Jim Gentile
James Edward Gentile (Diamond Jim)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 3, 1934 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1957
Final Game: September 30, 1966
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 BRO NL 23 1B 2 2 10.0 14 14 0 0 3 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 12.60 7.00 .993 9.63 8.80
1958 LAD NL 24 1B 8 8 56.1 53 50 2 1 9 .981 -1.2 -25.6 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 0 8.31 6.50 .991 9.54 8.11
1960 BAL AL 26 1B 124 95 897.0 944 885 52 7 98 .993 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 9.40 7.56 .991 9.58 8.04 AS,MVP-15,RoY-2
1961 BAL AL 27 1B 144 137 1225.1 1323 1209 100 14 129 .989 7.9 7.7 6.9 7.5 -0.6 1 9.61 9.09 .990 7.34 6.94 AS,MVP-3
1962 BAL AL 28 1B 150 149 1315.0 1351 1214 121 16 121 .988 1.9 1.7 1.9 0.4 1.5 0 9.14 8.90 .990 6.84 6.67 AS
1963 BAL AL 29 1B 143 138 1232.1 1301 1185 110 6 122 .995 6.9 6.7 6.9 5.2 1.7 0 9.46 9.06 .990 7.30 6.99
1964 KCA AL 30 1B 128 128 1100.0 1115 1018 84 13 92 .988 -6.5 -7.1 -6.5 0.4 -6.9 0 9.02 8.61 .991 8.18 7.81
1965 TOT MLB 31 1B 103 91 798.0 852 783 60 9 65 .989 -5.8 -8.7 -5.8 -5.8 0.0 0 9.51 8.18 .990 9.87 8.36
1965 KCA AL 31 1B 35 29 256.2 261 239 17 5 24 .981 -2.6 -12.2 -2.6 -3.0 0.4 0 8.98 7.31 .991 9.56 7.88
1965 HOU NL 31 1B 68 62 541.1 591 544 43 4 41 .993 -3.2 -7.1 -3.2 -2.8 -0.4 0 9.76 8.63 .990 10.02 8.60
1966 TOT MLB 32 1B 52 44 413.2 409 367 35 7 32 .983 -3.3 -9.6 -3.3 -1.3 -2.0 0 8.75 7.73 .989 9.85 8.44
1966 HOU NL 32 1B 43 38 352.0 355 321 30 4 28 .989 -2.0 -6.8 -2.0 -1.1 -0.9 0 8.97 8.16 .989 9.90 8.50
1966 CLE AL 32 1B 9 6 61.2 54 46 5 3 4 .944 -1.3 -25.3 -1.3 -0.2 -1.1 0 7.44 5.67 .991 9.59 8.18
9 Seasons 1B 854 792 7047.2 7362 6725 564 73 671 .990 0.5 0.1 -0.5 6.3 -6.8 1 9.31 8.54 .990 8.11 7.47
9 Seasons TOT 854 792 7047.2 7362 6725 564 73 671 .990 0.5 0.1 -0.5 6.3 -6.8 1 9.31 8.54 .980 8.11 7.47

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 BRO NL 23 4 2 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1958 LAD NL 24 12 8 12 12 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1960 BAL AL 26 138 95 138 138 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
1961 BAL AL 27 148 137 148 148 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1962 BAL AL 28 152 149 152 152 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1963 BAL AL 29 145 138 145 145 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1964 KCA AL 30 136 128 136 136 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1965 HOU NL 31 81 62 81 81 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1965 KCA AL 31 38 29 38 38 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1966 HOU NL 32 49 38 49 49 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1966 CLE AL 32 33 6 33 33 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1
9 Seasons 936 792 936 936 0 0 854 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 BRO NL 23 42 60% 76% 43% 2 100% 0 13 0 13 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1958 LAD NL 24 243 61% 71% 25% 7 86% 0 46 1 45 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1960 BAL AL 26 3886 62% 77% 26% 198 92% 2 881 50 817 13 84 51 36 13 1 0 7 0 7 0 6 98 4 1 0 93 6 5 1 4 18 89%
1961 BAL AL 27 5256 62% 75% 26% 299 93% 2 1212 106 1085 23 82 99 73 15 2 2 14 4 6 4 9 129 6 2 1 118 9 10 3 7 14 86%
1962 BAL AL 28 5764 57% 77% 25% 311 93% 1 1215 61 1136 20 114 120 94 19 1 2 16 4 12 0 8 121 3 2 1 113 6 8 3 5 20 80%
1963 BAL AL 29 5246 62% 77% 26% 282 96% 0 1185 63 1114 9 107 108 86 16 0 0 6 1 4 1 3 121 2 1 2 108 5 13 5 8 12 100%
1964 KCA AL 30 5077 60% 75% 24% 239 92% 1 1018 46 968 6 94 85 65 14 1 4 13 3 10 0 5 93 3 1 0 88 4 5 0 5 14 86%
1965 HOU NL 31 2403 57% 79% 27% 113 96% 0 545 31 512 4 38 45 32 9 0 1 4 2 1 1 2 41 2 0 1 36 3 5 2 3 12 100%
1965 KCA AL 31 1165 61% 76% 22% 50 92% 0 240 3 236 1 30 17 11 4 0 1 5 1 4 0 2 27 1 0 1 24 2 3 0 3 5 100%
1966 HOU NL 32 1516 64% 79% 26% 64 92% 1 320 16 299 5 20 25 14 8 1 2 4 0 4 0 4 28 1 1 0 24 2 4 0 4 3 100%
1966 CLE AL 32 264 58% 70% 19% 15 87% 0 47 3 42 2 5 5 4 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 100%
9 Seasons 30862 60% 76% 25% 1580 93% 7 6722 380 6267 83 578 558 417 100 6 12 73 16 50 7 41 674 23 8 6 619 38 54 14 40 101 90%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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