Gabe Kapler
Detroit Tigers 1998–1999; Texas Rangers 2000–2001; Colorado Rockies 2002; Texas Rangers 2002; Boston Red Sox 2003; Colorado Rockies 2003; Boston Red Sox 2004–2006; Milwaukee Brewers 2008; Tampa Bay Rays 2009–2010
Percentile snapshot
2001 season — qualified batters
of 157 qualified 2001 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .231 | .280 | .511 | 27.1 | 32.1 | .229 | -0.2 |
| 1999 | 130 | 468 | 416 | 60 | 102 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 49 | 42 | 74 | 11 | 5 | .245 | .315 | .447 | .762 | 91.6 | 92.6 | .334 | 1.1 |
| 2000 | 116 | 491 | 444 | 59 | 134 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 66 | 42 | 57 | 8 | 4 | .302 | .360 | .473 | .833 | 106.4 | 106.2 | .365 | 2.0 |
| 2001 | 134 | 556 | 483 | 77 | 129 | 29 | 1 | 17 | 72 | 61 | 70 | 23 | 6 | .267 | .348 | .437 | .785 | 102.3 | 101.0 | .345 | 2.3 |
| 2002 | 112 | 342 | 315 | 37 | 88 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 53 | 11 | 4 | .279 | .313 | .375 | .688 | 71.3 | 73.1 | .307 | -0.5 |
| 2003 | 107 | 247 | 225 | 39 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 41 | 6 | 2 | .271 | .336 | .391 | .727 | 87.0 | 86.5 | .325 | 0.0 |
| 2004 | 136 | 310 | 290 | 51 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 15 | 49 | 5 | 4 | .272 | .311 | .390 | .700 | 78.0 | 78.9 | .309 | -0.4 |
| 2005 | 36 | 104 | 97 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .247 | .282 | .351 | .632 | 63.0 | 65.7 | .279 | -0.2 |
| 2006 | 72 | 147 | 130 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .254 | .340 | .354 | .694 | 82.5 | 78.3 | .318 | -0.1 |
| 2008 | 96 | 245 | 229 | 36 | 69 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 13 | 39 | 3 | 1 | .301 | .340 | .498 | .838 | 120.4 | 119.1 | .366 | 1.3 |
| 2009 | 99 | 238 | 205 | 26 | 49 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 39 | 5 | 2 | .239 | .329 | .439 | .768 | 103.3 | 103.6 | .336 | 0.5 |
| 2010 | 59 | 140 | 124 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .210 | .288 | .290 | .578 | 64.7 | 63.2 | .270 | -0.4 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-06-29 | MIA @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2000-04-03 | CWS @ TEX Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2001-09-26 | SEA @ TEX Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2003-06-28 | MIA @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2009-06-16 | TB @ COL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.