Rufe Gentry

James Ruffus Gentry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 18, 1918 in Daisy Station, NC(All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1943
Team: Tigers 1943-1948

Final Game: May 9, 1948
Died: July 3, 1997 in Winston-Salem, NC
Buried: Gardens of Memory, Walkertown, NC
Relatives: Brother of Harvey Gentry
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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	Pos	Awards
1939	21	LDI	D	38	80	80		15	0	0	0						.188	.188	.188	.375		15					LDI · NCSL
1940	22	DET-min	D	60	163	163		45	5	2	6						.276	.276	.442	.718		72					FLT · KITL
1941	23	DET-min	B	38	99	99		18	0	1	0						.182	.182	.202	.384		20					WSM · PIED
1942	24	DET-min	AA	41	68	61	3	14	1	1	0	6	0	0	2	13	.230	.254	.279	.533		17	2	0	5		BFL · IL
1943	25	DET-min	AA	42	116	103	9	17	5	0	0	10	0	0	4	19	.165	.196	.214	.410		22		0	9		BFL · IL
1943	25	DET	AL	4	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	0	0	/1
1944	26	DET	AL	37	79	76	1	15	2	0	0	10	0	0	1	11	.197	.208	.224	.431	21	17	6	0	2	1

1946	28	DET-min	AAA	25	62	60	5	20	5	0	1	8	0	0	0	8	.333	.333	.467	.800		28	1	0	2		BFL · IL
1946	28	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1947	29	DET-min	AA	32	63	63		20	3	0	0						.317	.317	.365	.683		23					DAL · TL
1947	29	DET	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1948	30	DET-min	AAA,AA	32	44	42	1	8	1	0	0	4	0		2	3	.190	.227	.214	.442		9		0	0		BFL,DAL · IL,TL
1948	30	DET	AL	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	426	1	0	0	0	/1
1949	31	DET-min	AAA,AA	6	11	11		3									.273	.273									TOL,LRK · AA,SOUA
5 Yrs				48	91	87	2	16	2	0	0	10	0	0	2	16	.184	.202	.207	.409	15	18	6	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	307	294	7	54	7	0	0	34	0	0	7	54	.184	.202	.207	.409	15	61	20	0	7

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
1943	25	DET	AL	4	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.461	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/1
1944	26	DET	AL	37	79	-8	0	0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1

1946	28	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1947	29	DET	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1948	30	DET	AL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.520	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
5 Seasons				48	91	-10	0	0	0	8	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.2	.497	.500	-0.2	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
1943	25	DET	AL	11	10	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.264	.091	.340	.000	.364	.091	.704	-73	.000	-2.3	-0.3	.100	.100	.000
1944	26	DET	AL	79	69	4	1.6	95	.231	.197	.274	.208	.341	.224	.374	.431	.715	21	.151	-8.2	-0.9	.269	.039	.026

1948	30	DET	AL	1	0	1		108	1.000	1.000	.277	1.000	.362	1.000	.400	2.000	.762	426	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
5 Yrs				91	79	5	1.7	95	.225	.184	.273	.202	.341	.207	.373	.409	.715	15	.173	-10.1	-1.1	.260	.046	.023
162 Game Avg.				307	267	17	1.7	95	.225	.184	.273	.202	.341	.207	.373	.409	.715	15	.173	-10.1	-1.1	.260	.046	.023

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	25	DET	AL	11	0.0%	45.5%	9.1%	0.0%		5.00	2.0				45%
1944	26	DET	AL	79	0.0%	13.9%	1.3%	2.5%	13%	11.00	6.9		7.6		82%

1948	30	DET	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
5 Yrs				91	0.0%	17.6%	2.2%	2.2%	13%	8.00	5.4		8.7		78%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.9%	25%	1.01	9.6	69.8	8.8	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1943	25	DET	AL	-2.3	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	26	DET	AL	-8.2	-0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	28	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	29	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	30	DET	AL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.21	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.86	0.5	0
5 Yrs				-10.1	-1.1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.21	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.86	0.5	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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	30	DET	AL	0	0	100%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	11%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1948	30	DET	AL	1	0%	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
5 Yrs				1	0%	16			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	6		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			955%			96%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1943	25	4	11	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	0
1944	26	41	90	86	1	15	2	10	2	16	.174	.193	.198	.391	10	17	6	2
1945	27	41	90	86	1	15	2	10	2	16	.174	.193	.198	.391	10	17	6	2
1946	28	43	90	86	1	15	2	10	2	16	.174	.193	.198	.391	10	17	6	2
1947	29	44	90	86	1	15	2	10	2	16	.174	.193	.198	.391	10	17	6	2
1948	30	48	91	87	2	16	2	10	2	16	.184	.202	.207	.409	15	18	6	2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1943	25	4	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	4
1944	26	39	84	81	1	17	2	0	0	12	0	1	11	.210	.220	.235	.454	4	37

1948	30	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	4
3 Yrs		47	97	93	2	18	2	0	0	12	0	2	16	.194	.211	.215	.426	5	45
162 Game Avg.		162	334	321	7	62	7	0	0	41	0	7	55	.194	.211	.215	.426	17	45

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