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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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	41	10.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 16	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-2	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
4	4	Apr 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	5	Apr 23	MIN		OAK	W,8-4	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
6	6	Apr 25	MIN		BOS	W,12-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
7	7	Apr 26	MIN		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
8	8	Apr 28	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	9	Apr 29	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
10	10	Apr 30 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	11	Apr 30 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 3	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
13	13	May 5	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	14	May 6	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	15	May 7	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
16	16	May 8	MIN		NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
17	17	May 9	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
18	18	May 10	MIN		NYY	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	19	May 12 susp	MIN		MIL	L,3-4	CG	86	22.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
20	20	May 13	MIN		MIL	W,5-4	CG	54	15.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
21	21	May 14	MIN		MIL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
22	22	May 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
23	23	May 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	24	May 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	25	May 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	26	May 20	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
27	27	May 21 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	28	May 21 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
29	29	May 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,1-0	GS	19	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
30	30	May 25	MIN		TEX	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
31	31	May 26	MIN		TEX	W,7-0	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
32	32	May 27	MIN		TEX	L,2-16	GS	32	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	33	May 28	MIN		TEX	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	34	May 30	MIN		KCR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
35	35	May 31	MIN		KCR	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	MIN		KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
37	37	Jun 2	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	43	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	38	Jun 3	MIN	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
39	39	Jun 4	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	40	Jun 5	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
41	42 (1)	Jun 7	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
42	43	Jun 9	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	44	Jun 10	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
44	45	Jun 11	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
45	46	Jun 12	MIN		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	47	Jun 13	MIN		DET	W,3-1	CG	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
47	48	Jun 14	MIN		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	49	Jun 16	MIN		BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
49	50	Jun 17	MIN		BAL	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	51	Jun 18	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
51	52	Jun 20 (1)	MIN		CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	53	Jun 20 (2)	MIN		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	54	Jun 21	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
54	55	Jun 23	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
55	56	Jun 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
56	57	Jun 25 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
57	58	Jun 25 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-8	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
58	59	Jun 26	MIN		CAL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
59	60	Jun 27	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	61	Jun 28	MIN		CAL	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	62	Jun 29 (1)	MIN		KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	63	Jun 29 (2)	MIN		KCR	L,4-12	GF	14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
63	64	Jun 30	MIN		KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	65	Jul 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
65	66	Jul 2 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	67	Jul 2 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
67	68	Jul 3	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
68	69	Jul 4	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	70	Jul 5	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
70	71	Jul 7	MIN		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	72	Jul 8	MIN		NYY	L,0-1	CG	45	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	73	Jul 9	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	74	Jul 10	MIN		MIL	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	75	Jul 11	MIN		MIL	L,4-5	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	77 (1)	Jul 13	MIN		BOS	W,10-0	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
76	78	Jul 14	MIN		BOS	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
77	79	Jul 15	MIN		BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	80	Jul 16	MIN		BOS	L,1-6	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
79	81	Jul 18	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	82	Jul 19	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
81	83	Jul 20	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	84	Jul 21	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	RF
83	85	Jul 22	MIN	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	86	Jul 23 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	87	Jul 23 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
86	88	Jul 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	89	Jul 28	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	90	Jul 29	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-7	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	91	Jul 30	MIN		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
90	92	Jul 31	MIN		CHW	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	93	Aug 1	MIN	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
92	94	Aug 2	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	95	Aug 3	MIN	@	TEX	W,9-1	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
94	96	Aug 4	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	97	Aug 5	MIN		OAK	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
96	98	Aug 6 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,3-6	CG	58	13.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
97	99	Aug 6 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	100	Aug 7	MIN		TEX	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
99	101	Aug 8	MIN		TEX	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
100	102	Aug 9	MIN		TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
101	109 (6)	Aug 17 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
102	110	Aug 18	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
103	112 (1)	Aug 20	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
104	114 (1)	Aug 22	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
105	116 (1)	Aug 26	MIN		DET	L,3-5	GS	48	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF CF
106	117	Aug 27 (1)	MIN		DET	L,3-5	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
107	118	Aug 27 (2)	MIN		DET	L,0-1	CG	42	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	119	Aug 28	MIN		BAL	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
109	120	Aug 29	MIN		BAL	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
110	121	Aug 30	MIN		BAL	W,7-1	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	122	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
112	123	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
113	127 (3)	Sep 5	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
114	128	Sep 6	MIN	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	129	Sep 7	MIN	@	TEX	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	130	Sep 8 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	131	Sep 8 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
118	132	Sep 9	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	52	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
119	133	Sep 10	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
120	134	Sep 11 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
121	135	Sep 11 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	136	Sep 12	MIN		OAK	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
123	137	Sep 13	MIN		OAK	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	138	Sep 15	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
125	139	Sep 16	MIN		KCR	W,11-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
126	140	Sep 17	MIN		KCR	L,6-10	GS	50	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
127	141	Sep 19	MIN		TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
128	142	Sep 20	MIN		TEX	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
129	143	Sep 22	MIN		CAL	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
130	144	Sep 23	MIN		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
131	145	Sep 24	MIN		CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
132	146	Sep 27 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	39	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
133	148 (1)	Sep 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
134	149	Sep 29	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
135	150	Sep 30	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
136	151	Oct 1	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF LF
137	152	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	L,4-6	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
138	153	Oct 3	MIN		CHW	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
139	154	Oct 4	MIN		CHW	W,14-2	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							146gm		1194.1	289	10	5	304	2