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Gary Gentry

Gary Edward Gentry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 6, 1946 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: Camelback HS (Phoenix, AZ)
Schools: Phoenix College (Phoenix, AZ), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1969
Teams (by GP): Mets/Braves 1969-1975

Final Game: May 6, 1975
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Standard Batting

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
1969 22 NYM NL 35 84 74 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 52 .081 .104 .095 .198 -44 7 0 1 7 1 0 1
1970 23 NYM NL 32 69 59 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 5 39 .068 .141 .102 .242 -34 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
1971 24 NYM NL 32 75 68 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 36 .074 .072 .074 .146 -58 5 1 0 6 1 0 1
1972 25 NYM NL 32 55 48 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 28 .104 .173 .125 .298 -13 6 0 0 3 0 0 1
1973 26 ATL NL 17 34 30 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 15 .233 .258 .233 .491 33 7 0 0 3 0 0 1
1974 27 ATL NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 28 ATL NL 7 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 158 324 285 10 27 4 0 0 12 0 1 11 174 .095 .130 .109 .239 -33 31 1 1 25 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 332 292 10 28 4 0 0 12 0 1 11 178 .095 .130 .109 .239 -33 32 1 1 26 2 0
NYM (4 yrs) 131 283 249 8 20 4 0 0 9 0 1 10 155 .080 .118 .096 .215 -39 24 1 1 21 2 0
ATL (3 yrs) 27 41 36 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 19 .194 .216 .194 .411 12 7 0 0 4 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1969 22 NYM NL 35 84 -14 -0 0 0 10 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .486 .497 -0.5 0.0 -1 $ 1
1970 23 NYM NL 32 69 -12 -0 0 0 8 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .486 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1
1971 24 NYM NL 32 75 -14 0 -0 0 8 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.7 .478 .496 -0.7 0.0 -4 $ 1
1972 25 NYM NL 32 55 -7 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $ 1
1973 26 ATL NL 17 34 -3 -0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1974 27 ATL NL 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1975 28 ATL NL 7 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .486 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
7 Seasons 158 324 -52 -1 0 0 36 -16 -1.8 10 -7 -1.7 .488 .498 -1.8 0.1 -7 $
NYM (4 yrs) 131 283 -47 -0 0 0 32 -16 -1.7 9 -7 -1.7 .486 .497 -1.8 0.1 -7 $
ATL (3 yrs) 27 41 -5 -0 0 0 5 -0 -0.1 1 1 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1969 22 NYM NL 84 76 1 0.4 96 .261 .081 .262 .104 .332 .095 .388 .198 .720 -44 .011 -14.6 -1.6 .132 .027 .014
1970 23 NYM NL 69 61 1 0.4 103 .200 .068 .267 .141 .340 .102 .408 .242 .748 -34 .013 -11.4 -1.1 .179 .102 .034
1971 24 NYM NL 75 71 0 0.0 91 .152 .074 .257 .072 .323 .074 .377 .146 .700 -58 .000 -14.1 -1.5 .078 .000 .000
1972 25 NYM NL 55 46 1 0.6 89 .250 .104 .253 .173 .321 .125 .374 .298 .695 -13 .028 -7.1 -0.8 .233 .104 .021
1973 26 ATL NL 34 26 2 2.1 103 .467 .233 .272 .258 .342 .233 .404 .491 .746 33 .210 -2.9 -0.3 .348 .033 .000
1974 27 ATL NL 1 1 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .267 .000 .340 .000 .386 .000 .726 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1975 28 ATL NL 6 6 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .269 .000 .340 .000 .389 .000 .729 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 324 287 5 0.5 96 .239 .095 .262 .130 .331 .109 .389 .239 .720 -33 .018 -51.7 -5.4 .162 .049 .014
162 Game Avg. 332 294 5 0.5 96 .239 .095 .262 .130 .331 .109 .389 .239 .720 -33 .018 -51.7 -5.4 .162 .049 .014
NYM (4 yrs) 283 254 3 0.3 95 .208 .080 .260 .118 .330 .096 .387 .215 .716 -39 .009 -47.2 -5.0 .147 .052 .016
ATL (3 yrs) 41 33 2 1.6 102 .412 .194 .271 .216 .342 .194 .401 .411 .743 12 .146 -4.6 -0.5 .276 .028 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 22 NYM NL NLCS ATL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 22 NYM NL WS BAL W 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 2 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1969 22 NYM NL 84 0.0% 61.9% 1.2% 1.2% 17% 52.00 1.4 74.0 2.00 27%
1970 23 NYM NL 69 0.0% 56.5% 7.3% 2.9% 50% 7.80 1.5 29.5 1.88 29%
1971 24 NYM NL 75 0.0% 48.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.9 22.7 1.79 44%
1972 25 NYM NL 55 0.0% 50.9% 7.3% 1.8% 20% 7.00 1.7 16.0 1.22 36%
1973 26 ATL NL 34 0.0% 44.1% 2.9% 0.0% 0% 15.00 2.0 10.0 1.20 44%
1974 27 ATL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1975 28 ATL NL 6 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 17%
7 Yrs 324 0.0% 53.7% 3.4% 1.2% 15% 15.82 1.6 23.8 1.67 35%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.1% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.60 6.3 44.9 8.9 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1969 22 NYM NL -14.6 -1.6 84 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 .88 -1.3 0.2 -13.7 -1.4 0.95 -13.8 0
1970 23 NYM NL -11.4 -1.1 71 -1.2 0.3 -1.5 .98 -1.2 -0.0 -13.9 -1.4 1.01 -13.0 0
1971 24 NYM NL -14.1 -1.5 75 -1.4 0.2 -1.6 .91 -1.4 -0.1 -13.8 -1.5 0.95 -14.6 0
1972 25 NYM NL -7.1 -0.8 55 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 .83 -0.6 0.2 -5.1 -0.6 0.97 -6.7 0
1973 26 ATL NL -2.9 -0.3 34 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .75 -0.2 0.0 -2.5 -0.3 1.03 -3.0 0
1974 27 ATL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .99 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0
1975 28 ATL NL -1.4 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .94 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.75 -1.4 0
7 Yrs -51.7 -5.4 326 -4.2 1.8 -6.0 .89 -4.9 0.2 -50.3 -5.3 0.97 -52.9 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 22 NYM NL 2 0 25% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1970 23 NYM NL 0 0 22% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 NYM NL 1 0 40% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1972 25 NYM NL 0 0 22% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1973 26 ATL NL 0 0 25% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1974 27 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 28 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 3 0 26% 50 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18% 6 5 1 2 2 0 3 2 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1969 22 NYM NL 84 23% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 18 0 0% 18 5 28% 55 2 4% 5 1 20% 4 2 50% 0
1970 23 NYM NL 69 17% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 13 0 0% 17 5 29% 54 2 4% 7 1 14% 3 1 33% 0
1971 24 NYM NL 75 21% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 12 1 8% 16 3 19% 51 4 8% 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 0
1972 25 NYM NL 55 29% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 11 0 0% 13 2 15% 38 3 8% 0 0 0 0 0
1973 26 ATL NL 34 44% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 0 0% 7 3 43% 25 3 12% 1 0 0% 3 3 100% 0
1974 27 ATL NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 28 ATL NL 6 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 324 25% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 38 25 66% 62 1 2% 72 19 26% 224 14 6% 16 4 25% 13 6 46% 0
MLB Averages 54% 75% 11% 31% 14% 47% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 22 35 84 74 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 52 .081 .104 .095 .198 -44 7 0 1 7 1 0
1970 23 67 153 133 4 10 3 0 0 3 0 1 6 91 .075 .121 .098 .218 -39 13 0 1 12 1 0
1971 24 99 228 201 6 15 3 0 0 6 0 1 6 127 .075 .105 .090 .194 -45 18 1 1 18 2 0
1972 25 131 283 249 8 20 4 0 0 9 0 1 10 155 .080 .118 .096 .215 -39 24 1 1 21 2 0
1973 26 148 317 279 10 27 4 0 0 12 0 1 11 170 .097 .133 .111 .244 -31 31 1 1 24 2 0
1974 27 151 318 280 10 27 4 0 0 12 0 1 11 170 .096 .133 .111 .243 -31 31 1 1 24 2 0
1975 28 158 324 285 10 27 4 0 0 12 0 1 11 174 .095 .130 .109 .239 -33 31 1 1 25 2 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 22 35 86 76 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 52 .105 .127 .118 .245 1 35
1970 23 32 69 59 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 5 39 .068 .141 .102 .242 1 32
1971 24 32 75 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 32
1972 25 33 57 50 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 4 29 .100 .167 .120 .287 1 32
1973 26 17 34 30 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 15 .233 .258 .233 .491 2 17
1974 27 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1975 28 7 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
7 Yrs 159 328 289 9 24 4 0 0 10 0 11 175 .083 .119 .097 .216 5 158
162 Game Avg. 162 334 294 9 24 4 0 0 10 0 11 178 .083 .119 .097 .216 5 158

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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