Nick Capra

Nick Lee Capra

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 8, 1958 in Denver, CO
High School: Lincoln HS (Denver, CO)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1982
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Royals 1982-1991

Final Game: April 24, 1991
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1979	21	TEX-min	AA	66	240	212	29	59	7	0	3	26	16	5	23	32	.278	.353	.354	.707		75		2	2	1			TUL · TL
1980	22	TEX-min	AA	117	506	440	90	127	25	9	6	53	55	14	57	69	.289	.373	.427	.800		188		4	2	3			TUL · TL
1981	23	TEX-min	AAA	123	488	398	74	104	16	4	4	38	41	15	76	61	.261	.375	.352	.727		140		0	8	6	0		WCH · AA
1982	24	TEX-min	AAA	121	493	416	82	117	15	10	9	40	29	13	71	72	.281	.387	.430	.817		179		1	4	1	0		DEN · AA
1982	24	TEX	AL	13	19	15	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	4	.267	.421	.467	.888	151	7	1	1	0	0	0	/978
1983	25	TEX-min	AAA	124	518	441	84	113	17	4	13	41	27	10	69	66	.256	.359	.401	.760		177		3	2	3	0		OKC · AA
1983	25	TEX	AL	8	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/987

1984	26	TEX-min	AAA	123	531	442	68	113	18	1	2	21	47	18	76	67	.256	.364	.314	.679		139		0	12	1	1		OKC · AA
1985	27	TEX-min	AAA	97	428	353	53	96	17	1	0	27	25	16	68	45	.272	.394	.326	.720		115		4	2	1	1		OKC · AA
1985	27	TEX	AL	8	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	1	0	0	0	0	0	/987

1986	28	TEX-CHW-min	AAA	108	486	406	68	105	18	2	7	31	32	15	66	49	.259	.362	.365	.726		148		2	8	4	1		OKC,BFL · AA
1987	29	TEX-min	AAA	97	424	353	69	107	18	3	1	39	21	13	62	53	.303	.404	.380	.784		134		0	6	3	3		OKC · AA
1988	30	KCR-min	AAA	93	403	346	53	100	11	6	1	43	28	9	50	49	.289	.378	.364	.743		126		1	4	2	0		OMA · AA
1988	30	KCR	AL	14	31	29	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	.138	.194	.172	.366	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	/879D

1989	31	KCR-min	AAA	128	580	500	84	145	27	3	7	44	31	18	70	67	.290	.381	.398	.779		199		4	5	1	1		OMA · AA
1990	32	TEX-min	AAA	122	530	451	80	125	26	3	5	45	35	15	68	61	.277	.375	.381	.756		172		3	7	1	0		OKC · AA
1991	33	TEX-min	AAA	127	585	485	74	132	34	4	5	39	27	14	87	57	.272	.386	.390	.776		189	7	4	8	1	1		OKC · AA
1991	33	TEX	AL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	/87
1992	34	CIN-PHI-min	AAA	108	422	343	60	83	17	1	6	30	34	12	61	43	.242	.359	.350	.709		120	3	3	13	2	2		NVL,SWB · AA,IL
1993	35	FLA-min	AAA	106	457	389	71	108	19	4	7	44	20	13	58	42	.278	.371	.401	.772		156	9	2	4	4	0		EDM · PCL
1994	36	FLA-min	AAA	109	434	382	71	116	26	6	7	41	25	10	43	25	.304	.377	.458	.835		175	7	4	2	3	0		EDM · PCL
1995	37	FLA-min	AAA	119	465	406	60	104	17	1	9	51	22	12	54	45	.256	.343	.369	.713		150	5	1	2	2	0		CHR · IL
5 Yrs				45	61	54	9	9	1	0	1	1	3	1	6	7	.167	.262	.241	.503	42	13	4	1	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	220	194	32	32	4	0	4	4	11	4	22	25	.167	.262	.241	.503	42	47	14	4	0	0	0

TEX (4 yrs)				31	30	25	6	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	4	.200	.333	.320	.653	84	8	1	1	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				14	31	29	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	.138	.194	.172	.366	3	5	3	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1982	24	TEX	AL	13	19	1	0	-0	2	-0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.518	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	/978
1983	25	TEX	AL	8	2	-0	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/987

1985	27	TEX	AL	8	8	-2	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/987

1988	30	KCR	AL	14	31	-3	-0	-0	-1	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.466	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/879D

1991	33	TEX	AL	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.568	.501	0.1	0.1	0	$	/87
5 Seasons				45	61	-4	0	-0	2	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.2	.493	.500	-0.3	0.1	-3	$

TEX (4 yrs)				31	30	-0	0	-0	3	-1	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.505	.500	0.0	0.2	-0	$
KCR (1 yr)				14	31	-3	-0	-0	-1	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.466	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1982	24	TEX	AL	19	13	3	6.2	93	.300	.267	.257	.421	.320	.467	.392	.888	.711	151	.634	1.2	0.1	.923	.467	.200	1.3
1983	25	TEX	AL	2	2	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.262	.000	.324	.000	.396	.000	.719	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1985	27	TEX	AL	8	7	0	0.0	100	.125	.125	.262	.125	.328	.125	.407	.250	.736	-31	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.143	.000	.000

1988	30	KCR	AL	31	28	1	1.0	95	.154	.138	.260	.194	.326	.172	.392	.366	.718	3	.058	-3.8	-0.4	.286	.138	.034	.0

1991	33	TEX	AL	1	0	0						1.000	.326						.000	0.3	0.0
5 Yrs				61	50	4	2.1	95	.174	.167	.260	.262	.324	.241	.394	.503	.719	42	.204	-4.2	-0.4	.440	.222	.074	1.5
162 Game Avg.				220	180	14	2.1	95	.174	.167	.260	.262	.324	.241	.394	.503	.719	42	.204	-4.2	-0.4	.440	.222	.074	5

TEX (4 yrs)				30	22	3	3.7	96	.200	.200	.259	.333	.323	.320	.397	.653	.720	84	.398	-0.4	-0.1	.636	.320	.120	1.3
KCR (1 yr)				31	28	1	1.0	95	.154	.138	.260	.194	.326	.172	.392	.366	.718	3	.057	-3.8	-0.4	.286	.138	.034	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1982	24	TEX	AL	19	5.3%	21.1%	15.8%	5.3%	25%	1.33	3.8	15.0	15.0		1.00	53%
1983	25	TEX	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%

1985	27	TEX	AL	8	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						1.33	100%

1988	30	KCR	AL	31	0.0%	9.7%	6.5%	3.2%	25%	1.50	9.7			1.08	1.40	84%	12%	0.0%	67%

1991	33	TEX	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00						0%
5 Yrs				61	1.6%	11.5%	9.8%	3.3%	22%	1.17	7.7	54.0	54.0	1.08	1.41	75%	12%	0.0%	67%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.5%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.70	6.2	41.2	8.4	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	6.5%	24%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	24	TEX	AL	1.2	0.1	23	0.1	0.4	-0.2	1.07	-0.0	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.96	0.3	2.34	0
1983	25	TEX	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.19	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.86	-0.5	0.19	2

1985	27	TEX	AL	-1.5	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.05	-0.2	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.96	-1.7		0

1988	30	KCR	AL	-3.8	-0.4	34	-0.6	0.1	-0.6	.75	-0.3	-0.4	-5.8	-0.6	0.93	-3.9	1.09	1

1991	33	TEX	AL	0.3	0.0	1	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.78	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.61	0.4		0
5 Yrs				-4.3	-0.4	68	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	.89	-0.5	-0.1	-7.2	-0.7	0.94	-5.4	0.49	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1982	24	TEX	AL	0	0	14%	12	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	25	TEX	AL	0	0		5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0

1985	27	TEX	AL	0	0	100%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

1988	30	KCR	AL	1	0	50%	22	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	33%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	1

1991	33	TEX	AL	0	0	100%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1	0	53%	43	3	1	75%	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	50%	8	4	4	1	0	1	3	2	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1982	24	TEX	AL	19	47%	4			0	0	0	0	2.34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1983	25	TEX	AL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1985	27	TEX	AL	8	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1988	30	KCR	AL	31	6%	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	3	38%	2	0	0%	15	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1991	33	TEX	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				61	34%	9	2	0	3	0	0	0	0.49	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		11	4	36%	2	0	0%	30	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					60%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	30	KCR	AL	32	122	3.81	73	61%	44%	8%	12%	36%	56%	0%	34%	85%	13%	6%	2	0	16%	5	1	16%	5	2	67%	-1	2	0

1991	33	TEX	AL	1	8	8.00	4	50%	50%	0%	50%	0%	50%	0%	25%	100%	0%	100%	1	0	100%	1	0	100%	1	0		0	0	0
2 Yrs				33	130	3.94	77	60%	44%	8%	14%	34%	56%	0%	33%	86%	12%	9%	3	0	18%	6	1	18%	6	2	67%	-1	2	0
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP
1982	24	13	19	15	2	4	0	1	1	2	1	3	4	.267	.421	.467	.888	151	7	1	1
1983	25	21	21	17	4	4	0	1	1	2	1	3	4	.235	.381	.412	.793	124	7	1	1
1984	26	21	21	17	4	4	0	1	1	2	1	3	4	.235	.381	.412	.793	124	7	1	1
1985	27	29	29	25	5	5	0	1	1	2	1	3	4	.200	.310	.320	.630	77	8	1	1
1986	28	29	29	25	5	5	0	1	1	2	1	3	4	.200	.310	.320	.630	77	8	1	1
1987	29	29	29	25	5	5	0	1	1	2	1	3	4	.200	.310	.320	.630	77	8	1	1
1988	30	43	60	54	8	9	1	1	1	3	1	5	7	.167	.250	.241	.491	38	13	4	1
1989	31	43	60	54	8	9	1	1	1	3	1	5	7	.167	.250	.241	.491	38	13	4	1
1990	32	43	60	54	8	9	1	1	1	3	1	5	7	.167	.250	.241	.491	38	13	4	1
1991	33	45	61	54	9	9	1	1	1	3	1	6	7	.167	.262	.241	.503	42	13	4	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1982	24	13	19	15	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	3	4	.267	.421	.467	.888	3	13
1983	25	8	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8

1985	27	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8

1988	30	14	31	29	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	.138	.194	.172	.366	1	14

1991	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	2
5 Yrs		45	61	54	8	8	1	0	1	1	3	6	7	.148	.246	.222	.468	4	45
162 Game Avg.		162	220	194	29	29	4	0	4	4	11	22	25	.148	.246	.222	.468	14	45

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