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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Gabe Kapler 2026 Season · TB

Gabe Kapler played in the majors from 1998 to 2010. His career NUT is -1.5, #5,000 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2000 (+0.7). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .268/.329/.420, 82 HR, 799 H in 1104 games.

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Gabe Kapler Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Gabe Kapler

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CF · TB

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-1.5Career NUT

+1.5 to Average

Career

.268AVG82HR386RBI799H443R77SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 2", 190 lb · b. Jul 31, 1975 · Hollywood, CA · Draft 1995 (57th Rd, #1487)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1998	22	DET	—	7	26	25	3	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	.200	.231	.280	.080	.511	.238
1999	23	DET	-0.5	130	468	416	60	102	22	4	18	49	42	2	0	74	11	5	4	4	7	.245	.315	.447	.202	.762	.256
2000	24	TEX	+0.7	116	491	444	59	134	32	1	14	66	42	0	2	57	8	4	3	2	12	.302	.360	.473	.171	.833	.319
2001	25	TEX	+0.5	134	556	483	77	129	29	1	17	72	61	3	2	70	23	6	7	2	10	.267	.348	.437	.170	.785	.278
2002	26	TEX	-1.1	72	214	196	25	51	12	1	0	17	8	0	0	30	5	2	3	7	3	.260	.285	.332	.072	.617	.302
2002	26	COL	+0.3	40	128	119	12	37	4	3	2	17	8	1	0	23	6	2	0	0	2	.311	.359	.445	.134	.804	.372
2002	26	TOT	-0.8	112	342	315	37	88	16	4	2	34	16	1	0	53	11	4	3	7	5	.279	.313	.375	.096	.688	.327
2003	27	COL	—	39	75	67	10	15	2	0	0	4	8	0	1	18	2	0	0	0	3	.224	.307	.254	.030	.561	.306
2003	27	BOS	+0.3	68	172	158	29	46	11	1	4	23	14	0	0	23	4	2	0	0	5	.291	.349	.449	.158	.798	.321
2003	27	TOT	-0.1	107	247	225	39	61	13	1	4	27	22	0	1	41	6	2	0	0	8	.271	.336	.391	.120	.727	.317
2004	28	BOS	-0.6	136	310	290	51	79	14	1	6	33	15	2	0	49	5	4	2	1	5	.272	.311	.390	.118	.701	.308
2005	29	BOS	-0.4	36	104	97	15	24	7	0	1	9	3	2	0	15	1	0	1	1	1	.247	.282	.351	.104	.633	.280
2006	30	BOS	-0.2	72	147	130	21	33	7	0	2	12	14	3	0	15	1	1	0	0	5	.254	.340	.354	.100	.694	.274
2008	32	MIL	+0.7	96	245	229	36	69	17	2	8	38	13	1	0	39	3	1	1	1	3	.301	.340	.498	.197	.838	.333
2009	33	TB	+0.1	99	238	205	26	49	15	1	8	32	29	0	1	39	5	2	3	1	9	.239	.329	.439	.200	.768	.255
2010	34	TB	-0.7	59	140	124	19	26	4	0	2	14	11	3	0	24	1	1	1	1	3	.210	.288	.290	.080	.578	.242
Career	—	12 yrs	-1.5	1104	3314	2983	443	799	176	16	82	386	269	17	6	480	77	30	25	20	68	.268	.329	.420	.152	.749	.293

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Kapler's career NUT of -1.5

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

0.7

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NUT by Season

-0.5

+0.7

+0.5

-0.8

-0.1

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

+0.7

+0.1

-0.7

Awards

1998SOU Most Valuable Player · SOU Post-Season All-Star

1999Tigers Rookie of the Year

2000AL Player of the Week · Rangers Harold McKinney Good Guy Award

2004World Series Championship

2006Bosox Club Man of the Year Award

2008Play of the Year - MLB.com Awards

2021NL Manager of the Year

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
1996	20	A	138	601	524	81	157	45	0	26	99	62	7	6	73	14	4	5	3	6	.300	.378	.534	.234	.912	.305
1997	21	A+	137	588	519	87	153	40	6	19	87	54	5	4	68	8	6	10	0	8	.295	.361	.505	.210	.866	.303
1998	22	AA	139	629	547	113	176	47	6	28	146	66	5	5	93	6	4	11	0	6	.322	.393	.583	.261	.976	.339
1999	23	AAA	14	65	54	11	17	6	2	3	14	9	0	1	10	0	1	2	0	0	.315	.400	.667	.352	1.067	.326
2000	24	AA	3	13	12	3	7	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.583	.615	.833	.250	1.448	.667
2000	24	AAA	3	12	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.000	.833	.429
2001	25	AA	5	21	15	2	5	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.524	.400	.067	.924	.357
2002	26	AAA	5	20	17	6	8	2	0	1	5	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.471	.550	.765	.294	1.315	.500
2003	27	AA	1	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	.334	1.000	.500
2003	27	AAA	13	45	35	5	6	2	1	0	2	8	1	0	10	4	0	1	0	0	.171	.333	.286	.115	.619	.231
2005	29	AAA	6	22	22	7	14	3	1	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.636	.636	1.136	.500	1.772	.706
2006	30	AA	3	11	10	2	4	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.455	.900	.500	1.355	.500
2006	30	AAA	4	16	15	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.267	.067	.517	.273
2010	34	A+	4	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.077	.000	.220	.100

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