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Jim Gantner

James Elmer Gantner

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
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
Team: Brewers 1976-1992
Agents: Ron Simon [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1992
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:06AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #985. Michael Bourn… #986. Hubie Brooks… #987. Abner Dalrymple… #988. JIM GANTNER… #989. Juan Uribe… #990. Dmitri Young… #991. Gene Richards… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1976 23 MIL AL 26 79 69 6 17 1 0 0 7 1 0 6 11 .246 .316 .261 .577 72 18 1 1 3 0 0 5
1977 24 MIL AL 14 49 47 4 14 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 5 .298 .327 .383 .710 93 18 1 0 0 0 0 5
1978 25 MIL AL 43 105 97 14 21 1 0 1 8 2 0 5 10 .216 .269 .258 .527 50 25 0 2 1 0 0 45/36
1979 26 MIL AL 70 234 208 29 59 10 3 2 22 3 5 16 17 .284 .336 .389 .726 96 81 3 2 5 3 1 54/61
1980 27 MIL AL 132 457 415 47 117 21 3 4 40 11 10 30 29 .282 .330 .376 .706 96 156 8 1 8 3 5 54/6
1981 28 MIL AL 107 397 352 35 94 14 1 2 33 3 6 29 29 .267 .325 .330 .654 94 116 6 3 9 4 5 *4
1982 29 MIL AL 132 485 447 48 132 17 2 4 43 6 3 26 36 .295 .335 .369 .704 99 165 6 2 7 3 3 *4
1983 30 MIL AL 161 662 603 85 170 23 8 11 74 5 6 38 46 .282 .329 .401 .730 107 242 10 6 11 4 5 *4
1984 31 MIL AL 153 658 613 61 173 27 1 3 56 6 5 30 51 .282 .314 .344 .658 86 211 16 3 2 10 0 *4
1985 32 MIL AL 143 573 523 63 133 15 4 5 44 11 8 33 42 .254 .300 .327 .627 72 171 13 3 10 4 7 *45/6
1986 33 MIL AL 139 542 497 58 136 25 1 7 38 13 7 26 50 .274 .313 .370 .684 84 184 13 6 6 7 2 *4/56
1987 34 MIL AL 81 294 265 37 72 14 0 4 30 6 2 19 22 .272 .331 .370 .701 84 98 7 5 4 1 2 45
1988 35 MIL AL 155 596 539 67 149 28 2 0 47 20 8 34 50 .276 .322 .336 .658 85 181 9 3 18 2 1 *4/5
1989 36 MIL AL 116 453 409 51 112 18 3 0 34 20 6 21 33 .274 .321 .333 .654 86 136 10 10 8 5 2 *4
1990 37 MIL AL 88 358 323 36 85 8 5 0 25 18 3 29 19 .263 .328 .319 .647 83 103 10 2 4 0 0 4/5
1991 38 MIL AL 140 567 526 63 149 27 4 2 47 4 6 27 34 .283 .320 .361 .681 91 190 13 3 7 4 5 54
1992 39 MIL AL 101 273 256 22 63 12 1 1 18 6 2 12 17 .246 .278 .313 .590 67 80 9 0 3 2 2 45/3
17 Seasons 1801 6782 6189 726 1696 262 38 47 568 137 78 383 501 .274 .319 .351 .671 88 2175 135 52 106 52 40
162 Game Avg. 162 610 557 65 153 24 3 4 51 12 7 34 45 .274 .319 .351 .671 88 196 12 5 10 5 4
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1976 23 MIL AL 79 -2 -1 0 0 -2 0 3 -2 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ 5
1977 24 MIL AL 49 -1 0 1 0 -2 0 2 -1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ 5
1978 25 MIL AL 105 -7 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $ 45/36
1979 26 MIL AL 234 -3 -2 0 2 4 2 8 11 1.1 7 0.7 0.4 $ 54/61
1980 27 MIL AL 457 -3 -3 -1 0 9 2 14 17 1.7 9 0.9 0.8 $ 54/6
1981 28 MIL AL 397 3 -2 -1 0 3 3 12 18 1.8 15 1.6 0.2 $ *4
1982 29 MIL AL 485 3 -1 -2 1 6 4 15 26 2.6 20 2.1 0.5 $ *4
1983 30 MIL AL 662 5 1 -2 3 6 5 21 39 3.9 33 3.4 0.5 $ *4
1984 31 MIL AL 658 -7 -3 -2 0 -8 5 20 5 0.4 13 1.3 -0.9 $ *4
1985 32 MIL AL 573 -20 -1 3 1 14 4 18 19 1.8 5 0.5 1.3 $687,500 *45/6
1986 33 MIL AL 543 -11 -3 -3 0 3 4 17 6 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $887,500 *4/56
1987 34 MIL AL 296 -4 1 -1 0 -2 2 9 5 0.5 7 0.7 -0.2 $375,000 45
1988 35 MIL AL 596 -9 2 -1 2 4 5 18 21 2.1 17 1.8 0.3 $937,500 *4/5
1989 36 MIL AL 455 -6 2 -2 0 -5 3 14 6 0.6 11 1.1 -0.5 $900,000 *4
1990 37 MIL AL 358 -4 2 0 -1 -2 1 12 8 0.8 10 1.0 -0.2 $700,000 4/5
1991 38 MIL AL 567 -5 -1 -3 1 5 2 20 19 1.8 14 1.4 0.4 $1,000,000 54
1992 39 MIL AL 273 -11 -1 1 0 2 1 9 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $1,150,000 45/3
17 Seasons 6787 -82 -10 -13 10 36 44 215 198 19.4 164 16.8 2.6 $6,637,500
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 28 MIL AL ALDS NYY L 4 14 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .214 .357 3 0 0 0 0 0
1982 29 MIL AL ALCS CAL W 5 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .188 .235 .188 .423 3 0 0 0 0 0
1982 29 MIL AL WS STL L 7 26 24 5 8 4 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 .333 .360 .583 .943 14 1 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 16 57 54 7 13 5 1 0 6 0 0 2 4 .241 .268 .370 .638 20 1 0 1 0 0
1 ALDS 4 14 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .214 .357 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 5 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .188 .235 .188 .423 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 26 24 5 8 4 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 .333 .360 .583 .943 14 1 0 1 0 0

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1979 26 MIL AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Season 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 0 0 0 0 68 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 340 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1979 26 MIL AL 1.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $
1 Season 1.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1976 MIL AL 23 3B 24 55 17 37 1 3 .982 -2 2.25 .953 2.95
1977 MIL AL 24 3B 14 41 8 29 4 3 .902 -2 2.64 .957 2.96
1978 MIL AL 25 2B 21 98 41 55 2 10 .980 3 4.57 .980 5.42
1978 MIL AL 25 3B 15 29 2 25 2 2 .931 0 1.80 .954 2.98
1978 MIL AL 25 1B 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 -0 1.00 .990 10.00
1978 MIL AL 25 SS 1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -1 4.00 .964 4.90
1979 MIL AL 26 3B 42 104 28 71 5 8 .952 -2 2.36 .953 3.03
1979 MIL AL 26 2B 22 128 50 76 2 16 .984 4 5.73 .978 5.43
1979 MIL AL 26 SS 3 15 2 13 0 2 1.000 2 5.00 .965 4.93
1979 MIL AL 26 P 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .950 1.80 1.90
1980 MIL AL 27 3B 69 178 41 126 11 15 .938 4 2.42 .951 3.00
1980 MIL AL 27 2B 66 325 118 203 4 53 .988 3 4.86 .981 5.58
1980 MIL AL 27 SS 1 6 0 6 0 2 1.000 1 6.00 .963 5.00
1981 MIL AL 28 2B 107 613 251 352 10 95 .984 3 5.64 .982 5.52
1982 MIL AL 29 2B 131 718 307 398 13 104 .982 6 5.38 .981 5.33
1983 MIL AL 30 2B 158 900 374 512 14 128 .984 6 5.61 .981 5.32
1984 MIL AL 31 2B 153 844 362 469 13 111 .985 -8 5.43 .980 5.21
1985 MIL AL 32 2B 124 672 262 402 8 89 .988 17 5.35 .982 5.24
1985 MIL AL 32 3B 24 53 16 34 3 5 .943 -3 2.08 .953 2.82
1985 MIL AL 32 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 4.60
1986 MIL AL 33 2B 135 661 304 347 10 87 .985 2 4.82 .981 5.05
1986 MIL AL 33 3B 3 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 0 3.67 .948 2.70
1986 MIL AL 33 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50
1987 MIL AL 34 2B 57 252 95 153 4 36 .984 3 4.35 .980 5.06
1987 MIL AL 34 3B 38 66 24 40 2 8 .970 -5 1.68 .952 2.74
1988 MIL AL 35 2B 154 764 325 428 11 92 .986 4 4.89 .982 5.08
1988 MIL AL 35 3B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .955 2.70
1989 MIL AL 36 2B 114 611 241 362 8 88 .987 -5 5.29 .981 5.18
1989 MIL AL 36 DH 2 2
1990 MIL AL 37 2B 80 391 164 220 7 54 .982 1 4.80 .984 5.18
1990 MIL AL 37 3B 9 25 3 20 2 2 .920 -3 2.56 .944 2.73
1991 MIL AL 38 3B 90 211 51 155 5 15 .976 3 2.29 .955 2.79
1991 MIL AL 38 2B 59 306 109 190 7 31 .977 2 5.07 .981 5.18
1992 MIL AL 39 2B 68 318 136 180 2 42 .994 1 4.65 .983 5.23
1992 MIL AL 39 3B 31 46 17 28 1 3 .978 0 1.45 .950 2.77
1992 MIL AL 39 1B 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .995 9.65
15 Seasons 2B 1449 7601 3139 4347 115 1036 .985 42 5.17 .981 5.24
12 Seasons 3B 360 821 212 573 36 64 .956 -8 2.18 .953 2.88
5 Seasons SS 7 26 4 21 1 4 .962 2 3.57 .965 4.83
2 Seasons 1B 3 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 -0 1.00 .993 9.77
1 Season P 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .950 1.80 1.90
17 Seasons TOT 1820 1.0 8452 3358 4942 152 1105 .982 36 43680 9.00 4.56 .978 1.80 4.78
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1985 AL  1.3 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1981 AL  107 (7th)
1983 AL  161 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1983 AL  603 (10th)
1984 AL  613 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1983 AL  8 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1983 AL  128 (9th)
1984 AL  142 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 AL  6 (9th)
1989 AL  10 (1st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1981 AL  9 (7th)
1983 AL  11 (5th)
1985 AL  10 (9th)
1988 AL  18 (2nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1984 AL  10 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Career  78 (230th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1983 AL  13.1 (6th)
1984 AL  12.0 (10th)
1991 AL  15.5 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1984 AL  473 (7th)

Assists† s c a p y
1981 AL  352 (4th)
1983 AL  512 (2nd)
1984 AL  469 (4th)
Career  4,942 (94th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1985 AL  14 (3rd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1981 AL  107 (2nd)
1983 AL  158 (2nd)
1984 AL  153 (2nd)
1988 AL  154 (2nd)
Career  1,449 (42nd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1981 AL  251 (2nd)
1983 AL  374 (2nd)
1984 AL  362 (1st)
1986 AL  304 (4th)
1988 AL  325 (1st)
Career  3,139 (53rd)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1981 AL  352 (2nd)
1983 AL  512 (1st)
1984 AL  469 (2nd)
1985 AL  402 (5th)
1988 AL  428 (4th)
Career  4,347 (41st)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1981 AL  10 (2nd)
1982 AL  13 (5th)
1983 AL  14 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1982 AL  6 (5th)
1983 AL  6 (5th)
1985 AL  17 (1st)
1988 AL  4 (4th)
Career  42 (27th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1981 AL  6.00 (3rd)
1982 AL  5.59 (5th)
1983 AL  5.63 (3rd)
1984 AL  5.57 (4th)
1985 AL  5.59 (4th)
1989 AL  5.69 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1981 AL  5.64 (4th)
1982 AL  5.38 (3rd)
1983 AL  5.61 (3rd)
1984 AL  5.43 (2nd)
1985 AL  5.35 (3rd)
1989 AL  5.29 (2nd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1984 AL  .985 (3rd)
1985 AL  .988 (3rd)
1986 AL  .985 (3rd)
1989 AL  .987 (2nd)
Career  .985 (33rd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1980 AL  4 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1991 AL  .976 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1992 AL  born 1953-01-05 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1764), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1073), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
  • November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 20, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
  • November 4, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 20, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
  • November 3, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198532Milwaukee Brewers$687,5001985 USA Today survey
198633Milwaukee Brewers$887,5001986 USA Today survey
198734Milwaukee Brewers$375,0001987 USA Today survey
198835Milwaukee Brewers$937,500USA Today, 4/1/88
198936Milwaukee Brewers$900,000*
199037Milwaukee Brewers$700,000USA Today
199138Milwaukee Brewers$1,000,0003/4/91 TSNArbitration loss; $2,000,000 request
199239Milwaukee Brewers$1,150,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $150,000 incentives
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,637,500
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $850,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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