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Gene Tenace

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)
Born: October 10, 1946 in Russellton, PA
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, 10,447th in MLB 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
Agents: Jerry Kapstein
Full Name: Fury Gene Tenace
Nicknames: Steamboat
Pronunciation: \tennis\
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Notable Events and Chronology for Gene Tenace Career

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October 11, 1972

Northrup’s wallop wins it for Tigers in ALCS Game 4

October 14, 1972

Gene Tenace hits home runs in his first two World Series at-bats

October 18, 1972

Johnny Bench strikes out looking with a full count when a trick play dupes him

October 20, 1972

Pete Rose hits home run on the first pitch of the game off Catfish Hunter 

October 22, 1972

Oakland A’s defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2, to win their first World Series in Oakland

December 25, 1972

Major League Season Recap 1972

November 4, 1976

Three Future Hall of Famers are featured in The first mass-market free agent re-entry draft is held at the New York Plaza Hotel.

December 14, 1976

San Diego Padres sign veteran free agents Rollie Fingers and Gene Tenace

March 16, 1978

high-priced free agent Andy Messersmith separates his shoulder in an exhibition game for the New York Yankees

December 8, 1980

The Cardinals and Padres complete the first major trade at the annual winter meetings in Dallas, TX. Reliever Rollie Fingers, who won 11 games and saved 23 for San Diego in 1980, and 24-year-old catcher Terry Kennedy, who hit .254 for St. Louis, are the keys in the 11-player swap.

September 28, 2022

Best Catchers of All Time

Gene Tenace

His amazing performance in the 1972 World Series for Charley Finley’s Oakland A’s made catcher Gene Tenace a national celebrity. A modest individual, Tenace never took to the attention, but he deserved it after being overlooked for most of his career. He was a decent, unspectacular receiver, but he excelled at the plate, where he showed tremendous patience and good power. He belted four homers in the ’72 Series.

Best Season
Typically, he finished in the top ten in OBP and walks, but he also was fifth in the league in homers, with 29. Just as the Oakland dynasty was winding down, Tenace was coming into his own as an offensive force.

Factoid 1
Prior to Game Six of the 1972 World Series, Oakland batting hero Gene Tenace was the subject of a death threat. Before the game, a man was arrested outside the stadium with a gun.

Strengths
Power, especially against right-handed pitching.

Weaknesses
His throwing arm was pretty mediocre. In Game Six of the 1972 Series, the Reds swiped three bases.

Biography

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