Gabriel Stefan Kapler
Manager
Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6'2" Weight: 205
Opening Day Age: 42
Born: July 31, 1975, Hollywood, CA
Teams - As Player: Detroit Tigers 1998-1999; Texas Rangers 2000-2002; Colorado Rockies 2003; Boston Red Sox 2003-2004, 2005-2006; Milwaukee Brewers 2008; Tampa Bay Rays 2009-2010
Teams - As Manager: Phillies 2018
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First Phillies Card: 2018 Phillies Team Issue #22
First Phillies Team Issued Card: 2018 Phillies Team Issue #22
Newest Card: 2018 Phillies Team Issue 2 #22
2018 Phillies Team Issue #22 |
I was disappointed when Pete Mackanin was let go and I was hoping Dusty Wathan would be the team's new manager going into the 2018 season. Wathan knows the younger players, having managed in the Phillies minor league system (and won) since 2008. Kapler is an interesting choice, and watching his press conference on Thursday afternoon he didn't do a whole lot to convince me that he's the right person for the job. To be fair, I remember feeling the same way prior to the 2005 season when Charlie Manuel was introduced by then GM Ed Wade as the team's next manager.
We shall see . . .
From a baseball card perspective, Kapler first started appearing on mainstream baseball cards in 1998 with the Tigers. Oddly enough, and I'm sure others have noticed this before I did, he appeared on two different multi-player Prospects cards within the 1999 Topps flagship set. His final card as an active player shows up in the 2010 Topps Update set.
2017 Chachi #65
2018 Chachi #26
2018 Chachi Friendly Encounters #8
Card statistics through 6/2/18.
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