Jim Gantner

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: January 5, 1953 in Fond du Lac, WI us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 12th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI).

High School: Campbellsport HS (Campbellsport, WI)

School: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI)

Debut: September 3, 1976 (Age 23-242d, 13,786th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1992 (Age 39-272d)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Ron Simon

Full Name: James Elmer Gantner

Nicknames: Gumby

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.4

6189

1696

.274

726

RBI

568

137

OBP

.319

SLG

.351

OPS

.671

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 47 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 12 go ahead

1 Tm
MIL	47

Platoon
vs RHP	45
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Away	29
Home	18

Outs
0	19
1	14
2	14

13 Opps
MIN	9
SEA	6
CLE	5
NYY	5
CAL	4
BAL	4
BOS	3
OAK	3
TOR	3
TEX	2
KCR	1
DET	1
CHW	1

42 Pitchers
Don Schulze	2
Tom Waddell	2
Doug Drabek	2
Bert Blyleven	2
Fernando Arroyo	2
Jerry Reed	1
Joe Grahe	1
Pete Redfern	1
Brian Kingman	1
Steve Stone	1
Kirk McCaskill	1
Ken Schrom	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Mike Boddicker	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Frank Viola	1
Rick Anderson	1
John Pacella	1
Dave Stieb	1
Jim Palmer	1
Phil Niekro	1
Tim Stoddard	1
Steve Crawford	1
Ed Vande Berg	1
Jim Beattie	1
Roy Branch	1
Oil Can Boyd	1
Ken Dixon	1
Jeff Reardon	1
Danny Darwin	1
Joey McLaughlin	1
Mike Smithson	1
Joe Niekro	1
Steve Renko	1
Dave Stewart	1
Steve Comer	1
Don Aase	1
Jim Barr	1
Ron Schueler	1
Dave Rozema	1
Jim Clancy	1
Albert Williams	1

14 Parks
County Stad (MIL)	18
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Memor. Stad (BAL)	4
Kingdome (SEA)	4
Metrodome (MIN)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
9	29
7	2
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	44
1	2
4	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	47

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	8
-2-	5
12-	2
-23	2
123	1

71 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	29
1 on	13
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	18

Inning
1	3
2	7
3	5
4	3
5	4
6	10
7	5
8	5
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	15
4-6	17
7-end	15

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	7
+1	7
Tied	11
-1	4
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	3

Ahead	21
Tied	11
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	44
0-0	2
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	35
3B	12

OrderPos
8th	19
2nd	10
1st	7
9th	7
7th	4

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-09-25 (2)	MIL	@	MIN	Ron Schueler	behind 3-5	t 6	1	---		1	7	5	0.115	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1978-05-13	MIL	@	CHW	Steve Stone	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	-2-		2	8	4	0.115	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Lezcano Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1979-09-08	MIL	@	CAL	Jim Barr	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	---		1	1	4	0.120	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1979-09-18	MIL	@	SEA	Roy Branch	behind 0-1	t 2	2	1--		2	8	5	0.194	56%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Lezcano Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1980-06-23	MIL	@	OAK	Brian Kingman	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	123		4	8	4	0.070	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores; S. Lezcano Scores; M. Brouhard Scores
6	6	2	1	1980-06-29	MIL	@	CAL	Don Aase	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---		1	8	4	0.121	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	3	1	1980-08-12 (1)	MIL		TOR	Jim Clancy	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---		1	2	5	0.138	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	4	1	1980-09-13	MIL	@	SEA	Rick Anderson	ahead 5-0	t 8	2	12-		3	8	5	0.016	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; J. Poff Scores; E. Romero Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1981-05-31	MIL	@	BOS	Steve Crawford	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	4	0.101	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	2	1	1981-09-04	MIL	@	MIN	Fernando Arroyo	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	---		1	9	4	0.088	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Gantner Scores/unER
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1982-04-25	MIL	@	TEX	Danny Darwin	ahead 10-6	t 9	0	---		1	8	4	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	2	1	1982-05-09	MIL		MIN	Pete Redfern	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	---		1	9	4	0.070	91%		Home Run
13	13	3	1	1982-06-06	MIL	@	OAK	Fernando Arroyo	ahead 5-2	t 6	0	---		1	9	4	0.053	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	4	1	1982-08-09	MIL		TEX	Steve Comer	ahead 7-1	b 8	0	---		1	8	4	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1983-04-14	MIL	@	TOR	Joey McLaughlin	tied 4-4	t 9	2	---		1	9	4	0.407	80%		Home Run (CF-RF)
16	16	2	1	1983-04-17	MIL		KCR	Steve Renko	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	1--		2	9	4	0.167	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Yost Scores
17	17	3	1	1983-05-22	MIL	@	SEA	Ed Vande Berg	ahead 5-0	t 9	2	---		1	1	4	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	4	1	1983-05-27	MIL		SEA	Gaylord Perry	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	4	0.104	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	5	1	1983-05-30	MIL		SEA	Jim Beattie	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1--		2	1	4	0.224	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Moore Scores
20	20	6	1	1983-06-09	MIL	@	BAL	Mike Boddicker	behind 0-7	t 2	2	12-		3	8	4	0.081	12%		Home Run; B. Oglivie Scores/unER; C. Moore Scores/unER; J. Gantner Scores/unER
21	21	7	1	1983-07-03	MIL	@	CLE	Rick Sutcliffe	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	4	0.098	58%		Home Run
22	22	8	1	1983-07-16	MIL		MIN	Frank Viola	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	---		1	9	4	0.057	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	9	1	1983-07-17	MIL		MIN	Ken Schrom	behind 1-3	b 3	0	1--		2	2	4	0.197	55%		Home Run; P. Molitor Scores
24	24	10	1	1983-07-27	MIL	@	MIN	Albert Williams	behind 2-4	t 3	0	-2-		2	2	4	0.147	50%		Home Run; P. Molitor Scores
25	25	11	1	1983-09-18	MIL	@	BAL	Jim Palmer	ahead 3-0	t 2	1	-23		3	2	4	0.091	93%		Home Run; C. Moore Scores; P. Molitor Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1984-05-27	MIL	@	MIN	Mike Smithson	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---		1	7	4	0.140	47%		Home Run
27	27	2	1	1984-06-22	MIL	@	DET	Dave Rozema	behind 0-5	t 3	0	1--		2	2	4	0.088	20%		Home Run; D. James Scores
28	28	3	1	1984-09-07	MIL	@	BAL	John Pacella	behind 4-6	t 5	0	1--		2	2	4	0.213	50%		Home Run; D. James Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1985-05-29	MIL		CLE	Don Schulze	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	-2-		2	8	4	0.147	85%		Home Run; E. Riles Scores
30	30	2	1	1985-06-09	MIL		NYY	Phil Niekro	tied 1-1	b 2	2	1--		2	8	4	0.198	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores
31	31	3	1	1985-06-17	MIL		TOR	Dave Stieb	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	---		1	2	5	0.114	83%		Home Run
32	32	4	1	1985-08-25 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	Tom Waddell	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	8	5	0.109	57%		Home Run
33	33	5	1	1985-08-30	MIL		CLE	Tom Waddell	tied 3-3	b 7	1	---		1	8	5	0.222	77%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1986-04-20	MIL		NYY	Joe Niekro	behind 0-3	b 6	1	---		1	8	4	0.090	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
35	35	2	1	1986-05-23	MIL	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---		1	1	4	0.099	39%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	3	1	1986-06-07	MIL		BOS	Oil Can Boyd	ahead 2-0	b 7	2	---		1	8	4	0.064	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	4	1	1986-07-23	MIL	@	CAL	Kirk McCaskill	behind 1-2	t 7	2	---		1	8	4	0.200	43%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	5	1	1986-07-30	MIL		NYY	Doug Drabek	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---		1	8	4	0.072	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to RF Line)
39	39	6	1	1986-08-04	MIL	@	NYY	Doug Drabek	tied 2-2	t 8	0	---		1	2	4	0.245	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	7	1	1986-09-06	MIL		CLE	Don Schulze	behind 4-16	b 6	2	-23		3	8	4	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Deer Scores; B. Oglivie Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1987-04-14	MIL	@	BAL	Ken Dixon	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---		1	8	4	0.080	77%		Home Run
42	42	2	1	1987-05-01	MIL	@	SEA	Jerry Reed	ahead 8-7	t 8	1	-2-		2	9	5	0.161	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Castillo Scores
43	43	3	1	1987-05-26	MIL	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-3	t 5	2	-2-		2	1	4	0.159	31%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Surhoff Scores
44	44	4	1	1987-06-14	MIL	@	NYY	Tim Stoddard	ahead 1-0	t 8	0	1--		2	8	5	0.152	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Schroeder Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1991-09-03	MIL		OAK	Dave Stewart	behind 0-3	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	5	0.091	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Gantner Scores
46	46	2	1	1991-09-06	MIL	@	CAL	Joe Grahe	tied 0-0	t 9	2	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	7	5	0.414	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Gantner Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1992-08-14 (1)	MIL		BOS	Jeff Reardon	tied 7-7	b 13	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	5	0.368	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Gantner Scores