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.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MIL		BOS	W,5-1	GS	27	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
2	2	Apr 8	MIL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
3	3	Apr 9	MIL		BOS	W,12-11	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
4	4	Apr 10	MIL	@	TEX	W,11-8	GS	29	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
5	5	Apr 11	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
6	6	Apr 12	MIL	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	51	12.0	7	8	0	15	2	2B
7	8 (1)	Apr 14	MIL	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
8	9	Apr 15	MIL	@	BAL	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
9	10	Apr 17	MIL		TEX	W,10-2	GS	33	9.0	0	4	1	5	2	2B 3B
10	11	Apr 18	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
11	12	Apr 19	MIL		TEX	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
12	13	Apr 20	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
13	14	Apr 21	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
14	15	Apr 24	MIL		BAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
15	16	Apr 25	MIL		BAL	W,8-2	GS	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B 3B
16	18 (1)	Apr 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,10-7	CG	54	12.0	0	9	0	9	0	2B
17	19	Apr 28	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
18	20	Apr 29	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-7	GS	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B 3B
19	21	Apr 30	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-4	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B 2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	22	May 1	MIL	@	SEA	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	23	May 2	MIL	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
22	24	May 3	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	25	May 5	MIL		CAL	L,0-2	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
24	26	May 6	MIL		CAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
25	27	May 8	MIL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	53	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
26	28	May 9	MIL		SEA	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	29	May 10	MIL		SEA	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
28	30	May 12	MIL		OAK	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	31	May 13	MIL		OAK	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
30	32	May 15	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	44	8.2	2	5	0	7	0	3B
31	33	May 16	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-13	CG	43	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
32	34	May 17	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
33	35	May 19	MIL		CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	36	May 20	MIL		CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
35	37	May 22	MIL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
36	38	May 23	MIL		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
37	39	May 24	MIL		CLE	L,3-5	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B 2B
38	40	May 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
39	41	May 27	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	42	May 28	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-13	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
41	43	May 29	MIL	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
42	44	May 30	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
43	45	May 31	MIL	@	CLE	W,7-1	GS	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 1	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
45	47	Jun 2	MIL		KCR	W,14-3	GS	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B 3B
46	48	Jun 3	MIL		KCR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
47	49	Jun 4	MIL		NYY	W,9-3	GS	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	4	2B 3B
48	50	Jun 5	MIL		NYY	L,1-13	CG	50	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
49	51	Jun 6	MIL		NYY	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
50	52	Jun 7	MIL		NYY	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
51	53	Jun 9	MIL	@	DET	L,5-8	GS	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B 2B
52	54	Jun 10	MIL	@	DET	W,8-5	GS	45	10.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B 2B
53	55	Jun 11	MIL	@	DET	W,8-5	GS	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B 3B
54	57 (1)	Jun 13	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
55	58	Jun 14	MIL	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B 3B
56	59	Jun 15	MIL		MIN	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
57	60	Jun 16	MIL		MIN	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
58	61	Jun 17	MIL		MIN	W,8-5	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
59	62	Jun 18	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
60	63	Jun 19	MIL	@	TOR	L,6-15	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
61	64	Jun 20	MIL	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
62	65	Jun 21	MIL	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
63	66	Jun 22	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	32	7.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
64	67	Jun 23	MIL	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
65	68	Jun 24	MIL	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B 2B
66	69	Jun 26	MIL		TOR	W,10-5	GS	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B 3B
67	70	Jun 27	MIL		TOR	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	3B
68	71	Jun 28	MIL		TOR	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
69	72	Jun 29	MIL		DET	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
70	73	Jun 30	MIL		DET	L,5-8	CG	48	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	74	Jul 1	MIL		DET	W,13-2	GS	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
72	77 (2)	Jul 4	MIL	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
73	78	Jul 5	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	46	11.1	2	6	0	8	0	2B
74	79	Jul 6	MIL	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
75	80	Jul 7	MIL	@	SEA	L,5-9	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
76	81	Jul 8	MIL	@	SEA	L,2-5	GS	44	10.1	3	1	0	4	0	2B 3B
77	82	Jul 9	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-3	GS	26	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
78	94 (11)	Jul 24	MIL		OAK	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
79	96 (1)	Jul 26	MIL		OAK	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	2B
80	97	Jul 27	MIL	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	4	4	0	8	1	2B
							95gm		670.2	119	193	6	318	44