{{short description|American baseball player (born 1954)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jim Lentine |position=Outfielder |image=Jim Lentine.jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1954|7|16}} |birth_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 3 |debutyear=1978 |debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 5 |finalyear=1980 |finalteam=Detroit Tigers |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.263 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=1 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=20 |teams= *St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1980}}) *Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1980}}) }} '''James Matthew Lentine''' (born July 16, 1954) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He played all or part of three seasons in the major leagues, from {{mlby|1978}} to {{mlby|1980}}, for the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers. He is based in San Clemente, California, and working as an area scout for the Toronto Blue Jays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/team/front_office.jsp?c_id=tor|title=Toronto Blue Jays Front Office|access-date=2016-06-24|archive-date=2007-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203011704/http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/team/front_office.jsp?c_id=tor|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=l/lentiji01 |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=lentin001jam}}, or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Plentj101.htm Retrosheet]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lentine, Jim}} Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Category:Arizona State Sun Devils baseball players Category:Arkansas Travelers players Category:Baseball players from Los Angeles Category:Charleston Charlies players Category:Detroit Tigers players Category:Gulf Coast Cardinals players Category:Johnson City Cardinals players Category:La Verne Leopards baseball players Category:Major League Baseball outfielders Category:Springfield Redbirds players Category:St. Louis Cardinals players Category:St. Petersburg Cardinals players Category:Sultanes de Monterrey players Category:Texas Rangers scouts Category:Tigres de Aragua players Category:American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Category:Toronto Blue Jays scouts Category:20th-century American sportsmen
{{US-baseball-outfielder-1950s-stub}}