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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	SDP	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	SDP	@	CIN	W,12-4	GS	27	7.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 13	SDP		SFG	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	7	Apr 14	SDP		SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
8	8	Apr 15	SDP		CIN	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	9	Apr 16	SDP		CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
10	10	Apr 17	SDP		CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
11	11	Apr 18	SDP	@	ATL	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
12	12	Apr 19	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	13	Apr 20	SDP	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	14	Apr 22	SDP	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
15	15	Apr 23 (1)	SDP	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	16	Apr 23 (2)	SDP	@	HOU	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
17	17	Apr 24	SDP	@	HOU	L,8-9	CG	44	9.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	18	Apr 25	SDP		LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
19	19	Apr 26	SDP		LAD	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	20	Apr 27	SDP		LAD	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
21	21	Apr 28	SDP		LAD	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
22	22	Apr 29	SDP		NYM	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
23	23	Apr 30	SDP		NYM	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	SDP		NYM	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
25	25	May 2	SDP		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
26	26	May 3	SDP		PHI	L,7-8	GS	52	10.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B C
27	27	May 4	SDP		PHI	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	18	1	0	19	1	1B
28	28	May 5	SDP		PHI	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
29	29	May 6	SDP		MON	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
30	30	May 7	SDP		MON	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
31	31	May 11 (1)	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
32	32	May 11 (2)	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
33	33	May 12	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
34	34	May 13	SDP	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
35	35	May 14	SDP	@	PHI	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
36	36	May 15	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
37	37	May 16	SDP	@	CHC	L,6-9	GS	44	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B C
38	38	May 17	SDP	@	CHC	L,6-23	GS	48	6.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
39	41 (2)	May 21	SDP	@	MON	W,11-8	GF	59	13.2	15	1	0	16	1	1B
40	42	May 22	SDP	@	MON	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	8	3	1	12	1	1B C
41	43	May 23	SDP		ATL	L,5-6	GF	21	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
42	44	May 24	SDP		ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
43	45	May 25	SDP		ATL	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
44	46	May 26	SDP		ATL	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
45	47	May 27	SDP		HOU	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	48	May 28	SDP		HOU	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	49	May 29	SDP		HOU	W,3-2	GS	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
48	50	May 30 (1)	SDP	@	SFG	W,12-8	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	51	May 30 (2)	SDP	@	SFG	W,9-8	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	52	May 31	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	53	Jun 1	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
52	54	Jun 3	SDP	@	LAD	W,1-0	GS	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
53	55	Jun 4	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	56	Jun 5	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	57	Jun 6	SDP	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
56	59 (1)	Jun 8	SDP	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
57	60	Jun 10	SDP	@	PIT	L,7-10	CG	50	10.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
58	61	Jun 11	SDP	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	62	Jun 12 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-6	GS	35	8.0	6	3	1	10	1	C 3B
60	63	Jun 12 (2)	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
61	64	Jun 14	SDP		CHC	L,5-6	GS	51	12.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B C
62	65	Jun 15	SDP		CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
63	66	Jun 16	SDP		CHC	W,8-6	GS	33	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
64	67	Jun 17	SDP		STL	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
65	68	Jun 18	SDP		STL	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
66	69	Jun 19	SDP		STL	W,6-2	GS	24	7.0	2	3	1	6	2	3B
67	70	Jun 20	SDP		PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
68	71	Jun 21	SDP		PIT	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	72	Jun 22	SDP		PIT	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
70	73	Jun 24	SDP	@	ATL	L,8-9	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	74	Jun 25	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-9	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	75	Jun 26	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-8	GS	34	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	76	Jun 27	SDP	@	HOU	L,6-7	GS	40	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B 1B
74	77	Jun 28	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
75	78	Jun 29	SDP	@	HOU	W,7-4	GS	40	9.0	4	3	1	8	0	3B 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	79	Jul 1	SDP		CIN	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	C
77	80	Jul 2	SDP		CIN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	81	Jul 3	SDP		CIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
79	82	Jul 4	SDP		HOU	L,7-12	CG	52	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	83	Jul 5	SDP		HOU	W,8-7	GS	45	9.1	10	0	1	11	0	C
81	84	Jul 6	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-5	GS	47	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	85	Jul 7	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
83	86	Jul 8	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
84	87	Jul 9	SDP	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
85	88	Jul 10 (1)	SDP	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	90 (1)	Jul 11	SDP		SFG	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	95 (4)	Jul 17	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
88	96	Jul 21	SDP		NYM	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
89	97	Jul 22	SDP		NYM	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	98	Jul 23	SDP		NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
91	99	Jul 24	SDP		PHI	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
92	100	Jul 25	SDP		PHI	L,4-6	CG	54	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
93	102 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	SDP		MON	L,2-5	GS	58	15.0	14	3	0	17	1	C 1B
94	103	Jul 27	SDP		MON	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
95	104	Jul 28	SDP		MON	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
96	105	Jul 29	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
97	107 (1)	Jul 31	SDP	@	NYM	L,9-10	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	108	Aug 2	SDP	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
99	109	Aug 3	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	110	Aug 4	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	C
101	111	Aug 5	SDP	@	CHC	W,11-8	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
102	112	Aug 6	SDP	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
103	113	Aug 7 (1)	SDP	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
104	115 (1)	Aug 8	SDP	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
105	116	Aug 9	SDP	@	MON	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
106	118 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
107	119	Aug 11	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
108	120	Aug 12	SDP		HOU	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
109	121	Aug 14	SDP		HOU	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
110	122	Aug 15	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
111	123	Aug 16	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
112	124	Aug 17	SDP	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
113	125	Aug 19	SDP	@	STL	L,4-12	GS	30	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
114	126	Aug 20	SDP	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
115	127	Aug 21	SDP	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
116	128	Aug 22	SDP	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
117	129	Aug 23	SDP	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B C
118	130	Aug 26	SDP		PIT	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
119	131	Aug 27	SDP		PIT	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
120	135 (3)	Aug 31	SDP		STL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	139 (3)	Sep 5	SDP		LAD	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
122	141 (1)	Sep 7	SDP	@	HOU	W,9-5	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
123	142	Sep 8	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
124	145 (2)	Sep 11	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-7	GF	12	2.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
125	149 (3)	Sep 15	SDP		ATL	L,7-8	GF	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
126	150	Sep 16	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
127	151	Sep 17	SDP		HOU	L,0-11	GS	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C 1B
128	152	Sep 20	SDP		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
129	153	Sep 21	SDP		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
130	154	Sep 22	SDP		CIN	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
131	155	Sep 23	SDP		SFG	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	C
132	156	Sep 24	SDP		SFG	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	C
133	157	Sep 25	SDP		SFG	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
134	158	Sep 27	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
135	159	Sep 28	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
136	160	Sep 30	SDP	@	SFG	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
137	161	Oct 1	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-13	GS	48	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C 1B
138	162	Oct 2	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							149gm		1169.0	820	112	16	948	33