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Gene Tenace played 15 major-league seasons (1969-1983) as a C (892), 1B (625), 3B (17), OF (11), 2B (6). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 23 | OAK | 16 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .158 | .437 | 26 |
| 1970 | 24 | OAK | 38 | 105 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 30 | .305 | .992 | 182 |
| 1971 | 25 | OAK | 65 | 179 | 26 | 49 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 29 | 34 | .274 | .811 | 138 |
| 1972 | 26 | OAK | 82 | 227 | 22 | 51 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 42 | .225 | .646 | 99 |
| 1973 | 27 | OAK | 160 | 510 | 83 | 132 | 24 | 84 | 2 | 101 | 94 | .259 | .830 | 134 |
| 1974 | 28 | OAK | 158 | 484 | 71 | 102 | 26 | 73 | 2 | 110 | 105 | .211 | .778 | 124 |
| 1975 | 29 | OAK | 158 | 498 | 83 | 127 | 29 | 87 | 7 | 106 | 127 | .255 | .859 | 143 |
| 1976 | 30 | OAK | 128 | 417 | 64 | 104 | 22 | 66 | 5 | 81 | 91 | .249 | .831 | 143 |
| 1977 | 31 | SDN | 147 | 437 | 66 | 102 | 15 | 61 | 5 | 125 | 119 | .233 | .824 | 130 |
| 1978 | 32 | SDN | 142 | 401 | 60 | 90 | 16 | 61 | 6 | 101 | 98 | .224 | .801 | 133 |
| 1979 | 33 | SDN | 151 | 463 | 61 | 122 | 20 | 67 | 2 | 105 | 106 | .263 | .848 | 140 |
| 1980 | 34 | SDN | 133 | 316 | 46 | 70 | 17 | 50 | 4 | 92 | 63 | .222 | .823 | 138 |
| 1981 | 35 | SLN | 58 | 129 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 38 | 26 | .233 | .819 | 141 |
| 1982 | 36 | SLN | 66 | 124 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 31 | .258 | .936 | 171 |
| 1983 | 37 | PIT | 53 | 62 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .177 | .604 | 76 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | C | 13 | 8 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | C | 30 | 29 | 180 | 18 | 2 | 7 |
| 1971 | C | 52 | 45 | 300 | 20 | 2 | 3 |
| 1971 | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | C | 49 | 46 | 266 | 18 | 6 | 1 |
| 1972 | OF | 9 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1B | 7 | 6 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1972 | 2B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1B | 134 | 132 | 1095 | 61 | 13 | 104 |
| 1973 | C | 33 | 23 | 123 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| 1973 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1B | 106 | 97 | 816 | 41 | 4 | 80 |
| 1974 | C | 79 | 58 | 293 | 42 | 6 | 3 |
| 1974 | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | C | 125 | 114 | 541 | 63 | 10 | 10 |
| 1975 | 1B | 68 | 39 | 401 | 21 | 1 | 27 |
| 1976 | 1B | 70 | 62 | 577 | 31 | 3 | 47 |
| 1976 | C | 65 | 61 | 263 | 25 | 5 | 3 |
| 1977 | C | 99 | 89 | 523 | 61 | 12 | 9 |
| 1977 | 1B | 36 | 28 | 280 | 27 | 1 | 20 |
| 1977 | 3B | 14 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 4 |
| 1978 | 1B | 80 | 67 | 668 | 37 | 5 | 61 |
| 1978 | C | 71 | 56 | 276 | 42 | 3 | 7 |
| 1978 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | C | 94 | 77 | 413 | 51 | 1 | 10 |
| 1979 | 1B | 72 | 58 | 582 | 32 | 7 | 55 |
| 1980 | C | 104 | 82 | 415 | 46 | 10 | 7 |
| 1980 | 1B | 19 | 11 | 125 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 1981 | C | 38 | 36 | 126 | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1B | 7 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 1982 | C | 37 | 33 | 149 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1B | 7 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1983 | 1B | 19 | 10 | 83 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1983 | C | 3 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Gene Tenace won: Babe Ruth Award 1972 (AL), World Series MVP 1972 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1976, 1975.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 13 / 336 | 0 |
Gene Tenace ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.