Joe Gantenbein
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Joe Gantenbein (Joseph Steven Gantenbein) was born on August 25, 1915 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1939 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .290 with 4 home runs and 36 RBI. Gantenbein played for the Philadelphia Athletics for his entire 2 year career.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1939
| PHI
| A
| 111
| 348
| 47
| 101
| 4
| 36
| .290
| .353
| .388
| 14
| 4
| 32
| 22
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| 1940
| PHI
| A
| 75
| 197
| 21
| 47
| 4
| 23
| .239
| .282
| .350
| 6
| 2
| 11
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 186
| 545
| 68
| 148
| 8
| 59
| .272
| .328
| .374
| 20
| 6
| 43
| 43
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 6
|
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| 1939
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 11
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .842
|
| 1939
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 165
| 179
| 19
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1939
| PHI
| A
| 3B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1940
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| PHI
| A
| 3B
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 75
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1940
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1940
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 165
| 179
| 19
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 13
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 88
| 9
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Toronto (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 4, 1938).
- Released by Philadelphia Athletics (March 30, 1946).
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