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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	MIL		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	2	9	1	2B
2	2	Apr 11	MIL		CHW	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
3	3	Apr 12	MIL	@	TEX	W,11-6	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH 2B
4	4	Apr 13	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
5	5	Apr 14	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-1	GS	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B 3B
6	6	Apr 16	MIL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
7	7	Apr 17	MIL	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
8	8	Apr 19	MIL		TEX	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
9	9	Apr 20	MIL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	6	3	1	10	1	2B
10	11 (1)	Apr 22	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
11	12	Apr 23	MIL	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	42	9.1	0	1	0	1	0	2B 3B
12	13	Apr 24	MIL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
13	14	Apr 25	MIL		DET	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
14	15	Apr 26	MIL		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
15	16	Apr 27	MIL		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
16	17	Apr 28	MIL		DET	L,0-5	GS	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B SS
17	18	Apr 29	MIL	@	SEA	L,7-9	GS	44	9.2	1	8	0	9	1	3B 2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	20 (1)	May 1	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
19	21	May 2	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	2B
20	22	May 3	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
21	23	May 4	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
22	24	May 5	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
23	25	May 7	MIL		SEA	W,5-2	GS	27	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
24	26	May 8	MIL		SEA	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
25	27	May 10	MIL		CAL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
26	28	May 11	MIL		CAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
27	29	May 12	MIL		CAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
28	30	May 14	MIL		OAK	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
29	32 (1)	May 17	MIL		KCR	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
30	33	May 18	MIL		KCR	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
31	34	May 19	MIL		KCR	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
32	35	May 21	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
33	36	May 22	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
34	37	May 24	MIL		MIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
35	39 (1)	May 26	MIL		MIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
36	40	May 27	MIL		CLE	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
37	42 (1)	May 29	MIL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
38	43	May 31	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	44	Jun 1	MIL	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
40	45	Jun 2	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
41	46	Jun 4	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
42	47	Jun 5	MIL	@	KCR	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
43	48	Jun 6	MIL		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
44	49	Jun 7	MIL		NYY	W,10-9	CG	47	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
45	50	Jun 8	MIL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	52	13.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
46	51	Jun 9	MIL		NYY	W,9-4	GS	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B 3B
47	52	Jun 10	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
48	53	Jun 11	MIL	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
49	54	Jun 12	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
50	55	Jun 13	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
51	56	Jun 14	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
52	57	Jun 15	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
53	58	Jun 16	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
54	59	Jun 17	MIL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	60	Jun 18	MIL		TOR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
56	61	Jun 19	MIL		TOR	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
57	62	Jun 21	MIL		BAL	W,13-10	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
58	63	Jun 22	MIL		BAL	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
59	64	Jun 23	MIL		BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
60	65	Jun 25	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
61	66	Jun 26	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
62	67	Jun 27	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
63	68	Jun 28	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
64	69	Jun 29	MIL	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
65	70	Jun 30	MIL	@	NYY	W,7-5	GF	20	5.0	3	3	1	7	0	PH 2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	71	Jul 1	MIL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
67	72	Jul 2	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
68	73	Jul 3	MIL		BOS	L,0-9	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	74	Jul 4	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
70	75	Jul 5	MIL	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	53	10.1	6	3	0	9	1	2B
71	76	Jul 6	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
72	77	Jul 7	MIL	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
73	78	Jul 8	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.1	2	3	0	5	1	2B
74	79	Jul 9	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
75	80	Jul 10	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
76	81	Jul 11	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
77	82	Jul 12	MIL	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	2B
78	83	Jul 13	MIL	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
79	84	Jul 14	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
80	85	Jul 18	MIL		SEA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
81	86	Jul 19	MIL		SEA	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
82	87	Jul 20	MIL		SEA	L,10-13	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
83	88	Jul 21	MIL		SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
84	89	Jul 22	MIL		CAL	W,16-3	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
85	90	Jul 23	MIL		CAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	3	2B
86	91	Jul 24	MIL		CAL	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
87	92	Jul 25	MIL		OAK	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
88	93	Jul 26	MIL		OAK	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
89	94	Jul 27	MIL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
90	95	Jul 28	MIL		OAK	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
91	96	Jul 29	MIL		TEX	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
92	97	Jul 30	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	100 (2)	Aug 3	MIL	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
94	101	Aug 4 (1)	MIL	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
95	102	Aug 4 (2)	MIL	@	DET	W,14-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
96	108 (5)	Aug 12	MIL		DET	W,4-3	GF	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	PR 3B
97	109	Aug 13	MIL		DET	L,4-5	CG	50	13.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
98	110	Aug 14	MIL		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
99	111	Aug 15	MIL		CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
100	112	Aug 16	MIL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
101	113	Aug 17	MIL		CHW	L,7-12	CG	51	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
102	115 (1)	Aug 19	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
103	116	Aug 20	MIL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	3B
104	117	Aug 21	MIL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
105	118	Aug 23	MIL	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
106	119	Aug 25 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	121 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	2	4	0	6	1	2B
108	122	Aug 26 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
109	123	Aug 27	MIL		KCR	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
110	124	Aug 28	MIL		KCR	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
111	125	Aug 30	MIL		CLE	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
112	126	Aug 31	MIL		CLE	W,10-8	GS	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	127	Sep 1	MIL		CLE	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
114	128	Sep 2	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
115	129	Sep 3	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
116	130	Sep 4	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
117	131	Sep 5	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
118	132	Sep 6 (1)	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	44	10.1	2	3	0	5	0	2B
119	133	Sep 6 (2)	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
120	134	Sep 7	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
121	135	Sep 8	MIL	@	KCR	L,11-13	CG	51	10.1	4	1	0	5	1	2B
122	136	Sep 9	MIL		NYY	L,4-9	CG	49	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
123	137	Sep 10	MIL		NYY	L,10-13	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
124	138	Sep 11	MIL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
125	139	Sep 13	MIL		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
126	140	Sep 14	MIL		BOS	L,8-10	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
127	141	Sep 15	MIL		BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	7	6	0	13	1	2B
128	142	Sep 16	MIL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
129	143	Sep 17	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
130	145 (1)	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
131	146	Sep 20	MIL	@	TOR	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
132	147	Sep 21	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	54	13.1	2	5	0	7	0	2B
133	148	Sep 22	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
134	149	Sep 23	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
135	150	Sep 24	MIL		BAL	W,10-6	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
136	151	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
137	153 (1)	Sep 27	MIL		TOR	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
138	154	Sep 28	MIL		TOR	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	2B
139	156 (1)	Oct 1	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
140	157	Oct 2	MIL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
141	158	Oct 3	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
142	159	Oct 4	MIL	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
143	160	Oct 5	MIL	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
							149gm		1256.0	278	436	11	725	94