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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	OAK		MIN	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
2	2	Apr 7	OAK		MIN	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
3	3	Apr 8	OAK		MIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
4	4	Apr 11	OAK	@	CHW	W,12-2	GS	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
5	5	Apr 12	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
6	6	Apr 13	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
7	7	Apr 14	OAK	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
8	8	Apr 17	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	59	13.2	8	2	0	10	0	1B C
9	9	Apr 18	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-6	GS	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
10	10	Apr 19	OAK	@	KCR	L,8-16	CG	53	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
11	11	Apr 20	OAK		CAL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
12	12	Apr 21	OAK		CAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
13	13	Apr 22	OAK		CAL	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
14	14	Apr 23	OAK		CAL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
15	15	Apr 24	OAK		CLE	W,4-0	GS	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
16	16	Apr 25	OAK		CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
17	17	Apr 26	OAK		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
18	18	Apr 27	OAK		BAL	W,4-3	CG	54	12.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
19	19	Apr 28	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
20	20	Apr 29	OAK		BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	OAK	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
22	22	May 2	OAK	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	41	10.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
23	23	May 4	OAK	@	CLE	W,11-4	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
24	24	May 5	OAK	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
25	25	May 6 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
26	26	May 6 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS	27	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
27	27	May 7	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
28	28	May 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	27	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
29	29	May 10	OAK	@	TEX	W,17-2	CG	31	9.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
30	30	May 11	OAK	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
31	31	May 12	OAK	@	TEX	W,4-2	GS	28	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
32	32	May 13	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
33	33	May 14	OAK		CHW	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
34	34	May 15	OAK		CHW	L,5-6	CG	49	12.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
35	35	May 16	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
36	36	May 17	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
37	37	May 18	OAK		KCR	W,5-4	GS	33	7.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
38	38	May 19	OAK		KCR	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
39	39	May 20	OAK		KCR	L,2-8	GS	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	4	1B
40	40	May 21	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
41	43 (2)	May 25	OAK	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	50	12.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
42	44	May 26	OAK	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	2	11	0	1B
43	45	May 28	OAK	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
44	46	May 29	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
45	47	May 30	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	51 (3)	Jun 3	OAK	@	BOS	W,12-1	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	52	Jun 4	OAK		MIL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
48	53	Jun 5	OAK		MIL	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
49	54	Jun 6	OAK		MIL	W,11-1	GS	19	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
50	55	Jun 8	OAK		DET	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
51	56	Jun 9	OAK		DET	W,4-0	GS	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	57	Jun 10	OAK		DET	W,5-0	GF	13	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
53	58	Jun 12	OAK		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	59	Jun 13	OAK		NYY	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
55	60	Jun 14	OAK		NYY	W,3-0	GS	23	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
56	61	Jun 15	OAK		BOS	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
57	62	Jun 16	OAK		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	63	Jun 17	OAK		BOS	L,2-4	GS	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B C
59	64	Jun 18	OAK	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
60	65	Jun 19	OAK	@	KCR	W,11-6	GS	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B C
61	66	Jun 20	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	47	11.1	6	1	0	7	0	C
62	67	Jun 21	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
63	68	Jun 22	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS	21	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
64	69	Jun 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,14-3	GS	15	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
65	70	Jun 24 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-0	GS	23	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
66	71	Jun 24 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-11	GS	28	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
67	72	Jun 25	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	73	Jun 26	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	74	Jun 27	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
70	75	Jun 28	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
71	76	Jun 29	OAK		CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
72	77	Jun 30	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	78	Jul 1 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
74	79	Jul 1 (2)	OAK		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
75	80	Jul 2	OAK		CAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
76	81	Jul 3	OAK		CAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
77	82	Jul 4	OAK		CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
78	83	Jul 6 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,7-5	GS	20	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
79	84	Jul 6 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
80	85	Jul 7	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
81	86	Jul 8	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS	40	10.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B 2B
82	87	Jul 10	OAK	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS	20	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
83	88	Jul 11	OAK	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
84	89	Jul 12	OAK	@	MIL	W,8-4	GS	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
85	90	Jul 13	OAK	@	MIL	W,13-4	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
86	91	Jul 14	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
87	92	Jul 15	OAK	@	MIL	W,8-5	GS	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	1B
88	93	Jul 16	OAK		BAL	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	3	1B
89	94	Jul 17	OAK		BAL	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
90	95	Jul 18	OAK		BAL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
91	96	Jul 20	OAK		CLE	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
92	97	Jul 21	OAK		CLE	W,5-2	GS	27	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
93	98	Jul 22	OAK		CLE	W,5-2	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
94	99	Jul 26 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
95	100	Jul 26 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	101	Jul 27	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	7	3	1	11	0	1B
97	102	Jul 28	OAK		TEX	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
98	103	Jul 29 (1)	OAK		TEX	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
99	104	Jul 29 (2)	OAK		TEX	W,7-4	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
100	105	Jul 30	OAK		TEX	L,0-6	GS	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B C
101	106	Jul 31	OAK		MIN	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	107	Aug 1	OAK		MIN	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
103	108	Aug 2	OAK		MIN	L,3-6	GS	40	9.0	16	2	0	18	1	1B C
104	109	Aug 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
105	110	Aug 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
106	111	Aug 5	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-2	GS	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B C
107	112	Aug 7 (1)	OAK	@	DET	W,8-4	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
108	113	Aug 7 (2)	OAK	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	114	Aug 8	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
110	115	Aug 10	OAK	@	NYY	L,9-10	GS	40	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B C
111	116	Aug 11	OAK	@	NYY	W,7-3	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
112	117	Aug 12	OAK	@	NYY	W,13-12	GS	39	7.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
113	118	Aug 13	OAK	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
114	119	Aug 14	OAK	@	BOS	W,1-0	GS	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
115	120	Aug 16	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
116	121	Aug 17	OAK		MIL	W,3-2	GS	24	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
117	122	Aug 18	OAK		MIL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
118	123	Aug 19	OAK		MIL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
119	124	Aug 20	OAK		DET	W,7-2	GS	18	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
120	125	Aug 21	OAK		DET	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
121	126	Aug 22	OAK		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
122	127	Aug 24	OAK		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
123	128	Aug 25	OAK		NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
124	129	Aug 26	OAK		NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
125	130	Aug 27	OAK		BOS	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
126	131	Aug 28	OAK		BOS	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
127	132	Aug 29	OAK		BOS	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
128	133	Aug 31	OAK	@	KCR	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	134	Sep 1	OAK	@	KCR	L,9-10	GS	45	8.2	10	1	0	11	0	1B C
130	135	Sep 2	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B C
131	136	Sep 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
132	137	Sep 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
133	138	Sep 5	OAK	@	CAL	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	2	1B
134	139	Sep 6	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
135	140	Sep 7	OAK	@	TEX	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
136	141	Sep 8	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
137	142	Sep 9	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
138	143	Sep 10	OAK		KCR	W,13-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
139	144	Sep 11	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
140	145	Sep 12	OAK		KCR	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
141	146	Sep 14	OAK		TEX	W,5-1	CG	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
142	147	Sep 15	OAK		TEX	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
143	148	Sep 16	OAK		TEX	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
144	149	Sep 17	OAK		CAL	W,3-2	CG	51	13.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
145	150	Sep 18	OAK		CAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
146	151	Sep 19	OAK	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
147	152	Sep 20 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
148	153	Sep 20 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C 1B
149	154	Sep 21	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
150	155	Sep 22	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
151	156	Sep 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,10-5	GS	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
152	157	Sep 24	OAK		MIN	L,6-7	GS	22	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
153	158	Sep 25	OAK		MIN	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
154	159	Sep 26	OAK		MIN	L,1-4	GS	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B C
155	160	Sep 28	OAK		CHW	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
156	161	Sep 29	OAK		CHW	W,7-5	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
157	162	Sep 30	OAK		CHW	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
							168gm		1293.1	1218	71	14	1303	108