Gabe Kapler, an American Baseball player, born as Gabriel Stefan Kapler is a well-known personality in the sports industry for winning the world championship in the year 2004 as the member of the team Red Sox. Find out more about Gabe Kepler’s salary, net worth, wife, children, career, and stat in this article.
Who is Gabe Kapler? Wiki, Bio
Dave Kapler, born in Los Angeles, CA on 31st July 1975, is a well-known American baseball player in the sports industry. He made a name for himself after winning the World Series in the year 2004 alongside teammate David Ortiz. In his 12 years long career, he played as an MLB outfielder for six different teams.
What are Gabe Kapler’s Salary and Net Worth?
Having a glorious baseball career for 12 long years, Kapler has everybody curious about his net worth and salary. Gabe Kapler’s net worth is estimated to be about $30 million as of July 2019. He made the list of most famous baseball players and wealthiest celebrities.
According to USA Today, Kapler signed an annual contract worth $1.1 million in the year 2010. Similarly, he made $200k in the year 1999, $300k in the year 2000, $500k in the year 2001, $1.9 million in the year 2002, $3 million in the year 2003, $800k in the year 2004, $1 million in the year 2008 and $1.1 million in the year 2010.
It was reported that the annual median payment of a player in the MBL is $3 million. A successful MBL player can bag up to $25 million per year whereas a less successful MBL player can bag up to $1 million annually.
He played in the MLB as a player for 12 years from 1998 through 2010.
Kapler has played for multiple well-known teams such as Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, Tigers, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, and Colorado Rockies. He briefly retired in the year 2007 when he spent his time managing the Greenville Drive, the Single-A affiliate of Red Sox in the South Atlantic. He also played for the Yomiuri Giants for the 2005 season in Nippon Professional Basketball’s Central League.
After that, he retired as a player and started his coaching career. He coached the Israeli national team in the year 2013 and served for the Dodgers as the Director of Player Development from 2014 through 2017. As a result, he must have made a considerable amount of wealth from all his endeavours.
Is Gabe Kapler Married? Meet His Wife and Children
Gabe Kapler married his ex-wife, Lisa Jansen, for 15 years and nine months from 1999 to 2013. Lisa was Gabe’s high school sweetheart. They met in the senior year of high school and fell in love. The pair tied the knots in the year 1999. In 2013, the duo decided to separate and filed for divorce.
He lived in Tarzana, California with his family before working with the Phillies. After getting appointed as the manager of the Phillies, he moved to Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. Kapler and his ex-wife co-founded Gabe Kapler Foundation, an organisation dedicated to helping women get out of abusive relationships and educating the people about domestic violence.
Kapler and Lisa have two children together. They welcomed their first son, Chase Ty., on October 8, 1999, and gave birth to their second son, Dane Rio, on November 3, 2001. The former couple shares joint custody of their children.
Gabe Kapler Stats, Phillies
Standing at the height of 188 cm, Gabe Kapler weighs around 86 kgs. Gabe uses his right side to bat as well as to throw. The Detroit Tigers drafted Gabe in the 57th round for the MBL in the year 1995. Kapler played his last game on August 14, 2010.
Philadelphia Phillies hired Gabe Kapler as their new manager on 30th October 2017. He is the 54th manager in team history. It was reported that the general manager of the Phillies, Matt Klentak and the principal owner, John Middleton, were extremely impressed by Gabe. Besides, they liked Kapler’s progressive thinking, people skills, his evident ability to connect to different people individually in a group, and his level of preparation.
Gabe helped to improve the win-loss record of the team in his first season by 14 games to 80-82. He has been able to maintain the second-most wins after 100 games in the history of Phillies managers.
