Jim Gantner
James Elmer Gantner
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 5, 1953 in Fond Du Lac, WI
School: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1976
Final Game: October 3, 1992
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 MIL AL 23 3B 24 23 194.0 55 17 37 1 3 .982 -1.6 -9.9 -1.6 -2.2 0.5 0 2.51 2.25 .951 2.94 2.64
1976 MIL AL 23 DH 2
1977 MIL AL 24 3B 14 12 105.0 41 8 29 4 3 .902 -2.5 -28.6 -2.5 1.7 -4.2 0 3.17 2.64 .959 2.97 2.72
1978 MIL AL 25 2B 21 16 144.1 98 41 55 2 10 .980 3.2 26.6 4.2 1.2 3.0 -1 5.99 4.57 .980 5.47 4.74
1978 MIL AL 25 3B 15 8 82.0 29 2 25 2 2 .931 0.4 5.9 0.4 0.2 0.1 0 2.96 1.80 .955 3.00 2.59
1978 MIL AL 25 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.80
1978 MIL AL 25 SS 1 1 8.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -0.6 -90.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 4.50 4.00 .980 4.95 4.20
1979 MIL AL 26 3B 42 33 302.0 104 28 71 5 8 .952 -1.5 -6.0 -1.5 0.9 -2.4 0 2.95 2.36 .953 3.07 2.66
1979 MIL AL 26 2B 22 20 186.0 128 50 76 2 16 .984 3.8 24.5 2.8 2.4 0.4 1 6.10 5.73 .978 5.50 4.80
1979 MIL AL 26 SS 3 3 26.0 15 2 13 0 2 1.000 1.8 83.1 1.8 0.0 1.8 0 5.19 5.00 .967 5.02 4.10
1979 MIL AL 26 P 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .900 1.80 0.80
1980 MIL AL 27 3B 69 51 485.1 178 41 126 11 15 .938 4.4 10.9 3.4 3.8 -0.4 1 3.10 2.42 .952 3.01 2.59
1980 MIL AL 27 2B 66 62 547.0 325 118 203 4 53 .988 2.9 6.4 -0.1 -3.3 3.2 3 5.28 4.86 .981 5.60 4.91
1980 MIL AL 27 SS 1 1 6.0 6 0 6 0 2 1.000 1.3 260.0 1.3 1.3 0.0 0 9.00 6.00 .967 4.95 4.30
1981 MIL AL 28 2B 107 100 904.2 613 251 352 10 95 .984 2.8 3.7 0.8 2.0 -1.3 2 6.00 5.64 .982 5.54 4.93
1982 MIL AL 29 2B 131 127 1134.1 718 307 398 13 104 .982 5.9 6.2 2.9 -1.2 4.2 3 5.59 5.38 .981 5.35 4.70
1983 MIL AL 30 2B 158 158 1416.0 900 374 512 14 128 .984 5.6 4.7 3.6 -8.1 11.7 2 5.63 5.61 .981 5.36 4.77
1984 MIL AL 31 2B 153 150 1342.0 844 362 469 13 111 .985 -7.9 -7.1 -8.9 -4.7 -4.2 1 5.57 5.43 .980 5.24 4.45
1985 MIL AL 32 2B 124 121 1069.2 672 262 402 8 89 .988 17.0 19.1 15.0 8.0 7.1 2 5.59 5.35 .982 5.29 4.48
1985 MIL AL 32 3B 24 18 185.1 53 16 34 3 5 .943 -3.4 -22.0 -3.4 -0.9 -2.5 0 2.43 2.08 .953 2.85 2.38
1985 MIL AL 32 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.90
1986 MIL AL 33 2B 135 130 1157.2 661 304 347 10 87 .985 2.4 2.5 -0.6 1.3 -2.0 3 5.06 4.82 .981 5.10 4.34
1986 MIL AL 33 3B 3 3 25.0 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 0.4 19.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.96 3.67 .945 2.74 2.37
1986 MIL AL 33 DH 1
1986 MIL AL 33 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.90
1987 MIL AL 34 2B 57 51 418.2 252 95 153 4 36 .984 3.1 8.9 2.1 2.0 0.2 1 5.33 4.35 .980 5.12 4.48
1987 MIL AL 34 3B 38 25 252.0 66 24 40 2 8 .970 -4.8 -22.9 -4.8 -3.7 -1.2 0 2.29 1.68 .952 2.77 2.31
1987 MIL AL 34 DH 1
1988 MIL AL 35 2B 154 149 1320.1 764 325 428 11 92 .986 3.6 3.3 4.6 -0.4 4.9 -1 5.13 4.89 .982 5.12 4.40
1988 MIL AL 35 3B 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.40
1989 MIL AL 36 2B 114 109 953.0 611 241 362 8 88 .987 -5.0 -6.3 -6.0 -3.0 -3.0 1 5.69 5.29 .981 5.24 4.51
1989 MIL AL 36 DH 2
1990 MIL AL 37 2B 80 76 675.2 391 164 220 7 54 .982 0.8 1.4 0.8 0.3 0.5 0 5.11 4.80 .984 5.23 4.53
1990 MIL AL 37 3B 9 9 74.2 25 3 20 2 2 .920 -2.6 -41.8 -2.6 -3.4 0.8 0 2.77 2.56 .944 2.75 2.32
1991 MIL AL 38 3B 90 83 764.0 211 51 155 5 15 .976 2.9 4.6 1.9 6.1 -4.2 1 2.43 2.29 .954 2.79 2.33
1991 MIL AL 38 2B 59 53 456.1 306 109 190 7 31 .977 2.3 6.0 2.3 -0.8 3.1 0 5.90 5.07 .981 5.19 4.44
1992 MIL AL 39 2B 68 57 511.1 318 136 180 2 42 .994 1.1 2.6 1.1 0.4 0.7 0 5.56 4.65 .983 5.25 4.60
1992 MIL AL 39 3B 31 13 150.0 46 17 28 1 3 .978 0.5 4.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 2.70 1.45 .948 2.78 2.40
1992 MIL AL 39 1B 2 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.35
1992 MIL AL 39 DH 2
15 Seasons 2B 1449 1379 12237.0 7601 3139 4347 115 1036 .985 41.6 4.1 24.6 -3.9 28.5 17 5.51 5.17 .981 5.28 4.58
12 Seasons 3B 360 278 2621.1 821 212 573 36 64 .956 -7.5 -3.4 -9.5 3.2 -13.0 2 2.70 2.18 .952 2.89 2.47
5 Seasons DH 8
5 Seasons SS 7 5 42.0 26 4 21 1 4 .962 2.4 68.6 2.4 0.7 1.7 0 5.36 3.57 .969 4.97 4.09
2 Seasons 1B 3 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.50
1 Season P 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .900 1.80 0.80
17 Seasons TOT 1820 1662 14904.1 8452 3358 4942 152 1105 .982 36.4 2.9 17.4 -0.0 17.1 19 5.01 4.56 .960 4.86 4.16
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 MIL AL 23 26 23 26 24 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1977 MIL AL 24 14 12 14 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 MIL AL 25 43 25 43 37 0 0 1 21 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
1979 MIL AL 26 70 56 70 67 1 0 0 22 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
1980 MIL AL 27 132 114 132 131 0 0 0 66 69 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
1981 MIL AL 28 107 100 107 107 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1982 MIL AL 29 132 127 132 131 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1983 MIL AL 30 161 158 161 158 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 MIL AL 31 153 150 153 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985 MIL AL 32 143 139 143 143 0 0 0 124 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1986 MIL AL 33 139 133 139 137 0 0 0 135 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1987 MIL AL 34 81 76 81 80 0 0 0 57 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 MIL AL 35 155 149 155 154 0 0 0 154 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1989 MIL AL 36 116 111 116 114 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1990 MIL AL 37 88 85 88 88 0 0 0 80 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 MIL AL 38 140 136 140 140 0 0 0 59 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1992 MIL AL 39 101 70 101 98 0 0 2 68 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
17 Seasons 1801 1664 1801 1776 1 0 3 1449 360 7 0 0 0 0 2 47 30
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 MIL AL 25 598 68% 86% 35% 65 97% 0 40 13 18 9 55 47 6 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 10 4 0 4 0 8 4 4 1 1 0
1979 MIL AL 26 822 57% 86% 29% 85 96% 0 51 17 32 2 77 70 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 16 8 3 3 1 16 4 12 0 0 0
1980 MIL AL 27 2397 55% 84% 26% 223 96% 1 116 42 59 15 203 174 23 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 53 16 10 18 3 50 21 27 3 2 0
1981 MIL AL 28 3983 59% 81% 29% 390 95% 1 255 84 132 40 355 295 51 0 4 10 1 7 2 7 97 35 13 32 3 88 35 51 8 6 1
1982 MIL AL 29 4991 61% 80% 27% 435 95% 0 309 95 160 54 400 356 34 1 9 13 0 12 1 10 103 36 28 17 8 93 25 67 7 1 6
1983 MIL AL 30 6303 59% 81% 26% 580 94% 0 373 123 211 40 516 446 58 0 8 14 1 12 1 10 126 51 26 35 4 119 39 80 4 2 2
1984 MIL AL 31 5986 53% 80% 26% 514 98% 1 369 120 204 45 465 392 57 2 5 13 2 10 1 10 112 47 21 25 6 103 33 70 7 5 1
1985 MIL AL 32 4746 55% 79% 25% 457 98% 0 257 103 115 39 400 346 48 0 2 8 0 7 1 6 89 28 20 25 3 78 29 48 6 4 2
1986 MIL AL 33 5148 60% 77% 27% 458 94% 0 302 134 117 51 350 299 44 1 3 10 0 7 3 6 84 22 19 31 4 79 36 43 2 1 1
1987 MIL AL 34 1889 60% 78% 26% 166 95% 0 95 33 51 11 154 135 17 0 2 4 0 3 1 4 36 15 9 9 1 36 11 24 0 0 0
1988 MIL AL 35 5681 56% 79% 32% 531 94% 4 319 127 130 64 428 350 63 2 5 11 0 7 4 8 91 25 15 38 2 84 41 41 7 3 2
1989 MIL AL 36 4205 57% 79% 34% 418 92% 1 242 82 127 33 362 304 50 1 5 8 1 6 1 5 88 31 14 27 6 83 35 48 3 2 1
1990 MIL AL 37 2993 60% 81% 33% 260 94% 0 159 58 83 18 221 190 28 0 3 7 2 5 0 4 54 23 9 16 0 48 16 32 4 2 1
1991 MIL AL 38 2098 49% 78% 32% 221 90% 0 110 32 56 23 190 162 21 2 0 7 2 3 2 3 31 12 7 7 1 29 9 20 0 0 0
1992 MIL AL 39 2166 53% 80% 32% 240 84% 0 136 55 56 25 179 160 16 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 42 20 6 7 2 38 9 28 2 1 1
15 Seasons 54006 57% 80% 28% 5043 94% 8 3133 1118 1551 469 4355 3726 522 10 52 114 9 85 20 79 1032 373 200 294 44 952 347 595 54 30 18
MLB Averages 57% 78% 28% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1976 MIL AL 23 872 62% 80% 25% 53 96% 0 18 13 1 4 37 34 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0
1977 MIL AL 24 487 57% 79% 27% 36 86% 1 9 6 0 3 25 20 2 2 0 4 0 4 0 4 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0%
1978 MIL AL 25 360 63% 81% 30% 30 90% 0 2 2 0 0 26 20 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1979 MIL AL 26 1326 57% 82% 27% 100 86% 1 28 19 1 8 70 58 9 1 3 6 0 6 0 5 6 3 0 4 1 1 0 7 43%
1980 MIL AL 27 2140 56% 83% 29% 177 88% 1 42 30 5 7 123 90 31 1 3 11 2 8 1 6 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 20 45%
1985 MIL AL 32 846 54% 79% 25% 50 94% 1 15 14 0 1 34 22 10 1 2 3 0 3 0 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 MIL AL 33 109 58% 77% 27% 11 100% 0 5 5 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIL AL 34 1160 64% 71% 22% 61 85% 1 22 12 3 7 41 30 10 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 8 7 0 7 0 0 0 5 40%
1988 MIL AL 35 10 80% 90% 30% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MIL AL 37 327 62% 82% 42% 24 83% 0 3 2 1 0 19 15 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 100%
1991 MIL AL 38 3343 53% 78% 32% 218 88% 0 51 39 6 6 155 117 33 0 2 5 0 4 1 4 15 12 0 14 1 0 1 7 43%
1992 MIL AL 39 665 52% 78% 33% 45 91% 2 17 13 3 1 28 18 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
12 Seasons 11645 57% 79% 29% 807 89% 7 212 155 20 37 566 430 116 7 13 37 2 29 6 28 62 51 0 54 5 2 2 46 48%
MLB Averages 57% 78% 28% 89% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 MIL AL 25 40 75% 83% 30% 4 100% 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MIL AL 26 102 63% 87% 37% 14 100% 0 2 1 1 0 13 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1980 MIL AL 27 26 31% 88% 31% 6 100% 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1985 MIL AL 32 5 60% 80% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 MIL AL 33 3 67% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 176 61% 86% 34% 24 100% 0 4 2 1 1 21 16 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 78% 28% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 MIL AL 25 3 67% 100% 67% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIL AL 39 13 62% 69% 31% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 16 63% 75% 38% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 78% 28% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1979 MIL AL 26 5 100% 20% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 100% 20% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 78% 28% 92% 88%

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