James Kaprielian

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 225lb (190cm, 102kg)

Born: March 2, 1994 in Laguna Hills, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 40th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arnold O. Beckman HS (Irvine, CA) and the New York Yankees in the 1st round (16th) of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Arnold O. Beckman HS (Irvine, CA)

School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: August 16, 2020 (Age 26-167d, 22,177th in major league history)
vs. SFG 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 23, 2023 (Age 29-113d)
vs. TOR 6.0 IP, 6 H, 8 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: James Douglas Kaprielian

Pronunciation: \kuh-PRILL-ee-uhn\

Twitter: @JamesKaprielian

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

4.61

318.0

282

WHIP

1.349

Summary of 46 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 14 go ahead

1 Tm
OAK	46

Platoon
vs LHB	26
vs RHB	20

Home/Road
Away	25
Home	21

Outs
0	17
2	17
1	12

15 Opps
TEX	10
SEA	6
NYY	5
TBR	4
MIN	3
CLE	3
LAA	3
SFG	2
BOS	2
DET	2
TOR	2
NYM	1
ATL	1
SDP	1
WSN	1

40 Batters
Joey Gallo	4
Marcus Semien	2
Josh Naylor	2
Adolis García	2
Luke Voit	1
Xander Bogaerts	1
Kyle Seager	1
Harold Ramírez	1
Miguel Cabrera	1
Brandon Crawford	1
Brandon Lowe	1
Akil Baddoo	1
Royce Lewis	1
Wander Franco	1
Rafael Devers	1
Jared Walsh	1
Rougned Odor	1
Matt Chapman	1
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1
Brett Gardner	1
Julio Rodríguez	1
Ozzie Albies	1
Taylor Trammell	1
Mike Yastrzemski	1
DJ LeMahieu	1
Gary Sánchez	1
Donovan Walton	1
Fernando Tatis Jr.	1
Mitch Haniger	1
Giancarlo Stanton	1
Nathaniel Lowe	1
Francisco Lindor	1
Jose Iglesias	1
Cal Raleigh	1
José Ramírez	1
Corey Seager	1
Brad Miller	1
Jose Siri	1
Jorge Polanco	1
Taylor Ward	1

14 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	21
GlbLifeField (ARL)	5
TropicanaFld (STP)	3
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	3
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	13
7	10
78	9
89	8
8	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	11
2	10
1	8
5	6
7+	5
4	4
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	24
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
1--	7
1-3	3
123	2
12-	2
-2-	2
--3	1
-23	1

74 Runs
RISP	11
0 on	28
1 on	10
2 on	6
3 on	2
Any on	18

Inning
1	5
2	4
3	8
4	10
5	10
6	7
7	2

1-3	17
4-6	27
7-end	2

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	2
+1	8
Tied	11
-1	8
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	3

Ahead	14
Tied	11
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	8
3-2	6
1-1	6
0-1	6
1-0	4
2-2	4
3-1	3
2-0	3
0-2	2
1-2	2
2-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	8
1B	7
2B	7
DH	7
CF	6
RF	5
LF	3
3B	2
C	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2020-08-16	Brandon Crawford	SFG		OAK	behind 2-13	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) ..BSX	1	8	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	2020-09-26 (2)	Kyle Seager	SEA	@	OAK	ahead 8-2	b 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2021-05-21	Jose Iglesias	LAA		OAK	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	6	12%	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
4	4	2	2	2021-05-21	Jared Walsh	LAA		OAK	behind 1-3	b 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	13%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
5	5	3	1	2021-05-31	Donovan Walton	SEA		OAK	behind 0-1	b 4	2	1-3	5,(2-2) CCBBX	3	9	4	34%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Crawford Scores; J. Nottingham Scores
6	6	4	1	2021-06-18	DJ LeMahieu	NYY		OAK	behind 0-2	b 3	2	1--	2,(0-1) F1X	2	1	3	21%	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); B. Gardner Scores
7	7	5	2	2021-06-18	Rougned Odor	NYY		OAK	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---	6,(3-2) BCSBBX	1	6	4	14%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
8	8	6	1	2021-06-23	Adolis García	TEX		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	---	5,(2-2) BBCTX	1	3	8	12%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
9	9	7	1	2021-06-29	Joey Gallo	TEX	@	OAK	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	9	13%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
10	10	8	2	2021-06-29	Joey Gallo	TEX	@	OAK	tied 2-2	t 6	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	9	17%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	2021-07-10	Adolis García	TEX		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	10%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	10	2	2021-07-10	Joey Gallo	TEX		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	DH	9%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	11	1	2021-07-27	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP		OAK	behind 0-3	b 3	2	1--	4,(2-1) *BBFX	2	2	6	19%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Frazier Scores
14	14	12	1	2021-08-20	Mike Yastrzemski	SFG	@	OAK	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	4,(1-2) BFTX	1	9	8	11%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	13	1	2021-08-26	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	6,(3-2) .CBSBBX	1	5	DH	11%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	14	2	2021-08-26	Brett Gardner	NYY	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	7	8	10%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
17	17	15	3	2021-08-26	Joey Gallo	NYY	@	OAK	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	12-	9,(3-2) SFBFBBFFX	3	4	7	12%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Rizzo Scores; A. Judge Scores
18	18	16	1	2021-09-01	Miguel Cabrera	DET		OAK	behind 1-3	b 4	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	4	DH	20%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Grossman Scores
19	19	17	2	2021-09-01	Akil Baddoo	DET		OAK	behind 3-6	b 5	0	---	8,(3-2) BBCSBFFX	1	1	7	10%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	18	1	2021-09-23	Cal Raleigh	SEA	@	OAK	behind 1-4	t 5	0	1--	2,(1-0) 1BX	2	9	2	16%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Moore Scores
21	21	19	1	2021-09-27	Mitch Haniger	SEA		OAK	ahead 8-4	b 6	1	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	3	9	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Crawford Scores; T. France Scores
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2022-05-07	Jorge Polanco	MIN		OAK	tied 0-0	b 6	2	---	8,(2-2) CBCFFBFX	1	3	4	20%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	2	1	2022-05-17	Royce Lewis	MIN	@	OAK	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	7	6	12%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	3	2	2022-05-17	Gary Sánchez	MIN	@	OAK	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	DH	18%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	4	1	2022-05-24	Julio Rodríguez	SEA		OAK	behind 3-4	b 5	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	4	8	31%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Winker Scores
26	26	5	1	2022-05-29	Corey Seager	TEX	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	11%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
27	27	6	2	2022-05-29	Brad Miller	TEX	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	7	11%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
28	28	7	1	2022-06-03	Xander Bogaerts	BOS	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	6	14%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
29	29	8	1	2022-06-09	José Ramírez	CLE		OAK	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	DH	12%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	9	2	2022-06-09	Josh Naylor	CLE		OAK	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	4	3	14%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	10	1	2022-06-15	Rafael Devers	BOS		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	2	5	17%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Bradley Scores
32	32	11	1	2022-06-21	Taylor Trammell	SEA	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	9	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
33	33	12	1	2022-07-06	Matt Chapman	TOR	@	OAK	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	8,(3-2) FSBBBFFX	1	7	5	21%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
34	34	13	1	2022-07-12	Marcus Semien	TEX		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	2	4	13%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Smith Scores
35	35	14	1	2022-08-09	Taylor Ward	LAA	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	12-	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	4	9	17%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Ohtani Scores; L. Rengifo Scores/unER
36	36	15	1	2022-08-15	Marcus Semien	TEX		OAK	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	1	4	13%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
37	37	16	1	2022-08-31	Luke Voit	WSN		OAK	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	3	17%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Palacios Scores/unER; L. Voit Scores/unER
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	2023-04-03	Josh Naylor	CLE	@	OAK	behind 2-6	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	6%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	2	1	2023-04-09	Wander Franco	TBR		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	7,(3-2) BBFSBFX	1	2	6	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
40	40	3	2	2023-04-09	Brandon Lowe	TBR		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	1	4	23%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); I. Paredes Scores; H. Ramírez Scores; C. Bethancourt Scores
41	41	4	3	2023-04-09	Harold Ramírez	TBR		OAK	ahead 5-0	b 5	2	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	6	DH	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); I. Paredes Scores
42	42	5	1	2023-04-14	Francisco Lindor	NYM	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	3	6	15%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Nido Scores; B. Nimmo Scores; S. Marte Scores
43	43	6	1	2023-05-13	Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	3	9%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	7	1	2023-05-31	Ozzie Albies	ATL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 5	1	1--	5,(2-2) FBBFX	2	7	4	24%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); E. Rosario Scores
45	45	8	1	2023-06-12	Jose Siri	TBR	@	OAK	behind 0-4	t 6	2	-23	5,(3-1) B>B.BCX	3	6	8	19%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); L. Raley Scores; J. Lowe Scores
46	46	9	1	2023-06-23	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR		OAK	behind 1-3	b 3	2	1-3	4,(1-2) BC1CX	3	4	3	31%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Kiermaier Scores; B. Bichette Scores