Jim Gentile

First Base

1957—1966

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

James Edward
GIVEN NAME
Gentile
SURNAME
June 3, 1934, in San Francisco, CA
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1957—1966
Playing Career
Played from 23-32
PLAYING AGE
Brooklyn Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers
Baltimore Orioles
Kansas City A's
Houston Astros
Cleveland Indians
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Baltimore Orioles
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Diamond Jim
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-3 / 210
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
September 10, 1957
Major League Debut
September 30, 1966
FINAL GAME

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60

HITTING

70

POWER

40

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
936
759
179
549
.260
8 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
17.3
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.854
.781
109.8

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.260
.368
.486

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Norm Siebern
Bill Skowron
Norm Cash
Harmon Killebrew

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Jim Gentile Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Gentile
504
131
75
19
1
31
95
82
114
1
245
221
.260
.368
.486
854
AVG 1B
531
142
70
23
3
20
57
84
4
234
203
.268
.341
.440
.781

Jim Gentile Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
127
95
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
100
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Jim Gentile PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
17.0
17.6
16.3
12.5
2.94
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Jim Gentile
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
126.1
125.8
UNK
73.6
21.8
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Jim Gentile
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B