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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	44-26 / in Starts: 35-21
Longest Hitting Streak	12 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	45 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 234 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	133 (67-44-22)
Avg. MLBer w/ 234 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	144 (71-48-25)

Most Driven In
S Lezcano	5
P Molitor	3
R Yount	3
C Moore	2
Self	2
B Oglivie	2
D Davis	2
L Hisle	1

Most Driven In By
C Cooper	7
G Thomas	5
P Molitor	4
B Oglivie	3
Self	2
S Lezcano	2
C Moore	2
D Money	1

1979 Batting Game Log

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1979 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	84	7 (6)	Apr 14	MIL		BAL	W,11-10	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					2		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
2	85	13 (5)	Apr 21	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	2	.99	0.023	1.64	0.02%	0.21	3B
3	86	15 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	1	.12	-0.006	.18	-0.01%	-0.47	PR 2B
4	87	16	Apr 26 (1)	MIL		DET	W,5-1	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	1.33	0.035	1.73	0.03%	0.14	2B
5	88	17	Apr 26 (2)	MIL		DET	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.333	.111	.444	8	1.36	-0.016	1.88	-0.01%	0.49	2B
6	89	18	Apr 27	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	8	.80	0.094	1.08	0.08%	0.51	2B
7	90	19	Apr 28	MIL	@	TOR	W,11-8	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	9	1.66	-0.159	2.49	-0.14%	-1.27	3B
8	91	20	Apr 29 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.261	.105	.366	9	.69	-0.054	1.22	-0.06%	-0.60	3B
9	92	22 (1)	Apr 30	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.296	.095	.392	9	.68	0.018	1.12	0.02%	0.16	2B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	93	27 (4)	May 5	MIL		TOR	W,6-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.276	.087	.363	9	.38	0.010	.66	0.01%	-0.18	3B
11	94	35 (7)	May 15	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.250	.077	.327	9	.91	-0.076	1.50	-0.08%	-0.66	3B
12	95	40 (4)	May 20 (1)	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	5	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.297	.200	.497	1	1.98	0.232	2.68	0.19%	1.59	3B
13	96	41	May 20 (2)	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.229	.333	.286	.619	1	1.99	0.265	2.24	0.18%	1.28	3B
14	97	42	May 22	MIL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.362	.308	.669	1	.61	-0.025	.67	-0.02%	0.54	3B
15	98	43	May 23	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.256	.353	.302	.655	1	1.46	-0.117	1.65	-0.08%	-1.19	3B
16	99	44	May 24	MIL		CAL	W,9-6	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.357	.333	.690	1	.50	0.018	.64	0.01%	-0.34	3B
17	100	46 (1)	May 26	MIL		OAK	W,8-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.283	.361	.340	.700	1	.56	-0.019	.82	-0.02%	-0.90	2B
18	101	47	May 27	MIL		OAK	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.263	.338	.316	.654	1	1.07	-0.131	1.61	-0.12%	-1.07	3B
19	102	49 (1)	May 29	MIL		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.319	.295	.614	1	1.18	-0.115	2.01	-0.12%	-1.21	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	103	52 (2)	Jun 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.319	.295	.614	2	1.04	-0.010	1.53	-0.01%	-0.22	PR 3B
21	104	54 (1)	Jun 3	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.329	.308	.636	2	.64	0.012	.95	0.01%	0.17	3B
22	105	56 (1)	Jun 5	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.321	.300	.621	2	1.07	0.001	1.44	0.00%	-0.50	3B
23	106	57	Jun 6	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.329	.301	.631	2	.94	0.000	1.43	0.00%	0.15	SS
24	107	58	Jun 7	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.326	.325	.650	2	.63	0.012	1.03	0.01%	0.40	SS
25	108	59	Jun 9	MIL		CHW	L,2-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.326	.325	.651	2	1.11	0.044	1.51	0.04%	0.59	SS
26	109	60	Jun 10	MIL		CHW	L,3-13	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.333	.325	.659	9	.30	-0.027	.34	-0.02%	-0.16	3B
27	110	62 (1)	Jun 13	MIL	@	TEX	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.333	.325	.659	4						3B
28	111	68 (5)	Jun 20	MIL		MIN	W,8-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.327	.318	.645	1	.70	0.009	.67	0.01%	-0.35	2B
29	112	73 (4)	Jun 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.333	.319	.652	8	.99	0.055	.90	0.03%	1.10	3B
30	113	74	Jun 27	MIL	@	MIN	W,9-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.333	.319	.652	7						PR 3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	114	82 (7)	Jul 6 (1)	MIL		DET	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.330	.316	.646	9	1.17	-0.052	1.30	-0.04%	-0.45	2B
32	115	83	Jul 6 (2)	MIL		DET	L,4-5	2-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.330	.316	.647	8	.94	-0.034	.90	-0.02%	-0.05	2B
33	116	85 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	MIL		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.336	.333	.670	9	.88	-0.029	.73	-0.02%	-0.11	3B
34	117	88 (2)	Jul 11	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.342	.340	.682	9	1.67	0.058	1.45	0.03%	0.59	3B
35	118	90 (1)	Jul 13	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.331	.327	.658	9	1.73	-0.183	1.67	-0.11%	-1.18	3B
36	119	92 (1)	Jul 15	MIL		CLE	W,10-4	CG	5	5	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.341	.357	.698	1	.33	0.023	.33	0.01%	1.80	2B
37	120	93	Jul 19	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	10-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.341	.357	.698	2	2.94	-0.101	2.87	-0.06%	-0.44	PR 3B
38	121	94	Jul 20	MIL		TOR	W,2-0	7-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.341	.357	.698	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 3B
39	122	95	Jul 21	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-0	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.341	.356	.697	8	.26	0.001	.33	0.00%	-0.18	3B
40	123	96	Jul 22 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,14-5	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.343	.366	.709	8	.17	-0.019	.25	-0.02%	-0.15	2B
41	124	97	Jul 22 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1	.293	.343	.366	.709	6	.31	-0.009	.47	-0.01%	-0.24	PR 3B
42	125	98	Jul 23	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.343	.366	.709	7						PR
43	126	100 (1)	Jul 25	MIL	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.341	.362	.703	1	1.08	-0.070	1.32	-0.05%	-0.48	2B
44	127	101	Jul 26	MIL	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.340	.362	.702	9	.51	-0.024	.61	-0.02%	-0.37	3B
45	128	104 (2)	Jul 29	MIL		NYY	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.353	.687	8	.28	-0.022	.36	-0.02%	-0.53	3B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	129	108 (3)	Aug 2	MIL		BOS	L,1-10	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.333	.348	.681	9	.51	-0.037	.25	-0.01%	-0.27	2B
47	130	111 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	MIL		BOS	L,2-7	CG	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.281	.331	.353	.684	1	1.04	0.011	.26	0.00%	0.28	2B
48	131	113 (1)	Aug 7	MIL	@	BAL	W,7-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.331	.353	.684	7						PR 3B
49	132	115 (1)	Aug 9	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.331	.353	.684	7						PR
50	133	117 (1)	Aug 11	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG(10)	6	5	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.299	.346	.375	.721	1	1.21	0.188	.15	0.01%	2.49	2B
51	134	119 (1)	Aug 14	MIL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.344	.367	.711	1	.56	-0.035	.11	0.00%	-0.61	2B
52	135	120	Aug 15	MIL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.341	.364	.706	1	1.77	-0.111	.36	-0.01%	-0.47	2B
53	136	124 (3)	Aug 19	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.335	.357	.692	8	1.72	-0.138	.42	-0.02%	-0.81	2B
54	137	126 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.327	.348	.676	8	1.01	-0.057	.56	-0.02%	-1.07	2B
55	138	128 (1)	Aug 22	MIL		CHW	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.327	.348	.676	6						PR 3B
56	139	134 (5)	Aug 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,8-18	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.322	.342	.663	9	.24	-0.018	.16	-0.01%	-0.60	2B P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	140	142 (7)	Sep 8	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.280	.326	.366	.692	1	1.02	0.108	.02	0.00%	0.98	2B
58	141	144 (1)	Sep 11	MIL		OAK	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.330	.381	.711	8	.69	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.26	2B
59	142	145	Sep 12	MIL		OAK	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.328	.374	.702	9	.71	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.28	3B
60	143	147 (1)	Sep 14	MIL		CAL	L,7-8	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.276	.326	.368	.694	8	2.07	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.32	3B
61	144	148	Sep 15	MIL		CAL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.277	.326	.373	.699	8	1.05	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.54	3B
62	145	150 (1)	Sep 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.326	.373	.699	2						PR 3B
63	146	151	Sep 18	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.337	.397	.733	8	1.24	0.273	.00	0.00%	2.95	3B
64	147	154 (2)	Sep 22	MIL		MIN	L,3-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.283	.333	.391	.725	1	.75	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-1.00	3B
65	148	155	Sep 23	MIL		MIN	W,8-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.337	.401	.738	8	.99	0.057	.00	0.00%	1.57	3B
66	149	157 (1)	Sep 26	MIL		SEA	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.288	.340	.403	.743	8	.46	0.062	.00	0.00%	0.52	3B
67	150	158	Sep 27	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	CG(11)	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.335	.393	.728	8	2.24	-0.307	.00	0.00%	-1.76	3B
68	151	159	Sep 28	MIL	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.336	.393	.729	8	.57	-0.029	.00	0.00%	0.39	3B
69	152	160	Sep 29	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-8	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.283	.333	.390	.724	2	.68	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.64	3B
70	153	161	Sep 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.336	.389	.726	1	.95	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.20	3B
							44-26		234	208	29	59	10	3	2	22	16	1	17	2	5	3	3	3	3	5	.284	.336	.389	.726		.99	-0.433	.79	-0.40%	-1.11

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