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{{short description|Venezuelan professional baseball player}}{{Infobox baseball biography
|name        = Ezequiel Tovar
|image       = 
|team        = Colorado Rockies
|number      = 14
|position    = [[Shortstop]]
|birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|2001|8|1}}
|birth_place = [[Maracay, Venezuela]]
|bats        = Switch
|throws      = Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate   = September 23
|debutyear   = 2022
|debutteam   = Colorado Rockies
|statleague  = MLB
|statyear    = September 23, 2022
|stat1label  = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value  = .500
|stat2label  = [[Home runs]]
|stat2value  = 0
|stat3label  = [[Runs batted in]]
|stat3value  = 0
|teams       =
* [[Colorado Rockies]] ({{mlby|2022}}–present)
}} '''Ezequiel Jesus Tovar''' (born August 1, 2001) is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
==Career==
Tovar signed with the Colorado Rockies as an international free agent in August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ezequiel-tovar-shows-resilience/|title=Ezequiel Tovar Shows Resilience|first=Jack|last=Etkin|website=www.baseballamerica.com}}</ref>

Tovar made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Rockies, batting .262 with 11 RBIs over 35 games. In 2019, he split time between the Grand Junction Rockies and the Boise Hawks with whom he slashed .253/.318/.322 with two home runs, 16 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases over 73 games. He did not play game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season. Tovar spent the 2021 season with the Fresno Grizzlies and Spokane Indians, slashing .287/.322/.475 with 15 home runs, 72 RBIs, thirty doubles, and 24 stolen bases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/ezequiel-tovar-rockies-prospect-arizona-fall-league|title=Rockies 'have a good one coming' in Tovar|website=MLB.com}}</ref> After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/ezequiel-tovar-rockies-prospect-arizona-fall-league|title = Rockies 'have a good one coming' in Tovar|website = [[MLB.com]]}}</ref> He was selected to the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/rockies-ezequiel-tovar-joins-40-man-roster/ | title=Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar: Joins 40-man roster }}</ref>
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==External links==
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