Seemingly
everybody has a claim to fame or a mystery…maybe for a day...As a Tiger, Cesar's claim to fame was going 7 for 7 with six singles and one double…June21, 1970 second half of a twin bill with Cleveland…Raised his BA by 31 points to .243…In 1970 it took 96 at bats and three seasons to get first RBI…next season was bounced by Ed Brinkman to the back of the bench and was eventually sold to Montreal… A beneficiary of the 1969 expansion…
was stuck as a San Francisco farmhand (much like minor league teammate Gil
Garrido)…he was traded to the Tigers as a stopgap at their shortstop position then occupied by a aging Tom Tresh and reluctant Mikey Stanley who was an outfielder…Cesar had no home runs in 800 AB…Never played
for Expos and card shows him in a Tiger uniform…played a few games in Montreal
Peninsula AAA club but mostly finished up in Padres farm system in 1972.
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