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\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	SDP		SFG	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
2	2	Apr 11	SDP		SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 13	SDP		SFG	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
4	5	Apr 14	SDP		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	6	Apr 15	SDP		LAD	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	8 (1)	Apr 17	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	9	Apr 18	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
8	11 (1)	Apr 20	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	12	Apr 22	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	13	Apr 23	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	16 (2)	Apr 26	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-4	GF	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
12	17	Apr 27	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
13	18	Apr 30	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	19	May 1	SDP		ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
15	20	May 2	SDP	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
16	21	May 3	SDP	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C 1B
17	22	May 4 (1)	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	24 (1)	May 6	SDP	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
19	25	May 7	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
20	26	May 8	SDP	@	CHC	W,9-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
21	27	May 9	SDP		PIT	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	29 (1)	May 11	SDP		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	30	May 13	SDP		STL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	31	May 14	SDP		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	33 (1)	May 16	SDP		CHC	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
26	35 (1)	May 18	SDP		CHC	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	36	May 21 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	37	May 21 (2)	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
29	39 (1)	May 23	SDP	@	STL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
30	40	May 24	SDP	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	41	May 25	SDP	@	STL	W,11-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
32	42	May 26	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
33	43	May 27	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-4	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
34	44	May 28	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
35	46 (1)	May 30	SDP		CIN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	47	May 31	SDP		CIN	W,7-5	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	48	Jun 1	SDP		CIN	L,6-7	GS	39	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C 1B
38	51 (2)	Jun 4	SDP		HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	64 (12)	Jun 18	SDP		PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
40	65	Jun 19	SDP		PHI	W,4-3	GF	14	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	69 (3)	Jun 24	SDP		SFG	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
42	70	Jun 25	SDP		SFG	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
43	71	Jun 26	SDP		SFG	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
44	72	Jun 27	SDP		ATL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
45	73	Jun 28 (1)	SDP		ATL	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	75 (1)	Jun 29	SDP		ATL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	77 (1)	Jul 1	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
48	78	Jul 2	SDP	@	LAD	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
49	79	Jul 3	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-5	GF	13	2.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	80	Jul 4	SDP	@	ATL	L,0-9	GS	31	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
51	81	Jul 5	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS	21	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	82	Jul 6	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
53	83	Jul 10	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	84	Jul 11	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-7	GS	23	3.1	1	1	0	2	0	C
55	86 (1)	Jul 13	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	GF	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
56	88 (1)	Jul 15	SDP	@	STL	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR C
57	89	Jul 16	SDP	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	90	Jul 17	SDP	@	STL	L,3-15	GS	35	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	91	Jul 18	SDP	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
60	92	Jul 19	SDP	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	93	Jul 20	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-6	GS	29	6.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
62	94	Jul 22	SDP		PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
63	95	Jul 23	SDP		PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	96	Jul 24	SDP		PIT	L,1-7	GS	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
65	97	Jul 25	SDP		STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
66	98	Jul 26	SDP		STL	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
67	99	Jul 27	SDP		STL	W,5-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
68	100	Jul 28	SDP		CHC	W,4-2	GS	47	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C 1B
69	101	Jul 29	SDP		CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
70	102	Jul 30	SDP		CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	103	Aug 1	SDP	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
72	104	Aug 3 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	105	Aug 3 (2)	SDP	@	PIT	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	107 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-11	GS	29	6.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
75	108	Aug 5	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C 1B
76	109	Aug 6	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	21	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	110	Aug 7	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	111	Aug 8	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
79	114 (2)	Aug 11	SDP		CIN	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
80	115	Aug 12	SDP		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
81	116	Aug 13	SDP		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	118 (1)	Aug 15	SDP		HOU	L,1-3	GF	47	13.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
83	123 (4)	Aug 21	SDP	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	76	16.1	5	2	0	7	0	C
84	124	Aug 22	SDP	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
85	126 (1)	Aug 24	SDP	@	MON	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	127	Aug 26	SDP	@	NYM	W,8-6	GF	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
87	128	Aug 27	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
88	129	Aug 29	SDP		PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
89	131 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	SDP		PHI	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	132	Aug 31	SDP		PHI	W,10-3	GF	9	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	135 (2)	Sep 3	SDP		MON	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	9	4	1	14	2	1B C
92	137 (1)	Sep 5	SDP		NYM	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
93	138	Sep 6	SDP		NYM	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
94	139	Sep 7	SDP		NYM	W,5-2	GS	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
95	140	Sep 9	SDP		SFG	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	141	Sep 10	SDP		SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
97	142	Sep 12	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	143	Sep 13	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
99	144	Sep 14	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-4	GF	13	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
100	146 (1)	Sep 16	SDP	@	HOU	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
101	147	Sep 17	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
102	148	Sep 18	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
103	149	Sep 19	SDP		ATL	W,7-4	GF	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
104	150	Sep 20	SDP		ATL	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	151	Sep 21	SDP		ATL	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
106	152	Sep 22	SDP		HOU	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
107	153	Sep 23	SDP		HOU	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
108	154	Sep 24	SDP		CIN	L,6-7	GS	44	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	155	Sep 25	SDP		CIN	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
110	156	Sep 26	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
111	157	Sep 27	SDP		LAD	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
112	158	Sep 28	SDP		LAD	W,7-5	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
113	159	Sep 30	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
114	160	Oct 1	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
115	161	Oct 3	SDP	@	SFG	W,12-0	GS	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	C 1B
116	162	Oct 4	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
117	163	Oct 5	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
							123gm		863.1	540	56	11	607	16