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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 18	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
2	8 (1)	Apr 21	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	10 (1)	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (4)	May 2	STL		CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	21 (5)	May 8	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
6	22	May 9	STL		PIT	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	23	May 10	STL		PIT	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
8	24	May 12	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
9	25	May 13	STL	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	26	May 14	STL	@	HOU	W,7-6	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	27	May 15	STL	@	ATL	L,3-11	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
12	29 (1)	May 17	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
13	30	May 19	STL		HOU	W,15-12	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	31	May 20	STL		HOU	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	34 (2)	May 23	STL		NYM	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
16	35	May 24	STL		NYM	L,1-3	CG	37	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	36	May 25	STL	@	MON	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
18	38 (1)	May 27	STL	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	40 (1)	May 30	STL	@	PHI	L,2-10	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
20	41	May 31	STL	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	46 (4)	Jun 5	STL		SDP	W,2-1	GF	17	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
22	48 (1)	Jun 7	STL		SDP	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	49	Jun 9	STL		LAD	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	50	Jun 10	STL		LAD	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	51	Jun 11	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	52	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	53	Aug 11	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	21	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
28	55 (1)	Aug 13	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	56	Aug 14	STL	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	57	Aug 17	STL		SDP	W,2-1	GS	46	13.0	7	3	0	10	1	C 1B
31	58	Aug 18	STL		SDP	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
32	61 (2)	Aug 22	STL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
33	64 (2)	Aug 25	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
34	67 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	70 (2)	Sep 1	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
36	74 (3)	Sep 5	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	81 (6)	Sep 13	STL		NYM	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH C
38	83 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
39	85 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	4	3	0	7	0	C
40	88 (2)	Sep 19	STL	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
41	93 (4)	Sep 24	STL		PHI	L,6-14	CG	47	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
42	94	Sep 25	STL		PIT	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
43	98 (3)	Sep 29	STL		MON	W,8-4	GS	20	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
44	101 (2)	Oct 2	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	GF	9	1.1	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
							45gm		347.2	165	22	3	190	4