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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	BAL	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
2	2	Apr 10	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
3	3	Apr 11	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	3	1	11	2	1B
4	4	Apr 13	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
5	5	Apr 14	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
6	6	Apr 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
7	7	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
8	8	Apr 19	BAL		CLE	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
9	9	Apr 20	BAL		CLE	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
10	10	Apr 21 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
11	11	Apr 21 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
12	12	Apr 23	BAL		MIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
13	13	Apr 24	BAL		KCA	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
14	14	Apr 25	BAL		KCA	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
15	15	Apr 26	BAL		LAA	L,3-4	CG	51	13.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
16	16	Apr 27	BAL		LAA	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
17	17	Apr 28	BAL		LAA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
18	18	Apr 30	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
20	20	May 1 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
21	21	May 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
22	22	May 3	BAL	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
23	23	May 4	BAL	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
24	24	May 5	BAL	@	DET	L,4-12	GS	30	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
25	25	May 7	BAL		BOS	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
26	26	May 8	BAL		BOS	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
27	27	May 9	BAL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
28	28	May 10	BAL		NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
29	29	May 11	BAL		NYY	L,1-13	CG	47	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
30	30	May 12	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
31	31	May 14	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
32	32	May 15	BAL	@	WSA	W,7-1	GS	13	4.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
33	33	May 16	BAL		WSA	W,9-1	GS	19	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
34	34	May 18	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
35	35	May 19 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
36	36	May 19 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
37	37	May 20	BAL		DET	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
38	38	May 21	BAL		DET	W,4-2	GS	10	3.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
39	39	May 22	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
40	41 (1)	May 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
41	42	May 25	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
42	43	May 26 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
43	44	May 26 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
44	45	May 28	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
45	46	May 29	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	48	10.1	7	2	0	9	1	1B
46	47	May 30	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
47	48	May 31	BAL	@	LAA	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	LAA	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
49	50	Jun 2	BAL	@	LAA	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
50	51	Jun 4	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
51	52	Jun 5	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
52	53	Jun 6	BAL		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
53	54	Jun 8	BAL		BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
54	55	Jun 9	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	56	14.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
55	56	Jun 10	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
56	57	Jun 11	BAL		CLE	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	9	4	0	13	1	1B
57	58	Jun 12	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	7	0	0	7	1	1B
58	59	Jun 13	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
59	60	Jun 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
60	61	Jun 16 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
61	64 (2)	Jun 18	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
62	65	Jun 19 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	34	8.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
63	66	Jun 19 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS	20	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
64	67	Jun 20	BAL	@	CLE	L,8-11	CG	39	8.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
65	68	Jun 21 (1)	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
66	69	Jun 21 (2)	BAL	@	MIN	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
67	70	Jun 22	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
68	71	Jun 23	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
69	72	Jun 24	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
70	73	Jun 25	BAL	@	LAA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
71	74	Jun 26 (1)	BAL	@	LAA	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
72	75	Jun 26 (2)	BAL	@	LAA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
73	76	Jun 28	BAL		KCA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
74	77	Jun 29	BAL		KCA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
75	78	Jun 30 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,1-3	GS	47	13.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
76	79	Jun 30 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	80	Jul 1	BAL		KCA	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
78	81	Jul 2	BAL		LAA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
79	82	Jul 3	BAL		LAA	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
80	83	Jul 4	BAL		LAA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
81	84	Jul 5 (1)	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
82	87 (2)	Jul 7	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
83	88	Jul 11	BAL	@	WSA	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
84	89	Jul 12	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
85	90	Jul 13	BAL	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
86	91	Jul 14 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
87	92	Jul 14 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
88	94 (1)	Jul 16	BAL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
89	95	Jul 17	BAL	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
90	96	Jul 18	BAL	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	48	11.0	13	1	0	14	4	1B
91	97	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	11	2	1	14	2	1B
92	98	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
93	99	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
94	100	Jul 23	BAL		WSA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
95	101	Jul 24	BAL		WSA	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
96	102	Jul 25	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
97	103	Jul 26	BAL		CHW	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
98	104	Jul 27 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
99	108 (3)	Jul 30	BAL		DET	W,9-0	GF	14	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH 1B
100	109	Jul 31	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	110	Aug 2	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
102	111	Aug 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
103	112	Aug 4 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
104	113	Aug 4 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,10-11	CG	49	9.2	8	2	0	10	0	1B
105	114	Aug 6	BAL		CLE	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
106	115	Aug 7	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
107	116	Aug 8	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
108	121 (4)	Aug 14	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	48	12.1	10	1	0	11	0	1B
109	122	Aug 15	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-13	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
110	123	Aug 16	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
111	124	Aug 17	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
112	125	Aug 18	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
113	126	Aug 21 (1)	BAL		LAA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
114	127	Aug 21 (2)	BAL		LAA	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
115	128	Aug 22	BAL		LAA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
116	130 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	BAL		MIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
117	131	Aug 24	BAL		MIN	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
118	132	Aug 25	BAL		MIN	L,3-5	GS	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
119	133	Aug 27	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	GS	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
120	134	Aug 28	BAL		KCA	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
121	136 (1)	Aug 31	BAL		NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	4	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	137	Sep 1	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
123	138	Sep 2 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	7	2	0	9	3	1B
124	139	Sep 2 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
125	141 (1)	Sep 4	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	18	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
126	142	Sep 6 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
127	143	Sep 6 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
128	144	Sep 7	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	8	2	2	12	1	1B
129	145	Sep 8	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
130	147 (1)	Sep 10	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
131	148	Sep 11	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
132	149	Sep 13	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	10	0	0	10	3	1B
133	150	Sep 14	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.1	10	1	0	11	1	1B
134	151	Sep 15	BAL	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
135	152	Sep 18 (1)	BAL	@	LAA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
136	153	Sep 18 (2)	BAL	@	LAA	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
137	155 (1)	Sep 20	BAL		WSA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
138	157 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	BAL		WSA	L,2-4	GF	20	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
139	158	Sep 24	BAL		CHW	L,0-15	CG	53	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
140	159	Sep 25	BAL		CHW	W,10-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
141	160	Sep 27	BAL		DET	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
142	161	Sep 28	BAL		DET	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
143	162	Sep 29	BAL		DET	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
							143gm		1232.1	1185	110	6	1301	122