Player

Gentry Jessup

Player Info
Full Name
Joseph Gentry
Born
July 11, 1914
Westfield, NC, USA
Died
March 23, 1998
Size
6'2" / 180 lbs
B/T
R / R
Teams
Honors
5 x All-Star
1948, 1947, 1946, 1945, 1944
Career Batting
83
G
.195
AVG
38
H
0
HR
10
RBI
.448
OPS
36
OPS vs Lg
11% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Career Pitching
24-29
W-L
3.40
ERA
69
G
241
SO
1
SV
1.28
WHIP
Pitching Season by Season
Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP SO BB
1948 Chicago American Giants 1 3 6.00 4 3 0 24.0 14 10
1947 Chicago American Giants 2 1 2.48 5 5 0 36.1 24 20
1946 Chicago American Giants 2 2 2.12 5 5 0 51.0 28 12
1945 Chicago American Giants 6 4 3.19 10 10 0 79.0 43 24
1944 Chicago American Giants 5 6 2.70 11 11 0 93.0 48 21
1943 Chicago American Giants 6 6 3.28 14 10 1 93.0 47 26
1943 Birmingham Black Barons 1 0 2.00 1 1 0 9.0 3 4
1942 Chicago American Giants 0 2 7.62 5 1 0 13.0 4 5
1941 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 12.46 2 2 0 4.0 4 3
1941 Chicago American Giants 0 1 1.93 4 1 0 14.0 8 10
1940 Birmingham Black Barons 1 4 5.45 8 6 0 34.1 18 17
Advanced Pitching About these stats
Year Lg IP K/9 BB/9 WHIP Qual
1948 NAL 24.0 5.25 3.75 1.583
1947 NAL 36.3 5.94 4.95 1.156
1946 NAL 51.0 4.94 2.12 0.980
1945 NAL 79.0 4.90 2.73 1.127 ✓
1944 NAL 93.3 4.63 2.03 1.179 ✓
1943 NAL 102.3 4.40 2.64 1.290 ✓
1942 NAL 13.0 2.77 3.46 2.000
1941 NAL 18.3 5.89 6.38 1.745
1940 NAL 34.7 4.67 4.41 1.731
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1948 Chicago American Giants 4 11 3 1 0 0 2 .273
1947 Chicago American Giants 9 19 4 2 0 0 1 .211
1946 Chicago American Giants 8 23 3 0 0 0 1 .130
1945 Chicago American Giants 12 31 6 0 0 0 3 .194
1944 Chicago American Giants 14 42 7 2 0 0 3 .167
1943 Chicago American Giants 16 44 13 2 1 0 2 .295
1943 Birmingham Black Barons 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 .333
1942 Chicago American Giants 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1941 Birmingham Black Barons 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1941 Chicago American Giants 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 .250
1940 Birmingham Black Barons 8 13 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1948 NAL 12 .091 — 8.3 — 90 0.0
1947 NAL 19 .105 .211 0.0 0.0 50 0.0
1946 NAL 23 .000 .143 0.0 8.7 -21 0.0
1945 NAL 32 .000 — 0.0 — 17 0.0
1944 NAL 44 .048 .171 2.3 2.3 26 0.0
1943 NAL 48 .085 .304 2.1 2.1 116 0.0
1942 NAL 4 .000 — 0.0 — -100 0.0
1941 NAL 6 .000 — 0.0 — 21 0.0
1940 NAL 13 .000 — 0.0 — -100 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
P 69 10 152 5 7 .970
OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1948 Chicago American Giants P 4 0 4 0 0 1.000
1947 Chicago American Giants P 5 1 17 0 0 1.000
1946 Chicago American Giants P 5 1 20 1 3 .955
1945 Chicago American Giants P 10 3 22 2 0 .926
1944 Chicago American Giants OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1944 Chicago American Giants P 11 3 37 0 0 1.000
1943 Chicago American Giants OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1943 Birmingham Black Barons P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000
1943 Chicago American Giants P 14 0 32 1 3 .970
1942 Chicago American Giants P 5 1 3 1 0 .800
1941 Chicago American Giants P 4 1 2 0 1 1.000
1941 Birmingham Black Barons P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000
1940 Birmingham Black Barons P 8 0 11 0 0 1.000
Postseason Pitching
Year Round Team G W-L SV IP SO ERA
Career 3 0-2 0 21.1 8 2.91
1943 ALC Chicago American Giants 2 0-2 0 13.0 5 2.08
1943 NWS Birmingham Black Barons 1 0-0 0 8.1 3 4.15
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 3 7 0 0 0 .000
1943 ALC Chicago American Giants 2 4 0 0 0 .000
1943 NWS Birmingham Black Barons 1 3 0 0 0 .000