Tenace, an important cog in the three-peat champion A’s teams of the mid-decade, was having himself a wonderful run between 1973 and 1976.
Constantly hitting 20+ homers and drawing 100+ walks a year, his on-base-percentage was always hovering around the .400 mark.
After the 1976 season Tenace, along with many of his star teammates was shipped off by eccentric team owner Charlie Finley, and found himself as a member of the San Diego Padres, where he would play for the next four seasons before moving on to St. Louis for two years and lastly the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1983, his last in the big leagues.
He would total 15-years in the Major Leagues, winning three championships, an all-star berth in 1975, and hitting 201 home runs while batting .241 along with a very nice .388 on-base-percentage because of his walk totals.
Oh yeah, and he had an awesome full name: Fiore Gino Tennaci!
