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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 9	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
3	3	Apr 10	MIL	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
4	4	Apr 11	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
5	8 (3)	Apr 17	MIL		TEX	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
6	9	Apr 18	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
7	10	Apr 19	MIL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
8	11	Apr 20	MIL		NYY	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
9	12	Apr 22	MIL		CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
10	13	Apr 23	MIL		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
11	14	Apr 25	MIL	@	TEX	W,11-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
12	15	Apr 26	MIL	@	TEX	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
13	16	Apr 27	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
14	17	Apr 29	MIL		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
15	18	Apr 30	MIL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	23 (4)	May 5	MIL		SEA	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
17	24	May 6	MIL		SEA	W,10-0	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
18	25	May 7	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	5	3	0	8	3	2B
19	26	May 8	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
20	27	May 9	MIL	@	CAL	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
21	28	May 10	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
22	29	May 11	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
23	30	May 12	MIL	@	SEA	L,0-6	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
24	33 (2)	May 16	MIL		MIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
25	34	May 17	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
26	35	May 18	MIL		MIN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
27	36	May 20	MIL		CLE	W,12-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
28	37	May 21	MIL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
29	38	May 22	MIL		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
30	39	May 23	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	4	3	1	8	1	2B
31	40	May 24	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	2B
32	41	May 25	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
33	42	May 26	MIL	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
34	43	May 27	MIL	@	KCR	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
35	44	May 28	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	5	0	6	0	2B
36	45	May 30	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	49	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
37	46	May 31	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	47	Jun 1	MIL	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
39	48	Jun 2	MIL		KCR	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
40	49	Jun 3	MIL		KCR	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
41	50	Jun 4	MIL		KCR	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
42	51	Jun 5	MIL		BOS	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
43	52	Jun 6	MIL		BOS	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
44	53	Jun 7	MIL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
45	54	Jun 8	MIL		BOS	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
46	55	Jun 9	MIL		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
47	57 (1)	Jun 11	MIL		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
48	58	Jun 13	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
49	59	Jun 14	MIL	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
50	60	Jun 15	MIL	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
51	61	Jun 16	MIL		TOR	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
52	62	Jun 17	MIL		TOR	L,1-2	CG	44	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
53	63	Jun 18	MIL		TOR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
54	64	Jun 20	MIL		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
55	66 (1)	Jun 22	MIL		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
56	67	Jun 23	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
57	68	Jun 24	MIL	@	TOR	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	7	3	1	11	0	2B
58	69	Jun 25	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
59	70	Jun 27	MIL	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	39	10.1	1	2	0	3	1	2B
60	71	Jun 28	MIL	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
61	72	Jun 29 (1)	MIL	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
62	74 (1)	Jun 30	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B 2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	75	Jul 1	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
64	76	Jul 2	MIL	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
65	77	Jul 4	MIL		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
66	80 (2)	Jul 7	MIL		CAL	L,1-3	GF	37	10.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
67	81	Jul 8	MIL		CAL	L,3-14	CG	52	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
68	82	Jul 9	MIL		CAL	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
69	83	Jul 10	MIL		SEA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
70	84	Jul 11	MIL		SEA	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
71	85	Jul 12	MIL		SEA	L,9-15	GS	39	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
72	86	Jul 13	MIL		SEA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
73	87	Jul 18	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
74	88	Jul 19	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
75	89	Jul 20 (1)	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
76	90	Jul 20 (2)	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
77	91	Jul 21	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
78	92	Jul 22	MIL	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
79	93	Jul 23	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
80	94	Jul 25	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
81	95	Jul 26	MIL	@	SEA	L,2-5	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B SS
82	96	Jul 27	MIL	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
83	97	Jul 28	MIL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
84	98	Jul 29	MIL		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
85	99	Jul 30	MIL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	100	Aug 1 (1)	MIL		TEX	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
87	101	Aug 1 (2)	MIL		TEX	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
88	102	Aug 2	MIL		TEX	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
89	103	Aug 3	MIL		TEX	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
90	104	Aug 4	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
91	105	Aug 5	MIL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
92	106	Aug 6	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
93	107	Aug 7	MIL	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
94	108	Aug 8	MIL		CHW	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
95	109	Aug 9	MIL		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
96	110	Aug 10	MIL		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
97	111	Aug 11	MIL		CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
98	112	Aug 12	MIL	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
99	113	Aug 13	MIL	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	47	11.2	4	5	0	9	0	2B
100	114	Aug 14	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
101	115	Aug 15	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
102	116	Aug 16	MIL	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
103	121 (4)	Aug 22	MIL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
104	122	Aug 23	MIL		KCR	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	2B
105	123	Aug 24	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
106	124	Aug 26	MIL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
107	125	Aug 27	MIL		MIN	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
108	126	Aug 28	MIL		MIN	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
109	127	Aug 29	MIL	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
110	129 (1)	Aug 31	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	130	Sep 1	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
112	131	Sep 2	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
113	132	Sep 3	MIL	@	MIN	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
114	133	Sep 4	MIL		CLE	L,4-15	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
115	134	Sep 5	MIL		CLE	L,5-13	CG	49	9.0	4	4	2	10	1	2B
116	135	Sep 6	MIL		CLE	L,9-17	CG	53	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
117	136	Sep 7	MIL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
118	137	Sep 9	MIL	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
119	138	Sep 10	MIL	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
120	139	Sep 11	MIL	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
121	140	Sep 12	MIL		TOR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
122	141	Sep 13	MIL		TOR	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
123	143 (1)	Sep 15	MIL		TOR	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
124	144	Sep 16 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
125	146 (1)	Sep 17	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
126	148 (1)	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
127	149	Sep 20	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
128	151 (1)	Sep 23	MIL		BOS	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
129	152	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
130	153	Sep 26	MIL		BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
131	155 (1)	Sep 28	MIL		BAL	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
132	156	Sep 30	MIL		DET	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
133	157	Oct 1	MIL		DET	L,1-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
134	158	Oct 2	MIL		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
135	159	Oct 3	MIL	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
136	160	Oct 5 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
137	161	Oct 5 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 2B
							139gm		1183.2	309	353	10	672	87