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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1969 22 NYM NL 13 12 .520 3.43 35 35 0 6 3 0 233.2 192 94 89 24 81 5 154 5 0 9 962 106 1.168 7.4 0.9 3.1 5.9 1.90
1970 23 NYM NL 9 9 .500 3.68 32 29 1 5 2 1 188.1 155 88 77 19 86 7 134 9 1 6 798 109 1.280 7.4 0.9 4.1 6.4 1.56
1971 24 NYM NL 12 11 .522 3.23 32 31 0 8 3 0 203.1 167 84 73 16 82 8 155 6 0 2 850 105 1.225 7.4 0.7 3.6 6.9 1.89
1972 25 NYM NL 7 10 .412 4.01 32 26 3 3 0 0 164.0 153 82 73 20 75 5 120 6 0 6 712 84 1.390 8.4 1.1 4.1 6.6 1.60
1973 26 ATL NL 4 6 .400 3.43 16 14 1 3 0 1 86.2 74 37 33 7 35 3 42 1 0 5 361 116 1.258 7.7 0.7 3.6 4.4 1.20
1974 27 ATL NL 0 0 1.35 3 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 27 297 0.900 5.4 1.4 2.7 0.0 0.00
1975 28 ATL NL 1 1 .500 4.95 7 2 2 0 0 0 20.0 25 14 11 3 8 1 10 0 0 1 90 78 1.650 11.3 1.4 3.6 4.5 1.25
7 Yrs 46 49 .484 3.56 157 138 7 25 8 2 902.2 770 400 357 90 369 29 615 28 1 29 3800 103 1.262 7.7 0.9 3.7 6.1 1.67
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .484 3.56 36 32 2 6 2 0 208 177 92 82 21 85 7 142 6 0 7 876 103 1.262 7.7 0.9 3.7 6.1 1.67
NYM (4 yrs) 41 42 .494 3.56 131 121 4 22 8 1 789.1 667 348 312 79 324 25 563 26 1 23 3322 102 1.255 7.6 0.9 3.7 6.4 1.74
ATL (3 yrs) 5 7 .417 3.57 26 17 3 3 0 1 113.1 103 52 45 11 45 4 52 2 0 6 478 111 1.306 8.2 0.9 3.6 4.1 1.16

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1969 22 NYM NL 233.2 35 35 94 3.62 4.10 0.33 0.06 101.9 3.91 5 0.6 -0.1 2.5 32 .517 .504 $
1970 23 NYM NL 188.1 32 29 88 4.21 4.56 0.27 0.07 100.8 4.39 1 0.1 1.8 -0.1 1.5 23 .504 .501 $
1971 24 NYM NL 203.1 32 31 84 3.72 3.81 0.02 0.05 99.7 3.83 0 0.1 .6 -0.1 1.5 20 .502 .500 $
1972 25 NYM NL 164.0 32 26 82 4.50 3.88 -0.35 0.04 96.9 4.14 -9 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 0.2 7 .469 .494 $
1973 26 ATL NL 86.2 16 14 37 3.84 4.09 -0.03 0.11 103.2 4.35 5 0.6 1.4 -0.0 1.2 13 .535 .503 $
1974 27 ATL NL 6.2 3 1 1 1.35 3.73 0.45 -0.07 102.7 3.30 1 0.2 .5 -0.0 0.2 2 .554 .501 $
1975 28 ATL NL 20.0 7 2 14 6.30 4.03 -0.53 -0.05 102.6 4.62 -4 -0.4 .5 0.0 -0.2 -2 .441 .497 $
7 Seasons 902.2 157 138 400 3.99 4.09 0.07 0.06 100.4 4.09 1 0.1 1.0 -0.5 6.9 95 .501 .500 $
NYM (4 yrs) 789.1 131 121 348 3.97 4.09 0.10 0.06 100.1 4.05 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.5 5.7 82 .499 .500 $
ATL (3 yrs) 113.1 26 17 52 4.13 4.06 -0.09 0.07 103.1 4.34 2 0.3 .7 -0.0 1.2 13 .512 .501 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1969 22 NYM NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 3.000 22.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1969 22 NYM NL WS W BAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 3 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 28 1.200 4.1 0.0 6.8 5.4 0.80
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 2.08 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 8 2 2 1 6 0 5 0 0 0 40 1.615 8.3 1.0 6.2 5.2 0.83
1 NLCS 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 3.000 22.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 3 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 28 1.200 4.1 0.0 6.8 5.4 0.80

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1969 22 NYM NL 35 962 863 94 192 23 4 24 19 6 81 154 .222 .292 .342 .634 .244 295 16 5 8 4 5 11
1970 23 NYM NL 32 798 690 88 155 25 4 19 8 6 86 134 .225 .316 .355 .671 .250 245 19 9 6 6 7 9
1971 24 NYM NL 32 850 747 84 167 23 9 16 5 5 82 155 .224 .304 .343 .646 .260 256 14 6 10 5 8 8
1972 25 NYM NL 32 712 612 82 153 18 5 20 8 7 75 120 .250 .334 .394 .728 .277 241 7 6 11 8 5 5
1973 26 ATL NL 16 361 321 37 74 13 1 7 3 3 35 42 .231 .305 .343 .647 .243 110 4 1 0 4 3 4
1974 27 ATL NL 3 27 24 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .167 .259 .292 .551 .130 7 0 1 0 0 0 0
1975 28 ATL NL 7 90 80 14 25 3 1 3 3 0 8 10 .313 .371 .488 .858 .324 39 3 0 1 1 1 1
7 Yrs 157 3800 3337 400 770 105 24 90 46 27 369 615 .231 .310 .358 .668 .256 1193 63 28 36 28 29 38
162 Game Avg. 36 876 769 92 177 24 6 21 11 6 85 142 .231 .310 .358 .668 .256 275 15 6 8 6 7 9
MLB Averages .252 .322 .371 .692 .279

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1969 22 NYM NL 8.5 0.9 996 2.0 17.2 -15.2 1.00 1.3 0.6 14.3 1.5 1.00 12.7 0 0 0
1970 23 NYM NL 6.4 0.6 819 0.3 14.6 -14.3 1.03 1.1 -0.8 9.4 1.0 1.03 10.7 1 1 1
1971 24 NYM NL 3.3 0.4 862 0.8 15.0 -14.1 1.04 0.6 0.2 4.5 0.5 1.04 6.5 0 0 1
1972 25 NYM NL -12.0 -1.3 735 -0.1 11.9 -12.0 1.03 -1.0 0.9 -12.7 -1.4 1.03 -11.6 1 3 1
1973 26 ATL NL 5.1 0.5 375 -0.1 6.0 -6.1 .98 1.0 -1.1 4.7 0.5 0.98 9.7 1 0 1
1974 27 ATL NL 2.0 0.2 27 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .65 0.0 0.2 1.8 0.2 0.65 0.6 0 1 1
1975 28 ATL NL -3.0 -0.3 95 -0.5 1.3 -1.8 .87 -0.3 -0.3 -5.1 -0.5 0.87 -3.0 1 0 4
7 Yrs 10.3 1.1 3909 2.5 66.3 -63.8 1.01 2.8 -0.3 16.8 1.8 1.01 25.6 4 5 9

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 22 NYM NL 35 35 13 12 10 1 4 18 17 .514 1 5 6 3 23 66% 56.2 91 17 17 5 9 12 3.7 3.6 6.7
1970 23 NYM NL 32 29 9 8 12 0 3 15 14 .517 3 6 5 2 19 66% 54.6 91 8 27 13 3 6 4.5 3.7 6.3
1971 24 NYM NL 32 31 12 11 8 1 4 19 12 .613 0 3 8 3 18 58% 56.3 87 16 18 3 2 9 3.6 3.4 6.4
1972 25 NYM NL 32 26 7 10 9 0 1 10 16 .385 3 4 3 0 13 50% 51.6 77 18 27 10 2 8 3.7 3.3 5.9
1973 26 ATL NL 16 14 4 6 4 0 1 5 9 .357 1 1 3 0 7 50% 52.6 76 20 12 3 4 4 4.3 4.8 5.9
1974 27 ATL NL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 54.0 54 54 2 0 0 1 2.0 3.0 3.7
1975 28 ATL NL 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 47.0 60 34 2 0 0 2 2.0 2.3 6.0
7 Yrs 157 138 45 48 45 2 13 67 71 .486 8 19 25 8 81 59% 55 91 8 105 34 20 42 3.9 3.6 6.3
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 109 -3 4.1 4.0 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1970 23 NYM NL 32 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 1 1 100% 6 1.034 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.3
1971 24 NYM NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.045 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18.0
1972 25 NYM NL 32 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 4 1.028 1 3 1 0 1 5 4 2 5 0 5 1 5.2
1973 26 ATL NL 16 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 .978 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5.5
1974 27 ATL NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 .649 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1975 28 ATL NL 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 6 .871 1 0 4 1 0 4 1 4 3 1 3 0 4.8
6 Yrs 122 19 7 1 1 4 2 2 50% 5 1 10 5 50% 1.020 4 5 9 5 1 13 7 12 13 3 13 1 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 22 NYM NL 962 60% 2.5% 16.0% 8.4% 5.3% 27% 0.87 72% 153 16 10%
1970 23 NYM NL 798 60% 2.4% 16.8% 10.8% 6.0% 31% 0.91 68% 144 19 13%
1971 24 NYM NL 850 57% 1.9% 18.2% 9.7% 5.7% 29% 0.77 68% 188 14 7%
1972 25 NYM NL 712 59% 2.8% 16.9% 10.5% 6.0% 28% 0.77 67% 130 7 5%
1973 26 ATL NL 361 60% 1.9% 11.6% 9.7% 5.8% 28% 0.83 76% 68 4 6%
1974 27 ATL NL 27 56% 3.7% 0.0% 7.4% 3.7% 25% 0.82 85% 2 0 0%
1975 28 ATL NL 90 48% 3.3% 11.1% 8.9% 7.8% 28% 0.81 76% 18 3 17%
7 Yrs 3800 59% 2.4% 16.2% 9.7% 5.8% 28% 0.83 70% 703 63 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.2% 8.9% 6.0% 27% 1.10 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1969 22 NYM NL 962 192 24 0 11 17 7 12 12 28 14 3 50% 11 9 0 334 19 6 76% 15 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 23 0
1970 23 NYM NL 798 155 19 0 16 14 5 12 7 39 15 3 38% 9 6 1 293 8 6 57% 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 0
1971 24 NYM NL 850 167 16 0 21 8 8 8 8 41 24 7 59% 8 2 1 320 5 5 50% 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1972 25 NYM NL 712 153 20 1 17 12 8 12 8 50 26 5 52% 5 6 2 241 8 7 53% 7 7 1 0 0 0 3 1 21 0
1973 26 ATL NL 361 74 7 0 5 5 2 3 4 12 8 1 67% 4 5 0 131 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1974 27 ATL NL 27 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 28 ATL NL 90 25 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 5 4 1 80% 1 1 0 31 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Yrs 3800 770 90 1 74 58 32 49 41 175 91 20 52% 38 29 4 1356 46 27 63% 39 24 7 3 0 0 3 1 84 0
MLB Averages 50% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1969 22 13 12 .520 3.43 35 35 0 6 3 0 233.2 192 94 89 24 81 5 154 5 0 9 962 106 1.168 7.4 0.9 3.1 5.9 1.90 106
1970 23 22 21 .512 3.54 67 64 1 11 5 1 422.0 347 182 166 43 167 12 288 14 1 15 1760 108 1.218 7.4 0.9 3.6 6.1 1.72 108
1971 24 34 32 .515 3.44 99 95 1 19 8 1 625.1 514 266 239 59 249 20 443 20 1 17 2610 107 1.220 7.4 0.8 3.6 6.4 1.78 107
1972 25 41 42 .494 3.56 131 121 4 22 8 1 789.1 667 348 312 79 324 25 563 26 1 23 3322 102 1.255 7.6 0.9 3.7 6.4 1.74 102
1973 26 45 48 .484 3.54 147 135 5 25 8 2 876.0 741 385 345 86 359 28 605 27 1 28 3683 103 1.256 7.6 0.9 3.7 6.2 1.69 103
1974 27 45 48 .484 3.53 150 136 5 25 8 2 882.2 745 386 346 87 361 28 605 28 1 28 3710 104 1.253 7.6 0.9 3.7 6.2 1.68 104
1975 28 46 49 .484 3.56 157 138 7 25 8 2 902.2 770 400 357 90 369 29 615 28 1 29 3800 103 1.262 7.7 0.9 3.7 6.1 1.67 103

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1969 22 12 12 .500 3.90 224.0 200 108 97 25 84 148 5 1.268 8.0 3.4 5.9 1.76 1.0 35
1970 23 11 9 .550 3.74 183.0 154 84 76 19 85 130 9 1.306 7.6 4.2 6.4 1.53 0.9 32
1971 24 11 10 .524 3.98 192.0 180 94 85 17 88 146 6 1.396 8.4 4.1 6.8 1.66 0.8 32
1972 25 7 10 .412 5.01 160.0 173 99 89 23 85 117 7 1.613 9.7 4.8 6.6 1.38 1.3 32
1973 26 5 4 .556 3.54 84.0 74 37 33 7 35 41 1 1.298 7.9 3.8 4.4 1.17 0.8 16
1974 27 0 0 1.29 7.0 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 0.857 5.1 2.6 0.0 0.00 1.3 3
1975 28 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 25 12 11 3 8 10 0 1.737 11.8 3.8 4.7 1.25 1.4 7
7 Yrs 47 46 .505 4.06 869.0 810 435 392 95 387 592 29 1.377 8.4 6.1 1.53 1.0 157

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL  7.395 (10th)
1970 NL  7.407 (4th)
1971 NL  7.392 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL  6.861 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 NL  24 (6th)
1972 NL  20 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 NL  9 (5th)
1972 NL  6 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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