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Jim
Gantner		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 5, 1953 in Usa, WI, FOND DU LAC
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1988    1989   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 23 WAS NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1977 24 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1978 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 3 3 9 10 9
1979 26 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1980 27 WAS NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1981 28 WAS NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1982 29 WAS NL $ 646,429   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1983 30 WAS NL $ 2,078,571   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1984 31 WAS NL $ 2,850,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 3 3 8 9 9
1985 32 WAS NL $ 1,500,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 3 3 8 9 9
1986 33 WAS NL $ 1,500,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1987 34 WAS NL $ 1,500,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1988 35 WAS NL $ 1,500,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1989 36 SDP NL $ 2,999,999   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1990 37 SDP NL $ 2,999,999   9 9 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 2 3 3 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,999,999   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 10 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1976 23 AAA   56 191 26 51 16 5 2 21 5 0 13 14 .267 .314 .435 .748 25.5  
    AA   80 342 49 88 18 1 5 27 6 1 26 22 .257 .310 .360 .669 38.4  
1977 24 WAS NL 22 68 9 31 6 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 .456 .465 .603 1.068 15.1 4.3
    AAA   126 462 42 137 34 2 5 48 7 2 33 22 .297 .343 .411 .755 62.4  
1978 25 WAS NL 151 511 49 124 29 2 3 51 1 3 17 32 .243 .270 .325 .595 38.9 1.7
1979 26 WAS NL 127 356 34 92 21 2 1 40 4 4 15 11 .258 .290 .337 .627 28.2 1.9
1980 27 WAS NL 57 93 7 23 4 1 1 14 0 0 1 3 .247 .268 .344 .612 7.9 0.6
    AAA   51 193 21 63 14 1 3 17 2 3 19 8 .326 .387 .456 .843 31.3  
1981 28 WAS NL 104 162 20 44 3 1 2 26 3 1 11 5 .272 .316 .340 .656 17.3 3.2
1982 29 WAS NL 141 460 56 126 22 2 8 58 5 3 17 22 .274 .302 .383 .685 49.0 9.1
1983 30 WAS NL 139 445 54 133 21 3 11 62 5 5 22 22 .299 .331 .434 .764 58.9 13.0
1984 31 WAS NL 144 551 61 139 40 3 2 56 8 1 25 33 .252 .289 .347 .636 50.8 8.2
1985 32 WAS NL 157 606 71 180 28 1 3 72 10 0 27 32 .297 .325 .361 .686 69.0 14.8
1986 33 WAS NL 150 544 53 137 33 5 5 57 13 2 31 46 .252 .292 .358 .650 53.9 7.5
1987 34 WAS NL 154 581 62 186 37 2 9 65 12 8 31 43 .320 .357 .437 .794 81.0 18.9
1988 35 WAS NL 145 551 84 171 36 4 7 84 3 2 29 29 .310 .344 .428 .772 74.0 14.7
1989 36 SDP NL 138 458 59 132 25 3 6 64 2 1 24 36 .288 .325 .395 .720 53.3 10.9
1990 37 SDP NL 138 458 61 149 19 3 3 58 7 2 21 29 .325 .355 .400 .754 58.4 11.6
14 Years Sim 1767 5844 680 1667 324 34 61 713 74 33 272 344 .285 .318 .384 .702 655.6 120.4
3 Years AAA 233 846 89 251 64 8 10 86 14 5 65 44 .297 .350 .427 .777 119.2  
1 Years AA 80 342 49 88 18 1 5 27 6 1 26 22 .257 .313 .360 .672 38.4  
4 Years Minors 313 1188 138 339 82 9 15 113 20 6 91 66 .285 .339 .407 .747 157.6  
162 Game Average 535 62 152 29 3 5 65 6 3 24 31 .285 .318 .384 .702 60.1  
Career Highs 157 606 84 186 40 5 11 84 13 8 31 46 .456 .465 .603 1.068 81.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4553 533 1337 245 28 44 562 59 22 220 247 .294 .327 .389 .716 548.5
vs LH   1291 147 330 79 6 17 151 15 11 52 97 .256 .286 .366 .651 126.2
Home 879 2833 333 806 155 14 33 354 35 12 135 168 .285 .318 .384 .702 329.4
Away 888 3011 347 861 169 20 28 359 39 21 137 176 .286 .318 .383 .702 345.3
RISP   1506 0 428 82 9 10 587 0 0 72 84 .284 .312 .371 .682 167.3
Pinch Hitting   89 12 30 2 1 1 14 0 0 3 6 .337 .359 .416 .774 12.3
Close/Late   751 87 215 34 3 13 84 0 0 33 41 .286 .318 .391 .709 88.6
Mar/Apr 261 897 103 259 52 4 5 111 11 3 43 54 .289 .322 .372 .695 102.2
May 294 993 120 273 49 6 12 121 17 3 42 76 .275 .304 .373 .677 109.1
June 298 987 121 293 65 7 14 141 5 6 41 59 .297 .326 .419 .746 124.0
July 278 891 88 236 47 4 3 102 10 7 48 58 .265 .306 .337 .642 86.3
August 316 1022 118 305 67 6 14 123 18 7 50 45 .298 .331 .417 .748 132.8
Sep/Oct 320 1054 130 301 44 7 13 115 13 7 48 52 .286 .317 .378 .695 120.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 24 WAS NL 2B 19 18 146.0 34 58 1 14 .989 5.67   0.4
    SS 2 2 16.0 1 11 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 25 WAS NL 2B 149 147 1250.0 278 563 18 113 .979 6.06   4.5
    3B 2 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1979 26 WAS NL 2B 104 95 820.0 178 330 4 69 .992 5.58   4.7
    SS 17 4 56.0 7 23 2 4 .938 4.82   0.2
    3B 8 3 44.3 4 15 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.3
1980 27 WAS NL 3B 24 11 136.7 5 41 0 3 1.000 3.03   0.8
    SS 21 5 78.7 14 26 3 7 .930 4.58   0.3
    2B 6 0 17.0 6 3 0 2 1.000 4.76   0.0
1981 28 WAS NL SS 37 12 170.3 28 86 2 18 .983 6.02   1.4
    3B 24 13 143.3 8 46 4 4 .931 3.39   0.7
    2B 38 3 90.7 18 52 1 14 .986 6.95   0.7
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 29 WAS NL 2B 125 120 1051.3 206 467 15 85 .978 5.76   5.5
    3B 10 6 62.3 1 10 2 0 .846 1.59   0.1
    SS 5 4 37.7 9 18 0 4 1.000 6.45   0.3
1983 30 WAS NL 2B 128 123 1095.7 208 470 11 89 .984 5.57   6.1
    SS 8 3 38.7 4 13 0 2 1.000 3.96   0.2
    3B 2 0 8.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1984 31 WAS NL 3B 140 140 1223.7 80 296 19 21 .952 2.77   3.6
    SS 3 0 7.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43   0.0
    2B 1 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
1985 32 WAS NL 3B 151 146 1302.0 76 331 24 27 .944 2.81   4.4
    SS 6 0 12.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 3.75   0.0
1986 33 WAS NL SS 122 121 1041.3 177 477 14 107 .979 5.65   6.8
    2B 22 19 183.7 28 70 2 9 .980 4.80   0.6
    3B 3 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
1987 34 WAS NL SS 146 146 1280.3 193 519 12 97 .983 5.00   7.3
    2B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1988 35 WAS NL SS 135 131 1158.0 174 479 15 87 .978 5.08   5.2
    2B 6 2 22.3 3 7 0 2 1.000 4.03   0.1
    3B 4 1 15.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1989 36 SDP NL 2B 120 111 977.3 187 436 9 86 .986 5.74   5.2
    3B 10 2 32.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.41   0.0
    SS 5 3 28.0 4 16 1 2 .952 6.43   0.2
1990 37 SDP NL 2B 122 111 984.3 180 432 13 78 .979 5.60   4.3
    SS 8 3 37.7 6 17 0 2 1.000 5.50   0.2
    3B 7 3 37.0 0 10 0 1 1.000 2.43   0.2
  2B 843 749 6648.3 1326 2892 74 561 .983 5.71   32.0
  SS 517 434 3965.6 623 1690 49 333 .979 5.25   22.4
  3B 387 325 3021.3 179 760 49 57 .950 2.80   10.4
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1748 1508 13636.2 2128 5342 172 951 .977 4.93   64.8
Career Highs   157 147 1314.0 280 564 24 116 .990 6.03    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 26 WAS NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 28 WAS NL 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1982 29 WAS NL 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364
1988 35 WAS NL 6 24 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .250 .417
1989 36 SDP NL 5 18 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .389 .722
1990 37 SDP NL 10 30 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 .200 .250 .267 .517
Career Post-Season Batting 32 87 7 19 3 1 0 7 1 0 2 7 .218 .236 .276 .512
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1987-6-.320
1988-5-.310
1990-8-.312*
 Games
1985-4-157
 At-Bats
1985-7-606
 Hits
1985-5-180
1987-7-186
 Singles
1985-1-148
1987-5-138
1990-8-124
 Doubles
1984-4-40
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. George Kell (946)
  2. Pinky Higgins (926)
  3. Alvin Dark (924)
  4. Jose Cardenal (923)
  5. Debs Garms (921)
  6. Paul Schaal (915)
  7. Sonny Jackson (913)
  8. Bobby Richardson (911)
  9. Luke Appling (907)
  10. Travis Jackson (898)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Washington in 1976
Injured on 8/10/1976 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/21/1977 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 6/2/1977 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/4/1977, off Joe Moeller (KCR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1978, off Tom Hausman (DET)
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $646,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,850,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/15/1984 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Indianapolis on 6/18/1984
10/22/1984: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Montreal on 4/18/1985
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1986, hitting .448 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1988, hitting .583 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/5/1989 to a 4-year deal worth $2,999,999 per year
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
 
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