Gary Gentry

Gary Edward Gentry (born October 6, 1946, in Phoenix, Arizona) was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He began his career as a second baseman at Camelback High School before converting to pitching at Phoenix Junior College, where he led the Bears to a national junior college championship in 1966. After transferring to Arizona State University, Gentry went 17–1 with a college-record 229 strikeouts. In the 1967 NCAA tournament he threw a fourteen-inning complete game against Stanford to help Arizona State claim the College World Series title, earning All-Tournament pitcher honors. He was subsequently drafted by the New York Mets in the Secondary Phase of the 1967 MLB June Draft.