Gentry Jessup

Joseph Gentry Jessup
(Jeep)

Born: July 11, 1914 in Westfield, NC
Died: March 23, 1998 in Springfield, MA
(83 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 180

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Pitching

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	TAY/BBB	IND/NAL	25	SP	1	5	.167	9	7		1	0	0	39.1	34	24	47	1	22	20	0	0	1	190	5.49	73
1941	BBB/CAG	NAL	26	SP	0	1	.000	6	3		1	0	0	18.1	10	9	19	0	13	12	1	0	5	93	4.42	79
1942	CAG	NAL	27	RP	0	2	.000	5	1		0	0	0	13.0	7	6	16		4	5	0		0		4.15	99
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	101
1944	WES/CAG	EWA/NAL	29	SP	6	6	.500	12	11		10	0	0	97.0	38	29	92	0	23	48	0	0	3	398	2.69	121
1945	MULT	MULT	30	SP	6	5	.545	12	11		7	1	0	87.0	38	31	74	0	29	47	0	0	0	365	3.21	132
1946	MULT	MULT	31	SP	3	3	.500	8	6		6	1	0	69.2	29	20	56	1	21	34	1	0	6	293	2.58	152
1947	WES/CAG	EWA/NAL	32	SP	2	1	.667	6	5		2	2	0	39.1	12	11	22	0	20	25	0	0	1	156	2.52	186
1948	WES/CAG	EWA/NAL	33	SP	1	3	.250	5	3		3	0	1	27.0	18	16	28	1	11	15	0	0	0	124	5.33	83
9	6			SP	25	34	.424	80	60		39	4	2	506.2	237	188	468	4	176	261	3	0	21	2111	3.34	110
162 Game Average					12	17	.424	39	29		19	2	1	246.0	115	91	227	2	85	127	1	0	10	1071	3.34	110

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+
9	Negro Leagues				24	33	.421	78	59		38	4	2	490.2	228	182	453	3	168	256	3	0	21	2043	3.34	110
1	vs Major Leagues				1	1	.500	2	1		1	0	0	16.0	9	6	15	1	8	5	0		0	68	3.38	104

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+
1	Taylor's All Stars			-	0	1	.000	1	1		0	0	0	4.2	4	3	4	0	5	2	0	0	0	22	5.79	57
3	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	1	4	.200	11	9		1	0	0	47.2	41	31	60	1	23	25	0	0	5	238	5.85	61
8	Chicago American Giants			SP	22	27	.449	60	48		37	4	1	418.2	175	141	374	2	131	222	2	0	16	1700	3.03	123
5	West All Stars			RP	1	0	1.000	5	0		0	0	1	14.2	3	3	9	0	6	4	1	0	0	58	1.84	158
1	South All Stars			-	0	1	.000	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	5	4	6	0	3	3	0	0	0	25	7.20	57
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			RP	1	1	.500	2	1		1	0	0	16.0	9	6	15	1	8	5	0		0	68	3.38	104

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1940	TAY/BBB	IND/NAL	25	SP	39.1	1.75	1.37	10.5%	17.4%	11.6%	10.0%	0.91	1.58	0.5%	0.7%
1941	BBB/CAG	NAL	26	SP	18.1	1.75	1.25	12.9%	14.9%	14.0%	7.4%	0.92	1.99	0.0%	0.5%
1942	CAG	NAL	27	RP	13.0	1.54	1.39	8.6%	12.0%	6.9%	7.3%	1.25	1.64
1943	CAG/BBB	MULT	28	SP	116.0	1.27	1.22	11.2%	12.9%	6.7%	7.7%	1.67	1.76	0.2%	0.2%
1944	WES/CAG	EWA/NAL	29	SP	97.0	1.19	1.24	12.1%	11.4%	5.8%	6.7%	2.09	1.74	0.0%	1.0%
1945	MULT	MULT	30	SP	87.0	1.18	1.41	12.9%	12.4%	7.9%	11.7%	1.62	1.52	0.0%	0.2%
1946	MULT	MULT	31	SP	69.2	1.11	1.37	11.6%	15.5%	7.2%	7.6%	1.62	1.83	0.3%	0.7%
1947	WES/CAG	EWA/NAL	32	SP	39.1	1.07	1.56	16.0%	12.7%	12.8%	9.2%	1.25	1.27	0.0%	0.4%
1948	WES/CAG	EWA/NAL	33	SP	27.0	1.44	1.49	12.1%	13.3%	8.9%	8.9%	1.36	1.43	0.8%	0.9%
9	6			SP	506.2	1.27	1.34	12.0%	13.3%	8.1%	8.2%	1.48	1.66	0.2%	0.6%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
9	Negro Leagues				490.2	1.27	1.34	12.2%	13.2%	8.0%	8.2%	1.52	1.64	0.1%	0.5%
1	vs Major Leagues				16.0	1.44	1.27	7.4%	17.6%	11.8%	7.1%	0.63	2.46	1.5%	1.5%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Taylor's All Stars			-	4.2	1.93	1.33	9.1%	21.1%	22.7%	11.0%	0.40	1.92	0.0%	0.9%
3	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	47.2	1.74	1.34	10.5%	13.5%	9.7%	9.0%	1.09	1.50	0.4%	0.4%
8	Chicago American Giants			SP	418.2	1.21	1.34	12.6%	13.0%	7.5%	8.0%	1.69	1.66	0.1%	0.6%
5	West All Stars			RP	14.2	1.02	1.27	6.9%	11.7%	10.3%	8.8%	0.67	1.51	0.0%	0.5%
1	South All Stars			-	5.0	1.80	1.65	12.0%	15.6%	12.0%	13.3%	1.00	1.17	0.0%	0.0%
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			RP	16.0	1.44	1.27	7.4%	17.6%	11.8%	7.1%	0.63	2.46	1.5%	1.5%

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	TAY/BBB	IND/NAL	25	SP	9	190	162	34	47	5	1	1	3		22	20	0	1	5		2	.290	.378	.352	.730
1941	BBB/CAG	NAL	26	SP	6	93	73	10	19	1	0	0	1		13	12	0	5	2		2	.260	.407	.274	.681
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	WES/CAG	EWA/NAL	29	SP	12	398	364	38	92	11	5	0	10	0	23	48	0	3	8		6	.253	.303	.310	.613
1945	MULT	MULT	30	SP	12	365	330	38	74	18	6	0	8	0	29	47	1	0	6	0	6	.224	.287	.315	.602
1946	MULT	MULT	31	SP	8	293	257	29	56	4	2	1	3		21	34	0	6	9	0	10	.218	.292	.261	.553
1947	WES/CAG	EWA/NAL	32	SP	6	156	129	12	22	3	0	0	5	0	20	25	0	1	6	0	3	.171	.287	.194	.480
1948	WES/CAG	EWA/NAL	33	SP	5	124	113	18	28	5	0	1	6	0	11	15	0	0	0	0	3	.248	.315	.319	.633
9	6			SP	80	2111	1877	237	468	59	18	4	43	0	176	261	1	21	41	0	32	.241	.312	.298	.609

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
9	Negro Leagues				78	2043	1817	228	453	59	17	3	43	0	168	256	1	21	41	0	28	.241	.311	.297	.607
1	vs Major Leagues				2	68	60	9	15	0	1	1	0		8	5		0	0		4	.250	.338	.333	.672

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
1	Taylor's All Stars			-	1	22	17	4	4	0	0	0	0		5	2	0	0	0		0	.235	.409	.235	.644
3	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	11	238	203	41	60	9	1	1	5		23	25	0	5	7		2	.296	.381	.365	.745
8	Chicago American Giants			SP	60	1700	1524	175	374	49	15	2	38	0	131	222	0	16	33		23	.235	.301	.291	.591
5	West All Stars			RP	5	58	51	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	1	0	3	.176	.263	.216	.479
1	South All Stars			-	1	25	22	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0		0	.273	.360	.318	.678
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			RP	2	68	60	9	15	0	1	1	0		8	5		0	0		4	.250	.338	.333	.672