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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
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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1957 23 BRO NL 4 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .667 .952 138 4 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1958 24 LAD NL 12 34 30 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 6 .133 .235 .167 .402 8 5 1 0 0 0 1 /3
1960 26 BAL AL 138 464 384 67 112 17 0 21 98 0 0 68 72 .292 .403 .500 .903 145 192 8 7 0 5 5 *3 AS,MVP-15,RoY-2
1961 27 BAL AL 148 601 486 96 147 25 2 46 141 1 1 96 106 .302 .423 .646 1.069 187 314 12 11 0 8 5 *3 AS,MVP-3
1962 28 BAL AL 152 639 545 80 137 21 1 33 87 1 0 77 100 .251 .346 .475 .821 125 259 13 7 0 10 16 *3 AS
1963 29 BAL AL 145 582 496 65 123 16 1 24 72 1 0 76 101 .248 .353 .429 .782 122 213 14 6 1 3 9 *3
1964 30 KCA AL 136 533 439 71 110 10 0 28 71 0 0 84 122 .251 .372 .465 .837 128 204 9 4 1 5 6 *3
1965 31 TOT 119 397 345 36 84 16 1 17 53 0 0 43 98 .243 .337 .443 .780 125 153 8 6 2 1 8 3
1965 31 KCA AL 38 128 118 14 29 5 0 10 22 0 0 9 26 .246 .305 .542 .847 137 64 3 1 0 0 1 3
1965 31 HOU NL 81 269 227 22 55 11 1 7 31 0 0 34 72 .242 .352 .392 .744 117 89 5 5 2 1 7 3
1966 32 TOT 82 222 191 18 41 7 1 9 22 0 0 26 57 .215 .321 .403 .724 107 77 4 4 1 0 4 3
1966 32 HOU NL 49 170 144 16 35 6 1 7 18 0 0 21 39 .243 .355 .444 .799 128 64 3 4 1 0 3 3
1966 32 CLE AL 33 52 47 2 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 5 18 .128 .212 .277 .488 39 13 1 0 0 0 1 /3
9 Seasons 936 3479 2922 434 759 113 6 179 549 3 1 475 663 .260 .368 .486 .854 136 1421 69 45 5 32 54
162 Game Avg. 162 602 506 75 131 20 1 31 95 1 0 82 115 .260 .368 .486 .854 136 246 12 8 1 6 9
BAL (4 yrs) 583 2286 1911 308 519 79 4 124 398 3 1 317 379 .272 .379 .512 .891 145 978 47 31 1 26 35
KCA (2 yrs) 174 661 557 85 139 15 0 38 93 0 0 93 148 .250 .359 .481 .840 130 268 12 5 1 5 7
LAD (2 yrs) 16 41 36 1 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 7 .139 .244 .250 .494 29 9 1 0 0 0 1
HOU (2 yrs) 130 439 371 38 90 17 2 14 49 0 0 55 111 .243 .353 .412 .766 122 153 8 9 3 1 10
CLE (1 yr) 33 52 47 2 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 5 18 .128 .212 .277 .488 39 13 1 0 0 0 1
AL (7 yrs) 790 2999 2515 395 664 95 4 164 495 3 1 415 545 .264 .372 .501 .873 140 1259 60 36 2 31 43
NL (4 yrs) 146 480 407 39 95 18 2 15 54 0 0 60 118 .233 .344 .398 .742 113 162 9 9 3 1 11
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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 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 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2
1961-1 *
1961-2
1962-1 (1B)
1962-2 (1B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1960-AL-15-6%
1961-AL-3-56%
0.62 Career Shares (361st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1961 AL--.302--5th

On-Base% s c a p y
1961 AL--.423--3rd

Slugging % s c a p y
1961 AL--.646--3rd
Career--.486--146th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1961 AL--1.069--3rd
1964 AL--.837--9th
Career--.854--144th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1961 AL--96--8th

Total Bases s c a p y
1961 AL--314--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 AL--46--3rd
1962 AL--33--5th
1964 AL--28--10th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1960 AL--98--5th
1961 AL--141--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL--96--6th
1963 AL--76--9th
1964 AL--84--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 AL--106--7th
1962 AL--100--8th
1963 AL--101--9th
1964 AL--122--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1961 AL--187--3rd
Career--136--101st

Runs Created s c a p y
1961 AL--138--4th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1960 AL--27--6th
1961 AL--64--3rd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1960 AL--2.7--6th
1961 AL--6.1--3rd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1961 AL--73--4th

Times On Base s c a p y
1961 AL--254--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1961 AL--.809--3rd
Career--.675--121st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 AL--7--9th
1961 AL--11--2nd
1962 AL--7--8th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL--8--6th
1962 AL--10--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 AL--16--1st
1963 AL--9--4th

AB per HR s c a p y
1961 AL--10.565--3rd
1962 AL--16.515--5th
1964 AL--15.679--5th
Career--16.324--34th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 36 (672), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 29 (593), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (894), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

October 19, 1959: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Baltimore Orioles for $50,000. The Baltimore Orioles sent Willy Miranda (March 15, 1960) and Bill Lajoie (minors) (March 15, 1960) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

November 27, 1963: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with $25,000 to the Kansas City Athletics for Norm Siebern.

June 4, 1965: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Houston Astros for Jesse Hickman. The Houston Astros sent Ernie Fazio (October 15, 1965) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

July 19, 1966: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Cleveland Indians for Tony Curry.

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