Gary Gentry

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: October 6, 1946 in Phoenix, AZ us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Phoenix College (Phoenix, AZ), the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (7th) of the 1966 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Phoenix College (Phoenix, AZ), the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1966 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Phoenix College (Phoenix, AZ) and the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Camelback HS (Phoenix, AZ)

Schools: Phoenix College (Phoenix, AZ), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: April 10, 1969 (Age 22-186d, 12,786th in major league history)
vs. MON 8.2 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: May 6, 1975 (Age 28-212d)
vs. SFG 1.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Gary Edward Gentry

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1969 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.1

ERA

3.56

157

138

902.2

615

WHIP

1.262

Summary of 90 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 16 tying, 33 go ahead

2 Tms
NYM	79
ATL	11

Platoon
vs RHB	58
vs LHB	32

Home/Road
Home	49
Away	41

Outs
1	32
0	29
2	29

11 Opps
SFG	14
CHC	12
CIN	12
ATL	11
MON	10
PHI	8
SDP	7
STL	5
HOU	5
LAD	4
PIT	2

56 Batters
Ron Santo	5
Johnny Bench	4
John Bateman	4
Henry Aaron	4
Willie Mays	4
Joe Hague	3
Billy Williams	3
Nate Colbert	3
Orlando Cepeda	2
Willie Stargell	2
Ron Fairly	2
Bobby Bonds	2
Derrel Thomas	2
Don Money	2
Denis Menke	2
Bernie Carbo	2
Willie McCovey	2
Bob Tillman	2
Lee May	2
Tony Pérez	2
Rusty Staub	1
Dave Winfield	1
Johnny Jeter	1
Von Joshua	1
Tommy Davis	1
Ed Spiezio	1
Ron Cey	1
Norm Miller	1
Greg Luzinski	1
Tom Haller	1
Bill Robinson	1
Jim Merritt	1
Bob Bailey	1
José Cardenal	1
Mike Ryan	1
Al Spangler	1
Rico Carty	1
Mack Jones	1
Leron Lee	1
Dave Rader	1
Ken Henderson	1
Larry Hisle	1
Ed Goodson	1
Earl Williams	1
Bobby Tolan	1
Wes Parker	1
Jim Wynn	1
Deron Johnson	1
Bobby Wine	1
César Cedeño	1
Chris Speier	1
Jim Hickman	1
Denny Doyle	1
Joe Morgan	1
Mike Lum	1
Dave Kingman	1

14 Parks
Shea Stad (NYC)	44
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	8
Parc Jarry (MON)	8
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	7
3Com Park (SFO)	5
VeteransStad (PHI)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
7	16
9	15
8	5
89	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	51
2·HR gms	15
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	59
1--	11
12-	10
-2-	4
1-3	4
123	1
--3	1

137 Runs
RISP	20
0 on	59
1 on	16
2 on	14
3 on	1
Any on	31

Inning
1	13
2	12
3	11
4	15
5	9
6	13
7	5
8	8
9	4

1-3	36
4-6	37
7-end	17

RelScore
+3	1
+2	7
+1	14
Tied	29
-1	18
-2	9
-3	5
-4..	7

Ahead	22
Tied	29
Behind	39

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	23
RF	15
C	14
CF	10
3B	10
LF	8
2B	4
SS	4
PH	1
P	1

OrderPos
4th	25
3rd	16
6th	13
5th	12
7th	9
1st	5
2nd	4
9th	3
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	41
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1969-04-10	John Bateman	MON	@	NYM	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	10%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2	2	2	1	1969-04-15	Don Money	PHI		NYM	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	6	6	14%	37%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1969-04-21	Larry Hisle	PHI	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	1	8	8	13%	45%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1969-05-02	Ron Santo	CHC		NYM	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	4	5	14%	65%		Home Run
5	5	5	2	1969-05-02	Al Spangler	CHC		NYM	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	12-	3	7	9	22%	90%		Home Run; E. Banks Scores; R. Hundley Scores
6	6	6	1	1969-05-07	Tony Pérez	CIN	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	5	5	14%	60%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1969-05-13	Henry Aaron	ATL	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	8	2	1969-05-13	Orlando Cepeda	ATL	@	NYM	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	9	3	1969-05-13	Bob Tillman	ATL	@	NYM	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	1--	2	7	2	14%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Boyer Scores
10	10	10	1	1969-05-31	Willie McCovey	SFG	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1--	2	4	3	22%	73%		Home Run; R. Hunt Scores
11	11	11	1	1969-06-06	Ed Spiezio	SDP		NYM	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	1	6	5	11%	80%		Home Run
12	12	12	1	1969-07-10	Ron Santo	CHC	@	NYM	ahead 4-2	t 5	1	-2-	2	4	5	12%	90%		Home Run; G. Beckert Scores
13	13	13	1	1969-07-15	Billy Williams	CHC		NYM	behind 2-5	b 8	2	---	1	3	9	5%	9%		Home Run
14	14	14	2	1969-07-15	Ron Santo	CHC		NYM	behind 3-5	b 8	2	---	1	4	5	11%	20%		Home Run
15	15	15	1	1969-07-20 (1)	Mack Jones	MON		NYM	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	12%	41%		Home Run
16	16	16	2	1969-07-20 (1)	Bob Bailey	MON		NYM	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	1	5	3	14%	56%		Home Run
17	17	17	3	1969-07-20 (1)	Bobby Wine	MON		NYM	tied 2-2	b 4	2	---	1	8	6	15%	66%		Home Run
18	18	18	1	1969-07-24	Bobby Tolan	CIN	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---	1	3	8	18%	65%		Home Run
19	19	19	2	1969-07-24	Jim Merritt	CIN	@	NYM	tied 2-2	t 9	2	---	1	9	1	42%	82%		Home Run
20	20	20	1	1969-08-03	Bob Tillman	ATL	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	12%	62%		Home Run
21	21	21	1	1969-08-13	Denis Menke	HOU		NYM	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	5	6	26%	80%		Home Run; J. Morgan Scores; N. Miller Scores
22	22	22	1	1969-08-24	Wes Parker	LAD	@	NYM	tied 1-1	t 3	2	1--	2	4	3	23%	70%		Home Run; W. Davis Scores
23	23	23	1	1969-08-29	Bobby Bonds	SFG		NYM	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	1-3	3	5	8	16%	87%		Home Run; B. Burda Scores; W. McCovey Scores
24	24	24	1	1969-10-02	Ron Santo	CHC		NYM	behind 0-3	b 4	2	---	1	4	5	9%	26%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1970-04-21	Nate Colbert	SDP	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	1	5	3	13%	47%		Home Run
26	26	2	1	1970-04-28	Willie Mays	SFG		NYM	behind 0-5	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	5%	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	3	1	1970-05-08	Willie Mays	SFG	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	10%	56%		Home Run
28	28	4	2	1970-05-08	Willie Mays	SFG	@	NYM	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	-2-	2	3	8	17%	85%		Home Run; B. Bonds Scores
29	29	5	1	1970-05-23	Billy Williams	CHC	@	NYM	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	---	1	3	7	8%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	6	1	1970-06-02	Henry Aaron	ATL		NYM	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	1--	2	3	9	15%	93%		Home Run; F. Millán Scores
31	31	7	1	1970-06-07	Lee May	CIN		NYM	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	10%	66%		Home Run (Deep CF)
32	32	8	2	1970-06-07	Johnny Bench	CIN		NYM	tied 1-1	b 3	2	12-	3	4	2	27%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Rose Scores; B. Tolan Scores
33	33	9	1	1970-06-12	Orlando Cepeda	ATL	@	NYM	behind 0-4	t 6	2	---	1	5	3	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	10	1	1970-06-17	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	NYM	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	1	4	2	16%	47%		Home Run
35	35	11	2	1970-06-17	Lee May	CIN	@	NYM	behind 2-4	t 8	1	1--	2	5	3	31%	45%		Home Run; T. Pérez Scores
36	36	12	1	1970-06-27	John Bateman	MON		NYM	behind 0-6	b 5	0	1--	2	6	2	6%	12%		Home Run; J. Gosger Scores
37	37	13	2	1970-06-27	Ron Fairly	MON		NYM	behind 2-8	b 9	2	---	1	4	3	0%	0%		Home Run
38	38	14	1	1970-07-26	Tom Haller	LAD	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep CF)
39	39	15	1	1970-08-23 (1)	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	NYM	tied 1-1	t 5	1	-2-	2	4	2	21%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Pérez Scores
40	40	16	1	1970-08-26	Henry Aaron	ATL	@	NYM	behind 6-7	t 9	1	-2-	2	3	9	59%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Garrido Scores
41	41	17	1	1970-09-03	Joe Hague	STL		NYM	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	3	3	10%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	18	1	1970-09-13	Joe Hague	STL	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 3	2	12-	3	3	3	28%	77%		Home Run; L. Brock Scores; J. Javier Scores
43	43	19	1	1970-09-28	Tommy Davis	CHC	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 6	1	12-	3	4	7	36%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kessinger Scores; B. Williams Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1971-04-13	John Bateman	MON		NYM	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	10%	75%		Home Run
45	45	2	1	1971-04-24	Ron Santo	CHC		NYM	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	5	19%	71%		Home Run; B. Williams Scores
46	46	3	1	1971-04-28	Leron Lee	STL		NYM	behind 0-8	b 8	0	---	1	9	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	4	1	1971-05-03	Billy Williams	CHC	@	NYM	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	1	3	7	28%	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	5	1	1971-05-20	Deron Johnson	PHI		NYM	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep CF)
49	49	6	1	1971-06-01	Willie Mays	SFG		NYM	behind 2-5	b 8	0	---	1	3	3	7%	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	7	1	1971-06-13	Ken Henderson	SFG	@	NYM	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	1	4	9	11%	36%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	8	2	1971-06-13	Bobby Bonds	SFG	@	NYM	behind 3-4	t 5	1	---	1	1	8	16%	47%		Home Run (LF-CF)
52	52	9	1	1971-06-23	Willie Stargell	PIT		NYM	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1-3	3	4	7	22%	73%		Home Run; V. Davalillo Scores; R. Clemente Scores
53	53	10	1	1971-07-03	Mike Lum	ATL	@	NYM	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	12-	3	5	9	20%	85%		Home Run; F. Millán Scores; H. Aaron Scores
54	54	11	1	1971-07-25	Joe Morgan	HOU	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	4	13%	61%		Home Run
55	55	12	2	1971-07-25	Norm Miller	HOU	@	NYM	behind 1-5	t 7	0	---	1	9	PH	4%	9%		Home Run
56	56	13	1	1971-08-22	Nate Colbert	SDP	@	NYM	behind 1-4	t 9	1	---	1	4	3	2%	3%		Home Run
57	57	14	1	1971-09-07	Rusty Staub	MON		NYM	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	9	19%	74%		Home Run; R. Hunt Scores
58	58	15	2	1971-09-07	John Bateman	MON		NYM	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	---	1	8	2	8%	82%		Home Run
59	59	16	1	1971-09-12	Greg Luzinski	PHI	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	3	16%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1972-05-07	Johnny Jeter	SDP	@	NYM	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	8	11%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	2	2	1972-05-07	Derrel Thomas	SDP	@	NYM	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	1--	2	1	4	13%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Norman Scores
62	62	3	1	1972-05-12	Chris Speier	SFG	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	1	1	6	18%	68%		Home Run
63	63	4	1	1972-06-02	Rico Carty	ATL	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 6	2	1-3	3	4	7	37%	87%		Home Run; P. Niekro Scores; R. Garr Scores
64	64	5	1	1972-06-07	Joe Hague	CIN	@	NYM	ahead 4-2	t 6	0	---	1	6	9	8%	89%		Home Run
65	65	6	1	1972-06-12	Earl Williams	ATL		NYM	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	1	6	2	13%	37%		Home Run
66	66	7	1	1972-06-17	Tony Pérez	CIN		NYM	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	3	13%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	8	2	1972-06-17	Denis Menke	CIN		NYM	tied 1-1	b 2	2	---	1	7	5	13%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	9	3	1972-06-17	Johnny Bench	CIN		NYM	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	12-	3	4	2	23%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Rose Scores; J. Morgan Scores
69	69	10	1	1972-06-25 (2)	Bernie Carbo	STL	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	7	9	16%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	11	1	1972-06-29	Don Money	PHI		NYM	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	2	5	13%	55%		Home Run
71	71	12	2	1972-06-29	Bill Robinson	PHI		NYM	behind 1-3	b 4	0	---	1	6	8	13%	41%		Home Run
72	72	13	1	1972-07-10	Willie McCovey	SFG	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	14	2	1972-07-10	Dave Rader	SFG	@	NYM	behind 1-3	t 7	1	1--	2	6	2	30%	46%		Home Run (CF-RF); W. McCovey Scores
74	74	15	1	1972-07-29	Ron Fairly	MON	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	3	24%	78%		Home Run; R. Hunt Scores; B. Bailey Scores
75	75	16	1	1972-08-03	Denny Doyle	PHI	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	4	13%	61%		Home Run
76	76	17	1	1972-08-16	Henry Aaron	ATL	@	NYM	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	---	1	3	3	13%	87%		Home Run
77	77	18	1	1972-09-09	Bernie Carbo	STL	@	NYM	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	1	7	9	8%	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
78	78	19	1	1972-09-15	José Cardenal	CHC		NYM	tied 0-0	b 1	0	--3	2	2	9	10%	74%		Home Run; D. Kessinger Scores
79	79	20	2	1972-09-15	Jim Hickman	CHC		NYM	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	123	4	4	3	9%	96%		Home Run; D. Kessinger Scores; J. Cardenal Scores; B. Williams Scores
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
80	80	1	1	1973-04-06	Jim Wynn	HOU	@	ATL	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---	1	1	9	16%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	2	1	1973-04-15	Von Joshua	LAD		ATL	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	12-	3	6	7	14%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Crawford Scores; J. Ferguson Scores
82	82	3	1	1973-05-06	Mike Ryan	PHI		ATL	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	7	2	16%	56%		Home Run
83	83	4	1	1973-05-12	Nate Colbert	SDP	@	ATL	behind 0-12	t 7	0	---	1	4	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
84	84	5	1	1973-05-16	César Cedeño	HOU		ATL	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	11%	51%		Home Run
85	85	6	1	1973-05-20 (2)	Ron Cey	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	5	22%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Ferguson Scores; W. Crawford Scores
86	86	7	1	1973-05-31	Willie Stargell	PIT		ATL	behind 0-1	b 8	1	12-	3	4	7	55%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Sanguillén Scores; R. Hebner Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
87	87	1	1	1974-05-12 (2)	Dave Kingman	SFG	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	3	11%	57%		Home Run
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
88	88	1	1	1975-04-13 (2)	Ed Goodson	SFG		ATL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
89	89	2	2	1975-04-13 (2)	Derrel Thomas	SFG		ATL	behind 1-2	b 6	1	---	1	2	4	20%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
90	90	3	1	1975-04-19	Dave Winfield	SDP	@	ATL	ahead 4-1	t 6	0	1--	2	5	9	7%	96%		Home Run (Deep CF); H. Torres Scores