Major League Baseball Player. For twelve seasons (1965 to 1976), he played at the outfielder and third-base positions with the Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. Born Cesar Leonard Perez Tovar in Caracas, Venezuela, he was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cincinnati Reds in 1959. He ended up with the Twins' organization and broke into the Major Leagues with them on April 12th, 1965, appearing in 18 games that year with the Minnesota team that captured the American League Pennant. Tovar became part of the Twins' formidable lineup which featured Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva and Bob Allison, as he produced league-leading totals in doubles (36 in 1970), triples (13 in 1970) and hits (204 in 1971). Tovar holds the distinction of playing all nine positions in a Major League game, when he accomplished this feat in a contest against the Athletics on September 22nd, 1968. In 1,488 regular season games, he compiled 1,546 hits with a .278 lifetime batting average. He saw postseason action three-times (with Minnesota during the 1969 ALCS, with Minnesota during the 1970 ALCS and with the Oakland Athletics during the 1975 ALCS) and totaled 7 hits with a .250 batting average. He extended his playing career in the Inter-American League and served as coach of the 1990 Venezuelan World Cup Team.
Major League Baseball Player. For twelve seasons (1965 to 1976), he played at the outfielder and third-base positions with the Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. Born Cesar Leonard Perez Tovar in Caracas, Venezuela, he was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cincinnati Reds in 1959. He ended up with the Twins' organization and broke into the Major Leagues with them on April 12th, 1965, appearing in 18 games that year with the Minnesota team that captured the American League Pennant. Tovar became part of the Twins' formidable lineup which featured Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva and Bob Allison, as he produced league-leading totals in doubles (36 in 1970), triples (13 in 1970) and hits (204 in 1971). Tovar holds the distinction of playing all nine positions in a Major League game, when he accomplished this feat in a contest against the Athletics on September 22nd, 1968. In 1,488 regular season games, he compiled 1,546 hits with a .278 lifetime batting average. He saw postseason action three-times (with Minnesota during the 1969 ALCS, with Minnesota during the 1970 ALCS and with the Oakland Athletics during the 1975 ALCS) and totaled 7 hits with a .250 batting average. He extended his playing career in the Inter-American League and served as coach of the 1990 Venezuelan World Cup Team.
Bio by: C.S.
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