Cesar Tovar

Outfield 1965–1976

1,546H

46HR

.278AVG

435RBI

.703OPS

Cesar Tovar, born in Caracas, Venezuela, played 12 seasons (1965–1976) primarily as an outfielder, mostly with the Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics. He collected 1,546 hits and 46 home runs with a .278 batting average, ranking 15th in hits among Venezuelan-born players.

Born: July 3, 1940 · Caracas, Venezuela · 73 major leaguers from Caracas
Bats / Throws: R / R
Teams: Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees
Died: 1994

Batting

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG
1965	Minnesota Twins	18	25	3	5	1	0	0	2	2	2	3	.200
1966	Minnesota Twins	134	465	57	121	19	5	2	41	16	44	50	.260
1967	Minnesota Twins	164	649	98	173	32	7	6	47	19	46	51	.267
1968	Minnesota Twins	157	613	89	167	31	6	6	47	35	34	41	.272
1969	Minnesota Twins	158	535	99	154	25	5	11	52	45	37	37	.288
1970	Minnesota Twins	161	650	120	195	36	13	10	54	30	52	47	.300
1971	Minnesota Twins	157	657	94	204	29	3	1	45	18	45	39	.311
1972	Minnesota Twins	141	548	86	145	20	6	2	31	21	39	39	.265
1973	Philadelphia Phillies	97	328	49	88	18	4	1	21	6	29	35	.268
1974	Texas Rangers	138	562	78	164	24	6	4	58	13	47	33	.292
1975	Texas Rangers / Oakland Athletics	121	453	58	116	17	0	3	31	20	30	28	.256
1976	Oakland Athletics / New York Yankees	42	84	3	14	1	0	0	6	1	8	7	.167
Career		1,488	5,569	834	1,546	253	55	46	435	226	413	410	.278

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	SO	BB
1968	Minnesota Twins	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	1.0	1	1
Career		0	0	0.00	1	1	0	1.0	1	1

More Venezuelan outfielders of his era

Tony Armas1976–1989 · 1,302 H, 251 HR Vic Davalillo1963–1980 · 1,122 H, 36 HR Jose Herrera1967–1970 · 61 H, 2 HR Angel Bravo1969–1971 · 54 H, 1 HR