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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instanceOf baseball player
human
awardReceived World Series Most Valuable Player Award NERFINISHED
bats right
battingAverage .241 (MLB career)
coachedFor St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED
Toronto Blue Jays NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1946-10-10
familyName Tenace NERFINISHED
fullName Fury Gene Tenace NERFINISHED
givenName Fury NERFINISHED
Gene NERFINISHED
hallOfFame Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
homeRuns 201 (MLB career)
inductedInto Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
MLBDebutDate 1969-05-29
MLBDebutLeague MLB NERFINISHED
MLBDebutTeam Oakland Athletics NERFINISHED
MLBFinalDate 1983-09-30
MLBFinalTeam Pittsburgh Pirates NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Oakland Athletics 1973 World Series championship season NERFINISHED
Oakland Athletics 1974 World Series championship season NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Russellton, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
playedFor Oakland Athletics NERFINISHED
Pittsburgh Pirates NERFINISHED
San Diego Padres NERFINISHED
St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesMVP 1972 World Series NERFINISHED

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1972 World Series mvp Gene Tenace