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Gene
Tenace		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 10, 1946 in Usa, PA, RUSSELLTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978   
Gold Glove 1970    1972    1973    1974    1975   
All-Star Selections 1982    1985    1986   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 22 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 4 4
1970 23 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5 10 10 10 5 4 5
1971 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 10 10 10 5 4 4
1972 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 10 10 10 6 5 5
1973 26 TAM AL $ 2,078,571   6 6 7 6 5 5 6 5 6 10 10 10 7 6 6
1974 27 TAM AL $ 3,135,714   7 7 7 6 5 5 6 5 6 10 10 10 7 6 6
1975 28 TAM AL $ 3,135,714   7 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 6
1976 29 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   7 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
1977 30 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1978 31 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
1979 32 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   6 6 7 5 4 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
1980 33 BAL AL $ 6,006,068   6 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1981 34 BAL AL $ 6,006,068   6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
1982 35 OAK AL $ 6,006,068   6 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
1983 36 OAK AL $ 6,006,068   7 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 6 7
1984 37 KCR AL $ 5,555,555   7 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 6 7
1985 38 KCR AL $ 5,555,555   7 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 6 7
1986 39 KCR AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 6 5 6 10 10 10 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1969 22 TAM AL 68 233 31 54 7 1 14 35 2 1 38 59 .232 .341 .451 .791 37.1 8.5
    AA   80 267 62 80 17 0 20 63 3 2 99 60 .300 .489 .588 1.077 78.1  
1970 23 TAM AL 148 492 71 108 23 0 14 56 2 4 98 167 .220 .358 .352 .710 68.7 10.8
1971 24 TAM AL 97 320 48 79 10 1 9 33 7 2 60 91 .247 .379 .369 .747 50.5 9.9
    AAA   29 95 18 22 4 0 5 25 0 0 23 29 .232 .381 .432 .813 17.4  
1972 25 TAM AL 142 463 78 105 11 1 11 42 2 1 91 105 .227 .357 .326 .683 60.7 8.3
1973 26 TAM AL 142 455 65 124 16 0 7 62 4 2 109 95 .273 .416 .354 .770 78.5 15.5
1974 27 TAM AL 133 458 82 108 15 0 11 60 4 4 97 90 .236 .374 .341 .715 66.0 8.9
1975 28 TAM AL 144 471 93 129 19 1 8 58 5 5 92 95 .274 .401 .369 .771 73.5 13.8
1976 29 SDP NL 148 485 86 137 26 0 9 69 1 3 98 97 .282 .410 .392 .802 80.8 18.0
1977 30 SDP NL 149 462 73 122 22 2 7 80 0 0 98 74 .264 .393 .366 .759 77.0 15.9
1978 31 SDP NL 150 441 73 107 16 0 10 64 1 2 109 57 .243 .398 .347 .744 71.2 15.2
1979 32 SDP NL 145 475 65 119 16 5 9 69 2 0 93 75 .251 .373 .362 .735 68.9 14.4
1980 33 BAL AL 147 511 64 146 24 4 6 66 2 1 99 86 .286 .407 .384 .791 83.0 15.3
1981 34 BAL AL 147 491 67 129 17 3 5 54 3 3 96 64 .263 .387 .340 .727 72.6 15.4
1982 35 OAK AL 145 508 80 137 17 2 17 73 4 1 97 70 .270 .393 .411 .804 90.0 19.8
1983 36 OAK AL 148 490 81 129 31 0 6 46 5 0 99 80 .263 .391 .363 .754 76.8 18.2
1984 37 KCR AL 148 495 78 125 36 1 7 49 3 0 78 78 .253 .364 .372 .735 67.9 14.0
1985 38 KCR AL 142 523 98 138 29 1 11 71 1 0 103 96 .264 .389 .386 .775 89.5 17.6
1986 39 KCR AL 99 381 77 105 18 2 8 50 0 0 68 70 .276 .386 .396 .782 65.1 15.2
18 Years Sim 2442 8154 1310 2101 353 24 169 1037 48 29 1623 1549 .258 .386 .369 .755 1277.8 254.8
1 Years AAA 29 95 18 22 4 0 5 25 0 0 23 29 .232 .387 .432 .818 17.4  
1 Years AA 80 267 62 80 17 0 20 63 3 2 99 60 .300 .500 .588 1.088 78.1  
2 Years Minors 109 362 80 102 21 0 25 88 3 2 122 89 .282 .473 .547 1.020 95.5  
162 Game Average 540 86 139 23 1 11 68 3 1 107 102 .258 .386 .369 .755 84.8  
Career Highs 150 523 98 146 36 5 17 80 7 5 109 167 .286 .416 .451 .804 90.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5670 851 1410 233 15 106 679 27 18 1050 1141 .249 .372 .351 .723 811.1
vs LH   2484 459 691 120 9 63 358 21 11 573 408 .278 .416 .410 .826 458.9
Home 1228 4046 644 1033 156 10 85 503 19 17 780 767 .255 .380 .362 .742 610.1
Away 1214 4108 666 1068 197 14 84 534 29 12 843 782 .260 .392 .376 .768 660.0
RISP   2167 0 578 85 4 50 839 0 0 494 401 .267 .399 .379 .778 372.3
Pinch Hitting   158 29 47 8 0 5 40 1 0 38 26 .297 .431 .443 .874 32.4
Close/Late   1029 161 300 51 1 23 149 0 0 224 183 .292 .420 .410 .830 189.6
Mar/Apr 391 1334 227 345 61 5 30 183 10 5 267 255 .259 .389 .379 .768 212.9
May 428 1460 217 377 58 1 30 186 6 4 308 237 .258 .390 .361 .751 230.6
June 407 1363 237 356 61 6 29 177 7 6 282 281 .261 .395 .379 .774 220.5
July 408 1373 205 329 44 2 26 166 8 2 254 275 .240 .364 .331 .695 186.6
August 417 1354 240 344 66 6 33 185 11 5 263 279 .254 .379 .385 .764 213.6
Sep/Oct 391 1270 184 350 63 4 21 140 6 7 249 222 .276 .398 .381 .779 205.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1969 22 TAM AL C 67 66 600.7 408 36 6 1 .987 6.65 56 23 .411 1 4.0
1970 23 TAM AL C 142 133 1218.7 827 61 5 1 .994 6.56 110 42 .382 6 8.6
    1B 3 0 7.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 12.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 24 TAM AL C 90 86 799.7 526 51 5 0 .991 6.49 84 29 .345 2 4.4
    1B 1 0 1.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 21.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 25 TAM AL C 138 134 1201.7 926 57 8 5 .992 7.36 95 37 .389 3 8.8
1973 26 TAM AL C 136 131 1189.0 887 74 5 0 .995 7.27 99 45 .455 4 8.6
    1B 4 1 12.0 14 1 1 0 .938 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 27 TAM AL C 131 126 1132.3 755 64 10 1 .988 6.51 102 43 .422 4 8.9
    1B 1 0 6.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 28 TAM AL C 129 127 1162.0 781 64 10 2 .988 6.54 107 38 .355 3 6.2
    1B 9 0 19.0 19 1 1 2 .952 9.47 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 29 SDP NL C 84 75 691.7 282 31 5 2 .984 4.07 58 18 .310 2 3.7
    1B 61 58 475.3 589 45 4 61 .994 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1977 30 SDP NL C 84 75 682.3 258 32 3 1 .990 3.83 54 19 .352 0 3.0
    1B 62 58 472.0 618 48 4 63 .994 12.70 0 0 .000 0 0.9
1978 31 SDP NL C 97 83 782.0 332 34 2 1 .995 4.21 81 24 .296 6 3.5
    1B 45 41 330.7 419 29 1 50 .998 12.19 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1979 32 SDP NL C 136 125 1137.7 451 64 8 2 .985 4.07 108 41 .380 2 6.2
    1B 3 1 16.0 19 0 1 2 .950 10.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 33 BAL AL 1B 116 115 1027.7 1258 84 7 125 .995 11.75 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    C 5 0 11.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 2 0 .000 1 0.0
1981 34 BAL AL C 131 128 1151.3 697 59 11 4 .986 5.91 118 39 .331 6 5.3
    1B 16 0 32.3 33 4 0 1 1.000 10.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 35 OAK AL C 134 127 1171.7 729 60 9 0 .989 6.06 131 41 .313 6 5.9
    1B 8 0 18.3 23 2 0 0 1.000 12.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 36 OAK AL C 133 129 1172.7 736 49 11 2 .986 6.02 105 30 .286 4 3.6
    1B 9 0 20.0 18 4 0 3 1.000 9.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 37 KCR AL C 37 34 317.7 186 17 0 0 1.000 5.75 34 10 .294 0 1.7
    1B 2 0 9.0 9 0 1 1 .900 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 38 KCR AL C 137 134 1212.3 582 83 5 1 .993 4.94 135 55 .407 2 6.8
1986 39 KCR AL C 97 94 844.0 414 44 3 2 .993 4.88 69 24 .348 3 4.3
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1908 1807 16478.9 9782 880 106 25 .990 5.82 1548 558 .360 55 93.3
  1B 341 274 2448.0 3038 220 20 310 .994 11.98 0 0 .000 0 3.8
  CF 3 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2254 2083 18947.9 12823 1100 126 335 .991 6.61 1548 558 .360 55 97.1
Career Highs   148 134 1225.7 1263 84 11 125 .996 11.66 135 55 .455 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1972 25 TAM AL 5 21 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .190 .190 .238 .429
1973 26 TAM AL 10 35 7 12 3 1 1 6 2 0 6 8 .343 .439 .571 1.010
1974 27 TAM AL 6 19 3 6 2 0 1 8 0 0 7 3 .316 .500 .579 1.079
1975 28 TAM AL 11 41 5 10 0 2 1 5 1 0 5 12 .244 .326 .415 .741
1976 29 SDP NL 5 15 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 .133 .316 .400 .716
1978 31 SDP NL 17 50 6 11 3 0 0 5 2 0 16 11 .220 .418 .280 .698
1981 34 BAL AL 5 20 5 8 1 0 3 5 0 0 3 3 .400 .478 .900 1.378
1984 37 KCR AL 11 43 5 11 4 0 0 2 0 0 8 15 .256 .373 .349 .721
Career Post-Season Batting 70 244 33 64 15 3 7 33 5 0 48 58 .262 .388 .434 .822
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1973-4-.416
1975-7-.401
1976-2-.410
1977-6-.393
1978-3-.398
1980-1-.407
1981-6-.387
1982-3-.393
1983-5-.391
1985-6-.389
CAR-50-.386
 OPS
1982-8-.804
 XR
1982-8-90.0
 Games
CAR-28-2442
 Runs
1985-5-98
 Walks
1970-5-98
1972-8-91
1973-4-109
1974-5-97
1975-9-92
1976-4-98
1977-7-98
1978-2-109
1979-6-93
1980-3-99
1981-3-96
1982-4-97
1983-4-99
1984-9-78
1985-2-103
CAR-8-1623
Strikeouts
1970-1-167
CAR-31-1549
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 54    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Dick Dietz (824)
  2. Joe Torre (805)
  3. Biff Pocoroba (770)
  4. Alex Kampouris (768)
  5. Rudy York (767)
  6. Cass Michaels (766)
  7. Bill Freehan (764)
  8. Harry Chiti (756)
  9. Bill Dickey (755)
  10. Cookie Lavagetto (754)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1969
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/6/1969, off Mickey Lolich (OAK)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1969, hitting .412 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1970
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1972
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 6/8/1973
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1973
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1974
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/19/1975 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1975
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/18/1976 to a 4-year deal worth $11,000,000 per year
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/5/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $6,006,068 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1980, hitting .591 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Traded from Baltimore to Oakland on 3/4/1982 (Going to BAL: DH Harold Baines, P Charlie Lea. Going to OAK: 3B Bill Madlock, C Gene Tenace, P Ed Farmer)
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (N) on 8/3/1982
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1982, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/4/1984 to a 2-year deal worth $5,555,555 per year
7/1/1985: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 4/11/1986, off Rob Dressler (SEM)
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Injured on 8/11/1986 with a Broken Knee, out for full season
 
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