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.

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MIL		MIN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
2	2	Apr 8	MIL		MIN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
3	3	Apr 9	MIL		MIN	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
4	4	Apr 10	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
5	5	Apr 11	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
6	6	Apr 12	MIL	@	CAL	L,9-13	GS	40	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
7	7	Apr 14	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-1	GS	17	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
8	8	Apr 15	MIL	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
9	9	Apr 17	MIL		SEA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
10	10	Apr 18	MIL		SEA	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
11	11	Apr 19	MIL		SEA	L,9-12	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	12	Apr 21	MIL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
13	13	Apr 23	MIL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
14	14	Apr 24	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
15	15	Apr 26 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,9-4	GS	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B 3B
16	16	Apr 26 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
17	17	Apr 28	MIL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	5	7	0	12	1	2B
18	18	Apr 29	MIL		KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
19	19	Apr 30	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	GS	24	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	MIL		TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
21	21	May 2	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
22	22	May 3	MIL		TOR	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
23	23	May 4	MIL	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS	40	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
24	24	May 5	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-12	GS	35	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
25	25	May 6	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
26	28 (2)	May 9	MIL	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
27	29	May 10	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
28	31 (1)	May 13	MIL		CHW	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
29	32	May 15	MIL		TEX	W,7-3	CG	43	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
30	33	May 16	MIL		TEX	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
31	34	May 17	MIL		TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
32	35	May 18	MIL	@	DET	W,9-1	GS	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
33	37 (1)	May 20	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	1	3	0	4	1	2B
34	43 (5)	May 26	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
35	44	May 27	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
36	45	May 29	MIL		NYY	W,8-3	GF	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
37	46	May 30	MIL		NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
38	47	May 31	MIL		NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	48	Jun 1	MIL		DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	8	0	11	2	2B
40	49	Jun 2	MIL		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
41	50	Jun 3	MIL		DET	L,4-10	GS	33	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
42	51	Jun 5	MIL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	52	Jun 6	MIL		CAL	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
44	54 (1)	Jun 8	MIL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
45	55	Jun 9	MIL		OAK	L,1-6	GS	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	2B
46	56	Jun 10	MIL		OAK	L,2-5	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B 3B
47	57	Jun 12	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
48	58	Jun 13	MIL	@	SEA	W,8-7	GS	23	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
49	59	Jun 14	MIL	@	SEA	W,14-4	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 3B
50	74 (14)	Jun 30	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-12	GF	19	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	77 (2)	Jul 3	MIL	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
52	78	Jul 5 (1)	MIL	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
53	80 (1)	Jul 6	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-3	GF	16	4.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
54	82 (1)	Jul 8	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
55	83	Jul 9	MIL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	84	Jul 10	MIL		KCR	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	85	Jul 11	MIL		KCR	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
58	86	Jul 12	MIL		KCR	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
59	88 (1)	Jul 17	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
60	92 (3)	Jul 21	MIL		TEX	L,3-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
61	93	Jul 22	MIL		TEX	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
62	94	Jul 23	MIL		CHW	L,2-6	GS	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B 1B
63	96 (1)	Jul 25	MIL		CHW	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
64	98 (1)	Jul 27	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
65	99	Jul 28	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	104 (4)	Aug 2	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
67	105	Aug 4	MIL		SEA	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	106	Aug 5	MIL		SEA	W,8-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
69	107	Aug 6	MIL		SEA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
70	108	Aug 8 (1)	MIL		MIN	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
71	110 (1)	Aug 9	MIL		MIN	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	114 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	MIL		BOS	W,8-7	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	115	Aug 14 (2)	MIL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
74	119 (3)	Aug 19	MIL		TOR	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
75	120	Aug 20	MIL		TOR	W,16-3	GF	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
76	122 (1)	Aug 22	MIL		DET	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
77	123	Aug 23	MIL		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
78	124	Aug 24	MIL	@	NYY	L,8-9	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
79	125	Aug 25	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	127 (1)	Aug 27	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
81	128	Aug 28	MIL	@	TOR	W,22-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
82	129	Aug 29	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
83	130	Aug 30	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	132 (1)	Sep 1	MIL		NYY	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
85	135 (2)	Sep 5	MIL	@	DET	W,10-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
86	136	Sep 6	MIL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
87	137	Sep 7	MIL		CLE	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
88	138	Sep 8	MIL		CLE	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
89	139	Sep 9	MIL		CLE	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
90	141 (1)	Sep 12	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	142	Sep 13	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
92	143	Sep 14	MIL	@	BOS	W,6-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
93	144	Sep 15	MIL	@	BOS	W,7-2	GF	9	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 3B
94	145	Sep 16	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	32	7.1	1	3	0	4	1	2B
95	146	Sep 17	MIL	@	BOS	W,10-4	GF	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
96	147	Sep 18	MIL		BAL	W,12-4	GS	27	6.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
97	150 (2)	Sep 21	MIL		BAL	L,1-4	GS	14	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
98	161 (10)	Oct 3	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-10	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
							101gm		663.1	155	208	3	366	45