Joe Gantenbein

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Full Name: Joseph Steven Gantenbein	Primary Position: 2B,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/168	First Game: April 20, 1939
Birthdate: August 25, 1915	Final Game: September 28, 1940
Birthplace: San Francisco, California	MLB Experience: 2 years
Died: August 2, 1993
Deathplace: Novato, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Joe Gantenbein (Joseph Steven Gantenbein) was born on August 25, 1915 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1939 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .290 with 4 home runs and 36 RBI. Gantenbein played for the Philadelphia Athletics for his entire 2 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1939	PHI	A	111	348	47	101	4	36	.290	.353	.388	14	4	32	22	2	5	1	0	4
1940	PHI	A	75	197	21	47	4	23	.239	.282	.350	6	2	11	21	1	1	1	0	2
Total			186	545	68	148	8	59	.272	.328	.374	20	6	43	43	3	6	2	0	6

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1939	PHI	A	SS	5	0	0	5	11	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.842
1939	PHI	A	2B	76	0	0	165	179	19	26	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1939	PHI	A	3B	14	0	0	8	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1940	PHI	A	SS	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1940	PHI	A	3B	45	0	0	31	75	8	11	0	0	0	0	0	.930
1940	PHI	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1940	PHI	A	1B	6	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	76	0	0	165	179	19	26	0	0	0	0	0	.948
Total			SS	8	0	0	5	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.857
Total			3B	59	0	0	39	88	9	13	0	0	0	0	0	.934
Total			1B	6	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

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Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Toronto (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 4, 1938).
Released by Philadelphia Athletics (March 30, 1946).

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