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Gabe Kapler

Gabriel Stefan Kapler

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 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
Teams (by GP): Rangers/RedSox/Rays/Tigers/Brewers/... 1998-2010
Agents: Paul Cohen [*]
Final Game: August 14, 2010   vs. BAL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 8:11PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1635. Jose Lopez… #1636. John Peters… #1637. Wally Gerber… #1638. GABE KAPLER… #1639. Bill Knickerbocker… #1640. Pete Hotaling… #1641. Adam Lind… 

Standard Batting

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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
1998 22 DET AL 7 26 25 3 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 .200 .231 .280 .511 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 /
1999 23 DET AL 130 468 416 60 102 22 4 18 49 11 5 42 74 .245 .315 .447 .762 93 186 7 2 4 4 0 *
2000 24 TEX AL 116 491 444 59 134 32 1 14 66 8 4 42 57 .302 .360 .473 .833 108 210 12 0 2 3 2 *
2001 25 TEX AL 134 556 483 77 129 29 1 17 72 23 6 61 70 .267 .348 .437 .785 102 211 10 3 2 7 2 *
2002 26 TOT MLB 112 342 315 37 88 16 4 2 34 11 4 16 53 .279 .313 .375 .688 75 118 5 1 7 3 0 798/3
2002 26 TEX AL 72 214 196 25 51 12 1 0 17 5 2 8 30 .260 .285 .332 .617 60 65 3 0 7 3 0 /3
2002 26 COL NL 40 128 119 12 37 4 3 2 17 6 2 8 23 .311 .359 .445 .805 98 53 2 1 0 0 0 /3
2003 27 TOT MLB 107 247 225 39 61 13 1 4 27 6 2 22 41 .271 .336 .391 .727 85 88 8 0 0 0 1 978/3
2003 27 COL NL 39 75 67 10 15 2 0 0 4 2 0 8 18 .224 .307 .254 .560 41 17 3 0 0 0 1 /3
2003 27 BOS AL 68 172 158 29 46 11 1 4 23 4 2 14 23 .291 .349 .449 .798 105 71 5 0 0 0 0 /3
2004 28 BOS AL 136 310 290 51 79 14 1 6 33 5 4 15 49 .272 .311 .390 .700 77 113 5 2 1 2 0 *
2005 29 BOS AL 36 104 97 15 24 7 0 1 9 1 0 3 15 .247 .282 .351 .632 65 34 1 2 1 1 0
2006 30 BOS AL 72 147 130 21 33 7 0 2 12 1 1 14 15 .254 .340 .354 .694 77 46 5 3 0 0 0
2008 32 MIL NL 96 245 229 36 69 17 2 8 38 3 1 13 39 .301 .340 .498 .838 119 114 3 1 1 1 0
2009 33 TBR AL 99 238 205 26 49 15 1 8 32 5 2 29 39 .239 .329 .439 .768 102 90 9 0 1 3 1
2010 34 TBR AL 59 140 124 19 26 4 0 2 14 1 1 11 24 .210 .288 .290 .578 63 36 3 3 1 1 0
12 Seasons 1104 3314 2983 443 799 176 16 82 386 77 30 269 480 .268 .329 .420 .749 92 1253 68 17 20 25 6
162 Game Avg. 162 486 438 65 117 26 2 12 57 11 4 39 70 .268 .329 .420 .749 92 184 10 2 3 4 1
BOS (4 yrs) 312 733 675 116 182 39 2 13 77 11 7 46 102 .270 .321 .391 .713 82 264 16 7 2 3 0
TEX (3 yrs) 322 1261 1123 161 314 73 3 31 155 36 12 111 157 .280 .342 .433 .775 97 486 25 3 11 13 4
TBR (2 yrs) 158 378 329 45 75 19 1 10 46 6 3 40 63 .228 .314 .383 .697 88 126 12 3 2 4 1
COL (2 yrs) 79 203 186 22 52 6 3 2 21 8 2 16 41 .280 .340 .376 .716 77 70 5 1 0 0 1
DET (2 yrs) 137 494 441 63 107 22 5 18 49 13 5 43 78 .243 .310 .438 .748 90 193 7 2 4 4 0
MIL (1 yr) 96 245 229 36 69 17 2 8 38 3 1 13 39 .301 .340 .498 .838 119 114 3 1 1 1 0
AL (11 yrs) 929 2866 2568 385 678 153 11 72 327 66 27 240 400 .264 .328 .416 .744 91 1069 60 15 19 24 5
NL (3 yrs) 175 448 415 58 121 23 5 10 59 11 3 29 80 .292 .340 .443 .783 100 184 8 2 1 1 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 22 DET AL 26 -3 1 0 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /
1999 23 DET AL 468 -7 -2 0 1 8 1 16 17 1.8 9 0.9 0.9 $200,000 *
2000 24 TEX AL 491 5 -1 3 1 -10 0 16 13 1.3 24 2.3 -1.0 $280,000 *
2001 25 TEX AL 556 3 2 1 1 -17 2 19 11 1.1 28 2.8 -1.7 $450,000 *
2002 26 TEX AL 214 -11 1 4 1 -1 -1 7 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $1,850,000 /3
2002 26 COL NL 128 0 1 -1 1 3 -1 4 7 0.7 4 0.4 0.3 $ /3
2003 27 COL NL 76 -5 1 0 0 3 -1 2 1 0.1 -3 -0.3 0.4 $3,425,000 /3
2003 27 BOS AL 172 1 -1 -1 0 -8 -2 6 -5 -0.5 3 0.3 -0.8 $ /3
2004 28 BOS AL 310 -11 3 -1 2 1 -4 11 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $750,000 *
2005 29 BOS AL 104 -5 0 3 1 -3 -1 4 -1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $
2006 30 BOS AL 147 -4 1 4 0 -1 -1 5 3 0.3 5 0.5 -0.2 $
2008 32 MIL NL 245 5 0 1 1 2 -1 7 15 1.5 13 1.3 0.2 $800,000
2009 33 TBR AL 238 -1 -0 -1 -2 2 -3 8 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $1,000,018
2010 34 TBR AL 140 -6 -1 -0 1 -0 -2 5 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $1,054,000
12 Seasons 3315 -39 4 12 8 -22 -14 111 59 6.0 81 8.0 -2.0 $9,809,018
BOS (4 yrs) 733 -19 3 5 3 -12 -8 26 -2 -0.2 10 1.0 -1.2 $750,000
TEX (3 yrs) 1261 -3 2 8 3 -28 1 42 24 2.4 53 5.2 -2.8 $2,580,000
TBR (2 yrs) 378 -7 -2 -1 -1 2 -5 13 -2 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $2,054,018
COL (2 yrs) 204 -5 2 -1 1 6 -2 6 8 0.8 1 0.1 0.7 $3,425,000
DET (2 yrs) 494 -10 -1 0 1 8 1 17 16 1.7 8 0.8 0.9 $200,000
MIL (1 yr) 245 5 0 1 1 2 -1 7 15 1.5 13 1.3 0.2 $800,000

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 27 BOS AL ALDS OAK W 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2003 27 BOS AL ALCS NYY L 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 1 0 0 0 0
2004 28 BOS AL ALDS ANA W 2 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 BOS AL ALCS NYY W 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 BOS AL WS STL W 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (5 Series) 15 27 27 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 .111 .111 .111 .222 3 2 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 6 14 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .071 .143 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 5 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 2 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 DET AL 22 OF 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.50 .984 2.28
1998 DET AL 22 RF 6 6 6 53.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.53 1.50 .983 2.12 2.12
1999 DET AL 23 OF 128 312 302 4 6 2 .981 8 2.39 .984 2.27
1999 DET AL 23 CF 114 106 88 916.0 273 266 3 4 1 .985 9 12 2.64 2.36 .985 2.72 2.68
1999 DET AL 23 RF 32 12 9 140.0 38 35 1 2 1 .947 -1 -5 2.31 1.13 .982 2.11 2.08
2000 TEX AL 24 OF 116 322 307 5 10 4 .969 -10 2.69 .985 2.33
2000 TEX AL 24 CF 84 82 68 701.1 232 220 4 8 3 .966 -13 -22 2.87 2.67 .986 2.75 2.72
2000 TEX AL 24 RF 40 33 30 298.1 89 86 1 2 1 .978 2 10 2.62 2.18 .983 2.17 2.14
2001 TEX AL 25 OF 133 353 344 8 1 3 .997 -17 2.65 .984 2.28
2001 TEX AL 25 CF 133 130 128 1156.1 353 344 8 1 3 .997 -17 -18 2.74 2.65 .988 2.67 2.65
2001 TEX AL 25 DH 1 1
2002 TOT MLB 26 OF 102 194 181 10 3 0 .985 2 1.87 .984 2.26
2002 TOT MLB 26 LF 46 31 25 288.0 77 73 3 1 0 .987 4 15 2.38 1.65 .982 2.08 2.05
2002 TOT MLB 26 RF 41 25 18 255.1 70 65 3 2 0 .971 1 4 2.40 1.66 .983 2.09 2.07
2002 TOT MLB 26 CF 24 16 13 156.0 46 42 4 0 0 1.000 -2 -16 2.65 1.92 .989 2.77 2.73
2002 TEX AL 26 OF 64 129 119 7 3 0 .977 -1 1.97 .985 2.32
2002 COL NL 26 OF 38 65 62 3 0 0 1.000 3 1.71 .983 2.17
2002 TEX AL 26 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.20
2002 TEX AL 26 LF 31 23 19 206.1 59 56 2 1 0 .983 3 15 2.53 1.87 .983 2.15 2.13
2002 TEX AL 26 CF 23 16 13 154.0 45 41 4 0 0 1.000 -2 -16 2.63 1.96 .989 2.77 2.74
2002 TEX AL 26 RF 18 9 3 83.1 24 21 1 2 0 .917 -2 -22 2.38 1.22 .982 2.12 2.09
2002 COL NL 26 RF 23 16 15 172.0 46 44 2 0 0 1.000 2 16 2.41 2.00 .983 2.07 2.05
2002 COL NL 26 LF 15 8 6 81.2 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 1 13 1.98 1.20 .977 1.92 1.90
2002 COL NL 26 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .990 2.70 2.60
2003 TOT MLB 27 OF 90 121 106 8 7 2 .942 -5 4 1.27 .985 2.27
2003 TOT MLB 27 RF 43 32 25 302.0 65 57 4 4 1 .938 1 2 3 7 1.82 1.42 .981 2.10 2.08
2003 TOT MLB 27 LF 40 12 8 150.0 30 27 2 1 1 .967 -3 2 -22 16 1.74 0.73 .984 2.10 2.05
2003 TOT MLB 27 CF 10 9 8 78.2 26 22 2 2 0 .923 -3 0 -41 0 2.75 2.40 .990 2.72 2.70
2003 BOS AL 27 OF 61 88 77 5 6 1 .932 -8 -1 1.34 .985 2.33
2003 COL NL 27 OF 29 33 29 3 1 1 .970 3 5 1.10 .984 2.15
2003 BOS AL 27 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 .993 9.50
2003 COL NL 27 LF 15 3 2 40.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 -0 2 -12 60 1.58 0.47 .979 1.91 1.89
2003 COL NL 27 RF 13 7 6 76.0 20 17 2 1 0 .950 3 2 51 32 2.25 1.46 .982 2.08 2.07
2003 COL NL 27 CF 2 2 1 16.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 38 75 3.38 3.00 .988 2.48 2.50
2003 BOS AL 27 RF 30 25 19 226.0 45 40 2 3 1 .933 -2 0 -13 0 1.67 1.40 .980 2.11 2.09
2003 BOS AL 27 LF 25 9 6 110.0 23 21 1 1 0 .957 -2 0 -26 0 1.80 0.88 .985 2.17 2.14
2003 BOS AL 27 CF 8 7 7 62.2 20 16 2 2 0 .900 -3 -1 -61 -19 2.59 2.25 .990 2.79 2.75
2004 BOS AL 28 OF 127 180 170 6 4 0 .978 1 2 1.39 .985 2.28
2004 BOS AL 28 RF 101 59 51 590.2 140 133 5 2 0 .986 1 4 2 8 2.10 1.37 .983 2.22 2.21
2004 BOS AL 28 LF 18 5 5 64.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 32 19 1.82 0.72 .983 2.04 2.03
2004 BOS AL 28 CF 17 9 4 92.0 27 24 1 2 0 .926 -2 -3 -23 -39 2.45 1.47 .988 2.64 2.62
2005 BOS AL 29 OF 36 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 -3 5 1.81 .986 2.28
2005 BOS AL 29 RF 22 16 10 144.2 45 45 0 0 0 1.000 -3 6 -26 50 2.80 2.05 .982 2.12 2.10
2005 BOS AL 29 CF 12 9 6 80.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 6 -15 2.14 1.58 .989 2.69 2.66
2005 BOS AL 29 LF 8 0 0 15.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -16 0 0.60 0.13 .990 2.10 2.08
2006 BOS AL 30 OF 68 87 83 4 0 1 1.000 -1 2 1.28 .986 2.27
2006 BOS AL 30 RF 37 17 14 177.2 50 48 2 0 1 1.000 2 5 14 34 2.53 1.35 .984 2.20 2.17
2006 BOS AL 30 LF 21 4 4 63.0 20 18 2 0 0 1.000 1 1 23 19 2.86 0.95 .986 2.06 2.03
2006 BOS AL 30 CF 14 11 8 95.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -4 -57 -51 1.61 1.21 .989 2.65 2.61
2008 MIL NL 32 OF 66 103 101 1 1 0 .990 2 6 1.55 .985 2.20
2008 MIL NL 32 CF 36 25 24 251.0 71 70 0 1 0 .986 2 4 10 19 2.51 1.94 .990 2.61 2.59
2008 MIL NL 32 LF 17 12 11 118.1 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 1 3 6 30 1.75 1.35 .983 1.90 1.89
2008 MIL NL 32 RF 14 6 5 66.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -15 -18 1.23 0.64 .982 2.11 2.11
2009 TBR AL 33 OF 88 150 143 5 2 0 .987 2 4 1.68 .987 2.30
2009 TBR AL 33 RF 66 53 16 414.1 114 108 4 2 0 .982 4 6 12 17 2.43 1.70 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 TBR AL 33 LF 14 7 4 73.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -3 0 -47 0 0.98 0.57 .988 2.13 2.09
2009 TBR AL 33 CF 12 6 5 68.0 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 1 -2 14 -35 3.71 2.33 .992 2.73 2.70
2010 TBR AL 34 OF 50 59 58 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.18 .986 2.28
2010 TBR AL 34 RF 39 29 9 231.1 46 46 0 0 0 1.000 2 -1 9 -5 1.79 1.18 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 TBR AL 34 LF 12 7 5 72.1 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -1 -48 -17 1.62 1.08 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 TBR AL 34 DH 5 0
2010 TBR AL 34 CF 2 1 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -1 -24 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
12 Seasons OF 1010 1955 1869 52 34 12 .983 -22 20 7 1.90 .985 2.28
11 Seasons CF 458 404 352 3604.1 1092 1051 23 18 7 .984 -29 -7 -10 -12 2.68 2.34 .987 2.70 2.67
11 Seasons RF 441 288 193 2673.1 675 641 20 14 4 .979 8 21 3 13 2.23 1.50 .983 2.15 2.13
8 Seasons LF 176 78 62 844.2 185 174 9 2 1 .989 -2 6 -3 12 1.95 1.04 .983 2.06 2.03
2 Seasons 1B 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 .992 9.35
12 Seasons TOT 1012 1959 1873 52 34 12 .983 -22 40 1.90 .985 2.29
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2000 AL  10 (1st)
2003 AL  6 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)s c a p y
2000 AL  2.87 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2000 AL  2.67 (3rd)
2001 AL  2.65 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2001 AL  .997 (3rd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 AL  .986 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OFs c a p y
2000 AL  2.81 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2000 AL  2.69 (2nd)
2001 AL  2.65 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2001 AL  .997 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1653), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199923Detroit Tigers$200,0004/6/99 USA Today
200024Texas Rangers$280,0004/5/00 AP
200125Texas Rangers$450,0004/6/01 USA Today
200226Texas Rangers$1,850,0004/3/02 AP
200327Colorado Rockies$3,425,0004/3/03 AP
200428Boston Red Sox$750,0004/7/04 AP
200832Milwaukee Brewers$800,000
200933Tampa Bay Rays$1,000,018
201034Tampa Bay Rays$1,054,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,809,018
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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