No dashes for 1968 Minnesota Twin Cesar Tovar’s APBA card. There is no room with every position listed on his card.
All told, Tovar is rated as a 3B-4, OF-2, SS-6, 2B-6, C-5, 1B-2, and a Grade DXW P-1. Whew!
While Tovar is quite the versatile player (I count at least eleven years when he played at least four positions), he did play all nine positions (including all three outfield spots) in one game towards the end of the 1968 season.
Not only did Tovar play every position but he almost did so in order of number designated to each fielder (P-C-1B-2B-SS-3B-LF-CF-RF).
Here is the boxscore of the Twins’ 2-1 win over Oakland on September 22nd. Tovar went 1 for 3 with a stolen base and a run. Tovar started the game and went one inning in his only appearance of the year. He allowed one walk and struck out one in the scoreless inning.
Because of the shenanigans involving Tovar, other players’ involvement looks a little strange too. In the game, Graig Nettles went from first base to center field to third. Carew took a break from playing second to cover short. And look at Bob Allison who started in left, went to center, back to left and ended the game in center again.
Thanks Kevin Weber!
