César Tovar Notable

b. July 3, 1940 · Minnesota Twins 1965–1972, Philadelphia Phillies 1973, Texas Rangers 1974–1975, Oakland Athletics 1975–1976, New York Yankees 1976

César Tovar played for five clubs across 12 seasons as a center fielder, opening with the Minnesota Twins in 1965 and closing with the New York Yankees in 1976.

He collected 1,546 hits over 1,488 games, batting .278 with 435 runs batted in. He finished with 46 home runs, 253 doubles, 55 triples and 226 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 0.00 earned run average, pitching 1 inning in 1 game. He struck out 1.

He led the league in doubles once, in 1970, with 36. He led the league in hits once, in 1971, with 204. He also led it in triples. He played 945 games in the outfield, with 2,043 putouts and 44 errors. He also played 227 games at third base and 215 games at second base.

He hit for the cycle in 1972.

He was born in Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela on July 3, 1940, and died on July 14, 1994. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1965	MIN	18	25	3	5	1	0	0	2	2	3	2	.200
1966	MIN	134	465	57	121	19	5	2	41	44	50	16	.260
1967	MIN	164	649	98	173	32	7	6	47	46	51	19	.267
1968	MIN	157	613	89	167	31	6	6	47	34	41	35	.272
1969	MIN	158	535	99	154	25	5	11	52	37	37	45	.288
1970	MIN	161	650	120	195	36	13	10	54	52	47	30	.300
1971	MIN	157	657	94	204	29	3	1	45	45	39	18	.311
1972	MIN	141	548	86	145	20	6	2	31	39	39	21	.265
1973	PHI	97	328	49	88	18	4	1	21	29	35	6	.268
1974	TEX	138	562	78	164	24	6	4	58	47	33	13	.292
1975	OAK/TEX	121	453	58	116	17	0	3	31	30	28	20	.256
1976	NYY/OAK	42	84	3	14	1	0	0	6	8	7	1	.167
Career	—	1488	5569	834	1546	253	55	46	435	413	410	226	.278

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1968	MIN	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	0.00
Career	—	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	0.00

On this day & linked events

1940

Born July 3, 1940

Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela

1994

Died July 14, 1994

1965

Major-league debut: César Tovar

César Tovar made a major-league debut on April 12, 1965.

1972

César Tovar Hits for the Cycle, 1972

César Tovar hit for the cycle for the Minnesota Twins against the Texas Rangers on September 19, 1972.

1976

Final major-league game: César Tovar

César Tovar played a final major-league game on September 29, 1976.

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