Nick Capra

Outfielder

Born: March 8, 1958
Denver, Colorado

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 6, 1982, for the Texas Rangers

Last MLB appearance

April 24, 1992, for the Texas Rangers

MLB statistics

Batting average

.167

Runs

Hits

Teams

Texas Rangers (1982–1983, 1985, 1991)
Kansas City Royals (1988)

Nick Lee Capra (born March 8, 1958 in Denver, Colorado) is an American professional baseball coach, and former player, manager and farm system official. On October 14, 2016, he was named the 2017 third-base coach for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.^[1]

A former outfielder, Capra appeared in 45 MLB games over portions of five seasons for the Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals, collecting nine total hits and one home run, a solo blow off Steve Baker of the Oakland Athletics on September 22, 1982.^[2] He attended Lamar Community College, Blinn College and the University of Oklahoma and was drafted by the Rangers in the third round of the 1979 amateur draft. He threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall and 165 pounds (75 kg).

Capra made his professional debut with the Rangers' Double-A Tulsa Drillers affiliate in 1979. Over the course of a 17-season minor league baseball career, he batted .294 with 1,170 hits. He played his last season with the Florida Marlins' Triple-A Charlotte Knights in 1995.

Capra joined the White Sox' system in 1996 as a minor-league manager, working at all levels of the minors for 11 seasons (1996–2005; 2008). In 2006–07 he served Chicago as roving minor league hitting coordinator. Then from 2009–11 he was the ChiSox' minor league field coordinator before becoming the club's director of player development for five seasons (2012–16). His appointment to manager Rick Renteria's staff for 2017 marks his first assignment as a big-league coach, and his 22nd season in the White Sox organization.^[1]

He resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

References

1 2 Merkin, Scott (October 14, 2016). "McEwing named bench coach amid staff changes". whitesox.com. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ Retrosheet box score: 1982-09-22

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Preceded by Chris Cron	Birmingham Barons manager 2000–2001	Succeeded by Wally Backman
Preceded by Nick Leyva	Charlotte Knights manager 2002–2004	Succeeded by Nick Leyva
Preceded by Joe McEwing	Chicago White Sox third base coach 2017	Succeeded by Incumbent

Chicago White Sox current roster

Active roster	5 Carlos Sánchez 12 Tim Anderson 15 Brett Lawrie 18 Tyler Saladino 21 Todd Frazier 22 Matt Davidson 24 Charlie Tilson 25 James Shields 26 Avisail García 28 Leury García 30 David Robertson 36 Jason Coats 38 Omar Narváez 43 Dan Jennings 48 Tommy Kahnle 51 Carson Fulmer 52 Jake Petricka 53 Melky Cabrera 54 Chris Beck 55 Carlos Rodon 57 Zach Putnam 58 Miguel González 60 Tyler Danish 61 Kevan Smith 62 José Quintana 65 Nate Jones 66 Michael Ynoa 67 Juan Minaya 79 José Abreu -- Dylan Covey -- Adam Engel -- Lucas Giolito -- Brad Goldberg -- Alfredo Gonzalez -- Derek Holland -- Rymer Liriano -- Reynaldo López -- Jacob May -- Yoan Moncada -- Giovanni Soto

Coaching staff	Manager 17 Rick Renteria First base 8 Daryl Boston Hitting 31 Todd Steverson Asst. hitting 46 Greg Sparks Bench 47 Joe McEwing Bullpen catcher 59 Mark Salas Pitching 99 Don Cooper Bullpen Curt Hasler Third base Nick Capra

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