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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 15	KCA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
2	4	Apr 17	KCA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
3	5	Apr 18	KCA		NYY	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
4	6	Apr 19	KCA		NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
5	7	Apr 21	KCA	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
6	8	Apr 23	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
7	9	Apr 24	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
8	10	Apr 28	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
9	11	Apr 30	KCA		CAL	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	12	May 1	KCA		CAL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
11	13	May 2 (1)	KCA		CAL	L,8-10	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
12	14	May 2 (2)	KCA		CAL	W,9-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
13	15	May 3	KCA		WSA	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
14	16	May 4	KCA		WSA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
15	17	May 6	KCA	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
16	18	May 7 (1)	KCA	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
17	19	May 7 (2)	KCA	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
18	20	May 8	KCA	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
19	21	May 9	KCA	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
20	23 (1)	May 12 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
21	25 (1)	May 14	KCA		MIN	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
22	26	May 15	KCA		MIN	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
23	27	May 16 (1)	KCA		MIN	W,7-4	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
24	28	May 16 (2)	KCA		MIN	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
25	29	May 17	KCA		CHW	L,2-13	GS	37	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
26	30	May 18	KCA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
27	31	May 19	KCA		CHW	W,7-3	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
28	32	May 21	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
29	33	May 22	KCA	@	MIN	W,6-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
30	34	May 25	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
31	35	May 26	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
32	36	May 28	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
33	37	May 30	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	46	10.2	14	0	0	14	0	1B
34	38	May 31 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	40 (1)	Jun 2	KCA		BAL	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	3	0	1	4	0	PH 1B
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Houston Astros
36	52	Jun 4	HOU	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
37	53	Jun 5	HOU	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	50	11.1	14	1	0	15	0	1B
38	54	Jun 6	HOU	@	STL	W,10-1	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
39	55	Jun 8	HOU	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	49	10.2	13	1	0	14	0	1B
40	56	Jun 9	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-11	GS	33	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
41	57	Jun 10	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
42	58	Jun 11	HOU	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	48	9.2	13	1	0	14	0	1B
43	59	Jun 12	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
44	60	Jun 13	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
45	61	Jun 14	HOU		CHC	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
46	62	Jun 15	HOU		CHC	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
47	64 (1)	Jun 17	HOU		CHC	L,5-6	GF	25	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	PH 1B
48	65	Jun 18	HOU		PIT	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
49	66	Jun 19	HOU		PIT	L,3-5	CG	51	11.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
50	67	Jun 20 (1)	HOU		PHI	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	1B
51	68	Jun 20 (2)	HOU		PHI	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
52	69	Jun 21	HOU		PHI	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	3	1B
53	71 (1)	Jun 24	HOU		NYM	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
54	73 (1)	Jun 26	HOU		NYM	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
55	75 (1)	Jun 28	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
56	76	Jun 30	HOU		SFG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	77	Jul 2	HOU		LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
58	81 (3)	Jul 7	HOU	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
59	82	Jul 8	HOU	@	MLN	L,8-9	CG	47	11.1	13	0	0	13	0	1B
60	83	Jul 9	HOU	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
61	85 (1)	Jul 16	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
62	86	Jul 17	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	9	3	1	13	1	1B
63	87	Jul 18	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
64	88	Jul 19	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
65	90 (1)	Jul 21	HOU		STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
66	91	Jul 22	HOU		STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
67	92	Jul 23	HOU		CIN	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
68	93	Jul 24 (1)	HOU		CIN	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
69	95 (1)	Jul 25	HOU		CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
70	97 (1)	Jul 27	HOU		MLN	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
71	98	Jul 28	HOU		MLN	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
72	100 (1)	Jul 31	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-11	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	101	Aug 1 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
74	102	Aug 1 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	35	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
75	103	Aug 3 (1)	HOU	@	STL	W,10-7	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
76	104	Aug 3 (2)	HOU	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
77	106 (1)	Aug 5	HOU	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
78	107	Aug 6	HOU	@	MLN	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
79	108	Aug 7	HOU	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
80	109	Aug 8 (1)	HOU	@	MLN	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
81	110	Aug 8 (2)	HOU	@	MLN	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
82	111	Aug 9	HOU		PHI	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
83	112	Aug 10	HOU		PHI	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
84	113	Aug 11	HOU		PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
85	114	Aug 12	HOU		PHI	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
86	115	Aug 13	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
87	116	Aug 14	HOU		NYM	L,0-1	CG	41	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
88	118 (1)	Aug 16	HOU		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
89	119	Aug 17	HOU		PIT	L,6-8	GS	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
90	121 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
91	126 (4)	Aug 25	HOU	@	PHI	W,7-6	GF	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
92	127	Aug 26	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
93	128	Aug 27	HOU	@	PIT	L,9-10	GS	29	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
94	129	Aug 28	HOU	@	PIT	W,9-6	GS	28	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
95	130	Aug 29	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
96	131	Aug 31 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
97	132	Aug 31 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	134 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
99	135	Sep 2	HOU	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
100	138 (2)	Sep 5	HOU		LAD	L,2-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
101	139	Sep 6	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
102	140	Sep 8	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-12	GS	16	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
103	158 (17)	Sep 29	HOU		MLN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
							103gm		798.0	783	60	9	852	65