| DATE SHOT: 1977 SUBJECT: Gene Tenace APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x3-1/2" MARKS / STAMPING: Hand-signed by Gene Tenace ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Signature is original, Photo is Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot SIGNER: Gene Tenace COMMENTS / CONDITION: As with all of my signed items, the signature is guaranteed to pass further inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See scans for signature quality and photo condition. BIO: Fury Gene Tenace (born Fiore Gino Tennaci) was born in 1946 in Russellton, PA. He played major league baseball from 1969 to 1983 as catcher and 1st baseman for the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, appeared in the 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1982 World Series, and was selected in 1975 as an All-Star. After his playing days ended, Tenace was a Houston Astros coach in 1986 and 1987. He joined the Toronto Blue Jays coaching staff in 1990, and he briefly filled in as manager of the club the next year when Cito Gaston was hospitalized in 1991. He remained with the Jays as a coach through 1997. He served as a hitting instructor in the Cardinals organization beginnin in 2002, and in 2008, his old friend Gaston brought him back to the major leagues as hitting coach of the Blue Jays. SKU: L13693
Item: L13693
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