Friday, July 3, 2020

Today's Birthday: Cesar Tovar (Geneva Redlegs, 1959, '61)

Credits: Topps Co. via Trading Cards Database
Former New York-Penn League prospect Cesar Tovar was born on this date in 1940. He played for the Geneva Redlegs during the 1959 (.252/.354/.352) and 1961 (.338/.470/.579) seasons.

He played in the majors for 12 seasons with the Minnesota Twins (1965-72), Philadelphia Phillies (1973), Texas Rangers (1974-75), Oakland Athletics (1975-76) and New York Yankees (1976).

Tovar died of cancer on July 14, 1994 at the ago of 54.

Source: Baseball Reference

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