Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > P Listing > Gene Pentz > Pitching

News: s-r blog:Player Birthdays

 

Gene Pentz

Eugene David Pentz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 21, 1953 in Johnstown, PA
High School: Johnstown HS (Johnstown, PA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1975
Teams (by GP): Astros/Tigers 1975-1978

Final Game: May 3, 1978
    About biographical information

39
30
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

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
1975 22 DET AL 0 4 .000 3.20 13 0 11 0 0 0 25.1 27 14 9 0 20 4 21 0 0 1 118 126 1.855 9.6 0.0 7.1 7.5 1.05
1976 23 HOU NL 3 3 .500 2.97 40 0 25 0 0 5 63.2 62 26 21 5 31 2 36 1 0 2 279 108 1.461 8.8 0.7 4.4 5.1 1.16
1977 24 HOU NL 5 2 .714 3.83 41 4 16 0 0 2 87.0 76 41 37 8 44 5 51 1 2 9 375 94 1.379 7.9 0.8 4.6 5.3 1.16
1978 25 HOU NL 0 0 6.00 10 0 2 0 0 0 15.0 12 13 10 1 13 3 8 1 0 1 73 57 1.667 7.2 0.6 7.8 4.8 0.62
4 Yrs 8 9 .471 3.63 104 4 54 0 0 7 191.0 177 94 77 14 108 14 116 3 2 13 845 97 1.492 8.3 0.7 5.1 5.5 1.07
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .471 3.63 65 3 34 0 0 4 120 111 59 48 9 68 9 73 2 1 8 532 97 1.492 8.3 0.7 5.1 5.5 1.07
HOU (3 yrs) 8 5 .615 3.69 91 4 43 0 0 7 165.2 150 80 68 14 88 10 95 3 2 12 727 93 1.437 8.1 0.8 4.8 5.2 1.08
DET (1 yr) 0 4 .000 3.20 13 0 11 0 0 0 25.1 27 14 9 0 20 4 21 0 0 1 118 126 1.855 9.6 0.0 7.1 7.5 1.05
NL (3 yrs) 8 5 .615 3.69 91 4 43 0 0 7 165.2 150 80 68 14 88 10 95 3 2 12 727 93 1.437 8.1 0.8 4.8 5.2 1.08
AL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 3.20 13 0 11 0 0 0 25.1 27 14 9 0 20 4 21 0 0 1 118 126 1.855 9.6 0.0 7.1 7.5 1.05

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
1975 22 DET AL 25.1 13 0 14 4.97 4.49 -0.34 -0.37 104.0 4.64 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.1 2 .492 .499 $
1976 23 HOU NL 63.2 40 0 26 3.68 4.14 -0.04 -0.34 95.4 3.67 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.4 6 .498 .500 $
1977 24 HOU NL 87.0 41 4 41 4.24 4.57 0.12 -0.23 93.8 3.97 -3 -0.3 .7 -0.1 0.2 6 .491 .498 $
1978 25 HOU NL 15.0 10 0 13 7.80 4.41 -0.30 -0.36 90.7 3.95 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .430 .496 $
4 Seasons 191.0 104 4 94 4.43 4.41 -0.03 -0.29 95.4 3.95 -11 -1.2 1.0 -0.3 0.1 8 .488 .498 $
HOU (3 yrs) 165.2 91 4 80 4.35 4.39 0.02 -0.28 94.1 3.85 -10 -1.1 .9 -0.2 -0.0 6 .488 .498 $
DET (1 yr) 25.1 13 0 14 4.97 4.49 -0.34 -0.37 104.0 4.64 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.1 2 .492 .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
1975 22 DET AL 13 118 92 14 27 3 0 0 2 3 20 21 .293 .412 .326 .738 .370 30 0 0 4 2 4 2
1976 23 HOU NL 40 279 239 26 62 5 0 5 5 4 31 36 .259 .343 .343 .686 .284 82 6 1 5 3 2 5
1977 24 HOU NL 41 375 322 41 76 10 5 8 10 6 44 51 .236 .324 .373 .697 .253 120 3 1 2 6 5 3
1978 25 HOU NL 10 73 56 13 12 3 0 1 1 0 13 8 .214 .366 .321 .688 .229 18 0 1 2 1 3 2
4 Yrs 104 845 709 94 177 21 5 14 18 13 108 116 .250 .346 .353 .699 .276 250 9 3 13 12 14 12
162 Game Avg. 65 532 446 59 111 13 3 9 11 8 68 73 .250 .346 .353 .699 .276 157 6 2 8 8 9 8
MLB Averages .259 .325 .379 .704 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1975 22 DET AL 0.8 0.1 125 -1.5 1.6 -3.1 1.18 -0.3 -1.0 -5.7 -0.6 1.18 -3.6 5 2 5
1976 23 HOU NL 0.9 0.1 290 0.0 5.3 -5.2 1.08 -0.1 0.1 2.2 0.2 1.08 -2.5 11 5 22
1977 24 HOU NL -2.4 -0.2 403 -0.5 5.4 -5.8 .86 0.3 -0.8 -1.8 -0.2 0.86 0.0 4 9 23
1978 25 HOU NL -5.6 -0.6 75 -0.1 0.8 -0.9 .92 -0.0 -0.1 -3.5 -0.4 0.92 -1.3 4 0 6
4 Yrs -6.3 -0.6 893 -2.0 13.0 -15.0 .98 -0.1 -1.9 -8.8 -0.9 0.98 -7.4 24 16 56

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
1977 24 HOU NL 41 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36.2 47 28 8 3 1 2 4.9 3.9 5.3
1 Yr 41 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36 47 28 8 3 1 2 4.9 3.9 5.3
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 105 -13 4.2 4.2 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
1975 22 DET AL 13 13 11 0 4 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 2 25% 6 1.184 5 2 5 1 3 9 4 9 7 1 8 0 5.8
1976 23 HOU NL 40 40 25 3 3 7 5 2 71% 8 0 30 6 20% 8 1.079 11 5 22 8 4 28 14 26 22 9 22 9 4.8
1977 24 HOU NL 41 37 16 4 0 4 2 2 50% 6 2 14 7 50% 6 .861 4 9 23 6 3 28 10 27 23 5 23 6 5.4
1978 25 HOU NL 10 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 3 50% 5 .921 4 0 6 2 1 7 3 7 6 2 7 2 4.5
4 Yrs 104 100 54 7 7 12 7 5 58% 16 3 58 18 31% .983 24 16 56 17 11 72 31 69 58 17 60 17 5.1

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%
1975 22 DET AL 118 48% 0.0% 17.8% 17.0% 2.5% 11% 1.22 62% 24 0 0%
1976 23 HOU NL 279 61% 1.8% 12.9% 11.1% 3.6% 16% 0.94 72% 64 6 9%
1977 24 HOU NL 375 60% 2.1% 13.6% 11.7% 6.1% 30% 0.97 72% 61 3 5%
1978 25 HOU NL 73 58% 1.4% 11.0% 17.8% 5.5% 33% 0.76 66% 15 0 0%
4 Yrs 845 59% 1.7% 13.7% 12.8% 4.7% 23% 0.96 70% 164 9 5%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.9% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.09 75% 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
1975 22 DET AL 118 27 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 63% 2 1 1 49 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1976 23 HOU NL 279 62 5 0 17 4 1 1 4 22 7 4 32% 5 2 0 121 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1977 24 HOU NL 375 76 8 0 11 4 4 2 6 28 15 5 54% 3 9 0 135 10 6 63% 10 4 0 1 0 1 3 1 20 0
1978 25 HOU NL 73 12 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 100% 2 1 0 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Yrs 845 177 14 0 41 8 6 3 11 62 31 9 50% 12 13 1 330 18 13 58% 18 10 0 2 0 1 3 1 36 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

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+
1975 22 0 4 .000 3.20 13 0 11 0 0 0 25.1 27 14 9 0 20 4 21 0 0 1 118 126 1.855 9.6 0.0 7.1 7.5 1.05 126
1976 23 3 7 .300 3.03 53 0 36 0 0 5 89.0 89 40 30 5 51 6 57 1 0 3 397 114 1.573 9.0 0.5 5.2 5.8 1.12 114
1977 24 8 9 .471 3.43 94 4 52 0 0 7 176.0 165 81 67 13 95 11 108 2 2 12 772 103 1.477 8.4 0.7 4.9 5.5 1.14 103
1978 25 8 9 .471 3.63 104 4 54 0 0 7 191.0 177 94 77 14 108 14 116 3 2 13 845 97 1.492 8.3 0.7 5.1 5.5 1.07 97

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
1975 22 1 1 .500 3.52 23.0 28 10 9 0 21 19 0 2.130 11.0 8.2 7.4 0.90 0.0 13
1976 23 3 3 .500 4.03 58.0 69 29 26 6 34 33 1 1.776 10.7 5.3 5.1 0.97 0.9 40
1977 24 4 5 .444 4.45 83.0 80 46 41 8 46 48 1 1.518 8.7 5.0 5.2 1.04 0.9 41
1978 25 0 1 .000 7.80 15.0 13 14 13 1 14 8 1 1.800 7.8 8.4 4.8 0.57 0.6 10
4 Yrs 8 10 .444 4.47 179.0 190 99 89 15 115 108 3 1.704 9.6 5.4 0.94 0.8 104

* 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

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1977 NL  9 (6th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Mark Lee (988)
  2. Julio Navarro (985)
  3. Rick Baldwin (985)
  4. Fred Beene (984)
  5. Nellie King (983)
  6. Dom Zanni (982)
  7. Stan Thomas (981)
  8. Bill Zepp (981)
  9. Walt Huntzinger (981)
  10. Newt Kimball (981)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Tom Walker (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Barry Jones (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Gene Pentz    

Viewed 4,114 times through June 1, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Eugene David eugene Gene Pentz

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.