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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Statistics

[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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