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Jim Gantner
James Elmer Gantner

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
School Wisconsin-Oshkosh

MLB Debut September 3, 1976
Final Game October 3, 1992
Born January 5, 1953 in Fond Du Lac, WI (age 71)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 23 MLA AL    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
 1977 24 MLA AL   20   45    4   12   1   0   1    5   3   0    0    8  .267  .283  .356  .638    83    16   0   0   0   1   1  
 1978 25 MLA AL   37   84    8   11   0   0   0    3   2   1    3    5  .131  .180  .131  .311    43    11   1   0   0   2   0  
 1979 26 MLA AL   54  147    6   34   8   2   1   18   1   3    8   13  .231  .266  .333  .599    79    49   2   3   1   0   5  
 1980 27 MLA AL  136  418   59  117  19   3   5   32  12   7   24   28  .280  .318  .376  .693    95   157   9   4   1   1   5  
 1981 28 MLA AL  124  469   43  107  17   3   1   15   2   7   29   32  .228  .276  .284  .560    82   133  10   0   0   2  10  
 1982 29 MLA AL  129  456   60  125  14   3   6   47   4   2   26   55  .274  .313  .357  .670    91   163  15   5   0   2   7  
 1983 30 MLA AL  154  627   85  174  18   7  11   68   4   2   43   57  .278  .324  .381  .706    95   239  18   1   1   1  14  
 1984 31 MLA AL  148  621   61  186  21   0   3   40   6   2   31   67  .300  .337  .348  .685    97   216   4   0   1   4   8  
 1985 32 MLA AL  136  506   49  124  11   1   1   33   7   1   15   54  .245  .268  .277  .544    77   140  13   1   0   1  11  
 1986 33 MLA AL  133  514   46  133  23   4   7   38  10   6   19   51  .259  .291  .360  .650    91   185   5   0   0   4  10  
 1987 34 MLA AL   99  256   33   77  13   0   7   34   7   1   18   23  .301  .347  .434  .780   105   111   7   2   0   1   3  
 1988 35 MLA AL  140  521   60  152  33   2   0   58  37  10   37   54  .292  .343  .363  .705    98   189  13   7   0   7   7  
 1989 36 MLA AL  122  430   63  132  18   6   0   47  21   8   24   33  .307  .353  .377  .730    99   162  11   1   0   7   8  
 1990 37 MLA AL   92  308   29   80  14   1   0   23   9   4   19   15  .260  .310  .312  .622    86    96   2   1   0   4   7  
 1991 38 MLA AL  134  516   47  132  22   2   0   55   2   3   24   37  .256  .291  .306  .597    82   158   8   6   0   4  13  
 1992 39 MLA AL   96  246   29   51   6   2   1   26   4   0   17   15  .207  .258  .260  .518    75    64   0   1   0   0   4  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     1756 6166  682 1647 238  36  44  542 131  57  337  547  .267  .308  .339  .647        2089 118  32   4  41 113
 Per 600 PA           553   61  148  21   3   4   49  12   5   30   49                                 187  11   3   0   4  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MLA     1756 6166  682 1647 238  36  44  542 131  57  337  547  .267  .308  .339  .647        2089 118  32   4  41 113
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1801 6189  726 1696 262  38  47  568 137  78  383  501  .274  .319  .351  .671        2175 106  52  40  52 135
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1976 23 MLA AL  50    0    .0   2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -577   
 1977 24 MLA AL  11    4   3.7   5   1   0  .200   4    8    3  .375    0    0  .000  3B   3e48      -71   
 1978 25 MLA AL  13    2    .8   8   2   0  .250   7   15    4  .267    0    0  .000  3B   4e34     -216   
 1979 26 MLA AL  17   11   2.5  15   4   0  .267   2   22   11  .500    0    0  .000  2B   4e15     -127   
 1980 27 MLA AL  25   50   4.2  12   3   0  .250  15   77   44  .571    0    0  .000  UT             -12   
 1981 28 MLA AL  41   34   2.4   7   2   0  .286  15  129  103  .798    0    0  .000  2B   2e16      -95   
 1982 29 MLA AL  23   52   3.9   2   0   0  .000   8  127  107  .843    0    0  .000  2B   2e17      -34   
 1983 30 MLA AL  33   76   4.2   3   0   0  .000  16  169  134  .793    0    0  .000  2B   2e14      -24   
 1984 31 MLA AL  32   73   4.4   0   0   0  .000  10  150  122  .813    0    0  .000  2B   2e14       26   
 1985 32 MLA AL  42   37   2.5   4   0   0  .000   9  123   94  .764    0    0  .000  2B   2e11      -83   
 1986 33 MLA AL  29   51   3.4   1   0   0  .000  13  139  108  .777    0    0  .000  2B   2e12      -33   
 1987 34 MLA AL  24   40   5.7   5   1   0  .200   7   77   61  .792    0    0  .000  2B   2e14       79   
 1988 35 MLA AL  26   70   4.7   1   1   0 1.000  15  132  103  .780    0    0  .000  2B   2e12       48   
 1989 36 MLA AL  23   58   4.8   1   1   0 1.000   6  128  104  .812    0    0  .000  2B   2e12       76   
 1990 37 MLA AL  30   29   3.3   4   0   0  .000  12   60   32  .533    0    0  .000  UT             -25   
 1991 38 MLA AL  36   44   2.9   1   0   0  .000  17  110   79  .718    0    0  .000  2B   3e22      -84   
 1992 39 MLA AL  50   17   2.3   1   0   0  .000   2   67   52  .776    0    0  .000  2B   3e6       -73   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 17 Seasons          655   3.7  72  15   0  .208 158 1533 1161  .757    0    0  .000                 -24   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 17.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1976 23 MLA AL  2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1977 24 MLA AL  3B     8     9    13    2    0   .917     7    58.0   3.41
                 2B     1     5     4    2    2   .818     1     8.0  10.12
 1978 25 MLA AL  3B    20    21    32    5    2   .914    15   123.0   3.88
                 2B    12    25     5    2    1   .938     7    64.0   4.22
                 SS     2     2     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   9.00
 1979 26 MLA AL  2B    30    69    42    1   12   .991    16   164.2   6.07
                 3B    19    13    19    1    3   .970    13   118.0   2.44
                 SS     1     4     1    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   5.62
 1980 27 MLA AL  3B    93    58   133   11   16   .946    65   621.1   2.77
                 2B    47   145   111    4   33   .985    44   385.1   5.98
                 SS     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   3.60
 1981 28 MLA AL  2B   120   317   320   15   98   .977   112  1003.2   5.71
 1982 29 MLA AL  2B   129   310   353    8   99   .988   118  1076.0   5.55
 1983 30 MLA AL  2B   152   382   438   16  122   .981   150  1352.1   5.46
 1984 31 MLA AL  2B   148   365   376   10  112   .987   145  1276.1   5.23
 1985 32 MLA AL  2B   112   321   232    6   79   .989   105   939.1   5.30
                 3B    19    19    36    3    5   .948    19   165.2   2.99
                 SS     6     3     3    0    0  1.000     0    11.0   4.91
 1986 33 MLA AL  2B   117   337   267    8   77   .987   108  1015.1   5.35
                 3B    18    19    28    5    4   .904    18   155.1   2.72
 1987 34 MLA AL  2B    96   189   213    7   67   .983    72   676.1   5.35
                 3B     3     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1988 35 MLA AL  2B   137   376   299   15   71   .978   133  1223.1   4.97
                 SS     1     2     2    0    1  1.000     1     9.0   4.00
 1989 36 MLA AL  2B   122   324   302    6   95   .991   112  1020.1   5.52
 1990 37 MLA AL  3B    51    45    73   11   12   .915    43   395.0   2.69
                 2B    45   129   105    1   23   .996    41   359.0   5.87
 1991 38 MLA AL  2B    88   246   207   14   44   .970    83   739.0   5.52
                 3B    49    35    77    3    5   .974    42   375.2   2.68
 1992 39 MLA AL  2B    65   104   121    1   29   .996    38   387.2   5.22
                 3B    30    22    57    1    6   .988    29   260.0   2.73
                 1B     2     6     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.0  10.80
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B  1422  3644  3395  116  964   .984  1285 11692.2   5.42
                 3B   310   241   468   42   53   .944   251  2275.0   2.80
                 SS    12    13     7    0    1  1.000     2    36.0   5.00
                 1B     2     6     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.0  10.80
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1983 ALCS  MLA CHA   W    4  15  2  6  2  0  1   4  0  2  .400  .438  .733  0
      WS    MLA ATN   L    7  29  3  7  1  0  1   6  0  6  .241  .241  .379  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1976  MLA   61-101  Dave Jackson, Paul Weinberg
 1977  MLA   72-90   Paul Weinberg
 1978  MLA   91-71   Paul Weinberg
 1979  MLA   90-72   Paul Weinberg
 1980  MLA   94-68   Mark Simons
 1981  MLA   65-97   Mark Simons
 1982  MLA   83-79   Mark Simons
 1983  MLA   94-68   Mark Simons
 1984  MLA   68-94   Mark Simons
 1985  MLA   57-105  Mark Simons
 1986  MLA   57-105  Mark Simons
 1987  MLA   88-74   Mark Simons
 1988  MLA   95-67   Mark Simons
 1989  MLA   82-80   Mark Simons
 1990  MLA   63-99   Mark Simons
 1991  MLA   72-90   Mark Simons
 1992  MLA   85-77   Mark Simons

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