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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 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
1943 25 DET AL 1 3 .250 3.68 4 4 0 2 0 0 29.1 30 12 12 2 12 8 2 0 0 126 96 1.432 9.2 0.6 3.7 2.5 0.67
1944 26 DET AL 12 14 .462 4.24 37 30 5 10 3 0 203.2 211 104 96 9 108 68 4 0 4 901 83 1.566 9.3 0.4 4.8 3.0 0.63
1946 28 DET AL 0 0 15.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 5 5 0 7 1 0 0 1 19 28 3.667 12.0 0.0 21.0 3.0 0.14
1947 29 DET AL 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 10 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1948 30 DET AL 0 0 2.70 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 5 2 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 30 170 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 1.4 0.20
5 Yrs 13 17 .433 4.37 48 34 9 12 3 0 243.0 251 126 118 11 134 78 7 0 5 1080 82 1.584 9.3 0.4 5.0 2.9 0.58
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .433 4.37 40 28 7 10 2 0 202 208 104 98 9 111 65 6 0 4 896 82 1.584 9.3 0.4 5.0 2.9 0.58

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
1943 25 DET AL 29.1 4 4 12 3.68 3.90 -0.05 0.00 103.4 4.08 1 0.1 -0.0 0.3 3 .536 .501 $
1944 26 DET AL 203.2 37 30 104 4.60 4.17 0.05 0.00 102.7 4.23 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.1 5 .475 .494 $
1946 28 DET AL 3.0 2 0 5 15.00 4.46 0.05 0.00 105.9 4.66 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .337 .498 $
1947 29 DET AL 0.1 1 0 3 81.00 4.56 -0.16 0.00 88.0 4.16 -3 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .262 .499 $
1948 30 DET AL 6.2 4 0 2 2.70 5.18 -0.13 0.00 101.5 5.39 2 0.2 .4 -0.1 0.2 3 .551 .501 $
5 Seasons 243.0 48 34 126 4.67 4.17 0.03 0.00 102.8 4.25 -12 -1.1 .8 -0.2 0.1 4 .476 .499 $

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
1948 30 DET AL 4 27 24 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 .208 .367 .208 .575 .217 5 0 1 0 0 1
1 Yr 4 27 24 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 .208 .367 .208 .575 .217 5 0 1 0 0 1
162 Game Avg. 68 459 408 34 85 0 0 0 17 0 85 17 .208 .367 .208 .575 .217 85 0 17 0 0 17
MLB Averages .259 .330 .325 .655 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 30 DET AL 1.5 0.2 28 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .16 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.16 0.9 0 0 3
5 Yrs -15.0 -1.5 28 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .16 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.16 0.9 0 0 3

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
1943 25 DET AL 4 4 1 3 0 0 2 1 3 .250 0 0 2 0 3 75% 50.5 70 6 0 3 2.5 7.3
1944 26 DET AL 37 30 10 14 6 1 4 15 15 .500 0 0 10 3 17 57% 47.5 82 16 18 9 3.6 6.3
2 Yrs 41 34 11 17 6 1 6 16 18 .471 0 0 12 3 20 59% 48 82 6 18 12 3.4 6.4
MLB Averages .500 55% 51 115 -11 4.2 4.8 6.9

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
1944 26 DET AL 37 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 6.3
1946 28 DET AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.5
1947 29 DET AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0
1948 30 DET AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% .159 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 5.0
4 Yrs 44 14 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% .159 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 5 4 1 2 5.3

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%
1943 25 DET AL 126 1.6% 6.4% 9.5% 3.2% 13% 81%
1944 26 DET AL 901 1.0% 7.6% 12.0% 2.3% 10% 77%
1946 28 DET AL 19 0.0% 5.3% 36.8% 58%
1947 29 DET AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50%
1948 30 DET AL 30 74% 0.0% 3.7% 18.5% 0.0% 0% 0.36 85% 7 0 0%
5 Yrs 1080 74% 1.0% 7.2% 12.4% 2.3% 10% 0.36 78% 7 0 0%
MLB Averages 49% 1.4% 9.9% 9.8% 3.3% 13% 0.95 84% 10%

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
1943 25 DET AL 30 2 0
1944 26 DET AL 211 9 4
1946 28 DET AL 4 0 1
1947 29 DET AL 1 0 0
1948 30 DET AL 27 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
5 Yrs 27 251 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 1 5 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MLB Averages 53% 56%

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+
1943 25 1 3 .250 3.68 4 4 0 2 0 0 29.1 30 12 12 2 12 8 2 0 0 126 96 1.432 9.2 0.6 3.7 2.5 0.67 96
1944 26 13 17 .433 4.17 41 34 5 12 3 0 233.0 241 116 108 11 120 76 6 0 4 1027 85 1.549 9.3 0.4 4.6 2.9 0.63 85
1945 27 13 17 .433 4.17 41 34 5 12 3 0 233.0 241 116 108 11 120 76 6 0 4 1027 85 1.549 9.3 0.4 4.6 2.9 0.63 85
1946 28 13 17 .433 4.31 43 34 7 12 3 0 236.0 245 121 113 11 127 77 6 0 5 1046 82 1.576 9.3 0.4 4.8 2.9 0.61 82
1947 29 13 17 .433 4.42 44 34 7 12 3 0 236.1 246 124 116 11 129 77 6 0 5 1050 81 1.587 9.4 0.4 4.9 2.9 0.60 81
1948 30 13 17 .433 4.37 48 34 9 12 3 0 243.0 251 126 118 11 134 78 7 0 5 1080 82 1.584 9.3 0.4 5.0 2.9 0.58 82

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
1943 25 1 2 .333 4.18 28.0 33 14 13 2 13 8 2 1.643 10.6 4.2 2.6 0.62 0.6 4
1944 26 9 13 .409 4.79 199.0 226 118 106 10 116 66 4 1.719 10.2 5.2 3.0 0.57 0.5 37
1946 28 0 0 15.00 3.0 4 6 5 0 7 1 0 3.667 12.0 21.0 3.0 0.14 0.0 2
1947 29 0 0 inf 0.0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0.00 1
1948 30 0 0 2.57 7.0 5 2 2 0 5 1 1 1.429 6.4 6.4 1.3 0.20 0.0 4
5 Yrs 10 15 .400 4.90 237.0 269 143 129 12 143 76 7 1.738 10.2 2.9 0.53 0.5 48

* 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

Games Started s c a p y
1944 AL  30 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 AL  3 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 AL  108 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1944 AL  14 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1944 AL  96 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 AL  4 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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