Jim Gentile
1957–1966 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Guardians, Houston Astros, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers
936G
.260AVG
.368OBP
.486SLG
More career statistics
759H
179HR
549RBI
3SB
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Runs | 434 | 432 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 936 | 3,479 | 2,922 | 434 | 759 | 113 | 6 | 179 | 549 | 475 | 663 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 32 | 1,421 | .260 | .368 | .486 | .854 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1961-06-27 to 1961-07-20
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Two Grand Slams in a Game | 1961-05-09 | 1 in 16,025 games | box score ↗ |
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1961-05-09 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1960-06-26 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 470 | 1677 | 357 | 76 | 230 | 245 | 331 | .256 | .359 | .464 |
| Away | 466 | 1802 | 402 | 103 | 319 | 230 | 332 | .263 | .351 | .507 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 99 | 371 | 88 | 24 | 69 | 39 | 67 | .272 | .342 | .536 |
| May | 180 | 694 | 157 | 43 | 121 | 114 | 120 | .282 | .390 | .560 |
| June | 171 | 649 | 148 | 29 | 99 | 87 | 129 | .270 | .362 | .466 |
| July | 143 | 540 | 125 | 23 | 75 | 69 | 100 | .269 | .359 | .475 |
| August | 178 | 665 | 142 | 42 | 110 | 88 | 121 | .255 | .346 | .518 |
| September | 160 | 539 | 97 | 18 | 75 | 77 | 118 | .215 | .323 | .374 |
| October | 5 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .100 | .143 | .100 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 92 | 364 | 84 | 22 | 72 | 47 | 72 | .275 | .360 | .529 |
| cleveland-guardians | 92 | 351 | 78 | 29 | 73 | 53 | 63 | .268 | .373 | .605 |
| chicago-white-sox | 90 | 317 | 76 | 14 | 52 | 45 | 57 | .285 | .382 | .476 |
| new-york-yankees | 88 | 325 | 61 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 70 | .211 | .289 | .353 |
| detroit-tigers | 88 | 326 | 83 | 24 | 61 | 52 | 55 | .318 | .414 | .640 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 80 | 312 | 72 | 18 | 59 | 43 | 37 | .278 | .369 | .541 |
| minnesota-twins | 72 | 277 | 57 | 15 | 42 | 38 | 58 | .242 | .343 | .466 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 69 | 262 | 47 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 51 | .211 | .302 | .363 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 12 | 30 | 4 | – | 4 | – | .133 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Baltimore Orioles | 138 | 384 | 112 | 21 | 98 | – | .292 | – | – |
| 1961 | Baltimore Orioles | 148 | 486 | 147 | 46 | 141 | 1 | .302 | – | – |
| 1962 | Baltimore Orioles | 152 | 545 | 137 | 33 | 87 | 1 | .251 | – | – |
| 1963 | Baltimore Orioles | 145 | 496 | 123 | 24 | 72 | 1 | .248 | – | – |
| 1964 |  Kansas City Athletics | 136 | 439 | 110 | 28 | 71 | – | .251 | – | – |
| 1965 | Houston Astros, Kansas City Athletics | 119 | 345 | 84 | 17 | 53 | – | .243 | – | – |
| 1966 | Cleveland Guardians, Houston Astros | 82 | 191 | 41 | 9 | 22 | – | .215 | – | – |