Gentry Jessup

Joseph Gentry Jessup
(Jeep)

Born: July 11, 1914 in Mount Airy, NC
Died: March 23, 1998 in Springfield, MO
(83 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 195

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Pitching

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Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1940	BBB	NAL	25	SP	0	3	.000	6	4		1	0	0	24.2	21	16	30		8	13	0		0		5.84	65
1941	CAG/BBB	NAL	26	SP	1	1	.500	5	3		1	0	0	19.2	11	11	16		9	4	0		2		5.03	74
1942	CAG	NAL	27	RP	0	2	.000	5	1		0	0	0	13.0	7	6	16		4	5	0		0		4.15	93
1943	CAG/BBB	MULT	28	SP	6	8	.429	17	13		9	0	1	116.0	51	42	114	1	33	55	1		5	492	3.26	106
1944	CAG	NAL	29	SP	3	5	.375	8	8		7	0	0	65.1	27	19	63		18	29	0		0		2.62	127
1945	CAG	NAL	30	SP	6	4	.600	10	9		7	1	0	73.2	28	21	59		21	41	0		0		2.57	151
1946	CAG	NAL	31	SP	1	2	.333	4	4		4	0	0	44.0	18	10	37		11	29	1		4		2.05	202
1947	CAG	NAL	32	SP	2	1	.667	5	5		2	2	0	36.1	12	11	22	0	20	24	0		1	147	2.72	152
1948	CAG	NAL	33	SP	1	2	.333	3	2		2	0	0	18.0	11	10	19	1	7	12	0		0	83	5.00	92
9	2			SP	20	28	.417	63	49		33	3	1	410.2	186	146	376	2	131	212	2		12	722	3.20	114
162 Game Average					12	17	.417	38	30		20	2	1	249.1	113	89	228	3	80	129	1		7	1091	3.20	114

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
3	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	1	3	.250	9	7		1	0	0	40.2	32	26	47	0	15	20	0		2	44	5.75	59
8	Chicago American Giants			SP	19	25	.432	54	42		32	3	1	370.0	154	120	329	2	116	192	2		10	678	2.92	127

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1940	BBB	NAL	25	SP	24.2	1.54	1.33	11.8%	14.1%	7.3%	8.0%	1.63	1.76
1941	CAG/BBB	NAL	26	SP	19.2	1.27	1.22	4.8%	14.4%	10.7%	7.1%	0.44	2.03
1942	CAG	NAL	27	RP	13.0	1.54	1.34	8.6%	12.1%	6.9%	7.1%	1.25	1.70
1943	CAG/BBB	MULT	28	SP	116.0	1.27	1.25	11.2%	12.8%	6.7%	7.8%	1.67	1.72	0.2%	0.2%
1944	CAG	NAL	29	SP	65.1	1.24	1.24	10.7%	12.0%	6.6%	7.3%	1.61	1.64
1945	CAG	NAL	30	SP	73.2	1.09	1.36	13.9%	13.4%	7.1%	8.3%	1.95	1.61
1946	CAG	NAL	31	SP	44.0	1.09	1.43	16.1%	14.6%	6.1%	9.0%	2.64	1.62
1947	CAG	NAL	32	SP	36.1	1.16	1.49	16.3%	12.6%	13.6%	9.1%	1.20	1.39	0.0%	0.8%
1948	CAG	NAL	33	SP	18.0	1.44	1.52	14.5%	12.6%	8.4%	8.7%	1.71	1.46	1.2%	0.9%
9	2			SP	410.2	1.23	1.33	12.3%	13.0%	7.6%	8.0%	1.62	1.65	0.3%	0.5%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
3	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	40.2	1.52	1.30	10.8%	13.6%	8.1%	8.5%	1.33	1.67	0.0%	0.0%
8	Chicago American Giants			SP	370.0	1.20	1.33	12.5%	12.9%	7.6%	8.0%	1.66	1.65	0.3%	0.6%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1940	BBB	NAL	25	SP	6			21	30						8	13		0
1941	CAG/BBB	NAL	26	SP	5			11	16						9	4		2
1942	CAG	NAL	27	RP	5			7	16						4	5		0
1943	CAG/BBB	MULT	28	SP	17	492	449	51	114	12	4	1	7		33	55		5	5			.254	.312	.305	.617
1944	CAG	NAL	29	SP	8			27	63						18	29		0
1945	CAG	NAL	30	SP	10			28	59						21	41		0
1946	CAG	NAL	31	SP	4			18	37						11	29		4
1947	CAG	NAL	32	SP	5	147	120	12	22	3	0	0	5		20	24		1	6		3	.183	.305	.208	.513
1948	CAG	NAL	33	SP	3	83	76	11	19	3	0	1	2		7	12		0	0		2	.250	.313	.329	.642
9	2			SP	63	722	645	186	376	18	4	2	14		131	212		12	11		5	.240	.311	.290	.601

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
3	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	9	44	38	32	47	3	0	0	1		15	20		2	1			.263	.349	.342	.691
8	Chicago American Giants			SP	54	678	607	154	329	15	4	2	13		116	192		10	10		5	.239	.308	.287	.595

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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