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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	OAK		CHW	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	OAK		CHW	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 14	OAK	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
7	7	Apr 15	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	8	Apr 16	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-6	GS	37	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 18	OAK		MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	10	Apr 19	OAK		MIN	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
11	11	Apr 20 (1)	OAK		MIN	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
12	12	Apr 20 (2)	OAK		MIN	W,5-1	GS	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	C 1B
13	13	Apr 21	OAK		TEX	W,11-6	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
14	14	Apr 22	OAK		TEX	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
15	15	Apr 23	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	16	Apr 24	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	17	Apr 25	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
18	18	Apr 26	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
19	19	Apr 27 (1)	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-1	GS	31	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C 1B
20	20	Apr 27 (2)	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 2	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	22	May 3	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	23	May 4	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
24	24	May 6	OAK		CAL	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
25	25	May 7	OAK		CAL	W,9-1	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
26	26	May 8	OAK		CAL	L,0-5	GS	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B C
27	27	May 9	OAK		NYY	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	28	May 10	OAK		NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	C
29	29	May 11	OAK		NYY	W,7-5	GS	31	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
30	30	May 12	OAK		BOS	W,5-3	GS	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C 1B
31	31	May 13	OAK		BOS	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	32	May 16	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	33	May 17	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-1	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C 1B
34	34	May 18	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-9	GS	28	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	35	May 19	OAK	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	36	May 20	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-7	GS	34	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	37	May 21	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	38	May 23	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-0	GS	26	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	39	May 24	OAK	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
40	40	May 25 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
41	41	May 25 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
42	42	May 26	OAK		BAL	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	43	May 27	OAK		BAL	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C 1B
44	44	May 28	OAK		BAL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
45	45	May 30	OAK		CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
46	46	May 31	OAK		CLE	L,1-4	GS	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 1	OAK		CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
48	48	Jun 2	OAK		MIL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	49	Jun 3	OAK		MIL	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
50	50	Jun 4	OAK		MIL	W,11-3	GS	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C 1B
51	51	Jun 6	OAK		DET	L,2-11	GS	35	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	52	Jun 7	OAK		DET	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	53	Jun 8	OAK		DET	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	54	Jun 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
55	55	Jun 10	OAK	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	56	Jun 11	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	57	Jun 12	OAK	@	MIL	L,7-9	GS	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C 1B
58	58	Jun 13	OAK	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
59	59	Jun 14	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	60	Jun 16	OAK	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
61	61	Jun 17 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
62	62	Jun 17 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-7	GS	20	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
63	63	Jun 18	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	64	Jun 19	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
65	65	Jun 20	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
66	66	Jun 21	OAK		KCR	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	67	Jun 22 (1)	OAK		KCR	W,7-6	CG	57	12.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
68	68	Jun 22 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,8-1	GS	29	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
69	69	Jun 23	OAK		MIN	W,5-2	GS	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C 1B
70	70	Jun 24	OAK		MIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	71	Jun 25	OAK		MIN	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
72	72	Jun 27	OAK	@	CAL	W,12-4	GS	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B C
73	73	Jun 28	OAK	@	CAL	W,10-4	GS	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
74	74	Jun 29	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
75	75	Jun 30	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	77 (1)	Jul 2	OAK	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	78	Jul 3	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C 1B
78	80 (1)	Jul 5	OAK		CAL	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	81	Jul 6	OAK		CAL	L,0-2	GS	35	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B C
80	82	Jul 7	OAK		CLE	W,7-3	GS	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
81	83	Jul 8	OAK		CLE	W,15-5	GS	25	6.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
82	84	Jul 9	OAK		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	85	Jul 11	OAK		BAL	L,0-4	GS	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B C
84	86	Jul 12	OAK		BAL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
85	87	Jul 13	OAK		BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
86	88	Jul 17	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
87	89	Jul 18	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	91 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	92	Jul 20	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	93	Jul 21	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B C
91	94	Jul 22 (1)	OAK	@	DET	W,11-0	GS	15	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	95	Jul 22 (2)	OAK	@	DET	W,16-4	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	96	Jul 23	OAK	@	DET	W,3-0	GS	26	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	97	Jul 24	OAK	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
95	98	Jul 25	OAK		CHW	W,8-6	GS	54	13.0	12	1	0	13	1	C 1B
96	99	Jul 26	OAK		CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
97	100	Jul 27 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,10-1	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
98	101	Jul 27 (2)	OAK		CHW	W,7-1	GF	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
99	102	Jul 28	OAK		TEX	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
100	103	Jul 29	OAK		TEX	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
101	104	Jul 30	OAK		TEX	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	105	Aug 1	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-6	GS	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B C
103	106	Aug 2	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
104	107	Aug 3	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
105	109 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	OAK	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C 1B
106	110	Aug 5 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-15	CG	47	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
107	111	Aug 6	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	112	Aug 7	OAK	@	TEX	W,10-1	GS	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	3	1B
109	113	Aug 8	OAK		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
110	114	Aug 9	OAK		BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
111	115	Aug 10	OAK		BOS	L,3-5	GS	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C 1B
112	116	Aug 11	OAK		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
113	117	Aug 12	OAK		NYY	L,2-7	GS	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B C
114	118	Aug 13	OAK		NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
115	119	Aug 14	OAK		NYY	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C 1B
116	120	Aug 15	OAK		MIL	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	121	Aug 16	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
118	122	Aug 17	OAK		MIL	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
119	123	Aug 18	OAK		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
120	124	Aug 19	OAK		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
121	125	Aug 20	OAK		DET	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
122	126	Aug 21	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
123	127	Aug 23 (1)	OAK	@	MIL	W,6-3	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B C
124	128	Aug 23 (2)	OAK	@	MIL	W,9-3	GS	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	C 1B
125	129	Aug 24	OAK	@	MIL	L,6-7	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C 1B
126	130	Aug 26	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
127	131	Aug 27	OAK	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
128	132	Aug 28	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
129	133	Aug 29	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
130	134	Aug 30	OAK	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
131	135	Aug 31	OAK	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	136	Sep 1	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
133	137	Sep 2	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
134	138	Sep 5	OAK		TEX	L,2-4	GS	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C 1B
135	139	Sep 6	OAK		TEX	W,2-1	GS	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C 1B
136	140	Sep 7 (1)	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	GS	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B C
137	141	Sep 7 (2)	OAK		TEX	W,7-3	GS	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C 1B
138	142	Sep 8	OAK		KCR	W,8-2	GS	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C 1B
139	143	Sep 9	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	GS	53	14.0	9	1	1	11	1	C 1B
140	144	Sep 10	OAK		KCR	W,9-1	GS	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C 1B
141	145	Sep 12 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
142	146	Sep 12 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
143	147	Sep 13	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-5	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
144	148	Sep 14	OAK	@	MIN	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
145	149	Sep 16 (1)	OAK	@	TEX	W,11-5	GS	31	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
146	150	Sep 16 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
147	151	Sep 17	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
148	152	Sep 18	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C 1B
149	153	Sep 19	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
150	154	Sep 20	OAK	@	KCR	W,16-4	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
151	155	Sep 21	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
152	156	Sep 22	OAK		MIN	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
153	157	Sep 23	OAK		MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
154	158	Sep 24	OAK		CHW	W,13-2	GS	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
155	160 (1)	Sep 26	OAK		CAL	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C 1B
156	161	Sep 27	OAK		CAL	W,6-3	GS	35	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
157	162	Sep 28	OAK		CAL	W,5-0	GS	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C 1B
							193gm		1302.1	942	84	11	1037	37