68 Facts About Gabe Kapler

Gabriel Stefan Kapler was born on July 31,1975, and nicknamed "Kap", is an American former professional baseball outfielder, and current manager of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.

Gabe Kapler was a 57th-round draft pick by the Detroit Tigers in the 1995 MLB draft.

Gabe Kapler played in the major leagues from 1998 to 2010, for the Tigers, Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, and Tampa Bay Rays.

Gabe Kapler spent part of the 2005 season playing for the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League.

Gabe Kapler was the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2018 and 2019.

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Gabe Kapler became the manager of the San Francisco Giants in 2020, and led them to a franchise-record 107 wins and the NL West title in 2021.

Gabe Kapler was named the 2021 National League Manager of the Year.

Gabe Kapler was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, and is Jewish.

Gabe Kapler's father, Michael, was a classical pianist originally from Brooklyn, New York who wrote music and taught piano.

Gabe Kapler's mother, Judy, is an early childhood educator at a Jewish preschool who is originally from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

Gabe Kapler grew up in middle-class Reseda, Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley, where he was the smallest player on his Reseda Little League team.

Gabe Kapler attended William Howard Taft Charter High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Gabe Kapler played shortstop, second base, and third base for its baseball team, hitting.

Gabe Kapler attended Cal State-Fullerton in fall 1993 on scholarship for one semester, before transferring to Moorpark College in the fall of 1994.

Gabe Kapler was named First Team All-Western State Conference after batting.

Gabe Kapler was inducted into the Moorpark College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.

Gabe Kapler was the 57th-round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers in the 1995 Major League Baseball draft.

Gabe Kapler was signed by scout Dennis Lieberthal, father of former Phillie Mike Lieberthal, after being offered a $10,000 signing bonus.

Gabe Kapler then played for the West Oahu CaneFires in the Hawaiian Winter League, leading the league in home runs with 7.

Gabe Kapler was named a Florida State League mid-season and post-season All-Star.

Gabe Kapler then played for the Honolulu Sharks in the Hawaiian Winter League.

In 1998, with the Jacksonville Suns, Gabe Kapler won the Class AA Southern League Most Valuable Player Award.

Gabe Kapler hit a league-high 28 home runs, and led the league in hits, runs, doubles, RBIs, extra-base hits, total bases, and sacrifice flies.

Gabe Kapler played in both the Double-A and Southern League All-Star Games, and was recognized as the MVP of the Southern League All-Star Game.

Gabe Kapler was named to the Southern League's post-season All-Star team, and named a Baseball America First Team Minor League All Star.

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Gabe Kapler was honored as Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, and USA Today, and was named Tigers Minor League Player of the Year and Detroit's No 1 prospect by Baseball America.

Gabe Kapler made his Major League debut in 1998 at the age of 22.

Gabe Kapler became the first Tiger since the inception of the draft in 1969 to be selected as late as the 57th round, and reach the majors.

Gabe Kapler hit two home runs on Opening Day in the 2000 season for the Rangers, becoming the first player to homer in his first two at bats as a Ranger.

Gabe Kapler then had a team-record 28-game hitting streak later that season, which was a major league high for the season.

Gabe Kapler played a career-high 136 games in 2004, hitting 6 home runs and driving in 33 runs in 290 at bats, as he primarily played right field.

On Patriots' Day 2004, Gabe Kapler drove in two runs, including the game-winner in the bottom of the eighth inning off former Red Sox closer and Yankees setup man Tom Gordon.

In Game 4 of the 2004 World Series against the Cardinals, Gabe Kapler had been inserted as a pinch runner, but manager Terry Francona left him in the game to play right field in the ninth.

Gabe Kapler joined an exclusive club, as one of the nine players who were on the field when the Red Sox won their first title in 86 years.

Gabe Kapler was re-signed by the Red Sox in July 2005, just a few hours after clearing Japanese Central League waivers.

In September 2005, Gabe Kapler ruptured his left Achilles tendon while rounding the bases after a home run by teammate Tony Graffanino.

Gabe Kapler announced his retirement from professional baseball on December 12,2006.

Gabe Kapler served the Boston Red Sox as manager of their Single-A affiliate, the Greenville Drive, for one season in 2007.

On September 20,2007, after one season as a manager, Gabe Kapler announced that he would like to return to play Major League Baseball in 2008.

Gabe Kapler started the season as the Brewers' hottest hitter, going 11-for-26 with four home runs and 11 RBIs.

Gabe Kapler ran full-speed after Russell Martin's long fly in the seventh inning, snagging the ball to deprive Martin of a home run as he toppled head-first into the left-field seats.

On January 12,2009, Gabe Kapler signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays for $1,000,018.

Gabe Kapler was re-signed by the Rays on October 27,2009, to another one-year contract, this time for $1.

On January 18,2011, Gabe Kapler signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Gabe Kapler coached for the Israeli national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualifier in September 2012.

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From 2012 to 2013, Gabe Kapler worked closely with technology startup Egraphs, which focused on electronic personalized autographs, and which was licensed with MLB and the NBA.

Gabe Kapler appeared frequently on the network's Fox Sports Live program from the network's debut on August 17,2013, as well as MLB Whiparound from the program's inception in March 2014.

Gabe Kapler worked as a writer and analyst at Baseball Prospectus, which is devoted to the sabermetric baseball analysis.

In that position, Gabe Kapler had all the affiliates in the Dodgers farm system, as well as the major league team, switch to serving entirely organic food, and take junk food out of the clubhouse.

Gabe Kapler, known as a proponent of advanced statistics and healthy food, explained his flexible general approach, saying:.

Gabe Kapler sought direction from Dodgers' lawyers and human resources personnel and then replied quickly with a phone call, apologized, and offered to help in any way she needed.

Gabe Kapler reported the accusation of the videotaping of the assault to Dodgers personnel, who did not report it to Major League Baseball.

Gabe Kapler was one of the favorites and a finalist to become the new Dodgers manager following the departure of Don Mattingly, but lost out to Dave Roberts prior to the 2016 season.

Gabe Kapler inherited a team that had lost 96 games their prior season, the team's sixth season in a row with a losing record.

In 2020, Gabe Kapler hired three hitting coaches who were young enough to still be players, the Giants veteran hitters raved about how well prepared they were going into games with the new approach, Gabe Kapler platooned whenever he thought he could get an advantage, and the resulting turnaround with the Giants hitters was significant.

Gabe Kapler received three third-place votes for NL Manager of the Year.

Gabe Kapler began the 2021 season with a coaching staff of 13 that included nine who had never been on a major league staff before he hired them, and most of them were young enough to be playing themselves.

Gabe Kapler's players praised him for keeping open lines of communication with them throughout the season, which was especially important given that he used the team's entire roster, shattering the MLB record for pinch-hit appearances as he exploited matchups aggressively.

Gabe Kapler was named the 2021 National League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, with 28 of a possible 30 first place votes.

Gabe Kapler became the second Giants manager to win the award, joining Dusty Baker, after managing the team to a franchise-record 107 wins and into the postseason for the first time in five years, despite pre-season projections that questioned the Giants' ability even to finish above.

Gabe Kapler lived in Tarzana, California, with his wife Lisa and children, but moved to Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, after he became the manager of the Phillies, and to North Beach, San Francisco, after he became the manager of the Giants.

Gabe Kapler is an avid weightlifter; his body fat count was reported in 2000 to be at 3.

Gabe Kapler was on the cover of several fitness magazines and became renowned for being the focus of an entire K-Swiss shoe campaign before he had even reached the pros.

Gabe Kapler's father died in December 2020 from Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia.

Gabe Kapler is Jewish, and to honor his heritage, has a Star of David tattooed on his left calf, with the inscription "Strong Willed, Strong Minded" in Hebrew, and the post-Holocaust motto "Never Again" with a flame and the dates of the Holocaust on his right calf.

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Gabe Kapler has been given the nickname Hebrew Hammer due to his frequent longball hits, along with his muscularity and the fact that he is Jewish.

Gabe Kapler was the unanimous winner of the 2008 Jewish Comeback Player of the Year award.

Gabe Kapler joined Bob Melvin, Brad Ausmus, Jeff Newman, Norm Sherry, Lou Boudreau, Andy Cohen, and Lipman Pike.