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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	29-29 / in Starts: 19-20
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	15 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 174 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	121 (61-36-24)
Avg. MLBer w/ 174 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	105 (52-35-18)

Most Driven In
G Hendrick	6
Self	5
S Lezcano	4
K Hernandez	2
D Green	1
T Landrum	1
S Braun	1
M Ramsey	1

Most Driven In By
T Herr	6
Self	5
G Templeton	4
K Oberkfell	4
T Landrum	2
T Scott	1
D Iorg	1
A Rincon	1

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 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	1379	6 (5)	Apr 18	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	7	.69	0.081	.51	0.04%	0.94	C
2	1380	8 (1)	Apr 21	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.375	.775	6	.57	0.051	.49	0.03%	-0.19	C
3	1381	10 (1)	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.429	.636	1.065	6	1.64	0.411	1.67	0.25%	1.49	C
4	1382	11	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.583	.983	9	2.32	-0.064	2.30	-0.04%	-0.30	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	1383	15 (3)	May 2	STL		CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.421	.500	.921	7	.69	0.006	.64	0.00%	-0.33	C
6	1384	16	May 3	STL		CIN	W,5-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.421	.500	.921	9						PH
7	1385	21 (4)	May 8	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.435	.529	.964	7	.85	0.039	.95	0.03%	0.24	C
8	1386	22	May 9	STL		PIT	W,13-0	CG	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.464	.550	1.014	6	.33	0.036	.39	0.03%	0.75	C
9	1387	23	May 10	STL		PIT	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.438	.500	.938	6	.51	0.010	.62	0.01%	0.28	C
10	1388	24	May 12	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.417	.500	.917	6	1.10	0.121	1.11	0.07%	0.20	C
11	1389	25	May 13	STL	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.410	.484	.894	7	.90	-0.011	.95	-0.01%	-0.03	C
12	1390	26	May 14	STL	@	HOU	W,7-6	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.419	.455	.873	6	.91	0.007	.96	0.00%	-0.19	C
13	1391	27	May 15	STL	@	ATL	L,3-11	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.413	.429	.842	7	1.54	-0.029	1.67	-0.02%	-0.34	C
14	1392	29 (1)	May 17	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.216	.408	.405	.814	7	.25	-0.004	.28	0.00%	-0.16	C
15	1393	30	May 19	STL		HOU	W,15-12	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.407	.415	.822	7	.76	0.001	.82	0.00%	-0.01	C
16	1394	31	May 20	STL		HOU	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.390	.391	.781	7	1.84	-0.120	1.96	-0.08%	0.22	C
17	1395	34 (2)	May 23	STL		NYM	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.245	.397	.429	.825	7	.48	0.079	.54	0.05%	1.12	C
18	1396	35	May 24	STL		NYM	L,1-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.388	.404	.792	7	2.32	-0.154	2.56	-0.10%	-0.68	C
19	1397	36	May 25	STL	@	MON	L,3-5	GS-8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.391	.396	.788	8	.95	0.014	1.36	0.01%	0.16	C
20	1398	38 (1)	May 27	STL	@	MON	L,1-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.389	.382	.771	8	1.03	0.022	1.49	0.02%	0.02	C
21	1399	40 (1)	May 30	STL	@	PHI	L,2-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.384	.375	.759	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.22	1B
22	1400	41	May 31	STL	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.368	.356	.724	8	.89	-0.062	1.32	-0.06%	-0.70	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
23	1401	44 (2)	Jun 3	STL		MON	W,3-2	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.377	.356	.733	8	1.19	0.035	1.46	0.03%	0.12	PH
24	1402	46 (1)	Jun 5	STL		SDP	W,2-1	8-GF(13)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.375	.355	.730	8	2.06	-0.048	2.15	-0.03%	-0.05	PH C
25	1403	48 (1)	Jun 7	STL		SDP	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.369	.348	.718	8	.43	-0.030	.50	-0.02%	-0.51	C
26	1404	49	Jun 9	STL		LAD	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.375	.348	.723	8	.57	-0.070	.59	-0.04%	-0.50	C
27	1405	50	Jun 10	STL		LAD	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.374	.338	.712	7	.41	-0.012	.47	-0.01%	-0.07	C
28	1406	51	Jun 11	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.372	.338	.710	7	.46	-0.007	.47	-0.01%	-0.06	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
29	1407	52	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.367	.372	.739	8	.77	-0.065	1.05	-0.05%	-0.07	C
30	1408	53	Aug 11	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.366	.363	.729	8	1.54	-0.073	2.27	-0.06%	-0.68	C
31	1409	55 (1)	Aug 13	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.371	.361	.733	6	.77	0.067	1.16	0.06%	0.66	C
32	1410	56	Aug 14	STL	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.224	.376	.365	.741	8	.58	0.020	1.06	0.02%	0.24	C
33	1411	57	Aug 17	STL		SDP	W,2-1	CG(13)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.377	.352	.729	8	1.87	-0.016	2.95	-0.02%	-0.16	C 1B
34	1412	58	Aug 18	STL		SDP	L,3-4	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.390	.389	.779	5	1.40	0.195	2.30	0.19%	2.47	1B
35	1413	59	Aug 19	STL		SDP	W,7-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.395	.396	.791	3	4.87	0.370	7.60	0.35%	0.94	PH
36	1414	60	Aug 21	STL		LAD	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.392	.391	.783	2	.17	-0.004	.30	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
37	1415	61	Aug 22	STL		LAD	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.390	.383	.773	6	1.42	0.004	2.37	0.00%	0.26	C
38	1416	64 (2)	Aug 25	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.402	.379	.781	8	2.26	0.044	4.02	0.05%	0.39	C
39	1417	65	Aug 26	STL		SFG	W,9-4	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.402	.379	.781	9						PH
40	1418	67 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.402	.367	.769	6	.37	0.035	.72	0.04%	-0.30	C
41	1419	69 (1)	Aug 30	STL	@	SDP	L,6-9	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.406	.374	.780	9	2.96	0.094	5.95	0.11%	0.65	PH
Sep/Oct		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
42	1420	70	Sep 1	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.409	.373	.781	6	1.20	0.089	2.48	0.11%	0.78	C
43	1421	72 (1)	Sep 3	STL	@	LAD	W,5-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.406	.369	.775	9	2.12	-0.051	4.61	-0.07%	-0.20	PH
44	1422	74 (1)	Sep 5	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.418	.369	.787	5	1.11	0.103	2.26	0.13%	0.98	C
45	1423	76 (1)	Sep 7	STL		CHC	L,0-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.415	.365	.781	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
46	1424	77	Sep 8	STL		CHC	L,3-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.413	.362	.774	9	1.12	-0.027	3.17	-0.05%	-0.14	PH
47	1425	80 (2)	Sep 12	STL		NYM	W,4-2	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.410	.358	.768	9	1.29	-0.032	4.15	-0.06%	-0.09	PH
48	1426	81	Sep 13	STL		NYM	W,4-2	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.411	.355	.766	7	.77	0.006	2.49	0.01%	0.15	PH C
49	1427	83 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.424	.369	.793	5	1.39	0.192	4.86	0.40%	1.09	C
50	1428	85 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.417	.357	.773	8	.77	-0.082	2.71	-0.17%	-0.77	C
51	1429	87 (1)	Sep 18	STL	@	NYM	L,1-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.414	.353	.767	9	1.11	-0.026	2.90	-0.04%	-0.26	PH
52	1430	88	Sep 19	STL	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.218	.410	.345	.754	5	.94	-0.052	2.95	-0.10%	-0.49	C
53	1431	90 (1)	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	W,2-0	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.410	.345	.754	9						PH
54	1432	92 (1)	Sep 23	STL		PHI	L,4-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.407	.342	.749	9	1.12	-0.030	4.10	-0.07%	-0.34	PH
55	1433	93	Sep 24	STL		PHI	L,6-14	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.407	.392	.799	5	.15	0.116	.55	0.25%	2.28	1B
56	1434	94	Sep 25	STL		PIT	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.405	.389	.794	5	3.32	-0.076	10.25	-0.14%	-0.27	PH 1B
57	1435	98 (3)	Sep 29	STL		MON	W,8-4	GS-5	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.415	.406	.821	5	1.00	0.217	9.26	1.20%	2.40	1B
58	1436	101 (2)	Oct 2	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	8-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.416	.403	.819	9	1.81	0.005	11.98	0.02%	0.16	PH 1B
							29-29		174	129	26	30	7	0	5	22	38	2	26	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	.233	.416	.403	.819		1.04	1.325	1.92	2.28%	10.61

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