Jim Gentile
Jim Gentile
Full name: James Edward Gentile Born: June 3, 1934, San Francisco, California First Game: September 10, 1957; Final Game: September 30, 1966 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 3.5" Weight: 210
Jim Gentile
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1957 BRO N 1957 BRO N 1958 LA N 1958 LA N 1960 BAL A Daily Splits 138 384 67 112 17 0 21 98 68 5 72 7 0 5 0 2 8 0 0 .292 .403 .500 1.5 1960 BAL A 1961 BAL A Daily Splits 148 486 96 147 25 2 46 141 96 5 106 11 0 8 0 3 12 1 1 .302 .423 .646 5.6 1961 BAL A 1962 BAL A Daily Splits 152 545 80 137 21 1 33 87 77 16 100 7 0 10 0 7 13 1 0 .251 .346 .475 1.7 1962 BAL A 1963 BAL A Daily Splits 145 496 65 123 16 1 24 72 76 9 101 6 1 3 0 3 14 1 0 .248 .353 .429 1.8 1963 BAL A 1964 KC A Daily Splits 136 439 71 110 10 0 28 71 84 6 122 4 1 5 0 4 9 0 0 .251 .372 .465 1.2 1964 KC A 1965 KC A Daily Splits 38 118 14 29 5 0 10 22 9 1 26 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 .246 .305 .542 0.2 1965 KC A 1965 HOU N Daily Splits 81 227 22 55 11 1 7 31 34 7 72 5 2 1 0 2 5 0 0 .242 .352 .392 0.4 1965 HOU N 1965 Total 119 345 36 84 16 1 17 53 43 8 98 6 2 1 0 4 8 0 0 .243 .337 .443 0.6 1965 Total
1966 HOU N Daily Splits 49 144 16 35 6 1 7 18 21 3 39 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .243 .355 .444 0.6 1966 HOU N 1966 CLE A Daily Splits 33 47 2 6 1 0 2 4 5 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .128 .212 .277 -0.5 1966 CLE A 1966 Total 82 191 18 41 7 1 9 22 26 4 57 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 .215 .321 .403 0.1 1966 Total
Total NL 146 407 39 95 18 2 15 54 60 11 118 9 3 1 0i 3i 9 0 0 .233 .344 .398 0.5 Total NL
Total AL 790 2515 395 664 95 4 164 495 415 43 545 36 2 31 0 21 60 3 1 .264 .372 .501 11.5 Total AL
Total Splits 936 2922 434 759 113 6 179 549 475 54 663 45 5 32 0i 24i 69 3 1 .260 .368 .486 12.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1960 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1960 AL
1961 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1961 AL
1962 AL Daily Splits 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .333 .143 1962 AL
Total Splits 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .308 .182 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1957 BRO N 1958 LA N 1960 BAL A Daily 1B 124 95 79 897 885 52 7 98 0 .993
1961 BAL A Daily 1B 144 137 123 1225.1 1209 100 14 129 0 .989
1962 BAL A Daily 1B 150 149 140 1315 1214 121 16 121 0 .988
1963 BAL A Daily 1B 143 138 129 1232.1 1185 110 6 122 0 .995
1964 KC A Daily 1B 128 128 120 1100 1018 84 13 92 0 .988
1965 KC A Daily 1B 35 29 28 256.2 239 17 5 24 0 .981
1965 HOU N Daily 1B 68 62 51 541.1 544 43 4 41 0 .993
1965 Total 1B 103 91 79 798 783 60 9 65 0 .989
1966 HOU N Daily 1B 43 38 34 352 321 30 4 28 0 .989
1966 CLE A Daily 1B 9 6 5 61.2 46 5 3 4 0 .944
1966 Total 1B 52 44 39 413.2 367 35 7 32 0 .983
Total 1B 854 782i 709i 6981.1i 6725 564 73 671 0i .990
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1960 AL Daily 1B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1961 AL Daily 1B 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 .667
1962 AL Daily 1B 2 2 2 18 18 0 0 2 0 1.000
Total 1B 4 2 2 21 20 0 1 2 0 .952
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1952).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with $25000 to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for
Norm Siebern (November 27, 1963 ).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Houston Astros in exchange for Jesse Hickman and
a player to be named later (June 4, 1965 ); Kansas City Athletics received Ernie
Fazio (October 15, 1965 ).
Traded by Houston Astros to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Tony Curry (July 19,
1966 ).
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