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Jim
Gentile		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: June 3, 1934 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1962   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 23 CLE AL     5 5 5 8 9 8 5 6 5 8 10 9 4 5 5
1958 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 9 8 5 5 5 8 10 9 4 5 5
1959 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 9 9 5 6 6 10 10 10 5 6 6
1960 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 9 9 5 6 6 10 10 10 5 6 6
1961 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 8 9 9 5 6 6 10 10 10 5 6 6
1962 28 TAM AL $ 5,057,143   4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 5 10 10 10 4 5 5
1963 29 TAM AL $ 5,640,000   5 5 4 8 9 9 5 6 6 10 10 10 4 5 5
1964 30 TAM AL $ 5,640,000   4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 6 10 10 10 4 5 5
1965 31 OAK AL $ 5,640,000   4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 6 10 10 10 4 5 4
1966 32 PIT NL $ 5,000,000   4 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6 10 10 10 3 5 4
1967 33 PIT NL $ 5,000,000   4 4 3 7 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 10 9 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,640,000   6 6 5 8 9 9 5 6 6 10 10 10 5 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1957 23 AAA   135 497 113 141 19 3 54 124 2 2 84 111 .284 .387 .660 1.047 121.2  
1958 24 CLE AL 133 382 56 83 15 1 18 51 0 1 48 105 .217 .314 .403 .717 46.2 5.9
1959 25 CLE AL 92 260 50 60 11 0 15 40 0 0 36 64 .231 .332 .446 .778 39.0 7.3
    AAA   54 179 43 51 5 0 26 49 0 1 41 55 .285 .418 .749 1.167 52.4  
1960 26 CLE AL 98 115 17 29 2 0 8 17 0 0 17 33 .252 .358 .478 .836 19.1 4.1
1961 27 CLE AL 132 334 65 101 13 3 27 70 0 0 61 70 .302 .425 .602 1.026 80.0 21.5
1962 28 TAM AL 147 480 87 131 18 6 27 94 0 0 93 99 .273 .394 .504 .898 95.2 20.7
1963 29 TAM AL 125 296 36 55 10 0 14 54 0 0 49 72 .186 .304 .361 .665 33.3 3.9
1964 30 TAM AL 129 278 42 63 14 3 13 50 0 1 66 53 .227 .375 .439 .813 48.4 11.0
1965 31 TAM AL 71 205 20 39 9 1 5 26 0 0 34 56 .190 .309 .317 .626 22.1 3.3
  OAK AL 73 193 24 34 8 2 9 18 0 0 49 56 .176 .344 .378 .723 29.1 5.7
  TOT   144 398 44 73 17 3 14 44 0 0 83 112 .183 .326 .347 .673 51.2 9.0
1966 32 OAK AL 95 266 30 47 11 2 10 31 0 0 40 68 .177 .295 .346 .641 28.5 3.7
    AA   31 102 19 31 9 0 11 24 0 3 24 23 .304 .437 .716 1.152 28.2  
1967 33 AA   135 420 82 120 15 5 46 110 1 1 112 88 .286 .436 .674 1.110 118.4  
9 Years Sim 1095 2809 427 642 111 18 146 451 0 2 493 676 .229 .350 .437 .787 441.0 87.0
2 Years AAA 189 676 156 192 24 3 80 173 2 3 125 166 .284 .403 .683 1.086 173.5  
2 Years AA 166 522 101 151 24 5 57 134 1 4 136 111 .289 .446 .682 1.128 146.6  
4 Years Minors 355 1198 257 343 48 8 137 307 3 7 261 277 .286 .422 .683 1.105 320.1  
162 Game Average 415 63 94 16 2 21 66 0 0 72 100 .229 .350 .437 .787 65.2  
Career Highs 147 480 87 131 18 6 27 94 0 1 93 112 .302 .425 .602 1.026 95.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2284 369 546 89 15 128 387 0 2 428 518 .239 .365 .459 .824 399.0
vs LH   525 58 96 22 3 18 64 0 0 65 158 .183 .282 .339 .621 52.3
Home 530 1316 191 299 50 8 61 189 0 2 225 320 .227 .348 .416 .764 200.4
Away 565 1493 236 343 61 10 85 262 0 0 268 356 .230 .351 .455 .806 250.9
RISP   723 0 176 24 5 36 298 0 0 157 169 .243 .376 .440 .815 130.7
Pinch Hitting   285 45 67 9 1 16 41 0 0 53 69 .235 .368 .442 .810 48.2
Close/Late   389 46 101 16 4 26 76 0 0 83 87 .260 .395 .522 .917 81.2
Mar/Apr 182 471 72 106 14 4 19 79 0 0 86 129 .225 .350 .393 .743 70.3
May 206 554 67 117 24 4 24 77 0 0 78 136 .211 .317 .399 .716 73.1
June 203 553 79 133 26 3 26 85 0 0 93 117 .241 .356 .439 .795 89.6
July 170 371 61 84 16 2 28 71 0 2 75 84 .226 .362 .507 .869 70.2
August 159 414 59 84 15 2 19 62 0 0 80 109 .203 .341 .386 .728 59.8
Sep/Oct 175 446 89 118 16 3 30 77 0 0 81 101 .265 .380 .516 .895 88.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1958 24 CLE AL 1B 103 100 836.7 1056 72 10 93 .991 12.13 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 25 CLE AL 1B 72 68 558.3 669 54 4 61 .994 11.65 0 0 .000 0 1.1
1960 26 CLE AL 1B 21 14 126.3 147 16 1 14 .994 11.61 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 27 CLE AL 1B 97 75 687.7 791 73 5 75 .994 11.31 0 0 .000 0 2.0
1962 28 TAM AL 1B 114 105 918.3 1101 116 15 84 .988 11.93 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    3B 25 25 215.0 10 37 4 1 .922 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 2 1 12.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 29 TAM AL 1B 96 71 652.7 757 69 5 66 .994 11.39 0 0 .000 0 1.7
1964 30 TAM AL 1B 85 74 629.0 784 51 6 63 .993 11.95 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 .500 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 31 TAM AL 1B 64 59 517.4 630 52 7 54 .990 11.86 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    SS 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  OAK AL 1B 66 61 519.6 632 52 8 54 .988 11.85 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 130 120 1037.0 1262 104 15 108 .989 11.86   2.8
      SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1966 32 OAK AL 1B 70 69 579.3 655 49 5 57 .993 10.94 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  1B 788 696 6025.3 7222 604 66 621 .992 11.69 0 0 .000 0 14.8
  3B 27 25 217.3 10 38 4 1 .923 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  2B 3 1 13.0 4 2 1 0 .857 4.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 5.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   824 722 6270.6 7241 647 71 624 .991 11.32 1 0 .000 0 15.2
Career Highs   141 131 1145.3 1263 155 19 109 .994 12.05 1 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1960 26 CLE AL 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .167 .400 .567
1963 29 TAM AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1964 30 TAM AL 5 11 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .182 .357 .182 .539
Career Post-Season Batting 14 18 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 .167 .304 .222 .527
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1962-3-.394
 Slugging Pct
1962-7-.504
 OPS
1962-5-.898
 XR
1962-6-95.2
 Runs
1962-9-87
 Homeruns
1961-6-27
1962-8-27
RBIs
1962-6-94
 Walks
1962-2-93
1965-6-83
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Eddie Robinson (942)
  2. Dave Kingman (934)
  3. Ron Jackson (923)
  4. Gary Gray (917)
  5. Ken Phelps (913)
  6. Sixto Lezcano (908)
  7. Steve Whitaker (906)
  8. Fred Whitfield (902)
  9. Glenn Davis (902)
  10. Eric Davis (902)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Cleveland in 1957
Injured on 7/13/1957 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 4/2/1958, off Dick Hall (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1958, off Bob Chakales (DET)
Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 6 runs on 4/5/1959
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1959, hitting .368 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 7/15/1961
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1961, hitting .365 with 10 HR, 22 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1961, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,057,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Tampa Bay on 2/21/1962 (Going to CLE: C Stan Lopata, C Hal Smith, P Ralph Terry, LF Manny Jimenez, C Phil Roof. Going to TAM: LF Norm Siebern, 1B Jim Gentile)
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 4/25/1962
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1962, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Minnesota on 8/20/1962
9/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $5,640,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 9/26/1962 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Tampa Bay to Oakland on 7/1/1965 (Going to TAM: P Denny Mclain. Going to OAK: C Paul Ratliff, 1B Jim Gentile, C Vic Roznovsky)
7/31/1965: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Oakland to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1966 (Going to PIT: 1B Jim Gentile, P Marshall Bridges. Going to OAK: P Arnold Earley)
 
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