Gene Tenace
1969–1983 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals
1,555G
.241AVG
.388OBP
.429SLG
More career statistics
1,060H
201HR
674RBI
36SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,525 | 5,527 |
| Batting · Walks | 984 | 986 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,555 | 5,525 | 4,390 | 653 | 1,060 | 179 | 20 | 201 | 674 | 984 | 998 | 36 | 42 | 91 | 39 | 1,882 | .241 | .388 | .429 | .817 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1975-09-07 to 1975-09-23
33longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1973-07-07 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1974-07-14 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1977-09-25 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 784 | 2669 | 500 | 94 | 335 | 499 | 482 | .238 | .374 | .415 |
| Away | 771 | 2858 | 560 | 107 | 339 | 487 | 516 | .244 | .366 | .441 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 170 | 624 | 112 | 22 | 78 | 111 | 105 | .224 | .357 | .411 |
| May | 251 | 881 | 160 | 25 | 95 | 166 | 162 | .234 | .370 | .397 |
| June | 247 | 857 | 177 | 31 | 92 | 149 | 164 | .259 | .380 | .466 |
| July | 265 | 944 | 179 | 35 | 116 | 181 | 165 | .241 | .381 | .418 |
| August | 294 | 1078 | 208 | 41 | 140 | 194 | 191 | .242 | .373 | .436 |
| September | 309 | 1081 | 211 | 47 | 150 | 171 | 199 | .240 | .353 | .444 |
| October | 19 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | .283 | .435 | .304 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-royals | 96 | 381 | 88 | 16 | 48 | 56 | 63 | .275 | .378 | .481 |
| minnesota-twins | 91 | 325 | 71 | 11 | 43 | 50 | 46 | .267 | .372 | .429 |
| chicago-white-sox | 89 | 352 | 63 | 13 | 41 | 57 | 66 | .221 | .341 | .386 |
| california-angels | 87 | 323 | 65 | 10 | 37 | 63 | 69 | .257 | .396 | .423 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 81 | 268 | 41 | 5 | 20 | 51 | 61 | .197 | .343 | .308 |
| san-francisco-giants | 77 | 268 | 51 | 6 | 25 | 65 | 46 | .260 | .433 | .434 |
| cincinnati-reds | 75 | 262 | 58 | 9 | 42 | 46 | 47 | .278 | .397 | .459 |
| texas-rangers | 74 | 289 | 53 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 60 | .218 | .308 | .362 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 |  Athletics | 16 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | .158 | – | – |
| 1970 | Athletics | 38 | 105 | 32 | 7 | 20 | – | .305 | – | – |
| 1971 | Athletics | 65 | 179 | 49 | 7 | 25 | 2 | .274 | – | – |
| 1972 | Athletics | 82 | 227 | 51 | 5 | 32 | – | .225 | – | – |
| 1973 | Athletics | 160 | 510 | 132 | 24 | 84 | 2 | .259 | – | – |
| 1974 | Athletics | 158 | 484 | 102 | 26 | 73 | 2 | .211 | – | – |
| 1975 | Athletics | 158 | 498 | 127 | 29 | 87 | 7 | .255 | – | – |
| 1976 | Athletics | 128 | 417 | 104 | 22 | 66 | 5 | .249 | – | – |
| 1977 |  San Diego Padres | 147 | 437 | 102 | 15 | 61 | 5 | .233 | – | – |
| 1978 | San Diego Padres | 142 | 401 | 90 | 16 | 61 | 6 | .224 | – | – |
| 1979 | San Diego Padres | 151 | 463 | 122 | 20 | 67 | 2 | .263 | – | – |
| 1980 | San Diego Padres | 133 | 316 | 70 | 17 | 50 | 4 | .222 | – | – |
| 1981 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 58 | 129 | 30 | 5 | 22 | – | .233 | – | – |
| 1982 | St. Louis Cardinals | 66 | 124 | 32 | 7 | 18 | 1 | .258 | – | – |
| 1983 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 53 | 62 | 11 | – | 6 | – | .177 | – | – |