Jim Gentile

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: June 3, 1934 in San Francisco, CA us

High School: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1957 (Age 23-099d, 11,475th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1966 (Age 32-119d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: James Edward Gentile

Nicknames: Diamond Jim

Pronunciation: \jen-TEEL\

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6x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.0

2922

759

179

.260

434

RBI

549

OBP

.368

SLG

.486

OPS

.855

OPS+

136

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	BAL		WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	4	1B
2	2	Apr 20	BAL		WSH	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
3	3	Apr 21	BAL		WSH	L,5-6	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
4	4	Apr 22	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
5	5	Apr 23	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
6	6	Apr 24	BAL	@	NYY	L,9-15	CG	44	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
7	7	Apr 25	BAL	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
8	8	Apr 26	BAL	@	WSH	W,11-10	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
9	9	Apr 27	BAL		BOS	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
10	12 (2)	Apr 30	BAL		NYY	L,0-16	CG	49	9.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	13	May 1	BAL		NYY	W,9-5	GS	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
12	14	May 2	BAL		CHW	W,11-6	GF	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
13	16 (1)	May 4	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
14	17	May 5	BAL		CLE	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
15	18	May 6	BAL		CLE	W,9-2	GF	18	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH 1B
16	19	May 7	BAL		CLE	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
17	20	May 10	BAL		KCA	L,0-10	GS	34	7.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
18	22 (1)	May 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
19	23	May 15 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
20	24	May 15 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
21	25	May 16	BAL	@	KCA	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
22	26	May 17	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
23	27	May 18	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
24	30 (2)	May 21	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
25	31	May 22	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	22	5.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
26	32	May 24	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-1	GF	25	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	PH 1B
27	33	May 25	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
28	35 (1)	May 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
29	36	May 29 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
30	38 (1)	May 30 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,7-5	GS	31	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
31	40 (1)	May 31	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	41	Jun 1	BAL		NYY	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
33	42	Jun 2	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
34	44 (1)	Jun 4	BAL		WSH	L,1-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
35	45	Jun 5	BAL	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
36	46	Jun 6	BAL		WSH	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
37	47	Jun 7	BAL		DET	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
38	48	Jun 8	BAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
39	49	Jun 9 (1)	BAL		DET	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
40	51 (1)	Jun 10	BAL		KCA	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	9	3	0	12	3	1B
41	52	Jun 11	BAL		KCA	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
42	53	Jun 12 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
43	54	Jun 12 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
44	55	Jun 14	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS	31	7.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
45	59 (3)	Jun 17	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	26	6.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
46	60	Jun 18	BAL	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	21	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
47	61	Jun 19 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
48	62	Jun 19 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
49	63	Jun 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	6	1.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
50	64	Jun 22	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
51	66 (1)	Jun 24	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
52	67	Jun 25	BAL	@	KCA	W,11-2		9	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
53	68	Jun 26	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
54	69	Jun 27	BAL		WSH	L,2-5	CG	44	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
55	70	Jun 28	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	CG	40	11.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
56	72 (1)	Jun 30	BAL		CLE	W,9-1	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	73	Jul 1	BAL		CHW	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
58	74	Jul 2	BAL		CHW	L,7-8	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
59	76 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
60	77	Jul 4 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-6	GF	23	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
61	78	Jul 5	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
62	80 (1)	Jul 7	BAL		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
63	81	Jul 8	BAL		WSH	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
64	83 (1)	Jul 10	BAL		WSH	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
65	85 (1)	Jul 16	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
66	86	Jul 17 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
67	88 (1)	Jul 18	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
68	89	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
69	90	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
70	93 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
71	94	Jul 24	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
72	95	Jul 26	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
73	96	Jul 28	BAL		KCA	W,5-0	GF	20	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
74	98 (1)	Jul 30	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
75	99	Jul 31	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	101 (1)	Aug 2	BAL		CHW	W,6-2	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
77	102	Aug 3	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
78	103	Aug 5	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
79	105 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
80	107 (1)	Aug 9	BAL	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
81	108	Aug 10	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
82	109	Aug 11	BAL	@	DET	W,6-1	GF	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
83	110	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
84	111	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
85	112	Aug 14	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
86	113	Aug 15	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
87	114	Aug 16	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
88	115	Aug 17	BAL		WSH	L,7-11	CG	56	12.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
89	116	Aug 18	BAL		WSH	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
90	117	Aug 20 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	1B
91	118	Aug 20 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
92	119	Aug 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
93	120	Aug 23	BAL		DET	L,3-5	GS	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
94	121	Aug 24	BAL		DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
95	122	Aug 25	BAL		DET	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	1B
96	123	Aug 26 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	1	12	2	1B
97	124	Aug 26 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,11-3		14	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
98	125	Aug 27	BAL		KCA	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
99	126	Aug 28	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
100	127	Aug 29	BAL		CHW	W,4-0	GF	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	PH 1B
101	128	Aug 30	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
102	129	Aug 31	BAL		CLE	W,6-3	GF	22	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	130	Sep 2	BAL		NYY	W,5-0	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
104	131	Sep 3	BAL		NYY	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
105	132	Sep 4	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
106	133	Sep 5 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
107	134	Sep 5 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
108	135	Sep 7	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
109	136	Sep 8	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-0	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
110	137	Sep 9	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
111	138	Sep 10	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	11	3.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH 1B
112	139	Sep 11	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B
113	140	Sep 13	BAL	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
114	141	Sep 14	BAL	@	DET	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
115	143 (1)	Sep 17	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
116	144	Sep 18 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
117	145	Sep 18 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
118	146	Sep 20	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
119	147	Sep 21	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
120	149 (1)	Sep 24	BAL	@	WSH	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
121	151 (1)	Sep 27	BAL	@	BOS	W,17-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
122	152	Sep 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
123	154 (1)	Oct 2	BAL	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
							124gm		897.0	885	52	7	944	98