Conner Capel #21

Played high school baseball at Seven Lakes High School in Katy, Texas, where he batted .456 with 27 doubles and 23 stolen bases as a senior...Signed his college letter of intent to play at the University of Texas...Originally selected by the Cleveland Indians in the fifth round of the 2016 MLB Draft...His father, Mike Capel, was a right-handed pitcher, and pitched in a combined 49 games in the Major Leagues for the Cubs (1988), Brewers (1990) and Astros (1991). posting a 3-4 record with a 4.62 ERA and three saves in his career...Resides in Katy, Texas.

2022

Spent most of the season at Triple-A Memphis in the St. Louis organization but made his Major League debut with the Cardinals in June and also played in 13 games for the A’s following a Sept. 9 waiver claim…hit .176 in nine games with St. Louis and .371 with Oakland…batted a combined .308 with three home runs, 11 RBI and an .875 OPS in 22 games overall...Made all 17 of his starts in games in which the opponent started a right-handed pitcher and hit .300 (15-for-50) with a .847 OPS against righties…was 1-for-2 (.500) with two walks against left-handers...Had a .333 batting average with runners in scoring position…however, batted .343 with the bases empty, .235 with runners on...Hit .458 with two of his three home runs and eight of his 11 RBI in eight games in the Coliseum, .179 in 14 games in all other ballparks...Was 8-for-16 (.500) with two of his three home runs and eight of his 11 RBI in six day games… hit .222 in 17 contests at night...Batted .243 over innings 1-6, .467 from the seventh inning on...Went 6-for-12 (.500) with two home runs and seven RBI in three interleague games and had all three of his home runs and nine of his 11 RBI against National League teams...Started 15 games in right field, one in left field and one at designated hitter…did not commit an error in 48 chances and did not have an assist...Was 1-for-2 as a pinch hitter...Started six games in the six spot, five in the seven spot, four in the eight spot and two batting fifth...Batted .258 in 87 games with Memphis and .321 in seven contests with Triple-A Las Vegas…combined for a career-high .263 batting average and also had three home runs, ten RBI and a .786 OPS in 94 Minor Meague games overall...Added 53 walks and was hit by a pitch three times for a career-high .364 on-base percentage...Stole a career-high 21 bases and has reached double figures in steals in five of his six Minor Meague seasons...Hit .286 (70-for-245) with an .841 OPS against right-handed pitchers, .213 (23-for-108) with a .659 OPS against left-handers...Batted .318 with runners in scoring position. • Connected for seven of his 10 home runs on the road and seven in the sixth inning or later...Started 52 games in right field, 24 in left field, nine in center field and eight at designated hitter…committed four errors in 86 games overall in the outfield for a .976 fielding percentage…had eight assists, which tied for 10th among Triple-A outfielders...Batted .367 with four home runs and 18 RBI as a left fielder…went 9-for-28 (.321) as the designated hitter...Hit in every spot in the order except ninth…batted sixth 24 times and second 20 times...DAY-BY-DAY: Began the season at Triple-A Memphis and hit .167 over his first 13 games…matched his minor league career high with two stolen bases on April 13 at Charlotte…reached base safely in 39 of 40 games from April 30 to June 25…hit .305 with a .417 on-base percentage during the streak…that included a 28-game reaching base streak from May 20 to June 25 (.320 with a .465 on-base percentage)…went 1-for-5 with four strikeouts on May 14 at Norfolk, his third career minor league four-strikeout game…had a minor league career-high four hits May 22 at Gwinnett…batted .317 in 20 games in May…then hit .279 in 20 games for the Redbirds in June but walked 21 times for a .456 on-base percentage…added two doubles, a triple and four home runs for a .515 slugging percentage and had a .970 OPS…ranked fourth in the International League in walks in June and fifth in on-base percentage…equaled his minor league career highs in walks (3) and stolen bases (2) on June 2 at Charlotte…had his reaching base streak snapped with an 0-for-4 performance on June 26 at Indianapolis but was selected by St. Louis the next day…was batting .271 with nine home runs, 27 RBI and an .827 OPS in 58 games at the time of his promotion…made his Major League debut June 27 against Miami as a ninth inning defensive replacement in left field…pinch ran the next day before getting his first start on June 29 against the Marlins…went 1-for-4 in a start at designated hitter and singled off Sandy Alcantara in the bottom of the ninth for his ML first hit…drove in the first run of his career on July 4 at Atlanta on a fourth inning sacrifice fly…then hit his first big league home run in his next at bat in the sixth inning, a solo shot off Jesse Chavez…was 3-for17 (.176) in nine games when he was optioned back to Memphis on July 9…went 8-for-57 (.140) with no extra base hits and no RBI over his first 16 games following his return…singled in the fourth inning on July 15 at Nashville for his 500th career hit as a minor leaguer…was brought back to St. Louis on July 25 as a substitute player but did not appear in a game before he was sent back to Memphis on July 28…had an 0-for-23 streak from Aug. 4 to 13…then went 3-for-4 and scored a minor league career high four runs Aug. 14 against Indianapolis… drove in a season-high four runs Aug. 24 against Charlotte…had a minor league season-high 10-game hitting streak from Sept. 1 to 16…went 14-for-37 (.378) with seven walks (.477 on-base percentage) during the streak, which included four games with Memphis and six with Las Vegas…his double on Sept. 4 at Nashville was the 100th of his Minor League career…was designated for assignment on Sept. 7 and claimed off waivers by the A’s on Sept. 9 and assigned to Las Vegas…went 9-for-28 (.321) in seven games with the Aviators before he was recalled by Oakland on Sept. 20…hit safely in each of his first five games with the A’s, going 9-for-18 (.500) with two home runs and seven RBI…then went 4-for-17 (.235) with two RBI over his final eight contests…was 3-for-5 with a triple, home run and four RBI Sept. 24 against New York (NL), logging career highs in hits and RBI…homered again the next day against the Mets and drove in three runs…stole the first base of his career in the final game of the season Oct. 5 vs. Los Angeles (AL).

2021

Ranked among Cardinals minor league leaders in games (T-4th, 117), at-bats (369, 10th), triples (4, T-5th), home runs (14, T-8th), walks (43, T-9th), total bases (162, T-9th)…Finished T-9th in the Triple-A East in triples...Appeared defensively in 41 games in right field, 35 games in center field, and 34 games in left field... Struck out 81 times against 43 walks... Played 114 of 117 games in Memphis (AAA). Also played three games in Springfield (AA) in mid-May... Hit .296/.414/.519 (24-81) with five home runs, 15 RBI, 17 walks, and a .933 OPS in 26 games in the month of July... His 17 walks in July were more than twice as many during any other month of the season and tied for 5th-most in the Triple-A East... Hit cleanup in 29 games, his most of any position in the lineup, batting .336/.381/.654 (36-107) with a 1.036 OPS... Batted .346 (18-52) on the first pitch of his at-bats.

2020

Played 27 games for Team Texas of the Constellation Energy League, managed by Roger and Koby Clemens. Batted .200 (17-85) with three doubles, a triple, a home run and six RBI. The CEL was a four-team independent league created due to the COVID protocols.