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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	OAK		MIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	5 (2)	Apr 19 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	7 (1)	Apr 25	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	9 (1)	Apr 28	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	11 (1)	Apr 30	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (1)	May 6	OAK		NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	16 (2)	May 9 (2)	OAK		MIL	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	17	May 10	OAK		MIL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
9	25 (7)	May 19	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-16	CG	47	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
10	30 (4)	May 24	OAK		CAL	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	35 (4)	May 29 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	41 (5)	Jun 4 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	45 (3)	Jun 9	OAK	@	DET	W,10-5	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
14	50 (4)	Jun 14	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
15	60 (9)	Jun 25 (2)	OAK		CAL	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
16	64 (3)	Jun 29 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
17	65	Jun 29 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	72 (6)	Jul 6	OAK		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
19	73	Jul 7	OAK		MIL	L,4-9	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
20	77 (3)	Jul 11	OAK		BOS	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	78	Jul 12	OAK		BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
22	80 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	OAK	@	NYY	W,1-0	GS	22	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
23	82 (1)	Jul 16	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	84 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	OAK	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	33	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
25	87 (2)	Jul 20 (2)	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	48	10.2	10	2	0	12	0	C
26	90 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
27	95 (4)	Jul 30 (1)	OAK		TEX	L,1-2	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
28	96	Jul 30 (2)	OAK		TEX	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	98 (1)	Aug 1	OAK		KCR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
30	100 (1)	Aug 4	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	101	Aug 5	OAK	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
32	105 (3)	Aug 8	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	44	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	108 (2)	Aug 11	OAK		CHW	L,0-1	GF	12	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF 2B
34	109	Aug 12	OAK		CHW	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
35	112 (2)	Aug 16	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
36	114 (1)	Aug 19	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
37	121 (6)	Aug 27	OAK		BAL	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
38	122	Aug 28	OAK		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	123	Aug 29	OAK		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
40	124	Aug 30	OAK		CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	125	Sep 1	OAK		DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	126	Sep 2	OAK		DET	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	127	Sep 3	OAK		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	128	Sep 4 (1)	OAK		CAL	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	130 (1)	Sep 6	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
46	131	Sep 7	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
47	132	Sep 8	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
48	134 (1)	Sep 10	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
49	135	Sep 11 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS	21	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
50	137 (1)	Sep 12	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
51	138	Sep 13	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
52	139	Sep 15	OAK		TEX	W,12-3	GS	20	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	140	Sep 16	OAK		TEX	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
54	141	Sep 17	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	142	Sep 19	OAK		CHW	L,7-8	GS	61	15.0	9	0	0	9	1	C 2B RF
56	143	Sep 20	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	144	Sep 22	OAK		KCR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
58	145	Sep 23	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
59	147 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	148	Sep 27 (1)	OAK		MIN	W,1-0	GS	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	150 (1)	Sep 28	OAK		MIN	W,8-7	GS	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	151	Sep 29	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	152	Sep 30	OAK	@	KCR	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	153	Oct 1	OAK	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
65	154	Oct 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							69gm		534.1	329	23	7	359	5