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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 14	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
2	4	Apr 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
3	5	Apr 16	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
4	6	Apr 17	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
5	8 (1)	Apr 19	HOU		LAD	W,8-5	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
6	10 (1)	Apr 22	HOU		SFG	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
7	11	Apr 23 (1)	HOU		SFG	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
8	12	Apr 23 (2)	HOU		SFG	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
9	13	Apr 24	HOU		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
10	14	Apr 25	HOU		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
11	15	Apr 27	HOU		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
12	16	Apr 28	HOU		STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	1B
13	18 (1)	Apr 30	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	19	May 1	HOU	@	ATL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
15	20	May 3	HOU		CHC	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
16	22 (1)	May 5	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	CG	47	13.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
17	24 (1)	May 7	HOU		ATL	W,3-0	GF	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
18	25	May 8	HOU		ATL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	13	2	1	16	1	1B
19	26	May 10	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
20	27	May 11	HOU	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
21	28	May 13	HOU	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
22	29	May 14	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
23	30	May 15	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
24	31	May 18 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
25	32	May 18 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
26	33	May 19	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
27	35 (1)	May 21	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	GF	20	4.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
28	36	May 22	HOU		PHI	L,1-6	CG	47	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
29	37	May 23	HOU		PHI	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
30	38	May 24	HOU		NYM	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
31	40 (1)	May 26	HOU		PIT	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
32	42 (1)	May 28 (1)	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
33	44 (1)	May 29	HOU		PIT	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
34	45	May 30	HOU	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
35	46	May 31	HOU	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	47	Jun 1	HOU	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
37	50 (2)	Jun 4	HOU	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
38	51	Jun 5	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-10	GF	15	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
39	52	Jun 7	HOU		SFG	W,10-9	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
40	53	Jun 8	HOU		SFG	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
41	54	Jun 9	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
42	55	Jun 10	HOU		CHC	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
43	56	Jun 11	HOU		CHC	L,2-8	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Houston Astros to Cleveland Indians
44	95	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
45	100 (4)	Jul 29	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
46	101	Jul 30	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	119 (17)	Aug 15	CLE		WSA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	1B
48	120	Aug 16	CLE		WSA	L,5-6	CG	53	13.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
49	121	Aug 17	CLE		WSA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
50	130 (8)	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-3	GF	21	4.0	5	1	0	6	1	PR 1B
51	131	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-3	GF	11	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
52	134 (2)	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	GF	9	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH 1B
							52gm		413.2	367	35	7	409	32