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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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
2	2	Apr 12	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
3	3	Apr 14	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-9	GS	34	6.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
4	4	Apr 15	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
5	5	Apr 16	MIL		CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
6	6	Apr 18	MIL		CLE	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
7	7	Apr 20	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
8	8	Apr 21	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
9	9	Apr 22	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
10	10	Apr 24	MIL		KCR	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	2B
11	11	Apr 25	MIL		KCR	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
12	12	Apr 26	MIL		KCR	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
13	13	Apr 27	MIL		TOR	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
14	14	Apr 28	MIL		TOR	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
15	15	Apr 29	MIL		TOR	L,0-5	GS	38	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
16	16	Apr 30	MIL	@	CAL	W,12-1	GS	20	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
18	18	May 2	MIL	@	CAL	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
19	19	May 3	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
20	20	May 4	MIL	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
21	21	May 5	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
22	22	May 6	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
23	23	May 7	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
24	24	May 8	MIL	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
25	25	May 9	MIL	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	53	11.2	7	4	1	12	2	2B
26	26	May 10	MIL	@	OAK	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
27	27	May 12	MIL		CAL	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
28	28	May 13	MIL		CAL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
29	29	May 14	MIL		CAL	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
30	30	May 15	MIL		OAK	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
31	31	May 16	MIL		OAK	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
32	32	May 17	MIL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
33	33	May 19	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
34	34	May 20	MIL		MIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
35	35	May 21	MIL		MIN	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
36	36	May 22	MIL		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	2B
37	37	May 23	MIL		BOS	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
38	38	May 24 (1)	MIL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	49	14.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
39	39	May 24 (2)	MIL		BOS	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
40	40	May 25	MIL		DET	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
41	41	May 26	MIL		DET	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
42	42	May 27	MIL		DET	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
43	43	May 28	MIL		DET	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
44	44	May 29	MIL	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
45	46 (1)	May 31	MIL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	47	Jun 1	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	46	11.1	2	4	0	6	0	2B
47	48	Jun 2	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
48	50 (1)	Jun 5	MIL	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
49	51	Jun 6	MIL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
50	52	Jun 7	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-7	GF	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
51	53	Jun 8	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
52	54	Jun 9	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
53	55	Jun 10	MIL		TEX	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
54	56	Jun 11	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	57	Aug 10	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
56	58	Aug 11 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
57	59	Aug 11 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-1	GF	15	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	PR 2B
58	60	Aug 12	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
59	61	Aug 13	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
60	62	Aug 14	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS	35	7.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
61	63	Aug 15	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
62	64	Aug 16 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
63	65	Aug 16 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
64	66	Aug 18 (1)	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-1	GF	19	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
65	67	Aug 18 (2)	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-8	GS	37	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
66	68	Aug 19	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	8	0	8	0	2B
67	69	Aug 21	MIL		MIN	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
68	70	Aug 22	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
69	71	Aug 23	MIL		MIN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
70	72	Aug 24	MIL		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
71	73	Aug 25	MIL		CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
72	74	Aug 27	MIL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
73	75	Aug 28	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
74	76	Aug 29	MIL		TEX	L,5-8	GF	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
75	77	Aug 30	MIL		TEX	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
76	78	Aug 31	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	79	Sep 1	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
78	80	Sep 2	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	2B
79	81	Sep 3	MIL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
80	82	Sep 4	MIL	@	MIN	W,16-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
81	83	Sep 5	MIL	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
82	84	Sep 6	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
83	85	Sep 7	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
84	86	Sep 9 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
85	87	Sep 9 (2)	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	4	2B
86	88	Sep 10	MIL		CHW	L,6-12	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
87	89	Sep 11	MIL		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
88	90	Sep 12	MIL		BAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	5	1	11	5	2B
89	91	Sep 13	MIL		BAL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
90	92	Sep 14	MIL		NYY	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
91	93	Sep 15	MIL		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
92	94	Sep 16	MIL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	2B
93	95	Sep 18	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	5	1	11	3	2B
94	96	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	W,11-8	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
95	97	Sep 20	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
96	98	Sep 21	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
97	99	Sep 22	MIL	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
98	100	Sep 23	MIL	@	BOS	L,5-11	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
99	101	Sep 25	MIL	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
100	102	Sep 26	MIL	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
101	103	Sep 27	MIL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
102	104	Sep 28	MIL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
103	105	Sep 29	MIL		BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
104	106	Sep 30	MIL		BOS	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
105	107	Oct 2	MIL		DET	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
106	108	Oct 3	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
107	109	Oct 4	MIL		DET	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	2B
							107gm		904.2	251	352	10	613	95