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Cesar
Tovar		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 160
 
Born: July 3, 1940 in Venezuela, , CARACAS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 3 4 10 9 10
1966 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1967 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1968 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 4 10 10 10
1969 28 CLN NL $ 2,245,714   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1970 29 CLN NL $ 2,850,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 7 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1971 30 CLN NL $ 2,850,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1972 31 NYA AL $ 2,850,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1973 32 NYA AL $ 2,850,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1974 33 NYA AL $ 2,090,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 9 10
1975 34 NYA AL $ 2,090,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 6 4 4 4 9 8 9
1976 35 NYA AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1977 36 NYA AL $ 750,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5
1978 37 NYA AL $ 750,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
1979 38 NYA AL $ 750,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,850,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 24 CLN NL 41 86 13 22 1 0 1 7 3 2 6 4 .256 .312 .302 .614 6.8 0.6
    AAA   104 362 47 95 15 3 2 31 7 11 35 20 .262 .327 .337 .664 38.3  
1966 25 CLN NL 92 208 29 55 6 4 0 17 11 3 11 5 .264 .309 .332 .641 21.5 3.5
1967 26 CLN NL 101 242 31 85 12 3 1 29 13 3 8 7 .351 .377 .438 .815 35.8 9.0
1968 27 CLN NL 105 315 52 106 18 5 1 37 14 4 12 11 .337 .361 .435 .796 43.3 10.3
1969 28 CLN NL 107 393 60 106 18 3 4 39 12 9 27 11 .270 .321 .361 .682 41.2 5.5
1970 29 CLN NL 96 360 55 109 20 1 2 33 9 9 23 11 .303 .346 .381 .727 46.1 7.5
1971 30 CLN NL 92 305 46 98 12 4 1 29 8 3 19 16 .321 .372 .397 .769 44.4 8.7
1972 31 NYA AL 153 632 83 168 27 4 0 54 28 14 35 20 .266 .312 .321 .633 61.9 7.7
1973 32 NYA AL 155 527 79 148 30 2 2 47 21 10 37 13 .281 .332 .357 .689 62.1 9.5
1974 33 NYA AL 120 259 32 65 9 3 0 19 6 10 17 10 .251 .306 .309 .615 20.0 0.0
1975 34 NYA AL 125 262 43 72 15 4 0 33 7 3 16 15 .275 .325 .363 .688 30.7 4.4
1976 35 NYA AL 110 247 17 63 9 2 0 32 2 3 15 23 .255 .297 .308 .604 20.4 0.9
1977 36 NYA AL 72 183 26 49 11 1 0 21 5 2 16 25 .268 .341 .339 .680 21.7 3.1
1978 37 NYA AL 54 76 8 20 2 2 0 6 1 2 7 16 .263 .325 .342 .667 7.6 0.8
1979 38 AAA   137 557 53 93 13 3 5 36 6 4 40 131 .167 .223 .228 .451 24.5  
14 Years Sim 1423 4095 574 1166 190 38 12 403 140 77 249 187 .285 .331 .358 .690 463.4 71.5
2 Years AAA 241 919 100 188 28 6 7 67 13 15 75 151 .205 .274 .271 .545 62.8  
162 Game Average 466 65 132 21 4 1 45 15 8 28 21 .285 .331 .358 .690 52.8  
Career Highs 155 632 83 168 30 5 4 54 28 14 37 25 .351 .377 .438 .815 62.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2334 342 656 116 21 7 240 75 39 133 123 .281 .325 .358 .683 256.6
vs LH   1761 232 510 74 17 5 163 65 38 116 64 .290 .339 .359 .699 204.0
Home 699 2051 282 562 83 22 7 212 72 34 122 99 .274 .321 .346 .667 218.3
Away 724 2044 292 604 107 16 5 191 68 43 127 88 .295 .342 .371 .713 242.3
RISP   918 0 279 43 10 5 367 0 0 62 35 .304 .347 .389 .736 118.8
Pinch Hitting   48 5 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .250 .294 .271 .565 3.8
Close/Late   397 83 109 14 2 0 29 0 0 35 23 .275 .338 .320 .658 42.9
Mar/Apr 231 677 89 185 30 7 3 70 22 11 49 24 .273 .330 .352 .681 75.6
May 242 702 89 205 35 5 2 75 19 10 50 36 .292 .343 .365 .708 84.3
June 233 663 100 198 30 8 1 64 28 20 40 22 .299 .348 .373 .721 78.5
July 212 605 80 162 33 5 0 50 19 13 30 21 .268 .306 .339 .645 57.9
August 262 712 119 218 36 6 2 82 34 10 48 43 .306 .354 .382 .736 93.9
Sep/Oct 243 736 97 198 26 7 4 62 18 13 32 41 .269 .304 .340 .643 70.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1965 24 CLN NL 2B 16 16 131.0 26 52 1 10 .987 5.36   0.7
    SS 22 7 90.0 15 38 2 6 .964 5.30   0.6
    CF 3 1 11.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.1
1966 25 CLN NL SS 67 53 473.7 63 190 6 27 .977 4.81   2.0
    CF 9 4 48.3 15 1 1 0 .941 2.98   0.2
    3B 2 2 14.0 0 5 0 1 1.000 3.21   0.1
    2B 1 1 9.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 8.00   0.1
    RF 2 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 26 CLN NL SS 68 57 515.0 55 196 9 35 .965 4.39   2.8
    LF 11 4 47.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.95   0.1
    CF 7 3 36.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50    
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 7.00   0.1
    2B 3 0 7.0 1 5 0 3 1.000 7.71   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 27 CLN NL SS 69 59 521.7 69 230 6 36 .980 5.16   3.1
    CF 12 11 99.0 24 1 0 1 1.000 2.27   0.4
    LF 7 5 48.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.93    
    3B 2 2 18.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    2B 2 1 10.0 1 7 0 2 1.000 7.20   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 28 CLN NL SS 67 57 540.0 72 212 6 31 .979 4.73   3.3
    3B 13 12 113.0 8 24 3 3 .914 2.55   0.3
    2B 10 10 86.0 17 27 1 5 .978 4.60   0.4
    LF 6 4 50.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.4
    CF 4 4 33.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.73    
    RF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1970 29 CLN NL SS 55 50 450.7 68 183 3 37 .988 5.01   2.1
    CF 11 11 98.0 30 0 1 0 .968 2.76   0.9
    3B 9 9 79.0 7 15 1 1 .957 2.51   0.2
    LF 9 7 66.7 15 1 0 1 1.000 2.16    
    2B 6 6 55.0 11 18 2 2 .935 4.75   0.2
    RF 6 5 46.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.96    
1971 30 CLN NL SS 34 20 212.3 29 80 7 10 .940 4.62   0.7
    2B 21 19 170.0 37 58 0 18 1.000 5.03   0.7
    3B 19 18 159.0 9 43 6 4 .897 2.94   0.2
    LF 12 9 84.3 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.5
    RF 7 4 36.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    CF 2 2 14.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 5.14    
1972 31 NYA AL SS 150 148 1289.7 207 548 17 113 .978 5.27   9.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1973 32 NYA AL SS 152 150 1243.3 174 503 8 108 .988 4.90   11.5
    2B 3 0 5.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1974 33 NYA AL SS 74 52 480.7 64 183 4 23 .984 4.62   2.7
    2B 30 16 164.3 28 55 0 10 1.000 4.55   0.3
    3B 4 2 18.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    CF 6 1 16.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 34 NYA AL SS 69 49 454.7 73 185 2 34 .992 5.11   3.4
    CF 20 11 98.0 27 1 2 0 .933 2.57   0.5
    2B 18 5 59.0 16 28 0 4 1.000 6.71   0.4
    3B 15 4 52.0 3 9 2 0 .857 2.08   0.1
    LF 5 2 21.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.43    
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1976 35 NYA AL 2B 60 56 459.0 101 176 6 41 .979 5.43   1.8
    SS 48 21 226.0 33 88 1 19 .992 4.82   2.0
    RF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 36 NYA AL SS 54 48 403.0 45 144 5 18 .974 4.22   1.4
    2B 7 5 45.0 11 28 0 6 1.000 7.80   0.5
    3B 2 2 18.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    RF 6 1 17.0 6 0 1 0 .857 3.18   0.1
    CF 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1978 37 NYA AL SS 23 9 106.7 15 38 3 13 .946 4.47   0.4
    CF 9 5 56.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.73   0.2
    2B 11 4 48.0 14 22 0 6 1.000 6.75   0.3
    RF 5 0 8.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.16    
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
  SS 952 780 7007.3 982 2818 79 510 .980 4.88   45.1
  2B 189 139 1250.7 268 483 10 108 .987 5.40   5.7
  CF 87 53 517.0 144 5 4 1 .974 2.59   2.4
  3B 68 52 484.0 29 117 12 9 .924 2.71   1.2
  LF 56 31 326.0 68 3 0 1 1.000 1.96   0.9
  RF 40 10 136.7 32 2 1 1 .971 2.24   0.2
Career Totals   1392 1065 9721.6 1523 3428 106 630 .979 4.58   55.4
Career Highs   156 150 1291.7 208 549 17 114 .988 5.28    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 24 CLN NL 7 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
1966 25 CLN NL 11 27 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 .333 .357 .370 .728
1967 26 CLN NL 6 15 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1968 27 CLN NL 20 77 12 23 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 .299 .337 .325 .662
1969 28 CLN NL 5 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600
1971 30 CLN NL 4 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545
1973 32 NYA AL 6 22 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545
1974 33 NYA AL 14 20 4 5 3 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 .250 .273 .400 .673
1975 34 NYA AL 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Career Post-Season Batting 75 207 23 57 6 0 0 16 5 5 4 3 .275 .300 .304 .604
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
1972-4-632
 Singles
1972-9-137
 Triples
1968-7-5
 Stolen Bases
1968-10-14
 Caught Stealing
1969-8-9
1970-5-9
1972-8-14
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Manny Mota (977)
  2. Ralph Garr (952)
  3. Mike McCormick (943)
  4. Albie Pearson (940)
  5. Lou Brock (940)
  6. Willie Wilson (938)
  7. Pid Purdy (934)
  8. Ken Berry (933)
  9. Johnny Watwood (929)
  10. Terry Whitfield (928)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1965
Had first career hit on 8/2/1965, off Arnold Earley (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 9/15/1965, off Frank Linzy (WAS)
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,245,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/28/1969 with a Sore Back, out for one week
9/22/1969: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,850,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/31/1970 with a Broken Hand, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (A) on 3/3/1972 (Going to NYA: SS Cesar Tovar. Going to CLN: 2B Luis Alcaraz)
9/22/1973: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,090,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 7/5/1974 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
9/22/1975: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $750,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (N) on 5/24/1977
3/4/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
 
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