Gene Tenace
| Gene Tenace | |||
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| Catcher / First baseman | |||
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Born: October 10, 1946 Russellton, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 29, 1969, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 30, 1983, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .241 | ||
| Home runs | 201 | ||
| Runs batted in | 674 | ||
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Fury Gene Tenace (/ˈtɛnᵻs/; born Fiore Gino Tennaci; October 10, 1946), better known as Gene Tenace, is an Italian-American former professional baseball player and current coach in Major League Baseball. He was a catcher and first baseman from 1969 through 1983. Tenace was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics from Valley High School in Lucasville, Ohio and played for the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He batted and threw right-handed. Tenace was one of the top catchers of his era and won the 1972 World Series Most Valuable Player Award. He was known for his power, especially versus right-handed pitching.
Tenace was selected in baseball's first entry draft, being taken in the 20th round of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft by the then Kansas City Athletics. Tenace made his major league debut for Oakland on May 29, 1969 against the Detroit Tigers at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum where he went 0–4 with 2 strikeouts in an 8–4 Oakland loss. He hit the first home run of his career on June 6, 1969 at Tiger Stadium against Earl Wilson of the Detroit Tigers. He finished the 1969 season with a .158 batting average, 1 home run and 2 runs batted in, appearing in just 38 games as a third-string catcher.
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