Buzz Capra

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Full Name: Lee William Capra	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/168	First Game: September 15, 1971
Birthdate: October 1, 1947	Final Game: September 26, 1977
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on October 1, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, Buzz Capra (Lee William Capra) played for the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 7 year career. Capra broke into the bigs on September 15, 1971 with the New York Mets, and put up a 4.58 ERA in 53 innings pitched in 1972, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Buzz Capra's best season was 1974, when he posted a 2.28 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 137 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1971	NY	N	3	0	0	1	8.44	6	6	5	0	0	0	5.1	3	0	5	1	0	0
1972	NY	N	14	6	3	2	4.58	45	27	27	0	0	0	53	50	7	27	1	1	0
1973	NY	N	24	0	2	7	3.86	35	18	18	0	0	4	42	35	4	28	9	3	2
1974	ATL	N	39	27	16	8	2.28	137	67	55	11	5	1	217	163	13	84	6	7	3
1975	ATL	N	12	12	4	7	4.25	35	41	37	5	0	0	78.1	77	8	28	1	0	1
1976	ATL	N	5	0	0	1	8.68	4	9	9	0	0	0	9.1	9	0	6	2	0	0
1977	ATL	N	45	16	6	11	5.36	100	88	83	0	0	0	139.1	142	28	80	12	7	4
Total			142	61	31	37	3.87	362	256	234	16	5	5	544.1	479	60	258	32	18	10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1971	NY	N	P	3	0	5.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1972	NY	N	P	14	6	53	5	10	0	2	0	0	2	7	0	1.000
1973	NY	N	P	24	0	42	1	7	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
1974	ATL	N	P	39	27	217	13	19	3	2	0	1	13	7	1	.914
1975	ATL	N	P	12	12	78.1	6	13	0	1	0	0	10	1	1	1.000
1976	ATL	N	P	5	0	9.1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1977	ATL	N	P	45	16	139.1	6	18	1	1	0	2	23	9	1	.960
Total			P	142	61	544.1	31	71	4	6	0	3	54	25	3	.962

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1971	NY	N	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	NY	N	14	12	1	3	0	1	.250	.400	.250	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
1973	NY	N	24	2	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1974	ATL	N	39	67	4	11	0	1	.164	.253	.164	0	0	8	23	0	7	0	0	0
1975	ATL	N	12	23	2	1	0	1	.043	.080	.043	0	0	1	5	0	5	0	0	0
1976	ATL	N	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	ATL	N	45	36	1	4	0	2	.111	.179	.111	0	0	3	9	0	3	0	0	0
Total			142	141	9	19	0	5	.135	.226	.135	0	0	17	40	0	16	0	0	1

[edit] Transactions

Selected by New York Mets in the 27th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
Sold by New York Mets to Atlanta Braves (March 26, 1974).
Released by Atlanta Braves (March 30, 1978).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (1979).
Released by Atlanta Braves (April 3, 1979).

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