Rufe Gentry

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: May 18, 1918 in Daisy Station, NC us

Died: July 3, 1997 in Winston-Salem, NC

Buried: Gardens of Memory, Walkertown, NC

Debut: September 10, 1943 (Age 25-115d, 9,509th in major league history)
vs. CLE 9.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: May 9, 1948 (Age 29-357d)
vs. PHA 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: James Ruffus Gentry

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Relatives: Brother of Harvey Gentry

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

4.37

243.0

WHIP

1.584

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-20 / in Starts: 15-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 1

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	5	2	Apr 19	DET		SLB	L,1-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	3	3	8	2	0	1	3.38	5.56	38	9	11	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.043	2.11	-0.06%	0.80	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
2	6	6	Apr 23(2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-		3	6.0	5	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.21	4.25	23						53						21					0
3	7	9	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,6-7	GS-		5	5.1	6	5	5	5	2	0	0	4.66	4.39	28						33						23					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	8	14	May 4	DET	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(0-2)	4	8.0	6	2	2	6	2	0	0	3.95	4.40	34	13	8	1	2	5	58			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.98	0.059	1.88	0.07%	1.88	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
5	9	16	May 7(1)	DET		CHW	L,1-4	8-GF		2	2.0	2	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.30	4.62	9	1	2	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.159	.56	-0.13%	-1.05	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
6	10	21	May 13	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-6	L(0-3)	5	6.0	10	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.58	4.41	28	6	10	2	1	9	35			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.254	1.09	-0.16%	-1.31	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
7	11	24	May 15	DET	@	PHA	L,2-6	9-GF		1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.84	4.78	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.37	-0.348	8.67	-0.28%	-3.36	9b 123 2 out tie	9b end d 4
8	12	27	May 18	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-3)	2	9.0	9	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.86	4.51	34						67						30	1	0			0
9	13	32	May 24	DET		PHA	L,4-8	GS-	L(1-4)	5	1.1	4	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.73	4.59	10						24						7					0
10	14	37	May 28(2)	DET		WSH	W,15-2	CG	W(2-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	1	4.28	4.35	36						66						32	1	0			0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	15	42	Jun 1	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GS-		3	8.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.16	4.34	34						55						32					0
12	16	46	Jun 4(2)	DET		BOS	L,1-5	GS-	L(2-5)	2	4.0	4	3	2	3	0	0	0	4.19	4.38	19						41						16					0
13	17	51	Jun 14(1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-5)	9	9.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.69	4.24	32						74						29	1	0			0
14	18	57	Jun 18(2)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	GS-5		3	4.2	7	5	5	2	2	0	1	4.03	4.21	23	6	5	0	1	7	30			1	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.375	3.64	-0.67%	-3.05	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d2
15	19	60	Jun 22	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	8	3	3	5	1	1	0	3.93	4.35	36						55						30	2	0			0
16	20	63	Jun 25(1)	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5			2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.93	4.35	1												1					0
17	21	65	Jun 28	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	GS-6	L(4-6)	2	6.0	4	4	3	5	4	0	0	3.97	4.32	27	9	7	2	3	2	49			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.206	.97	-0.15%	-1.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	22	70	Jul 2(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	GS-6	L(4-7)	3	6.0	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	3.91	4.42	25	12	5	2	0	4	55			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	2	.71	-0.025	1.00	-0.02%	0.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
19	23	74	Jul 6	DET	@	BOS	L,3-13	GS-3	L(4-8)	3	2.0	7	5	5	0	1	1	0	4.27	4.49	13	1	4	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.308	1.65	-0.34%	-4.10	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d5
20	24	75	Jul 7	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	4.47	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.013	.24	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
21	25	78	Jul 9(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS-	L(4-9)	1	5.0	9	8	8	5	4	1	0	4.69	4.57	29						16						24					0
22	26	83	Jul 16(1)	DET		CHW	L,2-7	GS-4	L(4-10)	6	3.0	6	6	5	3	0	0	0	4.97	4.60	18	6	3	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.375	1.82	-0.32%	-3.95	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d4
23	27	87	Jul 20	DET		WSH	W,7-6		W(5-10)	3	6.0	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	4.72	4.56	26												23					0
24	28	93	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,3-7	GS-	L(5-11)	4	4.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.86	4.49	21						29						20					0
25	29	97	Jul 29	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.1	8	2	2	5	3	0	0	4.68	4.44	39	10	13	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	-0.075	1.61	-0.05%	1.12	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	30	107	Aug 12	DET	@	WSH	W,12-5	GS-5	W(6-11)	13	5.0	7	5	5	3	3	0	0	4.84	4.40	25	7	5	0	2	7	33			0	0	0	21	5	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	-0.278	1.80	-0.28%	-2.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out a5
27	31	112	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(7-11)	3	9.0	7	2	2	6	1	0	0	4.67	4.40	38	10	14	0	0	7	60			0	0	1	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.238	1.87	0.27%	2.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
28	32	116	Aug 19	DET	@	BOS	L,1-9	GS-2	L(7-12)	2	1.2	4	5	1	0	1	0	0	4.67	4.37	11	2	4	0	1	4	36			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.400	2.77	-0.62%	-4.31	1b start a 1	2b 1-- 2 out d4
29	33	119	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-2	L(7-13)	1	1.1	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.81	4.46	8	2	2	0	0	3	35			1	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.262	3.74	-0.64%	-2.98	1b start tie	2b --3 1 out d3
30	34	124	Aug 27(2)	DET		SLB	L,2-17			5	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.91	4.45	6												5					0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	35	129	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS-		5	6.2	5	3	3	7	4	1	0	4.88	4.55	31						49						24					0
32	36	134	Sep 6	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(8-13)	3	9.0	8	2	1	3	4	0	0	4.66	4.45	35						66						32	0	0			0
33	37	136	Sep 9	DET		CLE	W,15-6		W(9-13)	2	5.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	4.58	4.47	21												19					0
34	38	142	Sep 17(2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-13)	7	9.0	2	0	0	6	5	0	0	4.35	4.43	34	8	13	0	2	2	82			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.493	14.88	3.70%	3.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
35	39	146	Sep 22(1)	DET		BOS	W,7-4	CG	W(11-13)	4	9.0	6	4	3	5	2	0	0	4.28	4.40	36	9	14	2	2	6	58			0	1	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	1	.93	-0.062	14.24	-0.56%	0.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
36	40	150	Sep 25	DET		PHA	L,1-2	CG	L(11-14)	2	9.0	6	2	1	3	4	0	0	4.13	4.33	35	13	9	0	0	6	70			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.21	0.148	18.91	1.38%	2.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
37	41	153	Sep 29(1)	DET		WSH	W,5-2	GS-8	W(12-14)	3	7.2	9	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.07	4.30	33	8	12	0	0	9	51			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.180	27.15	2.31%	1.22	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a2
							17-20		W-L:12-14	3.3	203.2	211	104	92	108	68	10	4	4.07	4.30	900	0.93		3%	6%	102	48	3	100%	3	5	1	773	29	4	0	13	0	8	1.08	-2.039	6.60	3.45%	-13.74

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