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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 12	MIL		BOS	W,18-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
2	6 (3)	Apr 18	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
3	7	Apr 19	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	9 (1)	Apr 21	MIL		CLE	W,7-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
5	12 (2)	Apr 25	MIL		TOR	L,3-5	GF	22	5.0	0	1	1	2	0	PR 3B
6	13	Apr 26	MIL		TOR	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	18 (4)	May 4	MIL	@	CHW	W,11-1	GF	8	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	PR 3B
8	19	May 5	MIL	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
9	20	May 6	MIL		NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
10	21	May 7	MIL		NYY	L,1-4	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
11	22	May 8	MIL		BAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
12	23	May 9	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
13	25 (1)	May 11	MIL		BAL	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
14	27 (1)	May 14	MIL		CHW	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
15	28	May 15	MIL		CHW	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
16	30 (1)	May 17	MIL	@	MIN	W,14-11	GF	16	3.0	0	3	0	3	1	PH 2B
17	31	May 18	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
18	32	May 19	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS	45	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
19	33	May 20	MIL	@	SEA	W,14-5	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	34	May 21	MIL	@	SEA	L,5-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
21	35	May 23	MIL		MIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
22	36	May 24	MIL		MIN	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
23	37	May 25	MIL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
24	38	May 26	MIL		SEA	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
25	39	May 27	MIL		SEA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
26	43 (3)	May 31	MIL	@	BOS	W,19-8	GS	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B 2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	44	Jun 1	MIL	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS	29	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
28	45	Jun 2	MIL	@	BAL	L,8-9	CG	47	10.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
29	46	Jun 3	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
30	47	Jun 4	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	49 (1)	Jun 7	MIL		DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
32	50	Jun 8	MIL		DET	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
33	51	Jun 10	MIL		TEX	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	52	Jun 11	MIL		TEX	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
35	53	Jun 12	MIL		TEX	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
36	54	Jun 13	MIL		KCR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
37	55	Jun 14	MIL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	2	6	0	2B
38	56	Jun 15	MIL		KCR	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
39	57	Jun 16 (1)	MIL	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	3	3	1	7	1	2B
40	58	Jun 16 (2)	MIL	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
41	59	Jun 17	MIL	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
42	60	Jun 18	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
43	61	Jun 19	MIL	@	TEX	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
44	62	Jun 20	MIL	@	KCR	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
45	63	Jun 21	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-1	GS	36	9.0	1	8	0	9	4	SS 2B
46	64	Jun 22	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
47	65	Jun 23	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
48	66	Jun 24	MIL	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
49	67	Jun 25	MIL	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
50	68	Jun 27	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	2	4	0	6	0	2B
51	69	Jun 28	MIL	@	CAL	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
52	70	Jun 29	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
53	71	Jun 30	MIL		OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	72	Jul 1	MIL		OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
55	73	Jul 2	MIL		OAK	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
56	74	Jul 3	MIL		OAK	L,5-7	GS	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	3	2B
57	75	Jul 4	MIL		CAL	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
58	76	Jul 5	MIL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
59	77	Jul 6	MIL		CAL	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
60	78	Jul 10 (1)	MIL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
61	79	Jul 10 (2)	MIL		BOS	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
62	80	Jul 11	MIL		BOS	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
63	81	Jul 12	MIL	@	TOR	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
64	82	Jul 13 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-4	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
65	83	Jul 13 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
66	84	Jul 14	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	4	0	11	3	2B
67	85	Jul 15	MIL		BAL	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
68	86	Jul 16	MIL		BAL	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
69	87	Jul 17	MIL		BAL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
70	88	Jul 18	MIL		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
71	89	Jul 19	MIL		CHW	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
72	90	Jul 20	MIL		CHW	W,7-6	GS	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	2B 3B
73	91	Jul 21	MIL	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
74	92	Jul 22 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
75	93	Jul 22 (2)	MIL	@	NYY	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
76	94	Jul 23	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
77	95	Jul 25	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
78	96	Jul 26	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
79	98 (1)	Jul 29	MIL	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
80	99	Jul 30	MIL	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
81	100	Jul 31	MIL		NYY	L,6-7	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	102 (1)	Aug 2	MIL		NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	6	5	0	11	1	2B
83	103	Aug 3	MIL		NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
84	104	Aug 4	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
85	105	Aug 5	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
86	107 (1)	Aug 7	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	108	Aug 8	MIL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
88	111 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	MIL		CLE	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
89	112	Aug 12 (1)	MIL		TOR	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
90	113	Aug 12 (2)	MIL		TOR	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
91	114	Aug 13	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
92	115	Aug 14	MIL		TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
93	116	Aug 15	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 3B
94	117	Aug 16	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
95	119 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-1	GS	36	9.0	2	3	2	7	1	2B 3B
96	120	Aug 18	MIL		DET	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
97	122 (1)	Aug 20	MIL		DET	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
98	124 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
99	125	Aug 23	MIL	@	TEX	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	126	Aug 24	MIL	@	TEX	L,3-4	GF	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
101	128 (1)	Aug 26	MIL		KCR	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
102	130 (1)	Aug 28	MIL	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
103	131	Aug 29	MIL	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
104	132	Aug 30	MIL	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
105	133	Aug 31	MIL	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	134	Sep 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	135	Sep 3	MIL	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	38	10.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
108	138 (2)	Sep 6	MIL		TEX	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
109	139	Sep 7	MIL		TEX	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	140	Sep 9	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-15	GS	47	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B 3B
111	141	Sep 10	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
112	142	Sep 12	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 3B
113	143	Sep 13	MIL	@	SEA	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
114	144	Sep 14	MIL	@	SEA	W,3-2	GF	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
115	145	Sep 17 (1)	MIL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
116	146	Sep 17 (2)	MIL		MIN	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
117	147	Sep 18 (1)	MIL		MIN	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
118	148	Sep 18 (2)	MIL		MIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
119	149	Sep 19	MIL		SEA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
120	150	Sep 20	MIL		SEA	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
121	151	Sep 21	MIL		SEA	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
122	152	Sep 22	MIL		CAL	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
123	153	Sep 23	MIL		CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
124	154	Sep 24	MIL		CAL	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
125	155	Sep 26	MIL	@	OAK	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
126	156	Sep 27	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
127	157	Sep 28	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	4	0	5	1	3B
128	158	Sep 29	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
129	159	Sep 30	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
130	160	Oct 1	MIL	@	CAL	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
131	161	Oct 4	MIL		OAK	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
							136gm		1038.1	159	335	15	509	70