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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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-19 / in Starts: 16-9
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 105 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	54 (29-16-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 105 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (31-21-11)

Most Driven In
R Yount	3
S Bando	1
D Davis	1
S Lezcano	1
P Molitor	1
Self	1
G Thomas	0

Most Driven In By
P Molitor	6
D Money	2
B Oglivie	2
R Yount	2
Self	1
C Cooper	0
C Moore	0

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 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	41	2 (1)	Apr 8	MIL		BAL	W,16-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.79	3B
2	42	7 (4)	Apr 15	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.02	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.21	PH
3	43	17 (9)	Apr 26	MIL		BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	.67	0.016	.94	0.01%	0.11	3B
4	44	19 (1)	Apr 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-11	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	3	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.21	3B
5	45	20	Apr 30	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	1	1.01	-0.101	1.12	-0.07%	-0.91	SS
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
6	46	22 (1)	May 3	MIL		CHW	W,4-0	7-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 2B
7	47	24 (1)	May 6	MIL		KCR	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	9						2B
8	48	25	May 7	MIL		KCR	L,6-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	9						2B
9	49	26	May 9	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.333	.600	8	.84	-0.056	.74	-0.03%	-0.60	2B 3B
10	50	27	May 10	MIL		TEX	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.375	.688	9	1.83	-0.051	1.44	-0.02%	-0.22	PH 2B
11	51	29 (1)	May 13	MIL	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.500	.800	8	.67	0.072	.45	0.03%	1.06	2B
12	52	30	May 14	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.292	.458	.750	8	1.06	-0.029	.73	-0.01%	-0.45	2B
13	53	31	May 15	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.440	.720	9	.48	-0.013	.37	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
14	54	33 (1)	May 17	MIL		DET	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.393	.643	6	1.12	-0.085	.96	-0.04%	-0.54	3B
15	55	40 (6)	May 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.241	.379	.621	9	1.53	-0.037	1.19	-0.02%	-0.15	PH
16	56	41	May 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS-6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.212	.333	.545	1	.57	-0.058	.40	-0.03%	-0.73	2B
17	57	44 (2)	May 30	MIL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.189	.189	.297	.486	1	1.37	-0.102	.87	-0.04%	-1.62	2B
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
18	58	47 (2)	Jun 2	MIL		CLE	L,6-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.189	.297	.486	9						PR
19	59	49 (1)	Jun 4 (1)	MIL		CLE	W,12-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.286	.476	1	.44	-0.031	.20	-0.01%	-0.26	2B
20	60	53 (3)	Jun 9	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.190	.286	.476	3		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
21	61	55 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	MIL		TOR	W,2-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.190	.286	.476	2						PR 1B
22	62	56	Jun 11 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.289	.489	8	.83	-0.038	.58	-0.02%	-0.18	3B
23	63	59 (2)	Jun 14 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.204	.271	.475	8	1.27	0.085	1.11	0.05%	0.28	3B
24	64	60	Jun 14 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.204	.271	.475	1						3B
25	65	61	Jun 16	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.204	.271	.475	9						PH
26	66	64 (2)	Jun 18 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.226	.288	.515	8	.67	0.005	.61	0.00%	0.31	3B
27	67	69 (4)	Jun 24	MIL		SEA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.228	.286	.514	8	.46	-0.023	.33	-0.01%	-0.89	2B
28	68	70	Jun 25	MIL		SEA	L,8-10	CG	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.224	.274	.293	.567	8	1.16	0.254	.83	0.11%	2.56	2B
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
29	69	77 (6)	Jul 2	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.233	.281	.300	.581	9	.90	-0.007	1.22	-0.01%	-0.13	2B
30	70	79 (1)	Jul 4	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-7	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.292	.300	.592	7	.03	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.20	3B
31	71	84 (4)	Jul 13	MIL		KCR	W,13-2	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.284	.290	.574	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.41	3B
32	72	87 (2)	Jul 16	MIL		CHW	W,10-1	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.246	.310	.308	.618	8	.30	0.020	.33	0.01%	1.26	3B
33	73	88	Jul 17	MIL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.307	.304	.611	8	1.12	-0.126	1.14	-0.08%	-1.43	2B
34	74	92 (3)	Jul 21	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.303	.300	.603	8	.63	-0.015	.64	-0.01%	-0.15	3B
35	75	98 (5)	Jul 27	MIL		CAL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.300	.297	.597	8	.32	0.009	.49	0.01%	-0.33	2B
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
36	76	104 (5)	Aug 3	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.289	.286	.575	8	.46	-0.034	.89	-0.04%	-0.27	2B
37	77	112 (7)	Aug 12 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.279	.275	.554	8	1.49	-0.112	1.93	-0.09%	-1.00	2B
38	78	114 (1)	Aug 13	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.262	.529	8	1.82	-0.195	1.09	-0.07%	-1.06	2B
39	79	117 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	MIL		TOR	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.266	.261	.527	8	.54	-0.021	.27	-0.01%	-0.38	2B
40	80	126 (8)	Aug 24	MIL		CLE	L,8-9	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.268	.256	.524	7	.72	-0.021	.76	-0.01%	-0.37	3B
Sep/Oct		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
41	81	148 (21)	Sep 15	MIL		MIN	L,3-10	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.263	.250	.513	7	.07	-0.004	.08	0.00%	-0.57	3B
42	82	154 (5)	Sep 21	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-8	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.260	.247	.507	8	.24	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-0.10	2B
43	83	162 (7)	Oct 1	MIL	@	OAK	W,9-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.269	.258	.527	8	.40	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.19	2B
							24-19		105	97	14	21	1	0	1	8	5	0	10	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	.216	.269	.258	.527		.79	-0.653	.68	-0.39%	-7.71

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