Mike Capel
Michael Lee Capel
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 13, 1961 in Marshall, TX
High School: Spring (Spring, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 13th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1988
Final Game: August 14, 1991
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1988 26 CHC NL 2 1 .667 4.91 22 0 11 0 0 0 29.1 34 19 16 5 13 2 19 3 0 5 134 74 1.602 10.4 1.5 4.0 5.8 1.46
1990 28 MIL AL 0 0 135.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 6 6 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 3 21.000 162.0 0.0 27.0 27.0 1.00
1991 29 HOU NL 1 3 .250 3.03 25 0 13 0 0 3 32.2 33 14 11 3 15 1 23 0 0 0 143 114 1.469 9.1 0.8 4.1 6.3 1.53
3 Seasons 3 4 .429 4.62 49 0 24 0 0 3 62.1 73 39 32 8 29 3 43 4 0 5 286 77 1.636 10.5 1.2 4.2 6.2 1.48
162 Game Avg. 4 6 .429 4.62 68 0 33 0 0 4 86 101 54 44 11 40 4 60 6 0 7 397 77 1.636 10.5 1.2 4.2 6.2 1.48
CHC (1 yr) 2 1 .667 4.91 22 0 11 0 0 0 29.1 34 19 16 5 13 2 19 3 0 5 134 74 1.602 10.4 1.5 4.0 5.8 1.46
HOU (1 yr) 1 3 .250 3.03 25 0 13 0 0 3 32.2 33 14 11 3 15 1 23 0 0 0 143 114 1.469 9.1 0.8 4.1 6.3 1.53
MIL (1 yr) 0 0 135.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 6 6 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 3 21.000 162.0 0.0 27.0 27.0 1.00
NL (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 3.92 47 0 24 0 0 3 62.0 67 33 27 8 28 3 42 3 0 5 277 90 1.532 9.7 1.2 4.1 6.1 1.50
AL (1 yr) 0 0 135.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 6 6 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 3 21.000 162.0 0.0 27.0 27.0 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 26 CHC NL 22 134 116 19 34 5 1 5 1 1 13 19 .293 .379 .483 .862 .315 56 6 3 2 0 2
1990 28 MIL AL 2 9 7 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .857 .889 1.000 1.889 1.000 7 0 1 0 0 0
1991 29 HOU NL 25 143 124 14 33 10 0 3 3 3 15 23 .266 .343 .419 .762 .303 52 2 0 3 1 1
3 Seasons 49 286 247 39 73 16 1 8 5 4 29 43 .296 .377 .466 .843 .330 115 8 4 5 1 3
162 Game Avg. 68 397 343 54 101 22 1 11 7 6 40 60 .296 .377 .466 .843 .330 160 11 6 7 1 4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1988 26 CHC NL 22 22 11 2 1 3 0 3 0% 4 0 17 5 29% 8 0.779 5 4 12 4 1 17 11 11 10 6 11 5 4.0 21
1990 28 MIL AL 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 4 1.030 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0.5 18
1991 29 HOU NL 25 25 13 1 3 4 3 1 75% 5 1 18 5 28% 6 0.844 9 6 10 8 5 12 9 16 10 7 11 1 3.9 22
3 Seasons 49 49 24 3 4 8 3 5 38% 10 1 37 12 32% 0.819 15 10 23 13 6 30 21 28 20 15 23 6 3.8 22

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1988 26 CHC NL 134 43% 3.7% 14.2% 9.7% 8.2% 32% 0.79 1.46 69% 19% 15.2% 38% 27 6 22%
1990 28 MIL AL 9 44% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 17% 1.00 67% 17% 0.0% 0% 3 0 0%
1991 29 HOU NL 143 60% 2.1% 16.1% 10.5% 9.1% 39% 0.98 1.48 69% 23% 7.1% 18% 17 2 12%
3 Seasons 286 52% 2.8% 15.0% 10.1% 8.7% 34% 0.89 1.47 69% 21% 10.3% 27% 47 8 17%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 CHC NL 134 469 3.50 283 60% 22% 16% 27% 35% 78% 4% 47% 80% 60% 9% 12 6 24% 32 17 1 26% 3 4 0 0 0
1990 28 MIL AL 9 35 3.89 17 49% 24% 18% 24% 35% 76% 0% 37% 77% 44% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 29 HOU NL 143 556 3.89 333 60% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 44% 80% 50% 8% 11 9 15% 21 13 1 22% 5 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 286 1060 3.71 633 60% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 3% 45% 80% 55% 8% 23 15 19% 53 30 2 23% 8 5 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1988 26 CHC NL 134 34 4 0 5 1 6 4 1 4 1 9 5 2 56% 3 5 0 63 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
1990 28 MIL AL 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 29 HOU NL 143 33 8 0 3 0 6 1 2 1 2 9 6 1 67% 2 0 0 52 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Seasons 286 73 13 0 8 1 12 5 3 5 3 18 11 3 61% 5 5 0 122 5 4 56% 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1988 26 2 1 .667 4.91 22 0 11 0 0 0 29.1 34 19 16 5 13 2 19 3 0 5 134 74 1.602 10.4 1.5 4.0 5.8 1.46 74
1989 27 2 1 .667 4.91 22 0 11 0 0 0 29.1 34 19 16 5 13 2 19 3 0 5 134 74 1.602 10.4 1.5 4.0 5.8 1.46 74
1990 28 2 1 .667 6.37 24 0 11 0 0 0 29.2 40 25 21 5 14 2 20 4 0 5 143 57 1.820 12.1 1.5 4.2 6.1 1.43 57
1991 29 3 4 .429 4.62 49 0 24 0 0 3 62.1 73 39 32 8 29 3 43 4 0 5 286 77 1.636 10.5 1.2 4.2 6.2 1.48 77

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1988 26 1 2 .333 6.00 27.0 36 20 18 5 14 18 3 1.852 12.0 4.7 6.0 1.29 1.7 22
1990 28 0.00 0.0 7 7 6 0 1 0 1 0.00 2
1991 29 2 1 .667 3.77 31.0 35 14 13 3 16 22 0 1.645 10.2 4.6 6.4 1.38 0.9 25
3 Seasons 3 3 .500 5.74 58.0 78 41 37 8 31 40 4 1.879 12.1 6.2 1.29 1.2 49

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