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Gabe Kapler Teams Played: How many teams did Gabe Kapler play for? What baseball team did Gabe Kapler play for?

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Gabriel Stefan Kapler is an American former professional baseball outfielder and current Major League Baseball manager for the San Francisco Giants (MLB).

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The Detroit Tigers selected Kapler in the 57th round (1,487th overall) of the 1995 Mlb Draft. After being offered a $10,000 signing bonus, he was signed by scout Dennis Lieberthal, father of former Phillie Mike Lieberthal.

LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 03: San Francisco Giants Gabe Kapler looks on during an MLB game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 3, 2022, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Gabe was an All-Star in the minor leagues in 1996, 1997, and 1998, and was named Minor League Player of the Year by national newspapers in 1998.

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From 1998 to 2010, he played in the major leagues for the Tigers, Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, and Tampa Bay Rays except for the 2007 season, when he managed the Greenville Drive of the South Atlantic League, the Red Sox’s Single-A club.

Kapler also played for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League for a portion of the 2005 season.

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