 12	MIN	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
141	144	Sep 13 (1)	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
142	145	Sep 13 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
143	146	Sep 15	MIN	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
144	147	Sep 16	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
145	148	Sep 17	MIN		KCR	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
146	149	Sep 18	MIN		KCR	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
147	150	Sep 19 (1)	MIN		KCR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
148	151	Sep 19 (2)	MIN		KCR	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
149	152	Sep 20	MIN		MIL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
150	153	Sep 21	MIN		MIL	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
151	154	Sep 25 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
152	155	Sep 25 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
153	156	Sep 26 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
154	157	Sep 26 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
155	158	Sep 28	MIN		CAL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
156	159	Sep 29	MIN		CAL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	RF
157	160	Sep 30	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							202gm		1370.2	352	26	7	385	5