Gene Tenace

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: October 10, 1946 in Russellton, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 20th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Valley HS (Lucasville, OH).

High School: Valley HS (Lucasville, OH)

Debut: May 29, 1969 (Age 22-231d, 12,831st in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1983 (Age 36-355d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Fury Gene Tenace

Nicknames: Steamboat

Pronunciation: \tennis\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.8

4390

1060

201

.242

653

RBI

674

OBP

.388

SLG

.429

OPS

.817

OPS+

136

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-30 / in Starts: 28-18
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 211 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	156 (80-55-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 211 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	128 (66-40-21)

Most Driven In
Self	7
S Bando	6
Ã Mangual	4
T Davis	2
R Jackson	2
M Epstein	2
B Campaneris	1
R Monday	1

Most Driven In By
Self	7
B Campaneris	3
D Green	3
C Hunter	2
T Davis	2
V Blue	1
G Hendrick	1
L Brown	1

1971 Batting Game Log

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1971 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	55	3 (2)	Apr 7 (2)	OAK		CHW	L,4-12	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	7	.50	0.017	.69	0.01%	0.17	C
2	56	13 (9)	Apr 18 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.556	.571	1.127	7	.34	0.102	.64	0.12%	3.23	C
3	57	16 (2)	Apr 21	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-2	10-GF(13)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.500	1.000	7	2.35	-0.045	5.76	-0.07%	-0.16	PH C
4	58	22 (5)	Apr 27	OAK		BAL	L,2-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.455	.916	9	.89	-0.022	1.95	-0.03%	-0.09	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	59	26 (3)	May 1	OAK		CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.471	.429	.899	7	1.54	0.066	3.33	0.09%	-0.05	C
6	60	28 (1)	May 2 (2)	OAK		CLE	L,3-7	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.476	.412	.888	7	1.88	-0.009	4.12	-0.01%	0.45	C
7	61	29	May 4	OAK	@	DET	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.476	.412	.888	7						C
8	62	31 (1)	May 9 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.423	.333	.756	7	.55	-0.033	1.22	-0.05%	-0.23	C
9	63	36 (4)	May 14	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.407	.318	.726	9	4.23	-0.208	12.10	-0.36%	-0.77	PH C
10	64	37	May 15	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.393	.304	.697	9	2.74	-0.066	7.70	-0.11%	-0.20	C
11	65	39 (1)	May 16 (2)	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.344	.259	.603	7	.60	-0.062	1.69	-0.11%	-0.66	C
12	66	50 (10)	May 31 (1)	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-5	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.333	.250	.583	9	.44	-0.011	1.00	-0.02%	-0.08	PH
13	67	51	May 31 (2)	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.351	.290	.642	7	1.29	0.116	3.06	0.17%	0.62	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	68	53 (1)	Jun 4	OAK	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG(21)	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.348	.243	.591	7	1.91	-0.321	4.24	-0.43%	-0.91	C
15	69	55 (1)	Jun 6	OAK	@	WSA	W,8-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.333	.310	.643	7	.32	-0.023	.65	-0.03%	-0.14	C
16	70	60 (4)	Jun 13	OAK		NYY	L,1-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.327	.302	.629	9	.95	-0.022	1.88	-0.03%	-0.13	PH
17	71	66 (5)	Jun 20 (2)	OAK	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.321	.283	.604	7	.50	-0.029	.85	-0.03%	-0.07	C
18	72	73 (6)	Jun 27 (2)	OAK		KCR	L,3-6	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.316	.277	.592	9	4.03	-0.097	5.05	-0.07%	-0.72	PH
19	73	75 (1)	Jun 29	OAK		MIN	L,3-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.328	.277	.604	6	4.64	0.030	4.83	0.02%	0.17	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	74	80 (4)	Jul 5	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.339	.313	.651	8	.45	0.028	.40	0.02%	0.20	PH
21	75	82 (1)	Jul 7	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.339	.300	.639	6	1.84	-0.012	1.81	-0.01%	-0.16	C
22	76	84 (1)	Jul 9	OAK		CAL	W,1-0	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.333	.294	.627	7	4.24	-0.103	3.53	-0.05%	-0.39	PH
23	77	85	Jul 10	OAK		CAL	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.185	.343	.315	.658	6	1.03	0.034	.75	0.02%	0.28	C
24	78	87 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	OAK		CAL	L,3-6	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.380	.339	.720	6	1.04	0.164	.79	0.07%	1.42	C
25	79	88	Jul 15	OAK		DET	W,8-7	5-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.389	.351	.740	9	1.27	0.118	.88	0.05%	1.16	PH
26	80	90 (1)	Jul 17	OAK		DET	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.384	.345	.728	1	3.22	-0.086	1.58	-0.03%	-0.20	PH
27	81	92 (1)	Jul 19	OAK		BAL	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.378	.339	.717	8	3.30	-0.080	2.82	-0.04%	-0.39	PH
28	82	94 (1)	Jul 21	OAK		CLE	W,4-3	12-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.387	.339	.726	4	4.30	-0.009	3.56	-0.01%	0.16	PH
29	83	95	Jul 23	OAK	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.388	.333	.721	7	.55	0.024	.37	0.01%	0.18	C
30	84	96	Jul 24	OAK	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.393	.343	.736	7	.24	0.040	.15	0.02%	1.06	C
31	85	98 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	OAK	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.254	.404	.352	.757	7	.64	0.100	.44	0.04%	0.76	C
32	86	100 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.409	.360	.769	6	1.14	-0.056	.79	-0.02%	0.19	LF
33	87	101	Jul 28	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.412	.367	.779	7	.68	-0.060	.48	-0.03%	-0.50	C
34	88	103 (1)	Jul 31	OAK	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.426	.434	.859	7	1.11	0.201	.75	0.08%	2.98	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	89	104	Aug 1 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.429	.465	.894	6	.77	0.192	.34	0.05%	2.63	C
36	90	106 (1)	Aug 2	OAK	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.435	.506	.941	6	1.27	0.238	.62	0.07%	1.11	C
37	91	107	Aug 3	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.438	.505	.943	6	1.35	0.032	.38	0.01%	0.51	C
38	92	108	Aug 4	OAK		MIL	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.431	.495	.926	7	.89	-0.027	.11	0.00%	-0.34	C
39	93	109	Aug 5	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.420	.480	.900	7	.97	-0.092	.11	-0.01%	-1.09	C
40	94	110	Aug 6	OAK		CHW	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.410	.466	.876	7	.53	-0.041	.06	0.00%	-0.49	C
41	95	111	Aug 7	OAK		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.400	.453	.853	6	1.16	-0.086	.14	-0.01%	-0.79	C
42	96	112	Aug 8 (1)	OAK		CHW	L,7-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.291	.400	.473	.873	6	1.58	0.056	.08	0.00%	1.00	C
43	97	113	Aug 8 (2)	OAK		CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.410	.504	.915	6	.45	0.039	.04	0.00%	1.22	C
44	98	114	Aug 10 (1)	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.410	.496	.906	6	1.86	0.299	.17	0.02%	0.30	C
45	99	116 (1)	Aug 11	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.413	.496	.908	6	.59	0.016	.05	0.00%	0.18	C
46	100	118 (1)	Aug 13	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.411	.492	.903	6	1.22	0.029	.07	0.00%	0.04	C
47	101	122 (3)	Aug 18	OAK	@	WSA	L,3-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.407	.480	.887	5	1.57	0.075	.03	0.00%	0.30	C
48	102	126 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	OAK		BOS	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.405	.473	.878	4	1.04	-0.035	.01	0.00%	-0.13	C
49	103	129 (2)	Aug 25	OAK		NYY	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.403	.469	.872	8	1.38	-0.038	.01	0.00%	-0.20	PH
50	104	131 (1)	Aug 28	OAK		WSA	W,10-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.399	.459	.857	7	.40	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.03	C
51	105	133 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	OAK		WSA	W,9-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.283	.393	.449	.842	3	.63	-0.036	.00	0.00%	0.20	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
52	106	136 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.401	.475	.876	7	.94	0.185	.00	0.00%	1.31	C
53	107	138 (1)	Sep 4	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.392	.462	.854	4	.44	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.53	C
54	108	141 (2)	Sep 7	OAK		CAL	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.394	.459	.854	4	.44	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.02	C
55	109	143 (1)	Sep 10	OAK		MIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.289	.397	.467	.864	7	1.76	0.253	.00	0.00%	0.97	C
56	110	144	Sep 11	OAK		MIN	W,5-3	CG(10)	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.388	.455	.843	7	1.22	0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
57	111	145	Sep 12	OAK		MIN	L,5-7	8-GF(10)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.389	.456	.845	8	1.37	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.87	PH C
58	112	146	Sep 13	OAK	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.392	.453	.845	7	1.27	0.079	.00	0.00%	0.51	C
59	113	148 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.279	.383	.442	.826	5	1.56	-0.183	.00	0.00%	-1.67	C
60	114	150 (1)	Sep 17	OAK	@	MIL	W,6-5	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.383	.442	.826	8						C
61	115	151	Sep 18	OAK	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.383	.437	.820	6	1.60	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
62	116	154 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	OAK		CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.275	.380	.433	.813	6	1.43	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.02	C
63	117	156 (1)	Sep 23	OAK		MIL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.382	.440	.822	6	1.86	0.173	.00	0.00%	1.23	C
64	118	158 (1)	Sep 25	OAK		MIL	L,6-8	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.275	.380	.433	.812	6	.97	0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.14	C
65	119	161 (2)	Sep 29	OAK		KCR	W,8-7	6-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.381	.430	.811	7	2.67	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
							35-30		211	179	26	49	7	0	7	25	29	0	34	2	1	0	6	3	2	1	.274	.381	.430	.811		1.18	0.780	.97	-0.67%	13.57

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