Cake or Gum? 1975 Gene Tenace

 Last time cake won 6-3. Who will win this time?

For Gene Tenace's 1975 card, Hostess used a photo that was no later than 1973, as it was taken at the old Yankee Stadium, which was halfway through renovation when this card was produced. Topps went with a simple headshot on their card. He was coming off a season where he played 106 games at 1B, 79 at C and 3 at 2B. Topps calls him a C-1B, which seems more accurate than "Infield". (There must have been quite a few games where he played C and 1B.)

Tenace was a key member of the Oakland A's that won three straight World Series from 1972 to 1974. A low-average slugger with high walk and strikeout totals, he was more similar to today's players than those of his own era. In 1,555 games he hit .241 with 201 HR and 674 RBI, twice leading the AL in walks. In the 1972 World Series he hit .348 with 4 HR and 9 RBI, and was the subject of death threats from Cincinnati fans. However, in his eight other postseason series he was a non-factor, hitting .110 with 0 HR and 5 RBI in 35 games. After his playing career he had a long career as a coach, mostly for the Blue Jays, and is now retired.