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Gene Tenace
Fury Gene Tenace
born Fiore Gino Tennaci
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 10, 1946 in Russellton, PA
Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 20th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 29, 1969
Final Game: September 30, 1983
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1969 22 OAK AL 16 40 38 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 15 .158 .200 .237 .437 25 9 0 1 0 0 0 2
1970 23 OAK AL 38 128 105 19 32 6 0 7 20 0 2 23 30 .305 .430 .562 .992 176 59 2 0 0 0 2 2
1971 24 OAK AL 65 211 179 26 49 7 0 7 25 2 1 29 34 .274 .381 .430 .811 132 77 3 2 1 0 0 2/7
1972 25 OAK AL 82 256 227 22 51 5 3 5 32 0 0 24 42 .225 .307 .339 .646 97 77 4 3 2 0 2 2/9345
1973 26 OAK AL 160 636 510 83 132 18 2 24 84 2 2 101 94 .259 .387 .443 .830 139 226 13 10 8 7 8 *32/D4
1974 27 OAK AL 158 612 484 71 102 17 1 26 73 2 9 110 105 .211 .367 .411 .778 130 199 10 12 2 4 6 32/4
1975 28 OAK AL 158 623 498 83 127 17 0 29 87 7 4 106 127 .255 .395 .464 .859 145 231 8 12 3 4 2 *23/D AS,MVP-18
1976 29 OAK AL 128 508 417 64 104 19 1 22 66 5 4 81 91 .249 .373 .458 .831 149 191 7 4 1 5 2 32/D MVP-18
1977 30 SDP NL 147 581 437 66 102 24 4 15 61 5 3 125 119 .233 .415 .410 .824 133 179 5 13 2 4 10 235
1978 31 SDP NL 142 515 401 60 90 18 4 16 61 6 5 101 98 .224 .392 .409 .801 134 164 5 11 0 2 8 32/5
1979 32 SDP NL 151 582 463 61 122 16 4 20 67 2 6 105 106 .263 .403 .445 .848 139 206 7 7 1 6 4 23
1980 33 SDP NL 133 416 316 46 70 11 1 17 50 4 4 92 63 .222 .399 .424 .823 137 134 11 4 0 4 11 23
1981 34 STL NL 58 174 129 26 30 7 0 5 22 0 0 38 26 .233 .416 .403 .819 131 52 1 4 1 2 2 2/3
1982 35 STL NL 66 165 124 18 32 9 0 7 18 1 1 36 31 .258 .436 .500 .936 161 62 1 4 0 1 1 2/3
1983 36 PIT NL 53 78 62 7 11 5 0 0 6 0 1 12 17 .177 .346 .258 .604 68 16 0 4 0 0 0 3/29
15 Seasons 1555 5525 4390 653 1060 179 20 201 674 36 42 984 998 .241 .388 .429 .817 136 1882 77 91 21 39 58
162 Game Avg. 162 576 457 68 110 19 2 21 70 4 4 103 104 .241 .388 .429 .817 136 196 8 9 2 4 6
OAK (8 yrs) 805 3014 2458 369 603 89 7 121 389 18 22 475 538 .245 .374 .435 .809 136 1069 47 44 17 20 22
SDP (4 yrs) 573 2094 1617 233 384 69 13 68 239 17 18 423 386 .237 .403 .422 .825 136 683 28 35 3 16 33
STL (2 yrs) 124 339 253 44 62 16 0 12 40 1 1 74 57 .245 .426 .451 .877 146 114 2 8 1 3 3
PIT (1 yr) 53 78 62 7 11 5 0 0 6 0 1 12 17 .177 .346 .258 .604 68 16 0 4 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 805 3014 2458 369 603 89 7 121 389 18 22 475 538 .245 .374 .435 .809 136 1069 47 44 17 20 22
NL (7 yrs) 750 2511 1932 284 457 90 13 80 285 18 20 509 460 .237 .404 .421 .825 135 813 30 47 4 19 36

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 24 OAK AL ALCS BAL L 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 OAK AL ALCS DET W 5 20 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 5 .059 .200 .059 .259 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 OAK AL WS CIN W 7 25 23 5 8 1 0 4 9 0 0 2 4 .348 .400 .913 1.313 21 0 0 0 0 1
1973 26 OAK AL ALCS BAL W 5 20 17 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .235 .350 .294 .644 5 0 1 0 0 0
1973 26 OAK AL WS NYM W 7 30 19 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 2 11 7 .158 .467 .211 .677 4 1 0 0 0 1
1974 27 OAK AL ALCS BAL W 4 15 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 4 .000 .267 .000 .267 0 1 0 0 0 0
1974 27 OAK AL WS LAD W 5 13 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .222 .417 .222 .639 2 1 0 1 0 0
1975 28 OAK AL ALCS BOS L 3 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0
1982 35 STL NL WS MIL W 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (9 Series) 42 146 114 10 18 3 0 4 14 1 3 30 33 .158 .338 .289 .627 33 4 1 1 0 2
5 ALCS 18 71 57 5 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 13 16 .088 .268 .105 .373 6 2 1 0 0 0
4 WS 24 75 57 5 13 2 0 4 12 0 2 17 17 .228 .405 .474 .879 27 2 0 1 0 2

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1969 OAK AL 22 C 13 8 85.1 67 61 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.07 5.15 .987 6.64 5.59 2 3 5 2 29%
1970 OAK AL 23 C 30 29 254.2 200 180 18 2 7 .990 -2.0 -9.4 -2 7.00 6.60 .988 6.65 5.82 1 11 23 10 30%
1971 OAK AL 24 C 52 45 426.2 322 300 20 2 3 .994 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 6.15 .988 6.37 5.63 6 9 16 9 36%
1971 OAK AL 24 LF 1 1 8.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -69.2 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.97 1.60
1971 OAK AL 24 OF 1 1 8.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -69.2 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.28 2.00
1972 OAK AL 25 C 49 46 405.1 290 266 18 6 1 .979 -1.0 -3.0 -1 6.31 5.80 .985 6.48 5.66 4 8 20 9 31%
1972 OAK AL 25 OF 9 6 58.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -37.2 -0.8 -0.5 -0.3 -1 1.71 1.22 .982 2.22 1.91
1972 OAK AL 25 RF 9 6 58.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -37.2 -0.8 -0.5 -0.3 -1 1.71 1.22 .982 2.13 1.76
1972 OAK AL 25 1B 7 6 55.0 52 49 3 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0 8.51 7.43 .990 9.75 8.04
1972 OAK AL 25 2B 2 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 5.10 4.40
1972 OAK AL 25 3B 2 1 10.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 2.70 1.50 .975 2.97 2.70
1973 OAK AL 26 1B 134 132 1077.2 1169 1095 61 13 104 .989 -1.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -1 9.65 8.63 .992 8.35 7.46
1973 OAK AL 26 C 33 23 213.2 133 123 9 1 4 .992 -1.0 -5.6 -1 5.56 4.00 .985 6.05 5.29 4 6 13 7 35%
1973 OAK AL 26 DH 3
1973 OAK AL 26 2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
1974 OAK AL 27 1B 106 97 811.2 861 816 41 4 80 .995 1.9 2.8 1.9 -1.9 3.8 0 9.50 8.08 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 OAK AL 27 C 79 58 511.2 341 293 42 6 3 .982 2.0 4.7 2 5.89 4.24 .983 5.89 5.01 4 11 30 25 45%
1974 OAK AL 27 2B 3 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 6.75 0.33 1.000 5.40 4.57
1975 OAK AL 28 C 125 114 932.1 614 541 63 10 10 .984 -11.0 -14.2 -11 5.83 4.83 .983 6.00 5.04 11 39 66 34 34% AS,MVP-18
1975 OAK AL 28 1B 68 39 370.0 423 401 21 1 27 .998 2.4 7.8 2.4 -0.1 2.5 0 10.26 6.21 .990 9.84 8.32 AS,MVP-18
1975 OAK AL 28 DH 1 AS,MVP-18
1976 OAK AL 29 1B 70 62 563.0 611 577 31 3 47 .995 -3.2 -6.8 -3.2 -4.5 1.2 0 9.72 8.69 .992 9.85 8.88 MVP-18
1976 OAK AL 29 C 65 61 522.2 293 263 25 5 3 .983 -3.0 -6.9 -3 4.96 4.43 .981 5.75 4.90 4 16 42 17 29% MVP-18
1976 OAK AL 29 DH 2 MVP-18
1977 SDP NL 30 C 99 89 791.1 596 523 61 12 9 .980 -2.0 -3.0 -2 6.64 5.90 .985 6.49 5.54 14 34 73 50 41%
1977 SDP NL 30 1B 36 28 270.1 308 280 27 1 20 .997 0.7 3.1 1.7 -0.1 1.8 -1 10.22 8.53 .991 9.89 8.31
1977 SDP NL 30 3B 14 13 107.1 44 17 24 3 4 .932 -1.3 -14.5 -1.3 -0.3 -1.0 0 3.44 2.93 .957 2.98 2.54
1978 SDP NL 31 1B 80 67 589.2 710 668 37 5 61 .993 3.7 7.5 3.7 2.6 1.0 0 10.76 8.81 .992 9.98 8.32
1978 SDP NL 31 C 71 56 490.0 321 276 42 3 7 .991 4.0 9.8 4 5.84 4.48 .985 6.17 5.11 4 8 42 23 35%
1978 SDP NL 31 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.50
1979 SDP NL 32 C 94 77 679.0 465 413 51 1 10 .998 9.0 15.9 9 6.15 4.94 .985 6.13 5.27 8 12 42 38 48%
1979 SDP NL 32 1B 72 58 512.0 621 582 32 7 55 .989 -4.6 -10.8 -4.6 -0.9 -3.7 0 10.79 8.53 .992 9.89 8.59
1980 SDP NL 33 C 104 82 752.1 471 415 46 10 7 .979 -1.0 -1.6 -1 5.51 4.43 .983 6.09 5.23 3 23 80 39 33%
1980 SDP NL 33 1B 19 11 111.0 136 125 10 1 9 .993 3.4 36.8 3.4 1.2 2.2 0 10.95 7.11 .992 10.16 8.97
1981 STL NL 34 C 38 36 316.1 147 126 18 3 1 .980 0.0 0.0 0 4.10 3.79 .983 5.93 5.07 2 5 32 12 27%
1981 STL NL 34 1B 7 3 31.1 43 39 4 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -19.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 12.35 6.14 .993 10.20 8.69
1982 STL NL 35 C 37 33 279.2 171 149 21 1 0 .994 0.0 0.0 0 5.47 4.59 .985 6.29 5.52 6 9 30 15 33%
1982 STL NL 35 1B 7 4 35.0 42 39 3 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -3.4 -0.1 -0.5 0.4 0 10.80 6.00 .993 10.23 8.89
1983 PIT NL 36 1B 19 10 81.0 89 83 5 1 6 .989 -0.6 -8.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 9.78 4.63 .992 9.96 8.39
1983 PIT NL 36 C 3 2 17.0 18 16 1 1 0 .944 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 5.67 .983 6.56 5.53 0 1 1 0 0%
1983 PIT NL 36 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1983 PIT NL 36 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
15 Seasons C 892 759 6678.0 4449 3945 441 63 65 .986 -6.0 -1.1 -6 5.91 4.92 .984 6.16 5.27 73 195 515 290 36%
12 Seasons 1B 625 517 4507.2 5065 4754 275 36 420 .993 2.0 0.5 4.0 -4.0 7.8 -2 10.04 8.05 .992 9.50 8.21
3 Seasons 3B 17 14 119.1 48 18 26 4 4 .917 -1.7 -17.1 -1.7 -0.3 -1.4 0 3.32 2.59 .958 2.98 2.56
3 Seasons OF 11 7 67.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -40.8 -1.3 -1.0 -0.3 -1 1.46 1.00 .982 2.23 1.92
2 Seasons RF 10 6 59.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -36.6 -0.8 -0.5 -0.3 -1 1.68 1.10 .982 2.12 1.74
3 Seasons 2B 6 0 9.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -25.7 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 3.86 0.67 1.000 5.21 4.53
3 Seasons DH 6
1 Season LF 1 1 8.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -69.2 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.97 1.60
15 Seasons TOT 1551 1297 11382.0 9577 8731 743 103 489 .989 -8.2 -0.9 0.8 -5.4 6.0 -1 -2 -6 7.49 6.11 .977 7.43 6.40 73 195 515 290 36%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1975 (1B)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1972-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1972-ML-WS MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1975-AL-18-2%
1976-AL-18-4%
0.06 Career Shares (1033rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1973 AL--.387--5th
1975 AL--.395--7th
1976 AL--.373--10th
1977 NL--.415--3rd
1978 NL--.392--3rd
1979 NL--.403--3rd
Career--.388--115th

Slugging % s c a p y
1976 AL--.458--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1975 AL--.859--8th
1976 AL--.831--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1973 AL--160--5th
1974 AL--158--6th
1975 AL--158--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1973 AL--24--9th
1974 AL--26--3rd
1975 AL--29--5th
1976 AL--22--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL--101--4th
1974 AL--110--1st
1975 AL--106--4th
1976 AL--81--7th
1977 NL--125--1st
1978 NL--101--3rd
1979 NL--105--2nd
1980 NL--92--3rd
Career--984--113th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1974 AL--105--6th
1975 AL--127--5th
1977 NL--119--4th
1979 NL--106--4th
Career--998--230th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1973 AL--139--10th
1975 AL--145--8th
1976 AL--149--3rd
1979 NL--139--9th
Career--136--105th

Runs Created s c a p y
1975 AL--100--8th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1973 AL--32--8th
1975 AL--35--7th
1976 AL--29--7th
1977 NL--31--9th
1979 NL--32--9th
Career--267--152nd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1973 AL--3.2--8th
1975 AL--3.5--7th
1976 AL--3.0--7th
1977 NL--3.1--9th
1979 NL--3.1--9th
Career--27.0--146th

Times On Base s c a p y
1973 AL--243--7th
1975 AL--245--6th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1975 AL--.703--7th
1976 AL--.693--5th
Career--.665--155th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1973 AL--10--3rd
1974 AL--12--3rd
1975 AL--12--3rd
1977 NL--13--1st
1978 NL--11--2nd
1979 NL--7--6th
1980 NL--4--10th
1981 NL--4--5th
Career--91--90th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 AL--7--2nd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL--8--9th

AB per HR s c a p y
1973 AL--21.250--9th
1974 AL--18.615--3rd
1975 AL--17.172--6th
1976 AL--18.955--3rd
Career--21.841--169th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (442), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (636), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1319), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 20th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

November 1, 1976: Granted Free Agency.

December 14, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

December 8, 1980: Traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later, Rollie Fingers and Bob Shirley to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later, Terry Kennedy, John Littlefield, Al Olmsted, Mike Phillips, Kim Seaman, Steve Swisher and John Urrea. The San Diego Padres sent Bob Geren (December 10, 1980) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.

December 1, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

March 31, 1984: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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