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Gabe Kapler
Gabriel Stefan Kapler
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 208 lb.

Born: August 31, 1975 in Hollywood, CA
High School: Taft (Woodland Hills, CA)
Drafted
by the Detroit Tigers in the 57th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1998
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Career Home Runs

Gabe Kapler: 80 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 8 tying, 20 go ahead
6 Tms
TEX31
DET18
BOS13
TBR8
MIL8
COL2
 
vs RHP46
vs LHP34
 
Home48
Away32
 
Leverage
High Lev7
Medium Lev38
Low Lev35
24 Opps
ANA9
KCR7
CHW7
MIN5
TBD5
SEA5
BAL5
DET4
CLE4
TOR4
NYY3
NYM3
WSN3
SFG2
OAK2
TEX2
FLA2
HOU2
ARI1
COL1
72 Pitchers
Kent Bottenfield3
Mike Sirotka2
Eric Milton2
Brad Penny2
Mark Redman2
Scott Schoeneweis2
Jon Garland2
Mark Hendrickson1
Charles Nagy1
Brian Meadows1
Arthur Rhodes1
Chris Holt1
James Baldwin1
Mike Mussina1
Chris Young1
Jeff Fassero1
Erik Bedard1
Terry Mulholland1
Chris Michalak1
Jose Mercedes1
21 Parks
Rangers Bpk23
Tiger Stad12
Fenway Pk7
TropicanaFld7
US Cellular4
Angel Stad4
Miller Pk4
Metrodome2
Coors Fld2
Shea Stad2
SkyDome2
KauffmanStad2
NetworkAssoc1
Chase Field1
Yankee Stad1
NYC211
Dodger Stad1
Jacobs Fld1
Camden Yards1
Comerica Pk1
Where Hit
759
7813
893
93
82
General field locations when available.
 
 
Pitches
419
218
513
311
69
16
7+4
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms72
2·HR gms4
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
7th19
6th18
8th14
9th11
4th6
5th5
2nd5
3rd2
Outs
031
225
124
 
DefPos
CF48
RF18
LF10
PH4
Bases
---50
1--18
12-4
-2-4
1-32
1231
-231
 
119 RBI
RISP12
0 on50
1 on22
2 on7
3 on1
Any on30
Inning
16
211
37
416
54
66
710
815
94
Extra1
 
1-324
4-626
7-end30
RelScore
+4..7
+35
+27
+111
Tied17
-18
-27
-37
-4..11
 
Ahead30
Tied17
Behind33
Before event, for batter
Count
2-114
1-012
3-29
1-27
3-17
2-27
0-06
0-16
1-15
2-05
0-21
3-01

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1999 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1999-04-30 DET @ TBD Albie Lopez ahead 5-3 t 8 0 -2- 5,(2-2)  2 7 8 7% 96% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Garcia Scores
2 2 2 1 1999-05-06 DET ANA Chuck Finley ahead 1-0 b 4 1 1-- 3,(2-0)  2 6 8 16% 83% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Palmer Scores
3 3 3 1 1999-05-07 DET BAL Ricky Bones behind 3-9 b 8 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 7 8 1% 3% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4 4 4 1 1999-05-14 DET CLE Charles Nagy behind 0-1 b 4 2 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 6 8 23% 64% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Palmer Scores
5 5 5 1 1999-05-30 DET CHW Jim Parque tied 0-0 b 2 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 8 10% 65% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
6 6 6 1 1999-05-31 DET @ BOS Mark Portugal ahead 2-1 t 2 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 8 9% 68% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7 7 7 1 1999-06-14 DET SEA Jeff Fassero behind 1-6 b 4 1 12- 3,(2-0)  3 8 8 16% 30% Home Run (Line Drive); Easley Scores; Higginson Scores
8 8 8 2 1999-06-14 DET SEA Ken Cloude behind 6-7 b 8 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 8 8 30% 57% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9 9 9 1 1999-06-17 DET SEA Jose Mesa behind 2-4 b 9 1 --- 6,(3-2)  1 8 8 7% 13% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10 10 10 1 1999-06-18 DET OAK Doug Jones ahead 5-3 b 8 0 1-- 4,(1-2)  2 7 8 4% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Easley Scores
11 11 11 1 1999-06-23 DET @ KCR Jay Witasick behind 0-7 t 8 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 7 8 1% 1% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
12 12 12 1 1999-06-24 DET @ KCR Kevin Appier behind 0-4 t 5 1 12- 6,(3-2)  3 8 8 19% 34% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Clark Scores; Catalanotto Scores
13 13 13 1 1999-07-22 DET KCR Jose Rosado behind 3-5 b 6 2 --- 4,(3-0)  1 8 8 13% 34% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14 14 14 1 1999-08-27 DET BAL Al Reyes ahead 4-3 b 8 1 --- 4,(2-1)  1 8 9 8% 92% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
15 15 15 1 1999-08-30 DET TEX Esteban Loaiza tied 0-0 b 7 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 8 8 18% 78% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16 16 16 1 1999-09-15 DET @ CHW James Baldwin behind 0-3 t 8 2 --- 3,(1-1)  1 8 8 4% 8% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
17 17 17 1 1999-09-26 DET KCR Blake Stein ahead 5-0 b 4 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 9 8 3% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18 18 18 1 1999-09-30 DET @ MIN Bob Wells behind 4-5 t 8 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 7 8 23% 41% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2000 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
19 19 1 1 2000-04-03 TEX CHW Mike Sirotka tied 0-0 b 2 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 7 9 10% 61% Home Run
20 20 2 2 2000-04-03 TEX CHW Mike Sirotka ahead 4-1 b 4 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 7 9 5% 90% Home Run
21 21 3 1 2000-04-18 TEX NYY Orlando Hernandez behind 0-3 b 2 1 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 7 9 15% 43% Home Run (LF-CF); Segui Scores
22 22 4 1 2000-06-20 TEX MIN Mark Redman tied 1-1 b 2 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 7 8 10% 63% Home Run
23 23 5 1 2000-07-19 TEX @ ANA Kent Bottenfield ahead 2-1 t 7 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 8 8 12% 79% Home Run
24 24 6 1 2000-07-24 TEX ANA Kent Bottenfield tied 2-2 b 4 1 --- 7,(3-2)  1 7 8 12% 65% Home Run
25 25 7 1 2000-07-25 TEX ANA Seth Etherton ahead 5-4 b 4 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 7 8 9% 77% Home Run
26 26 8 1 2000-07-26 TEX ANA Scott Schoeneweis behind 0-1 b 2 0 1-- 3,(1-1)  2 6 8 15% 65% Home Run; Curtis Scores
27 27 9 1 2000-07-27 TEX DET Steve Sparks behind 0-3 b 4 1 -2- 5,(3-1)  2 5 8 16% 42% Home Run; Segui Scores
28 28 10 1 2000-08-03 TEX @ TOR Frank Castillo tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 8 9% 57% Home Run
29 29 11 1 2000-09-04 TEX @ CHW Jon Garland behind 0-2 t 4 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 4 9 10% 39% Home Run
30 30 12 1 2000-09-14 TEX KCR Paul Spoljaric ahead 6-1 b 8 2 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 4 9 1% 100% Home Run (LF-CF); Palmeiro Scores
31 31 13 1 2000-09-16 TEX KCR Brian Meadows behind 1-8 b 8 2 -23 4,(1-2)  3 4 9 2% 3% Home Run; Catalanotto Scores; Clayton Scores
32 32 14 1 2000-09-17 TEX KCR Dan Reichert ahead 1-0 b 1 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 4 8 13% 77% Home Run; Palmeiro Scores
2001 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
33 33 1 1 2001-04-27 TEX @ CLE Justin Speier ahead 4-1 t 4 0 123 3,(0-2)  4 9 8 7% 97% Home Run; Galarraga Scores; Catalanotto Scores; Mateo Scores
34 34 2 1 2001-05-02 TEX DET Chris Holt behind 0-7 b 2 0 --- 5,(2-2)  1 6 8 3% 10% Home Run
35 35 3 1 2001-05-12 TEX @ CHW Jon Garland ahead 2-0 t 1 2 1-- 5,(3-1)  2 6 8 14% 79% Home Run (LF-CF); Galarraga Scores/unER; Kapler Scores/unER
36 36 4 1 2001-05-18 TEX TOR Chris Carpenter tied 0-0 b 2 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 8 10% 62% Home Run (CF-RF)
37 37 5 1 2001-05-20 TEX TOR Chris Michalak ahead 2-0 b 4 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 5 8 7% 85% Home Run
38 38 6 1 2001-05-22 TEX @ TBD Bryan Rekar tied 0-0 t 7 0 --- 6,(2-2)  1 6 8 19% 69% Home Run
39 39 7 1 2001-05-25 TEX @ BAL Jose Mercedes behind 2-7 t 6 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 8 4% 8% Home Run
40 40 8 1 2001-06-03 TEX MIN Eric Milton behind 1-4 b 3 2 1-- 6,(3-2)  2 4 8 17% 40% Home Run; Rodriguez Scores
41 41 9 1 2001-06-09 TEX HOU Kent Bottenfield ahead 2-0 b 1 1 -2- 6,(3-2)  2 5 8 10% 84% Home Run (LF-CF); Palmeiro Scores
42 42 10 1 2001-06-21 TEX ANA Matt Wise behind 1-2 b 5 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 8 14% 57% Home Run
43 43 11 1 2001-08-02 TEX @ NYY Mike Mussina ahead 4-0 t 3 2 1-3 4,(2-1)  3 7 8 10% 95% Home Run; Rodriguez Scores; Lamb Scores
44 44 12 1 2001-08-07 TEX DET Adam Pettyjohn behind 2-3 b 7 2 --- 8,(2-2)  1 6 8 23% 52% Home Run (LF-CF)
45 45 13 1 2001-08-10 TEX CLE Rich Rodriguez ahead 5-2 b 7 0 1-- 5,(3-1)  2 7 8 4% 98% Home Run; Ledee Scores
46 46 14 1 2001-09-04 TEX MIN Eric Milton behind 2-3 b 7 1 --- 3,(2-0)  1 6 8 22% 55% Home Run
47 47 15 1 2001-09-26 TEX SEA Paul Abbott ahead 2-1 b 4 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 6 8 10% 78% Home Run
48 48 16 2 2001-09-26 TEX SEA Arthur Rhodes behind 4-7 b 7 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 6 8 8% 17% Home Run
49 49 17 1 2001-09-30 TEX @ ANA Scott Schoeneweis behind 1-5 t 4 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 8 6% 20% Home Run (CF-RF)
2002 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
50 50 1 1 2002-08-25 COL NYM Dave Weathers behind 2-7 b 9 1 1-- 6,(3-2)  2 6 9 1% 2% Home Run; Zeile Scores
51 51 2 1 2002-09-28 COL @ ARI Rick Helling behind 0-1 t 3 1 1-- 6,(2-2)  2 2 9 19% 58% Home Run (LF-CF); Pierre Scores
2003 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
52 52 1 1 2003-06-29 BOS FLA Brad Penny tied 2-2 b 2 1 --- 5,(3-1)  1 7 7 10% 63% Home Run (Fly Ball)
53 53 2 2 2003-06-29 BOS FLA Brad Penny ahead 6-3 b 5 2 1-3 2,(0-1)  3 7 7 10% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball); Millar Scores; Nixon Scores
54 54 3 1 2003-09-02 BOS @ CHW Bartolo Colon tied 1-1 t 6 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 9 7 16% 62% Home Run (Fly Ball)
55 55 4 1 2003-09-26 BOS @ TBD Carlos Reyes ahead 5-1 t 6 0 --- 5,(1-2)  1 9 9 3% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball)
2004 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
56 56 1 1 2004-05-11 BOS CLE C.C. Sabathia behind 0-2 b 3 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 8 9 10% 45% Home Run (Line Drive)
57 57 2 1 2004-07-16 BOS @ ANA Scot Shields ahead 3-2 t 8 1 --- 8,(3-2)  1 8 7 13% 84% Home Run (Fly Ball)
58 58 3 1 2004-07-18 BOS @ ANA John Lackey ahead 3-1 t 7 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 9 7 8% 89% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
59 59 4 1 2004-07-21 BOS BAL Erik Bedard behind 0-3 b 4 2 12- 5,(1-2)  3 9 9 28% 51% Home Run (Fly Ball); Millar Scores; Mueller Scores
60 60 5 1 2004-08-09 BOS TBD John Halama tied 0-0 b 3 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 9 9 10% 66% Home Run (Fly Ball)
61 61 6 1 2004-09-07 BOS @ OAK Mark Redman ahead 1-0 t 2 2 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 9 9 16% 74% Home Run (Line Drive); Millar Scores
2005 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
62 62 1 1 2005-08-07 BOS @ MIN Terry Mulholland ahead 10-4 t 8 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 9 8 0% 100% Home Run (Line Drive)
2006 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
63 63 1 1 2006-06-23 BOS PHI Ryan Franklin ahead 7-2 b 8 2 12- 1,(0-0)  3 4 7 1% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball); Gonzalez Scores; Ortiz Scores
64 64 2 1 2006-07-04 BOS @ TBD Casey Fossum behind 0-2 t 4 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 8 8 10% 33% Home Run (Line Drive)
2008 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
65 65 1 1 2008-04-05 MIL SFG Jack Taschner ahead 4-3 b 7 1 --- 4,(2-1)  1 9 PH 11% 88% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
66 66 2 1 2008-04-06 MIL SFG Barry Zito ahead 3-0 b 5 0 --- 6,(3-2)  1 2 8 5% 93% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
67 67 3 1 2008-04-12 MIL @ NYM Johan Santana ahead 3-2 t 7 2 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 2 8 22% 88% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Weeks Scores
68 68 4 1 2008-04-13 MIL @ NYM Oliver Perez tied 0-0 t 1 0 1-- 3,(2-0)  2 2 8 15% 69% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Weeks Scores
69 69 5 1 2008-06-12 MIL @ HOU Jose Valverde ahead 7-5 t 9 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 9 PH 4% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
70 70 6 1 2008-08-10 MIL WSN Luis Ayala tied 4-4 b 13 0 --- 5,(2-2)  1 3 7 36% 100% Walk-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
71 71 7 1 2008-08-15 MIL @ LAD Chad Billingsley tied 0-0 t 1 1 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 3 7 17% 67% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Weeks Scores
72 72 8 1 2008-09-07 MIL SDP Chris Young behind 0-10 b 8 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 6 8 0% 0% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2009 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
73 73 1 1 2009-06-08 TBR @ NYY Andy Pettitte behind 1-3 t 4 1 1-- 6,(3-2)  2 8 9 19% 47% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Hernandez Scores
74 74 2 1 2009-06-12 TBR WSN Ron Villone tied 3-3 b 8 2 --- 4,(1-2)  1 7 PH 31% 84% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Kapler Scores/unER
75 75 3 1 2009-06-14 TBR WSN Ross Detwiler behind 2-4 b 6 2 1-- 3,(1-1)  2 7 7 29% 52% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Gross Scores
76 76 4 1 2009-06-16 TBR @ COL Jorge de la Rosa ahead 6-1 t 3 1 --- 7,(2-2)  1 7 9 4% 93% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
77 77 5 1 2009-08-26 TBR @ TOR Marc Rzepczynski tied 0-0 t 6 2 1-- 3,(1-1)  2 6 7 29% 75% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Burrell Scores
78 78 6 1 2009-08-28 TBR @ DET Bobby Seay behind 1-6 t 9 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 8 PH 0% 0% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
79 79 7 1 2009-09-25 TBR @ TEX Derek Holland behind 0-3 t 3 0 --- 5,(1-2)  1 7 9 8% 29% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
80 80 8 1 2009-09-28 TBR BAL Mark Hendrickson tied 0-0 b 1 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 2 9 10% 62% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)

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