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	23-19 / in Starts: 19-17
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1971	ALCS g3	Oct 5	OAK		BAL	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	7	1.12	-0.029	26.60	-0.53%	-0.05	C
1972 Postseason			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
2	1972	ALCS g1	Oct 7	OAK		DET	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	3.26	-0.454	101.94	-8.54%	-2.19	C
3	1972	ALCS g2	Oct 8	OAK		DET	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.57	-0.037	18.85	-0.68%	-0.56	C
4	1972	ALCS g3	Oct 10	OAK	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	7	1.15	0.061	27.32	0.75%	0.44	C 2B
5	1972	ALCS g4	Oct 11	OAK	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	7	1.07	-0.106	47.80	-2.65%	-0.52	C 2B
6	1972	ALCS g5	Oct 12	OAK	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.200	.059	.259	7	1.27	0.063	105.62	3.83%	0.39	C
7	1972	WS g1	Oct 14	OAK	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.261	.450	.711	7	.70	0.386	36.57	12.69%	2.81	C
8	1972	WS g2	Oct 15	OAK	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.375	.597	7	.59	-0.053	30.10	-1.64%	-0.76	C
9	1972	WS g3	Oct 18	OAK		CIN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.333	.533	7	.99	-0.069	41.11	-1.71%	-0.41	C
10	1972	WS g4	Oct 19	OAK		CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.235	.452	.687	7	1.62	0.277	103.96	10.55%	1.06	C
11	1972	WS g5	Oct 20	OAK		CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.289	.545	.835	7	1.71	0.391	81.52	11.09%	1.99	C
12	1972	WS g6	Oct 21	OAK	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.286	.514	.799	7	1.36	-0.125	121.01	-6.21%	-0.67	C
13	1972	WS g7	Oct 22	OAK	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-6	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.311	.550	.861	4	1.50	0.266	250.00	28.18%	1.65	1B
1973 Postseason			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	1973	ALCS g1	Oct 6	OAK	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.62	-0.018	19.30	-0.32%	-0.62	1B C
15	1973	ALCS g2	Oct 7	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	5	.59	-0.056	19.76	-1.15%	-0.49	1B
16	1973	ALCS g3	Oct 9	OAK		BAL	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	5	1.22	-0.089	50.36	-2.21%	-0.39	1B C
17	1973	ALCS g4	Oct 10	OAK		BAL	L,4-5	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.286	.598	5	1.16	-0.021	44.90	-0.45%	0.24	1B C
18	1973	ALCS g5	Oct 11	OAK		BAL	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.350	.294	.644	5	.44	0.037	36.25	1.72%	0.06	1B
19	1973	WS g1	Oct 13	OAK		NYM	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.304	.250	.554	5	.74	-0.056	38.66	-1.63%	-0.57	1B
20	1973	WS g2	Oct 14	OAK		NYM	L,7-10	CG(12)	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.217	.379	.261	.640	5	2.38	0.259	125.98	8.86%	-0.42	1B
21	1973	WS g3	Oct 16	OAK	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.412	.308	.719	5	1.98	0.054	123.94	1.90%	0.73	1B C
22	1973	WS g4	Oct 17	OAK	@	NYM	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.421	.310	.731	5	.76	-0.015	46.41	-0.50%	0.52	1B
23	1973	WS g5	Oct 18	OAK	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS-8	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.452	.300	.752	5	1.17	0.124	96.98	5.71%	0.73	1B
24	1973	WS g6	Oct 20	OAK		NYM	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.212	.435	.273	.708	5	.62	-0.059	55.62	-2.91%	-0.61	C 1B
25	1973	WS g7	Oct 21	OAK		NYM	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.420	.250	.670	5	.30	-0.023	49.17	-2.13%	-0.52	C 1B
1974 Postseason			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
26	1974	ALCS g1	Oct 5	OAK		BAL	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	6	.65	-0.038	20.16	-0.75%	-0.43	1B
27	1974	ALCS g2	Oct 6	OAK		BAL	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	6	.60	-0.059	17.31	-0.93%	-0.54	1B
28	1974	ALCS g3	Oct 8	OAK	@	BAL	W,1-0	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.273	.000	.273	6	.63	-0.008	26.09	-0.18%	-0.06	1B
29	1974	ALCS g4	Oct 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.267	.000	.267	6	2.28	-0.006	102.23	0.14%	-0.79	1B
30	1974	WS g1	Oct 12	OAK	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.278	.071	.349	6	.96	-0.025	50.18	-0.84%	-0.41	1B
31	1974	WS g2	Oct 13	OAK	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.059	.273	.059	.332	6	1.62	-0.153	83.26	-4.35%	-0.81	1B
32	1974	WS g3	Oct 15	OAK		LAD	W,3-2	GS-8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.346	.105	.451	6	.63	0.021	39.69	0.73%	0.19	1B
33	1974	WS g4	Oct 16	OAK		LAD	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.346	.105	.451	6						1B
34	1974	WS g5	Oct 17	OAK		LAD	W,3-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.333	.100	.433	9	.46	-0.011	22.24	-0.30%	-0.21	1B
1975 Postseason			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	1975	ALCS g1	Oct 4	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	5	.81	-0.087	25.39	-1.51%	-0.34	C
36	1975	ALCS g2	Oct 5	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	5	1.22	-0.158	40.79	-3.14%	-1.59	1B C
37	1975	ALCS g3	Oct 7	OAK		BOS	L,3-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	7	.54	-0.015	12.91	-0.20%	-0.01	C
1982 Postseason			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
38	1982	WS g1	Oct 12	STL		MIL	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.47	-0.035	24.59	-1.20%	-0.46	DH
39	1982	WS g2	Oct 13	STL		MIL	W,5-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	2.92	-0.073	149.84	-2.05%	-0.41	PH
40	1982	WS g4	Oct 16	STL	@	MIL	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.41	-0.011	24.93	-0.35%	-0.10	PH
41	1982	WS g5	Oct 17	STL	@	MIL	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	2.80	-0.070	231.55	-3.19%	-0.42	PH
42	1982	WS g7	Oct 20	STL		MIL	W,6-3	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	2	2.72	0.025	453.33	2.73%	0.17	PH
									146	114	10	18	3	0	4	14	30	2	33	1	1	0		4	1	3	.158	.338	.289	.627

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