Buzz Capra

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 168lb (178cm, 76kg)

Born: October 1, 1947 in Chicago, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 27th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Illinois State University (Normal, IL).

High School: Lane Tech College Prep HS (Chicago, IL)

School: Illinois State University (Normal, IL)

Debut: September 15, 1971 (Age 23-349d, 13,195th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4.0 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1977 (Age 29-360d)
vs. HOU 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: Lee William Capra

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.0

ERA

3.87

142

544.1

362

WHIP

1.354

Summary of 60 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 19 go ahead

2 Tms
ATL	49
NYM	11

Platoon
vs RHB	37
vs LHB	23

Home/Road
Home	31
Away	29

Outs
0	21
2	21
1	18

11 Opps
LAD	12
CHC	9
STL	8
MON	6
SFG	5
PIT	5
PHI	5
HOU	4
CIN	3
SDP	2
NYM	1

49 Batters
Ron Cey	4
George Foster	3
Willie Crawford	2
Garry Templeton	2
Mike Schmidt	2
Chris Speier	2
Ken Reitz	2
José Cardenal	2
Greg Luzinski	1
Gary Thomasson	1
Rick Monday	1
Steve Swisher	1
Billy Williams	1
Andre Dawson	1
Jim Wynn	1
Bob Watson	1
Willie McCovey	1
Ray Burris	1
George Mitterwald	1
Ellis Valentine	1
Ron Fairly	1
Dave Rader	1
Dusty Baker	1
Manny Sanguillén	1
Steve Garvey	1
Richie Hebner	1
Nate Colbert	1
Ron Woods	1
Omar Moreno	1
José Cruz	1
Lou Brock	1
Bill Madlock	1
Ed Ott	1
Gene Hiser	1
Milt May	1
Steve Yeager	1
Ted Simmons	1
Del Unser	1
Bill Russell	1
Steve Henderson	1
Art Howe	1
Wes Parker	1
Johnny Jeter	1
Boots Day	1
Jerry Mumphrey	1
Larry Bowa	1
Tony Pérez	1
Rob Sperring	1
Larry Christenson	1

12 Parks
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	29
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	7
Dodger Stad (LOS)	5
VeteransStad (PHI)	4
Busch Stad (STL)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	12
8	6
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	34
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	17
--3	3
-2-	3
12-	2
123	1
1-3	1

92 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	33
1 on	23
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	27

Inning
1	5
2	7
3	10
4	8
5	12
6	5
7	5
8	4
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	22
4-6	25
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	3
+2	9
+1	6
Tied	18
-1	7
-2	1
-3	3
-4..	5

Ahead	26
Tied	18
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	11
LF	10
RF	9
C	8
1B	6
SS	6
CF	5
PH	2
P	2
2B	1

OrderPos
4th	11
5th	9
7th	8
6th	8
2nd	7
3rd	5
1st	4
9th	4
8th	4

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1972-04-25	Nate Colbert	SDP		NYM	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	12%	67%		Home Run (LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	1972-04-30	Bill Russell	LAD		NYM	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	1-3	3	8	6	10%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Garvey Scores; D. Sims Scores
3	3	3	1	1972-05-07	Johnny Jeter	SDP	@	NYM	ahead 4-0	t 6	1	1--	2	7	8	4%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Kendall Scores
4	4	4	1	1972-05-24	José Cardenal	CHC		NYM	tied 0-0	b 3	0	1--	2	1	9	18%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Hooton Scores
5	5	5	2	1972-05-24	José Cardenal	CHC		NYM	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	1--	2	1	9	11%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Rudolph Scores
6	6	6	3	1972-05-24	Billy Williams	CHC		NYM	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	---	1	3	7	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep CF)
7	7	7	1	1972-07-07	Wes Parker	LAD	@	NYM	ahead 5-1	t 7	2	---	1	6	3	2%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1973-06-29	Gene Hiser	CHC		NYM	behind 2-3	b 9	2	---	1	6	7	49%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	2	1	1973-07-02	Boots Day	MON		NYM	tied 1-1	b 10	1	---	1	9	PH	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
10	10	3	1	1973-07-04	Ron Woods	MON		NYM	behind 4-5	b 8	2	12-	3	9	PH	66%	93%		Home Run; B. Bailey Scores/unER; T. Foli Scores/Team unER; R. Woods Scores/Team unER
11	11	4	1	1973-09-17	Milt May	PIT		NYM	ahead 9-3	b 7	1	---	1	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1974-04-24	Manny Sanguillén	PIT	@	ATL	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	1--	2	7	2	15%	93%		Home Run; G. Clines Scores
13	13	2	1	1974-04-30	Lou Brock	STL		ATL	ahead 5-2	b 8	2	1--	2	1	7	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Hrabosky Scores
14	14	3	1	1974-05-19	Willie Crawford	LAD		ATL	behind 0-3	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	9%	29%		Home Run (Deep CF)
15	15	4	1	1974-06-24	Ron Cey	LAD		ATL	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	1--	2	6	5	14%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Crawford Scores
16	16	5	1	1974-07-07	Bill Madlock	CHC		ATL	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	1	5	5	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	6	2	1974-07-07	Rick Monday	CHC		ATL	tied 2-2	b 7	1	1--	2	2	8	30%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Kessinger Scores
18	18	7	1	1974-07-21	Richie Hebner	PIT	@	ATL	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	1	2	5	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	8	1	1974-07-28	Jim Wynn	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	8	11%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	9	1	1974-08-03	Chris Speier	SFG		ATL	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	1	6	6	14%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	10	2	1974-08-03	Dave Rader	SFG		ATL	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	11%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	11	1	1974-08-17	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	5	17%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Bowa Scores
23	23	12	1	1974-08-21	Ken Reitz	STL	@	ATL	behind 0-5	t 7	1	---	1	7	5	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	13	1	1974-09-09	Steve Garvey	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	2	4	3	15%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Wynn Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1975-04-16	Bob Watson	HOU	@	ATL	behind 0-5	t 9	1	1--	2	5	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Milbourne Scores/unER
26	26	2	1	1975-04-21	Ron Cey	LAD	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	5	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	3	1	1975-04-29	Willie Crawford	LAD		ATL	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	1--	2	5	9	11%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Garvey Scores
28	28	4	1	1975-05-06	Chris Speier	SFG	@	ATL	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	6	9%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	5	1	1975-05-16	Mike Schmidt	PHI		ATL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	-2-	2	6	5	17%	74%		Home Run; G. Luzinski Scores
30	30	6	2	1975-05-16	Larry Christenson	PHI		ATL	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	--3	2	9	1	12%	87%		Home Run; B. Boone Scores
31	31	7	3	1975-05-16	Larry Bowa	PHI		ATL	ahead 4-0	b 2	2	1--	2	2	6	7%	95%		Home Run; D. Cash Scores
32	32	8	1	1975-06-03	Ron Fairly	STL		ATL	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	1	5	3	23%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1977-04-12	Steve Yeager	LAD		ATL	ahead 9-5	b 5	1	12-	3	8	2	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Monday Scores; D. Baker Scores
34	34	2	1	1977-04-30	Ted Simmons	STL		ATL	behind 1-4	b 6	0	---	1	5	2	10%	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	3	1	1977-05-02	Ed Ott	PIT	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	2	9%	57%		Home Run (Deep CF)
36	36	4	2	1977-05-02	Omar Moreno	PIT	@	ATL	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1	1	8	11%	74%		Home Run (Deep CF)
37	37	5	1	1977-05-06	George Mitterwald	CHC		ATL	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	--3	2	8	2	8%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Ontiveros Scores
38	38	6	1	1977-05-14	Garry Templeton	STL	@	ATL	behind 1-2	t 3	0	---	1	2	6	11%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	7	2	1977-05-14	Jerry Mumphrey	STL	@	ATL	behind 3-4	t 5	2	---	1	6	9	14%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	8	3	1977-05-14	Ken Reitz	STL	@	ATL	tied 4-4	t 5	2	---	1	7	5	14%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	9	1	1977-05-18	Andre Dawson	MON	@	ATL	behind 5-9	t 8	0	---	1	3	8	4%	8%		Home Run
42	42	10	1	1977-05-20	Steve Swisher	CHC	@	ATL	ahead 5-0	t 3	0	-2-	2	7	2	4%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); M. Trillo Scores
43	43	11	2	1977-05-20	Ray Burris	CHC	@	ATL	ahead 7-0	t 3	1	---	1	9	1	2%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
44	44	12	1	1977-07-05	George Foster	CIN	@	ATL	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---	1	4	7	6%	89%		Home Run (LF-CF)
45	45	13	1	1977-07-13	George Foster	CIN		ATL	behind 0-3	b 6	2	1--	2	5	7	20%	32%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Morgan Scores
46	46	14	1	1977-07-17	Gary Thomasson	SFG	@	ATL	behind 0-5	t 5	2	---	1	4	9	3%	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	15	2	1977-07-17	Willie McCovey	SFG	@	ATL	behind 1-5	t 5	2	---	1	5	3	5%	13%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	16	1	1977-08-01	Garry Templeton	STL	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-2-	2	2	6	12%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Brock Scores
49	49	17	1	1977-08-05	Ellis Valentine	MON	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 3	2	--3	2	3	9	19%	67%		Home Run; D. Cash Scores
50	50	18	1	1977-08-15	Rob Sperring	HOU	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	4	14%	68%		Home Run; T. Puhl Scores
51	51	19	2	1977-08-15	Art Howe	HOU	@	ATL	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	123	4	7	5	15%	90%		Home Run; B. Watson Scores; J. Cruz Scores; J. Ferguson Scores
52	52	20	1	1977-08-20	Tony Pérez	MON		ATL	tied 1-1	b 3	2	1--	2	4	3	22%	75%		Home Run; W. Cromartie Scores
53	53	21	2	1977-08-20	Del Unser	MON		ATL	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	---	1	6	9	7%	87%		Home Run
54	54	22	1	1977-08-29	Greg Luzinski	PHI		ATL	tied 0-0	b 3	0	1--	2	4	7	17%	77%		Home Run; M. Schmidt Scores
55	55	23	1	1977-09-02 (2)	Steve Henderson	NYM		ATL	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	4	7	14%	38%		Home Run
56	56	24	1	1977-09-07	Ron Cey	LAD	@	ATL	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1	4	5	12%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	25	2	1977-09-07	Dusty Baker	LAD	@	ATL	tied 2-2	t 4	2	---	1	7	7	12%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	26	3	1977-09-07	Ron Cey	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 3-2	t 5	2	1--	2	4	5	20%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smith Scores
59	59	27	1	1977-09-23	George Foster	CIN	@	ATL	ahead 4-1	t 9	2	---	1	4	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	28	1	1977-09-26	José Cruz	HOU	@	ATL	behind 9-10	t 6	2	---	1	4	9	16%	44%		Home Run