This 2012 Panini Golden Age single-insert sports trading card features Gene Tenace of the Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals. The card is hard-signed by Maury Wills and authenticated by Panini America. It is an original card and part of the Golden Age series, with features including short print, rookie, insert, and parallel/variety. This card is 20 pt. thick and made of card stock material with an autograph format of hard-signed. It is in near mint condition and has not been professionally graded. The card number is GT and the language is English. It is a must-have for any MLB World Series fan.
Fury Gene Tenace ( born October 10, 1946), is an American former professional baseball player and coach.He played as a catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1969 through 1983, most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships between 1972 and 1974.
Tenace was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics from Valley High School in Lucasville, Ohio, and played for the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He batted and threw right-handed. Despite his low career batting average of .241, his career on-base percentage of .388 is the fourth-highest all-time among qualifying catchers, and his .429 slugging percentage was considerably above the average in the era he played. His 46.8 Baseball Reference Wins Above Replacement (WAR) ranks 13th all-time among catchers, and his 7-year peak WAR is tied with Roy Campanella for 12th all-time among catchers. Also of note is that his career rWAR is fifth highest among all sub .250 hitters. Tenace's career 140 Weighted Runs Created Plus (wRC+) are tied with Mike Piazza for the highest all-time among catchers. Tenace won the 1972 World Series Most Valuable Player Award.[6]
After his playing days ended, Tenace coached for several organizations, most notably for the Toronto Blue Jays.