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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
2	2	Apr 6	OAK	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
3	3	Apr 7	OAK	@	TEX	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	4	1B
4	4	Apr 9	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
5	5	Apr 10	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
6	6	Apr 13	OAK		TEX	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
7	7	Apr 14 (1)	OAK		TEX	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
8	8	Apr 14 (2)	OAK		TEX	L,2-10	GS	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B C
9	9	Apr 15	OAK		CHW	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	17	1	0	18	0	1B
10	10	Apr 16	OAK		CHW	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
11	11	Apr 17	OAK		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
12	12	Apr 19	OAK		CAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
13	13	Apr 20	OAK		CAL	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
14	14	Apr 21	OAK		CAL	L,5-9	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
15	15	Apr 23	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
16	16	Apr 24	OAK	@	CLE	W,9-2	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
17	17	Apr 26	OAK	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS	62	14.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B 2B
18	18	Apr 27	OAK	@	BAL	W,11-5	GS	29	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
19	19	Apr 28	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
20	20	Apr 30	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
22	22	May 3	OAK		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
23	23	May 4	OAK		CLE	L,2-8	GS	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	C 1B
24	24	May 5 (1)	OAK		CLE	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	25	May 5 (2)	OAK		CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
26	26	May 6	OAK		BAL	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	27	May 7	OAK		BAL	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	28	May 8	OAK		BAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	3	1B
29	29	May 10	OAK		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
30	30	May 11	OAK		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
31	31	May 12	OAK		MIN	W,9-2	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
32	32	May 13	OAK		KCR	W,11-2	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
33	33	May 14 (1)	OAK		KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
34	34	May 14 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	35	May 16	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
36	36	May 17	OAK	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
37	37	May 18	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
38	38	May 19	OAK	@	CHW	W,8-3	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	39	May 20	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
40	40	May 21	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-1	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
41	41	May 22	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	42	May 24	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
43	43	May 25	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-8	GS	35	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
44	44	May 26	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	45	May 27	OAK		DET	W,12-2	GS	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	46	May 28	OAK		DET	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	47	May 29	OAK		DET	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	48	May 31	OAK		MIL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	50 (1)	Jun 2	OAK		MIL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
50	51	Jun 4 (1)	OAK	@	DET	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
51	52	Jun 4 (2)	OAK	@	DET	L,1-4	GF	14	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	53	Jun 5	OAK	@	DET	W,9-1	GS	22	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
53	54	Jun 7	OAK	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	55	Jun 8	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
55	56	Jun 9	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	57	Jun 10	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
57	58	Jun 11	OAK	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	59	Jun 12	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
59	60	Jun 14	OAK		NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
60	61	Jun 15	OAK		NYY	W,9-1	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	62	Jun 16	OAK		NYY	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
62	63	Jun 17	OAK		BOS	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	64	Jun 18	OAK		BOS	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
64	65	Jun 19	OAK		BOS	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
65	66	Jun 20	OAK		KCR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
66	67	Jun 21	OAK		KCR	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	68	Jun 22	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
68	69	Jun 23	OAK		KCR	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	70	Jun 24	OAK		CAL	W,11-3	GS	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C 1B
70	71	Jun 25	OAK		CAL	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
71	72	Jun 26	OAK		CAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	73	Jun 27	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	74	Jun 28	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
74	75	Jun 29	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
75	76	Jun 30	OAK	@	KCR	L,7-8	GS	44	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	77	Jul 1	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
77	78	Jul 2	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
78	79	Jul 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B C
79	80	Jul 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
80	81	Jul 5	OAK		BAL	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
81	82	Jul 6	OAK		BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
82	83	Jul 7	OAK		BAL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
83	84	Jul 8	OAK		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
84	85	Jul 9	OAK		CLE	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
85	86	Jul 12	OAK	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
86	87	Jul 13	OAK	@	NYY	L,6-12	CG	46	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
87	88	Jul 14 (1)	OAK	@	NYY	W,7-3	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C 1B
88	89	Jul 14 (2)	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
89	90	Jul 15	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS	24	4.2	7	1	0	8	0	1B
90	91	Jul 16	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	92	Jul 17	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
92	93	Jul 18	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B C
93	95 (1)	Jul 20	OAK	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS	41	8.2	13	0	0	13	0	1B C 2B
94	96	Jul 21	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
95	97	Jul 25	OAK		MIN	W,5-1	GS	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
96	99 (1)	Jul 27	OAK		MIN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
97	100	Jul 28 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
98	101	Jul 28 (2)	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	GS	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B C
99	102	Jul 29	OAK		CHW	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
100	103	Jul 30	OAK		TEX	W,11-3	GS	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C 1B
101	104	Jul 31	OAK		TEX	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	105	Aug 1	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
103	106	Aug 2	OAK	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
104	107	Aug 4 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,10-4	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C 1B
105	108	Aug 4 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
106	109	Aug 5 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C 1B
107	110	Aug 5 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B C
108	111	Aug 6	OAK	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
109	112	Aug 7	OAK	@	TEX	W,8-4	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C 1B
110	113	Aug 8	OAK	@	TEX	W,10-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
111	114	Aug 9	OAK		BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
112	115	Aug 10	OAK		BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
113	116	Aug 11	OAK		BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
114	117	Aug 12	OAK		NYY	W,3-2	GS	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B C
115	118	Aug 13	OAK		NYY	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
116	119	Aug 14	OAK		NYY	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
117	120	Aug 16	OAK		DET	L,3-5	GS	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B C
118	121	Aug 17	OAK		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
119	122	Aug 18	OAK		DET	W,13-3	GS	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B C
120	123	Aug 19	OAK		MIL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
121	124	Aug 20	OAK		MIL	W,7-1	GS	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
122	125	Aug 21	OAK		MIL	L,3-5	GS	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B C
123	126	Aug 23	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
124	127	Aug 24	OAK	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
125	128	Aug 25	OAK	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
126	129	Aug 26	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B C
127	130	Aug 27	OAK	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS	24	6.1	6	0	0	6	2	1B C
128	131	Aug 28	OAK	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
129	132	Aug 30	OAK	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	4	1B
130	133	Aug 31	OAK	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	134	Sep 1	OAK	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
132	135	Sep 2	OAK		CAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
133	136	Sep 3	OAK		CAL	W,7-0	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
134	137	Sep 4	OAK		CAL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
135	139 (1)	Sep 6	OAK		TEX	L,4-5	GS	50	11.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B C
136	140	Sep 7	OAK		TEX	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
137	141	Sep 8	OAK		TEX	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
138	142	Sep 9 (1)	OAK		KCR	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
139	143	Sep 9 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
140	144	Sep 11	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-5	GS	40	9.1	9	1	0	10	1	1B C
141	145	Sep 12	OAK	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
142	146	Sep 13	OAK	@	TEX	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B C
143	147	Sep 14	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
144	148	Sep 15	OAK	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
145	149	Sep 17	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
146	150	Sep 18	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
147	151	Sep 19	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	9	2	1	12	1	1B
148	152	Sep 20	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B C
149	153	Sep 21	OAK	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
150	154	Sep 22	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
151	155	Sep 24	OAK		MIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
152	156	Sep 25	OAK		MIN	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
153	157	Sep 26	OAK		MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
154	158	Sep 27	OAK		CHW	L,2-3	GS	24	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
155	159	Sep 28	OAK		CHW	W,6-5	GS	29	5.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
156	160	Sep 29	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	GS	16	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
157	161	Oct 1	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-2	GS	21	5.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
158	162	Oct 2	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	1B
							188gm		1324.2	1110	83	10	1203	83