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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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 10	PHI		MON	W,7-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	4	Apr 12	PHI		MON	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	5	Apr 13	PHI		NYM	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
4	6	Apr 14	PHI		NYM	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
5	7	Apr 15	PHI		NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	8	Apr 17	PHI	@	MON	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	9	Apr 18	PHI	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
8	10	Apr 19	PHI	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
9	15 (4)	Apr 25	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	20 (4)	May 2	PHI		HOU	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
11	21	May 4	PHI		ATL	W,5-4	GS	69	15.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	22	May 5	PHI		ATL	L,0-7	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 3B
13	23	May 6	PHI		ATL	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
14	24	May 7	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	25	May 8	PHI		CIN	L,1-7	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	26	May 9	PHI		CIN	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	27	May 11	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	28	May 12	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
19	29	May 13 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	1	8	4	2B
20	30	May 13 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-9	GS	42	8.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B 3B
21	31	May 14	PHI	@	STL	W,10-5	GS	16	5.0	0	3	0	3	2	2B
22	32	May 15	PHI	@	STL	L,4-8	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
23	33	May 16	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS	21	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
24	34	May 17	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
25	35	May 18	PHI		CHC	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
26	36	May 19 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
27	37	May 19 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,6-7	GS	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B 2B LF
28	39 (1)	May 22	PHI		PIT	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	40	May 25	PHI	@	SDP	W,8-1	GS	24	6.1	1	3	1	5	1	2B
30	41	May 26	PHI	@	SDP	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
31	42	May 27 (1)	PHI	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
32	43	May 27 (2)	PHI	@	SDP	W,6-4	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B 3B
33	44	May 28	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
34	45	May 29	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-9	GS	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B LF
35	46	May 30	PHI	@	LAD	L,4-9	GS	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	47	Jun 1	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
37	48	Jun 2	PHI	@	SFG	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
38	49	Jun 3	PHI	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
39	50	Jun 4	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	51	Jun 5	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
41	52	Jun 6	PHI	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS	22	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
42	53	Jun 8	PHI		SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
43	54	Jun 9	PHI		SDP	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	55	Jun 10	PHI		SDP	W,11-0	GS	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	56	Jun 11	PHI		LAD	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	57	Jun 12	PHI		LAD	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
47	58	Jun 13	PHI		LAD	W,16-3	GS	22	5.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
48	59	Jun 15	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
49	64 (4)	Jun 20	PHI		NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
50	66 (1)	Jun 23	PHI	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	67	Jun 24	PHI	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	68	Jun 25	PHI		STL	W,7-6	GS	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	RF 3B
53	69	Jun 26 (1)	PHI		STL	W,10-3	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	71 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B 2B
55	74 (2)	Jun 29	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	101 (26)	Jul 28	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-0	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	110 (8)	Aug 4 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,11-5	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
58	113 (2)	Aug 8	PHI	@	SDP	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
59	114	Aug 9	PHI	@	SDP	L,9-10	GS	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF CF
60	115	Aug 10	PHI	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
61	116	Aug 11	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-1	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	117	Aug 12	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	RF
63	118	Aug 14	PHI	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	4	4	1	9	2	2B
64	119	Aug 15	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
65	120	Aug 16	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	121	Aug 17	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-3	GS	27	7.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
67	122	Aug 18	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	123	Aug 19	PHI	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	124	Aug 21	PHI		SDP	W,9-8	GS	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF 3B
70	125	Aug 22	PHI		SDP	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
71	126	Aug 23	PHI		SDP	W,6-3	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
72	127	Aug 24	PHI		LAD	L,0-3	GS	16	4.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
73	133 (5)	Aug 30	PHI		MON	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	2	5	1	3B
74	134	Aug 31	PHI		MON	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	135	Sep 1	PHI		MON	L,5-11	GS	25	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	136	Sep 2	PHI		MON	L,0-12	GS	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
77	137	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
78	141 (3)	Sep 7	PHI		PIT	L,8-10	GS	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
79	147 (5)	Sep 14	PHI	@	MON	L,2-3	GF	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF 3B
80	149 (1)	Sep 16	PHI	@	MON	L,2-4	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							93gm		626.0	116	113	13	242	31