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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
2	2	Apr 6	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
3	3	Apr 7	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
4	4	Apr 9	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
5	5	Apr 10	MIL	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
6	6	Apr 12	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
7	7	Apr 13	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
8	8	Apr 14	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
9	9	Apr 15	MIL		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
10	10	Apr 17	MIL		KCR	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
11	11	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	W,14-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
12	12	Apr 20	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.2	1	7	0	8	2	2B
13	13	Apr 22	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
14	14	Apr 23	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
15	15	Apr 24	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
16	16	Apr 26	MIL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
17	17	Apr 27	MIL		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
18	18	Apr 29	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
19	19	Apr 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	42	8.2	4	4	0	8	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
21	21	May 2	MIL	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
22	22	May 3	MIL	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
23	23	May 4	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
24	24	May 6	MIL		TEX	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
25	25	May 8	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
26	26	May 10	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
27	27	May 11	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
28	28	May 12	MIL		BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
29	29	May 14	MIL		BOS	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
30	30	May 15	MIL		BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
31	31	May 16	MIL		TOR	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
32	32	May 17	MIL		TOR	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
33	33	May 18	MIL		TOR	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
34	34	May 20	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
35	35	May 21	MIL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
36	36	May 22	MIL	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
37	37	May 23	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	73	16.2	8	2	0	10	2	2B
38	38	May 24	MIL	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
39	39	May 25	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
40	40	May 27	MIL		SEA	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	2	5	1	2B
41	41	May 28	MIL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
42	43 (1)	May 30	MIL		SEA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
43	44	May 31	MIL		OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	45	Jun 1	MIL		OAK	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
45	46	Jun 2	MIL		OAK	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
46	47	Jun 3	MIL		CAL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
47	48	Jun 4	MIL		CAL	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
48	49	Jun 5	MIL		CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
49	50	Jun 6	MIL		CAL	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
50	51	Jun 7	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
51	52	Jun 8	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
52	53	Jun 9	MIL	@	BAL	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
53	54	Jun 10	MIL		NYY	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
54	55	Jun 11	MIL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
55	56	Jun 12	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	5	6	0	11	1	2B
56	57	Jun 13	MIL		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
57	58	Jun 15	MIL		BAL	L,8-11	CG	50	10.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
58	59	Jun 16	MIL		BAL	W,2-1	CG	47	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
59	60	Jun 17	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
60	61	Jun 18	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	4	3	0	7	1	2B
61	62	Jun 19	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
62	63	Jun 20	MIL	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
63	64	Jun 21	MIL	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
64	65	Jun 22	MIL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
65	66	Jun 24	MIL		CLE	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
66	67	Jun 25	MIL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
67	68	Jun 26	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
68	69	Jun 28	MIL		DET	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
69	70	Jun 29	MIL		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
70	71	Jun 30	MIL		DET	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	72	Jul 1	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
72	73	Jul 2	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
73	74	Jul 3	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	3	2B
74	75	Jul 4	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
75	76	Jul 8	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
76	77	Jul 9	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
77	78	Jul 10	MIL	@	CHW	W,12-9	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
78	79	Jul 11	MIL	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	62	14.2	2	3	0	5	0	2B
79	80	Jul 12	MIL	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
80	81	Jul 13	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
81	82	Jul 14	MIL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
82	83	Jul 15	MIL		MIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
83	84	Jul 16	MIL		MIN	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
84	85	Jul 17	MIL		MIN	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
85	86	Jul 18 (1)	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
86	87	Jul 18 (2)	MIL		TEX	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
87	89 (1)	Jul 20	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	4	2B
88	90	Jul 21	MIL		CHW	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
89	91	Jul 22	MIL		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
90	92	Jul 23	MIL		CHW	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
91	93	Jul 24	MIL		CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	2B
92	94	Jul 25	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-17	CG	46	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
93	95	Jul 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	3	2	0	5	1	2B
94	96	Jul 27	MIL	@	MIN	W,13-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
95	97	Jul 29	MIL	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
96	98	Jul 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
97	99	Jul 31	MIL	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	100	Aug 1	MIL	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
99	101	Aug 2 (1)	MIL		KCR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
100	103 (1)	Aug 3	MIL		KCR	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
101	104	Aug 4	MIL		KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
102	105	Aug 5	MIL		TOR	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
103	106	Aug 6	MIL		TOR	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
104	107	Aug 7	MIL		TOR	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
105	109 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	MIL	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
106	110	Aug 9	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
107	111	Aug 10	MIL	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
108	112	Aug 11	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
109	113	Aug 12	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
110	114	Aug 13	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
111	115	Aug 14	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
112	116	Aug 15	MIL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
113	117	Aug 16	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	54	14.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
114	118	Aug 17 (1)	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	7	4	0	11	1	2B
115	119	Aug 17 (2)	MIL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
116	120	Aug 19	MIL		OAK	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
117	121	Aug 20	MIL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
118	122	Aug 21	MIL		OAK	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
119	123	Aug 22	MIL		SEA	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
120	124	Aug 23	MIL		SEA	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
121	125	Aug 24	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	54	14.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
122	126	Aug 25	MIL		CAL	W,7-0	GS	22	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
123	127	Aug 26	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	3	1	8	0	2B
124	128	Aug 27	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
125	129	Aug 28	MIL	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
126	130	Aug 29	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
127	131	Aug 30	MIL	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
128	132	Aug 31	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	133	Sep 2	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
130	134	Sep 3	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
131	135	Sep 4	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
132	136	Sep 5	MIL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
133	137	Sep 6	MIL		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
134	138	Sep 7	MIL		NYY	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	2B
135	139	Sep 8	MIL		NYY	L,5-6	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
136	140	Sep 9 (1)	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
137	141	Sep 9 (2)	MIL		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
138	142	Sep 10	MIL		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
139	143	Sep 11	MIL		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
140	144	Sep 12	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
141	145	Sep 13	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
142	146	Sep 14	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
143	147	Sep 16	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	4	2B
144	148	Sep 17	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
145	149	Sep 18	MIL	@	BAL	L,9-10	CG	45	8.1	3	7	1	11	2	2B
146	150	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	52	10.2	1	4	0	5	1	2B
147	151	Sep 20	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
148	152	Sep 21	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
149	153	Sep 22	MIL	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
150	154	Sep 23	MIL		BAL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
151	155	Sep 24	MIL		BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	2B
152	156	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
153	157	Sep 27	MIL		CLE	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
154	158	Sep 28	MIL		CLE	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
155	159	Sep 29	MIL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
156	160	Sep 30	MIL	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
157	161	Oct 1	MIL	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	5	7	0	12	3	2B
158	162	Oct 2	MIL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
							158gm		1416.0	374	512	14	900	128