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Jim Gantner

Jim Gantner

1976–1992 · Bats L · Throws R · 6'0", 180 lb · b. 1953 Fond du Lac, WI

Also in Triple-A · Single-A

Career 1,801 G · 1,696 H · 47 HR · 568 RBI · .274 AVG · 1.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

5

2 best in baseball 3 league only

29 Top-5 finishes

4 Title seasons

3 Categories led

1983 Best season

Spanning 1981–1988, peaking at 2 titles in 1983.

Team records #5 Brewers career H #6 Brewers career R #6 Brewers career SB #10 Brewers career RBI

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,156th League titles 5
1,235th Best in baseball 2
973rd Top-5 finishes 29

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

20th Second Base Fielding Percentage .985
28th Second Base Double Plays 1,036
46th Second Base Assists 4,347
52nd Second Base Range Factor 5.17
57th Second Base Putouts 3,139
353rd Third Base Double Plays 64
448th Third Base Assists 573
491st Hits 1,696

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Double Plays	2	1st	—	1981 95 1983 128 1984 #2
Second Base Putouts	2	1st	—	1984 AL 362 1988 AL 325 1981 #2 1983 #2
Second Base Assists	1	1st	—	1983 AL 512 1981 #2 1984 #2
Second Base Range Factor	—	#2	—	1982 #3 1983 #3 1984 #2 1985 #3 1989 #2
Second Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1984 #3 1985 #3 1986 #3 1989 #2

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1988	1	2B PO 325
1984	1	2B PO 362
1983	2	2B A 512 2B DP 128
1981	1	2B DP 95

Batting

17 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1976	ML4	AL	26	69	6	17	1	0	0	7	6	11	1	.246	.316	.261	.577
1977	ML4	AL	14	47	4	14	1	0	1	2	2	5	2	.298	.327	.383	.710
1978	ML4	AL	43	97	14	21	1	0	1	8	5	10	2	.216	.269	.258	.527
1979	ML4	AL	70	208	29	59	10	3	2	22	16	17	3	.284	.336	.389	.726
1980	ML4	AL	132	415	47	117	21	3	4	40	30	29	11	.282	.330	.376	.706
1981	ML4	AL	107	352	35	94	14	1	2	33	29	29	3	.267	.325	.330	.654
1982	ML4	AL	132	447	48	132	17	2	4	43	26	36	6	.295	.335	.369	.704
1983	ML4	AL	161	603	85	170	23	8	11	74	38	46	5	.282	.329	.401	.730
1984	ML4	AL	153	613	61	173	27	1	3	56	30	51	6	.282	.314	.344	.658
1985	ML4	AL	143	523	63	133	15	4	5	44	33	42	11	.254	.300	.327	.627
1986	ML4	AL	139	497	58	136	25	1	7	38	26	50	13	.274	.313	.370	.684
1987	ML4	AL	81	265	37	72	14	0	4	30	19	22	6	.272	.331	.370	.701
1988	ML4	AL	155	539	67	149	28	2	0	47	34	50	20	.276	.322	.336	.658
1989	ML4	AL	116	409	51	112	18	3	0	34	21	33	20	.274	.321	.333	.654
1990	ML4	AL	88	323	36	85	8	5	0	25	29	19	18	.263	.328	.319	.647
1991	ML4	AL	140	526	63	149	27	4	2	47	27	34	4	.283	.320	.361	.681
1992	ML4	AL	101	256	22	63	12	1	1	18	12	17	6	.246	.278	.313	.590
Career	—	—	1,801	6,189	726	1,696	262	38	47	568	383	501	137	.274	.319	.351	.671

Pitching

1 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1979	ML4	AL	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	2.00
Career	—	—	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	2.00

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1976	ML4	AL	3B	24	23	194.0	17	37	1	3	55	.982	2.25
1977	ML4	AL	3B	14	12	105.0	8	29	4	3	41	.902	2.64
1978	ML4	AL	2B	21	16	144.1	41	55	2	10	98	.980	4.57
			3B	15	8	82.0	2	25	2	2	29	.931	1.80
			1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	1.00
			SS	1	1	8.0	2	2	1	0	5	.800	4.00
1979	ML4	AL	3B	42	33	302.0	28	71	5	8	104	.952	2.36
			2B	22	20	186.0	50	76	2	16	128	.984	5.73
			SS	3	3	26.0	2	13	0	2	15	1.000	5.00
			P	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1980	ML4	AL	3B	69	51	485.1	41	126	11	15	178	.938	2.42
			2B	66	62	547.0	118	203	4	53	325	.988	4.86
			SS	1	1	6.0	0	6	0	2	6	1.000	6.00
1981	ML4	AL	2B	107	100	904.2	251	352	10	95	613	.984	5.64
1982	ML4	AL	2B	131	127	1134.1	307	398	13	104	718	.982	5.38
1983	ML4	AL	2B	158	158	1416.0	374	512	14	128	900	.984	5.61
1984	ML4	AL	2B	153	150	1342.0	362	469	13	111	844	.985	5.43
1985	ML4	AL	2B	124	121	1069.2	262	402	8	89	672	.988	5.35
			3B	24	18	185.1	16	34	3	5	53	.943	2.08
			SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1986	ML4	AL	2B	135	130	1157.2	304	347	10	87	661	.985	4.82
			3B	3	3	25.0	5	6	0	0	11	1.000	3.67
			SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1987	ML4	AL	2B	57	51	418.2	95	153	4	36	252	.984	4.35
			3B	38	25	252.0	24	40	2	8	66	.970	1.68
1988	ML4	AL	2B	154	149	1320.1	325	428	11	92	764	.986	4.89
			3B	1	0	2.0	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1989	ML4	AL	2B	114	109	953.0	241	362	8	88	611	.987	5.29
1990	ML4	AL	2B	80	76	675.2	164	220	7	54	391	.982	4.80
			3B	9	9	74.2	3	20	2	2	25	.920	2.56
1991	ML4	AL	3B	90	83	764.0	51	155	5	15	211	.976	2.29
			2B	59	53	456.1	109	190	7	31	306	.977	5.07
1992	ML4	AL	2B	68	57	511.1	136	180	2	42	318	.994	4.65
			3B	31	13	150.0	17	28	1	3	46	.978	1.45
			1B	2	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	2B	1,449	1,379	12237.0	3,139	4,347	115	1,036	7,601	.985	5.17
	—	—	3B	360	278	2621.1	212	573	36	64	821	.956	2.18
	—	—	SS	7	5	42.0	4	21	1	4	26	.962	3.57
	—	—	1B	3	0	3.0	3	0	0	1	3	1.000	1.00
	—	—	P	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00