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	BBB / TAY	NAL / IND	25	SP	1	5	.167	9	7	1	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	3	1	0	0	18.1	10	9	19	0	13	12	1	0	5	93	4.42	83
1942	CAG	NAL	27	RP	0	2	.000	5	1	2	0	0	0	13.0	15	11	21	0	5	4	0	0	0	65	7.62	56
1943	CAG / BBB	MULT	28	SP	8	8	.500	19	15	4	11	0	1	133.0	56	46	134	1	43	59	2	1	10	574	3.11	108
1944	CAG / WES	NAL / EWA	29	SP	6	6	.500	12	11	0	10	0	0	97.0	38	29	92	0	23	48	0	0	3	398	2.69	118
1945	MULT	MULT	30	SP	6	5	.545	12	11	0	7	1	0	87.0	38	32	74	0	29	47	0	0	0	365	3.31	132
1946	MULT	MULT	31	SP	3	3	.500	8	6	1	6	1	0	69.2	29	20	56	1	21	34	1	0	6	293	2.58	151
1947	CAG / WES	NAL / EWA	32	SP	2	1	.667	6	5	0	2	2	0	39.1	12	10	22	0	20	25	0	0	1	156	2.29	210
1948	CAG / WES	NAL / EWA	33	SP	1	3	.250	5	3	2	3	0	1	27.0	18	16	28	1	11	15	0	0	0	124	5.33	83
9	6			SP	27	34	.443	82	62	13	41	4	2	523.2	250	197	493	4	187	264	4	1	26	2258	3.39	110
162 Game Average					13	16	.443	39	29	6	19	2	1	247.1	118	93	233	2	88	125	2	1	12	1066	3.39	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				25	33	.431	79	60	12	39	4	2	498.2	238	188	466	3	172	258	4	1	26	2145	3.39	109
2	vs Major Leagues				2	1	.667	3	2	1	2	0	0	25.0	12	9	27	1	15	6	0	0	0	113	3.24	117

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	0	4.2	4	3	4	0	5	2	0	0	0	22	5.79	57
3	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	2	4	.333	12	10	1	2	0	0	56.2	43	33	67	1	27	28	0	1	5	275	5.24	68
8	Chicago American Giants			SP	23	27	.460	61	49	10	38	4	1	426.2	186	148	392	2	138	222	3	0	21	1810	3.12	121
5	West All Stars			RP	1	0	1.000	5	0	1	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	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	1	0	0	16.0	9	6	15	1	8	5	0	0	0	68	3.38	105

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1940	BBB / TAY	NAL / IND	25	SP	39.1	1.75	1.36	10.5%	17.5%	11.6%	10.0%	0.91	1.59	0.5%	0.7%
1941	BBB / CAG	NAL	26	SP	18.1	1.75	1.28	12.9%	15.1%	14.0%	7.4%	0.92	2.01	0.0%	0.5%
1942	CAG	NAL	27	RP	13.0	2.00	1.46	6.2%	11.6%	7.7%	7.8%	0.80	1.48	0.0%	0.7%
1943	CAG / BBB	MULT	28	SP	133.0	1.33	1.29	10.3%	12.8%	7.5%	9.2%	1.37	1.66	0.2%	0.2%
1944	CAG / WES	NAL / EWA	29	SP	97.0	1.19	1.24	12.1%	11.4%	5.8%	6.7%	2.09	1.72	0.0%	1.0%
1945	MULT	MULT	30	SP	87.0	1.18	1.40	12.9%	12.4%	7.9%	11.8%	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	CAG / WES	NAL / EWA	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	CAG / WES	NAL / EWA	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	523.2	1.30	1.35	11.7%	13.3%	8.3%	8.4%	1.41	1.63	0.2%	0.6%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
9	Negro Leagues				498.2	1.28	1.34	12.0%	13.1%	8.0%	8.3%	1.50	1.62	0.1%	0.6%
2	vs Major Leagues				25.0	1.68	1.55	5.3%	16.0%	13.3%	10.4%	0.40	1.90	0.9%	0.9%

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	56.2	1.66	1.33	10.2%	13.4%	9.8%	8.8%	1.04	1.53	0.4%	0.4%
8	Chicago American Giants			SP	426.2	1.24	1.35	12.3%	13.0%	7.6%	8.3%	1.61	1.62	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	BBB / TAY	NAL / IND	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	65	58	15	21	4	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	2	0	.362	.413	.466	.878
1943	CAG / BBB	MULT	28	SP	19	574	515	56	134	15	6	1	3	43	59	10	6	3	.260	.329	.318	.648
1944	CAG / WES	NAL / EWA	29	SP	12	398	365	38	92	11	5	0	10	23	48	0	3	7	1	6	.252	.301	.310	.611
1945	MULT	MULT	30	SP	12	365	331	38	74	18	6	0	8	0	29	47	1	0	5	1	6	.224	.285	.314	.600
1946	MULT	MULT	31	SP	8	293	258	29	56	4	2	1	3	21	34	0	6	8	10	.217	.291	.260	.551
1947	CAG / WES	NAL / EWA	32	SP	6	156	129	12	22	3	0	0	5	0	20	25	0	1	6	3	.171	.287	.194	.480
1948	CAG / WES	NAL / EWA	33	SP	5	124	113	18	28	5	0	1	6	0	11	15	0	0	0	3	.248	.315	.319	.633
9	6			SP	82	2258	2004	250	493	66	21	4	40	0	187	264	1	26	41	2	35	.246	.318	.306	.624

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				79	2145	1906	238	466	64	19	3	40	0	172	258	1	26	41	2	28	.244	.315	.303	.618
2	vs Major Leagues				3	113	98	12	27	2	2	1	0	15	6	0	0	0	7	.276	.372	.367	.739

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	12	275	236	43	67	10	1	1	4	27	28	0	5	7	2	.284	.369	.347	.717
8	Chicago American Giants			SP	61	1810	1618	186	392	55	18	2	36	138	222	0	21	33	2	26	.242	.310	.302	.612
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	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	0	4	.250	.338	.333	.672

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