Nick Capra
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| Nick Capra | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Capra (left) with the White Sox in 2017 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: March 8, 1958 Denver, Colorado, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 6, 1982, for the Texas Rangers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| April 24, 1991, for the Texas Rangers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .167 |
| Home runs | 1 |
| Runs batted in | 1 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| As player
As coach | |
Nick Lee Capra (born March 8, 1958) is an American professional baseball coach and former player. He appeared in 45 Major League Baseball games over five seasons of a long professional career. He began coaching in 1996 and was the Chicago White Sox third base coach from 2017 to 2020.
Capra attended Lamar Community College, Blinn College, and the University of Oklahoma. The Texas Rangers drafted him in the third round of the 1979 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. An outfielder, Capra made his professional debut with the Rangers' Double-A Tulsa Drillers affiliate in 1979.
He appeared in 45 MLB games over portions of five seasons, starting in 1982 for the Rangers. On September 22 of that season, he hit his only major league home run, a solo shot off Steve Baker of the Oakland Athletics.[1][2][3] He also played for Texas in parts of the 1983 and 1985 season before playing for the Kansas City Royals in 1988 then returning to the majors for a final time with the Rangers in 1991.[1]
In 1995, his final season as a player, he began the year as a replacement player with the Florida Marlins during the ongoing strike.[4][5] When the strike ended, he joined the Charlotte Knights and was chosen to play in the Triple-A All-Star Game.[6]
Over the course of a 17-season minor league career, he batted .294 with 85 home runs and 483 stolen bases.[1]