Jim Gentile

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Full Name: James Edward Gentile	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 3.5"/210	First Game: September 10, 1957
Birthdate: June 3, 1934	Final Game: September 30, 1966
Birthplace: San Francisco, California	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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Jim Gentile (James Edward Gentile) was born on June 3, 1934 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1957 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1960, his rookie year, he hit .292 with 21 home runs and 98 RBI. Gentile played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics, Houston Astros and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Jim Gentile's best season was 1961, when he slugged 46 home runs, hit for a .302 average and knocked in 141 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1957	BRO	N	4	6	1	1	1	1	.167	.286	.667	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1958	LA	N	12	30	0	4	0	4	.133	.235	.167	1	0	4	6	0	0	0	1	1
1960	BAL	A	138	384	67	112	21	98	.292	.403	.500	17	0	68	72	7	0	0	5	8
1961	BAL	A	148	486	96	147	46	141	.302	.423	.646	25	2	96	106	11	0	1	5	12
1962	BAL	A	152	545	80	137	33	87	.251	.346	.475	21	1	77	100	7	0	1	16	13
1963	BAL	A	145	496	65	123	24	72	.248	.353	.429	16	1	76	101	6	1	1	9	14
1964	KC	A	136	439	71	110	28	71	.251	.372	.465	10	0	84	122	4	1	0	6	9
1965	KC	A	38	118	14	29	10	22	.246	.305	.542	5	0	9	26	1	0	0	1	3
1965	HOU	N	81	227	22	55	7	31	.242	.352	.392	11	1	34	72	5	2	0	7	5
1965	Total		119	345	36	84	17	53	.243	.337	.443	16	1	43	98	6	2	0	8	8
1966	HOU	N	49	144	16	35	7	18	.243	.355	.444	6	1	21	39	4	1	0	3	3
1966	CLE	A	33	47	2	6	2	4	.128	.212	.277	1	0	5	18	0	0	0	1	1
1966	Total		82	191	18	41	9	22	.215	.321	.403	7	1	26	57	4	1	0	4	4
Total	NL		146	407	39	95	15	54	.233	.344	.398	18	2	60	118	9	3	0	11	9
Total	AL		790	2515	395	664	164	495	.264	.372	.501	95	4	415	545	36	2	3	43	60
Total			936	2922	434	759	179	549	.260	.368	.486	113	6	475	663	45	5	3	54	69

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1957	BRO	N	1B	2	2	10	14	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	LA	N	1B	8	8	56.1	50	2	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1960	BAL	A	1B	124	95	897	885	52	7	98	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1961	BAL	A	1B	144	137	1225.1	1209	100	14	129	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1962	BAL	A	1B	150	149	1315	1214	121	16	121	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1963	BAL	A	1B	143	138	1232.1	1185	110	6	122	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1964	KC	A	1B	128	128	1100	1018	84	13	92	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1965	KC	A	1B	35	29	256.2	239	17	5	24	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1965	HOU	N	1B	68	62	541.1	544	43	4	41	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1965	Total		1B	103	91	798	783	60	9	65	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1966	HOU	N	1B	43	38	352	321	30	4	28	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1966	CLE	A	1B	9	6	61.2	46	5	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1966	Total		1B	52	44	413.2	367	35	7	32	0	0	0	0	0	.983
Total			1B	854	792	7047.2	6725	564	73	671	0	0	0	0	0	.990

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1952).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for $50000 and 2 players to be named later (October 19, 1959); Los Angeles Dodgers received Willie Miranda and Bill Lajoie (@March 15, 1960).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with $25000 to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Norm Siebern (November 27, 1963).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Houston Astros in exchange for Jesse Hickman and a player to be named later (June 4, 1965); Kansas City Athletics received Ernie Fazio (October 15, 1965).
Traded by Houston Astros to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Tony Curry (July 19, 1966).

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