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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	MIL	@	TOR	W,15-4	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
2	2	Apr 10	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	1	5	0	6	0	2B
3	3	Apr 11	MIL	@	TOR	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	7	4	0	11	2	2B
4	4	Apr 13	MIL	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	49	10.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
5	5	Apr 14	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	44	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
6	6	Apr 15	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
7	7	Apr 16	MIL		TEX	L,1-4	CG	42	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
8	8	Apr 17	MIL		TEX	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
9	10 (1)	Apr 21	MIL		TOR	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
10	11	Apr 22	MIL		TOR	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
11	12	Apr 23	MIL	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
12	13	Apr 24	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
13	14	Apr 25	MIL	@	TEX	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	3	2B
14	15	Apr 27	MIL		CHW	L,2-11	CG	41	9.0	2	4	2	8	1	2B
15	16	Apr 28	MIL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
16	17	Apr 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	18	May 1	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
18	19	May 2	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
19	20	May 3	MIL		KCR	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
20	21	May 4	MIL		KCR	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
21	22	May 5	MIL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	47	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
22	23	May 6	MIL		MIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
23	24	May 7	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
24	25	May 8	MIL		MIN	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
25	26	May 9	MIL		MIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
26	27	May 10	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
27	29 (1)	May 12	MIL	@	KCR	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
28	30	May 13	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-13	CG	46	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
29	31	May 14	MIL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
30	32	May 15	MIL	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	2B
31	33	May 16	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
32	34	May 18	MIL		CAL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	5	2B
33	35	May 19	MIL		CAL	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
34	36	May 20	MIL		CAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
35	37	May 21	MIL		SEA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
36	38	May 22	MIL		SEA	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
37	39	May 23	MIL		SEA	L,5-6	GF	16	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 2B
38	40	May 25	MIL		OAK	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
39	41	May 26	MIL		OAK	L,2-7	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
40	42	May 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	2B
41	43	May 28	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	GF	16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
42	44	May 29	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	3	5	0	8	1	2B
43	45	May 30	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
44	46	May 31	MIL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	46	10.1	2	2	0	4	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	47	Jun 1	MIL	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
46	48	Jun 2	MIL	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
47	49	Jun 4	MIL	@	OAK	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
48	50	Jun 5	MIL	@	OAK	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
49	51	Jun 6	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
50	52	Jun 7	MIL		BAL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
51	53	Jun 8	MIL		BAL	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
52	55 (1)	Jun 10	MIL		BAL	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
53	56	Jun 11	MIL		DET	W,8-6	GS	34	6.1	2	4	0	6	1	2B
54	57	Jun 12	MIL		DET	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
55	58	Jun 13	MIL		DET	W,13-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
56	59	Jun 14	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
57	60	Jun 15	MIL	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
58	61	Jun 16	MIL	@	BAL	T,2-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
59	62	Jun 17	MIL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	85 (22)	Jul 15 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	2B
61	86	Jul 15 (2)	MIL		CHW	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
62	87	Jul 16	MIL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
63	88	Jul 17	MIL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
64	89	Jul 18	MIL		CHW	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
65	90	Jul 19	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
66	91	Jul 20	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-5	GS	24	5.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
67	93 (1)	Jul 23	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	1	4	0	5	0	2B
68	94	Jul 24	MIL	@	KCR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
69	95	Jul 25	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
70	96	Jul 26	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	6	5	1	12	2	2B
71	97	Jul 27	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
72	98	Jul 28	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
73	99	Jul 29	MIL		CLE	L,1-5	CG	53	12.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
74	100	Jul 30	MIL		CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
75	101	Jul 31	MIL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	102	Aug 1 (1)	MIL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
77	103	Aug 1 (2)	MIL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	9	0	10	2	2B
78	104	Aug 2	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
79	105	Aug 3	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
80	106	Aug 4	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	2B
81	107	Aug 6	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	44	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
82	108	Aug 7	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	44	10.2	4	6	0	10	2	2B
83	109	Aug 8	MIL	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
84	110	Aug 9	MIL		TEX	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
85	111	Aug 10	MIL		TEX	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
86	112	Aug 11	MIL		TEX	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
87	113	Aug 12 (1)	MIL		TOR	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
88	114	Aug 12 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
89	115	Aug 13	MIL		TOR	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	2B
90	116	Aug 14	MIL		TOR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
91	117	Aug 15	MIL		TOR	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
92	118	Aug 17	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
93	119	Aug 18	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	39	10.1	3	2	0	5	0	2B
94	120	Aug 19	MIL	@	OAK	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
95	121	Aug 20	MIL	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
96	122	Aug 21	MIL	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
97	123	Aug 22	MIL	@	SEA	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
98	124	Aug 23	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	5	0	12	1	2B
99	125	Aug 24	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
100	126	Aug 26	MIL		OAK	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	2B
101	127	Aug 27	MIL		OAK	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
102	128	Aug 28	MIL		OAK	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
103	129	Aug 29	MIL		OAK	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
104	130	Aug 30	MIL		SEA	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
105	131	Aug 31	MIL		SEA	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	132	Sep 1	MIL		SEA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	2B
107	133	Sep 2 (1)	MIL		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
108	134	Sep 2 (2)	MIL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
109	135	Sep 3	MIL		CAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
110	136	Sep 4	MIL		CAL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
111	137	Sep 5	MIL		CAL	W,8-5	GS	20	6.0	2	1	0	3	2	2B
112	142 (4)	Sep 10	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
113	144 (1)	Sep 12	MIL	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	43	8.1	3	1	0	4	1	2B
114	145	Sep 13	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
115	146	Sep 14	MIL	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
116	147	Sep 15	MIL	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
117	148	Sep 17	MIL		NYY	W,14-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
118	149	Sep 18	MIL		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	2B
119	150	Sep 19	MIL		NYY	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
120	151	Sep 20	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	3	7	0	10	4	2B
121	152	Sep 21	MIL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
122	153	Sep 22	MIL		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
123	154	Sep 24	MIL		BAL	W,15-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
124	155	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
125	156	Sep 26	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	GS	22	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
126	157	Sep 28	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
127	158	Sep 29	MIL	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
128	159	Sep 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
129	160	Oct 1 (1)	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	4	1	6	2	2B
130	161	Oct 1 (2)	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
131	162	Oct 2	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-11	CG	47	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
							131gm		1134.1	307	398	13	718	104