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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	Apr 21	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
2	15 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	GF	17	4.0	2	3	0	5	1	PR 2B
3	16	Apr 26 (1)	MIL		DET	W,5-1	GS	29	7.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
4	17	Apr 26 (2)	MIL		DET	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
5	18	Apr 27	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
6	19	Apr 28	MIL	@	TOR	W,11-8	GS	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
7	20	Apr 29 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
8	22 (1)	Apr 30	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	27 (4)	May 5	MIL		TOR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	35 (7)	May 15	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
11	40 (4)	May 20 (1)	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
12	41	May 20 (2)	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	42	May 22	MIL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
14	43	May 23	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
15	44	May 24	MIL		CAL	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
16	46 (1)	May 26	MIL		OAK	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
17	47	May 27	MIL		OAK	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
18	49 (1)	May 29	MIL		NYY	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	52 (2)	Jun 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
20	54 (1)	Jun 3	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	56 (1)	Jun 5	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
22	57	Jun 6	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
23	58	Jun 7	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
24	59	Jun 9	MIL		CHW	L,2-6	GS	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
25	60	Jun 10	MIL		CHW	L,3-13	CG	53	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	62 (1)	Jun 13	MIL	@	TEX	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
27	68 (5)	Jun 20	MIL		MIN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
28	73 (4)	Jun 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	3B
29	74	Jun 27	MIL	@	MIN	W,9-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	82 (7)	Jul 6 (1)	MIL		DET	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
31	83	Jul 6 (2)	MIL		DET	L,4-5	GF	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
32	85 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	MIL		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	3B
33	88 (2)	Jul 11	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
34	90 (1)	Jul 13	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	GS	45	12.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
35	92 (1)	Jul 15	MIL		CLE	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
36	93	Jul 19	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PR 3B
37	94	Jul 20	MIL		TOR	W,2-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
38	95	Jul 21	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-0	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
39	96	Jul 22 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
40	97	Jul 22 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
41	100 (2)	Jul 25	MIL	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
42	101	Jul 26	MIL	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
43	104 (2)	Jul 29	MIL		NYY	W,5-3	GS	24	6.2	2	1	1	4	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	108 (3)	Aug 2	MIL		BOS	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
45	111 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	MIL		BOS	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
46	113 (1)	Aug 7	MIL	@	BAL	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
47	117 (3)	Aug 11	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	42	10.0	1	8	0	9	1	2B
48	119 (1)	Aug 14	MIL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
49	120	Aug 15	MIL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
50	124 (3)	Aug 19	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
51	126 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
52	128 (1)	Aug 22	MIL		CHW	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
53	134 (5)	Aug 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,8-18	GS	43	7.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	142 (7)	Sep 8	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
55	144 (1)	Sep 11	MIL		OAK	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
56	145	Sep 12	MIL		OAK	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	147 (1)	Sep 14	MIL		CAL	L,7-8	CG	47	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
58	148	Sep 15	MIL		CAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
59	150 (1)	Sep 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
60	151	Sep 18	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
61	154 (2)	Sep 22	MIL		MIN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	155	Sep 23	MIL		MIN	W,8-7	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	157 (1)	Sep 26	MIL		SEA	L,1-8	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
64	158	Sep 27	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
65	159	Sep 28	MIL	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	160	Sep 29	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
67	161	Sep 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
							68gm		515.0	80	161	7	248	26