Ezequiel Jesus Tovar...married to Laura...the pair welcomed their first child, Luicano, on Father’s Day, June 18, 2023.
2022
Made his Major League debut on Sept. 23 vs. San Diego at the age of 21 years and 53 days old, the youngest position player to make his Major League debut in franchise history...Appeared in nine games with the Rockies and hit .212 (7-for-33) with one double, one home run, two RBI, two walks and nine strikeouts...Singled in each of his first two at-bats in his Major League debut, both on the first pitch of the at-bat...became the first Rockie since pitcher Peter Lambert on June 6, 2019 at Chicago-NL to record a hit on the first pitch they saw in the Majors, the first position player to do so since Alvin Colina on Sept. 19, 2006...also became the first Rockies player in franchise history to record two hits on his first two pitches seen, joining White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease (May 4, 2021 at Cincinnati) as the only Major Leaguers since 2000 to accomplish the feat...Hit his first Major League home run in the final game of the season, a solo home run off Clayton Kershaw at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 5...Named a Double-A Eastern League All-Star and league’s Top MLB Prospect...slashed .318/.386/.545 with 15 doubles, three triples, 13 home runs, 47 RBI and 17 stolen bases in 66 games with the Yard Goats...was also named the Eastern League Player of the Month of April after leading the league in hits (24) and total bases (46)...Was placed on the Yard Goats’ injured list on July 1 with a groin/pelvis injury...was reinstated on Sept. 15 and sent to Triple-A Albuquerque where he went 7-for-21 (.333) with one home run in five games before the Rockies recalled him on Sept. 22...Was selected to play for the National League in the SiriusXM Futures Game but did not play due to injury...Was invited to his first Major League Spring Training and was named the winner of the Abby Greer Award, given to the Rockies’ Spring Training MVP...in 10 games, went 11-for-20 with two doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI.
2021
Split the season between High-A Spokane and Low-A Fresno, combining to slash .287/.322/.475 with 15 home runs, 72 RBI and 24 stolen bases... Appeared and started in 96 games as a shortstop, compiling a .960 fielding percentage (started eight games as the designated hitter)... Combined to slash .293/.331/.475 with 11 home runs as a left-handed hitter in 345 at bats while hitting .264/.286/.471 with four home runs and 14 RBI as a right-handed hitter... Recorded at least one hit in 17 of 21 games in June for a .330 average (36-for-109)... Compiled three or more hits in 12 games, with a career-high four on June 12, going 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI... Played for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League appearing in 25 games, hitting .161/.219/.287 with three home runs, 10 RBI and two stolen bases … appeared in 18 games at shortstop and seven at second base.
2020
Did not play due to the cancellation of the Minor League Season.
2019
Played in 55 games with Short-Season Boise before finishing his season with 18 games at Rookie Level Grand Junction...Combined to bat .253 (73-for-289) with two home runs and 15 RBI...Stole a combined 17 bases with only one caught stealing.
2018
Started 20 games at shortstop and nine games at second base for DSL Colorado...Recorded a 10-game hitting streak from July 16-25 during which time he hit .316 (12-for-38) with a .400 batting average on balls in play.
2023
In his first full Major League season, named a National League Rawlings Gold Glove finalist at shortstop … recorded a .988 fielding percentage, the highest for a rookie shortstop in Major League history, breaking Troy Tulowitzki’s record of .987 set in 2007...Made the Opening Day roster for the first time … became the youngest Rockie in history to start on Opening Day at 21 years and 240 days old...Tied with Brenton Doyle for the team lead with a 2.2 dWAR, the 10th-best mark in the Majors … second.highest dWAR for a rookie trailing New York-AL’s Anthony Volpe (2.4) and the third-highest for a rookie in Rockies’ franchise history trailing Troy Tulowitzki (3.9, 2007) and Nolan Arenado (2.3, 2013)...153 games played the led the Rockies and were the second-most all-time by a Rockies’ rookie behind Tulowitzki in 2007 (155 G)...His 16 outs above average tied for eighth among all Major League position players while his 13 defensive runs saved were fourth among shortstops, second in the NL...37 doubles tied Todd Helton’s single-season franchise rookie record and tied for fifth-most among all NL players … also ranked among franchise rookie leaders in extra-base hits (56, 3rd), home runs (15, 6th), RBI (73, 4th), and hits (147, T-5th) … 73 RBI and 56 extra-base hits the most since Tulowitzki in 2007 (99 RBI, 62 XBH)...Ranked among National League rookie leaders in doubles (37, T-1st), RBI (73, 3rd), batting average (.253, 3rd), hits (147, 3rd), extra-base hits (56, 3rd), games (153, 3rd), triples (four, T-4th) and home runs (15, 8th)...Became the second Venezuelan-born rookie in Major League history to log at least 15 home runs and 10 stolen bases in his rookie season joining Ronald Acuña Jr. in 2018 (26 HR, 16 SB)...His 166 strikeouts the ninth-most in the NL … struck out multiple time in six-straight games July 21-26, tied for the longest streak in franchise history (12 total SO) … one of 19 players with a such streak in 2023..His 27.0% strikeout rate the sixth-highest in a single season in franchise history...4.1% walk rate the second-lowest in the Majors and the sixth-lowest in a single-season in franchise history, the
lowest since Neifi Perez’ 3.8% in 1999.
...59.3% swing rate the second-highest in the Majors, the highest swing rate in a single-season in franchise history
Did not appear in a game coming off the bench until Sept. 12, starting each of his first 144 games to begin his
career, the longest stretch of consecutive starts without a bench appearance to begin a Rockies’ career, per
Elias, surpassing Trevor Story’s previous record of 69 games 2016 … per Elias, he was the eighth player in the
Wild Card Era (since 1995) to start the first 140-plus games to begin his career
...Walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning May 25, his first career walk-off hit and the Rockies’ first walk-off win of
the season.
...His 15-game hitting streak June 13-July 2 (.350/.375/.567), tied for the fourth-longest hit streak by a Colorado
rookie in team history (also: Juan Pierre, Sept. 6-21, 2000) and the longest for a Rockie in 2023.
...Prior to 2022, the last Major League player age 21 or younger to have a hitting streak as long or longer was
Freddie Freeman in 2011 (20 games) … the feat has since been accomplished by Michael Harris II (15 games,
2022), Jordan Walker (17 games, June 6-29), Noelvi Marté (16 games, Sept. 5-Oct. 1) and Tovar.
...Recorded his 100th career hit on July 28 vs. Oakland, the 12th Rockie in history to reach the mark in 105 or
fewer games, the first since David Dahl in 2018 … accomplished the feat four days before turning 22-years-old
on Aug. 1, the fifth-youngest Venezuelan born player to log at least 100 games, 100 hits and 10 home runs
before his 22nd birthday, the youngest to do so since Acuna Jr. on Sept. 18, 2018 (20-years-and-274-days-old).
...On Aug. 7 at Milwaukee, became the first shortstop in the modern era (since 1900) to hit a home run as his
team’s only time reaching base during a game (via a hit, BB, or HBP).
...Led off the game on Aug. 12 at Dodger Stadium with a home run on the first pitch, joining Connor Joe (April
25, 2022 at Philadelphia), Dexter Fowler (April 8, 2009 at Arizona) and Eric Young Sr. (April 30, 1996 at Los
Angeles-NL) as the only players in franchise history to hit a home run on the first pitch of the game.
...First career game with multiple stolen bases on Sept. 5, the 15th rookie in franchise history to have at least two
steals in a game, the third to do so in 2023 along with Nolan Jones (Sept. 2 vs. Toronto) and Brenton Doyle
(April 25 at Cleveland).
...Went a combined 5-for-8 with one double, one triple, five RBI and one stolen base across both games of Sept.
16 doubleheader vs. the Giants, the second Rockie to have at least five hits and five RBI across a doubleheader,
joining Eric Young Sr. (July 23, 1996) … first rookie in the Majors to do so since Ronald Acuña Jr. on Aug. 13,
2018.
