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Jim Gentile played 9 major-league seasons (1957-1966) as a 1B (854). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 11 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 23 | BRO | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .952 | 155 |
| 1958 | 24 | LAN | 12 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .133 | .402 | 12 |
| 1960 | 26 | BAL | 138 | 384 | 67 | 112 | 21 | 98 | 0 | 68 | 72 | .292 | .903 | 151 |
| 1961 | 27 | BAL | 148 | 486 | 96 | 147 | 46 | 141 | 1 | 96 | 106 | .302 | 1.069 | 191 |
| 1962 | 28 | BAL | 152 | 545 | 80 | 137 | 33 | 87 | 1 | 77 | 100 | .251 | .821 | 126 |
| 1963 | 29 | BAL | 145 | 496 | 65 | 123 | 24 | 72 | 1 | 76 | 101 | .248 | .782 | 125 |
| 1964 | 30 | KC1 | 136 | 439 | 71 | 110 | 28 | 71 | 0 | 84 | 122 | .251 | .837 | 139 |
| 1965 | 31 | KC1 | 38 | 118 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .246 | .847 | 144 |
| 1965 | 31 | HOU | 81 | 227 | 22 | 55 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 34 | 72 | .242 | .744 | 117 |
| 1966 | 32 | CLE | 33 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .128 | .488 | 44 |
| 1966 | 32 | HOU | 49 | 144 | 16 | 35 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 39 | .243 | .799 | 128 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1958 | 1B | 8 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 1960 | 1B | 124 | 95 | 885 | 52 | 7 | 98 |
| 1961 | 1B | 144 | 137 | 1209 | 100 | 14 | 129 |
| 1962 | 1B | 150 | 149 | 1214 | 121 | 16 | 121 |
| 1963 | 1B | 143 | 138 | 1185 | 110 | 6 | 122 |
| 1964 | 1B | 128 | 128 | 1018 | 84 | 13 | 92 |
| 1965 | 1B | 103 | 91 | 783 | 60 | 9 | 65 |
| 1966 | 1B | 52 | 44 | 367 | 35 | 7 | 32 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1961, 1960.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 21 / 336 | 0 |
| 1960 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 3 | 1 / 24 | 1 |
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 157 / 280 | 5 |
Jim Gentile ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #50 | first basemen | 1961 | 191 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.