Jim Gentile

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: June 3, 1934 in San Francisco, CA us

High School: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1957 (Age 23-099d, 11,475th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1966 (Age 32-119d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: James Edward Gentile

Nicknames: Diamond Jim

Pronunciation: \jen-TEEL\

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6x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.0

2922

759

179

.260

434

RBI

549

OBP

.368

SLG

.486

OPS

.855

OPS+

136

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BAL		LAA	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
2	2	Apr 14	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
3	3	Apr 15	BAL		MIN	W,8-0	GF	21	6.0	7	1	0	8	3	PH 1B
4	4	Apr 16 (1)	BAL		MIN	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
5	5	Apr 16 (2)	BAL		MIN	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
6	7 (1)	Apr 22 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
7	8	Apr 22 (2)	BAL		NYY	T,5-5	CG	32	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
8	9	Apr 23	BAL		NYY	W,4-1	GF	16	4.0	6	0	0	6	1	PH 1B
9	10	Apr 24	BAL		CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
10	11	Apr 25	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
11	12	Apr 26	BAL		CLE	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
12	13	Apr 27	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
13	14	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
14	15	Apr 29	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
15	16	Apr 30 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-8	GF	19	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
16	17	Apr 30 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	18	May 2	BAL	@	LAA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
18	19	May 3	BAL	@	LAA	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	1B
19	20	May 4	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-7	GS	49	12.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
20	21	May 6	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
21	22	May 7	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
22	23	May 9	BAL	@	MIN	W,13-5	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
23	25 (1)	May 11	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
24	26	May 12	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
25	27	May 13	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
26	28	May 14 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS	44	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
27	33 (4)	May 19	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
28	34	May 20	BAL		WSA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
29	35	May 21 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
30	36	May 21 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
31	37	May 22	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
32	39 (1)	May 24 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
33	40	May 24 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
34	42 (1)	May 27	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
35	43	May 28	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
36	44	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
37	45	May 30 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
38	46	May 31	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
40	48	Jun 3	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
41	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	7	0	1	8	1	1B
42	50	Jun 5	BAL		LAA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
43	51	Jun 6 (1)	BAL		LAA	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
44	52	Jun 6 (2)	BAL		LAA	W,2-0	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
45	53	Jun 7	BAL		LAA	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
46	54	Jun 8	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
47	55	Jun 10	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
48	56	Jun 11 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
49	58 (1)	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	11	1	1	13	2	1B
50	59	Jun 13	BAL		WSA	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
51	60	Jun 14	BAL		WSA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
52	61	Jun 15	BAL		WSA	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
53	62	Jun 16	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3		4	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	PH 1B
54	63	Jun 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
55	64	Jun 18 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B
56	65	Jun 18 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
57	66	Jun 20	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
58	67	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
59	68	Jun 22	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
60	69	Jun 23	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
61	70	Jun 24	BAL	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
62	71	Jun 25	BAL	@	LAA	W,9-8	CG	67	14.0	11	4	0	15	3	1B
63	72	Jun 27 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
64	73	Jun 27 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
65	74	Jun 28	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
66	75	Jun 29	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
67	76	Jun 30	BAL		DET	L,5-6	CG	55	12.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	77	Jul 1	BAL		DET	L,8-11	CG	54	11.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
69	78	Jul 2	BAL		DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
70	79	Jul 3	BAL		CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
71	80	Jul 4	BAL		CLE	W,5-1	GS	5	1.1	3	0	0	3	0	1B
72	85 (4)	Jul 8	BAL		KCA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	10	2	1	13	2	1B
73	86	Jul 9	BAL		KCA	W,8-0	GS	26	7.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
74	92 (5)	Jul 18	BAL	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
75	93	Jul 19	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
76	94	Jul 20	BAL	@	DET	L,8-15	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
77	95	Jul 22 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
78	96	Jul 22 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-11	GS	29	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
79	97	Jul 23	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
80	98	Jul 25	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
81	99	Jul 26 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
82	100	Jul 26 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
83	101	Jul 27	BAL		BOS	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
84	102	Jul 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
85	103	Jul 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
86	104	Jul 30 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
87	105	Jul 30 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	106	Aug 2 (1)	BAL		MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
89	107	Aug 2 (2)	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
90	108	Aug 3	BAL		MIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
91	109	Aug 4 (1)	BAL		LAA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
92	110	Aug 4 (2)	BAL		LAA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
93	111	Aug 5	BAL		LAA	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
94	112	Aug 7	BAL		KCA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
95	113	Aug 8 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	13	1	0	14	4	1B
96	114	Aug 8 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
97	115	Aug 9	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
98	116	Aug 10	BAL		KCA	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	11	3	0	14	2	1B
99	117	Aug 11	BAL		BOS	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
100	118	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
101	119	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,6-5	CG	51	11.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
102	120	Aug 15 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
103	121	Aug 15 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	6	2	0	8	2	1B
104	122	Aug 16	BAL	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
105	123	Aug 17	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	13	2	1	16	1	1B
106	124	Aug 18	BAL	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
107	125	Aug 19	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
108	126	Aug 20	BAL	@	WSA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B
109	127	Aug 22	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.2	15	0	0	15	0	1B
110	128	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-5	CG	50	12.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
111	129	Aug 24	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
112	130	Aug 25	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
113	131	Aug 26	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
114	132	Aug 27	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
115	133	Aug 28	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
116	134	Aug 29 (1)	BAL	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
117	135	Aug 29 (2)	BAL	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	49	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	1B
118	136	Aug 30	BAL	@	LAA	W,11-4	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	137	Sep 1	BAL		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
120	138	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
121	139	Sep 2 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
122	140	Sep 3	BAL		CLE	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	12	3	0	15	1	1B
123	141	Sep 4 (1)	BAL		DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	8	2	1	11	2	1B
124	142	Sep 4 susp	BAL		DET	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
125	143	Sep 5	BAL		DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
126	144	Sep 7	BAL		WSA	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
127	145	Sep 8 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
128	146	Sep 8 (2)	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
129	147	Sep 9	BAL		WSA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
130	148	Sep 10	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
131	149	Sep 13	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
132	150	Sep 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
133	151	Sep 16	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
134	152	Sep 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
135	153	Sep 19 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	15	0	1	16	1	1B
136	154	Sep 19 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
137	155	Sep 20	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
138	156	Sep 21	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
139	157	Sep 22	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
140	158	Sep 24 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
141	159	Sep 24 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
142	161 (1)	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	16	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
143	162	Sep 29	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
144	163	Sep 30	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	GS	22	5.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
							144gm		1225.1	1209	100	14	1323	129