Gene Tenace

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Gene Tenace is a former American Major League Baseball catcher and first baseman best known for his clutch hitting with the Oakland Athletics during their early-1970s championship run.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball player
human
awardReceived World Series Most Valuable Player Award
bats right
battingAverage .241 (MLB career)
coachedFor St. Louis Cardinals
Toronto Blue Jays
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1946-10-10
familyName Tenace
fullName Fury Gene Tenace
givenName Fury
Gene
hallOfFame Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
homeRuns 201 (MLB career)
inductedInto Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
MLBDebutDate 1969-05-29
MLBDebutLeague MLB
MLBDebutTeam Oakland Athletics
MLBFinalDate 1983-09-30
MLBFinalTeam Pittsburgh Pirates
notableFor clutch hitting in postseason
high on-base percentage
notableWork 1972 World Series performance
occupation baseball coach
baseball player
onBasePercentage .388 (MLB career)
onTeamDuring Oakland Athletics 1972 World Series championship season
linked to: 1972 World Series

Oakland Athletics 1973 World Series championship season
linked to: Oakland Athletics

Oakland Athletics 1974 World Series championship season
linked to: 1974 World Series
placeOfBirth Russellton, Pennsylvania, United States
playedFor Oakland Athletics
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres
St. Louis Cardinals
positionPlayed catcher
first baseman
runsBattedIn 674 (MLB career)
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
teamAchievement World Series champion 1972
World Series champion 1973
World Series champion 1974
throws right
wonAsCoach 1992 World Series with Toronto Blue Jays
1993 World Series with Toronto Blue Jays
linked to: 1993 World Series
WorldSeriesMVP 1972 World Series

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1972 World Series mvp Gene Tenace