#22 Anthony Capra - LHP
Career Highlights: Sixth season of professional baseball and second with the Wingnuts…re-signed by Wingnuts on 2/21/13…originally signed by Wingnuts on 7/13/12…lifetime 21-35 record with a 4.25 ERA in 107 games, 98 of them starts…has three games finished in career…508.0 career IP, allowing 464 hits, 278 walks, and 43 home runs…484 career strikeouts…has averaged 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings in career…has two years of experience at the Double-A level and one at the Triple-A level…pitched in the Arizona Fall League in 2011 for the Phoenix Desert Dogs, striking out nine in 9.1 IP…drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round in 2008…also drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 49th round in 2005…named Oakland Athletics’ organizational Pitcher of the Year in 2009 after striking out 170 in just 152.0 IP…played three seasons of college baseball at Wichita State University from 2006-08…went a combined 18-4 with a 2.43 ERA for the Shockers in 69 games, 22 as a starter…struck out 206 in 204.0 collegiate innings…9-1 with a 3.54 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 76.1 IP during junior season in 2008, helping Shockers reach the NCAA Super Regionals…earned All-American and Missouri Valley Conference All-Star honors in 2008…7-1 with a 1.76 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 76.2 IP during sophomore season in 2007…ranked third in the Missouri Valley Conference in ERA in 2007…ranked second in the Missouri Valley Conference with a 1.76 ERA in 30 relief appearances during freshman season in 2006…majored in Sport Administration…played at Arvada West High School in Arvada, CO…enjoys basketball, slow-pitch softball, fishing, hockey, golf, and Call of Duty…married to Jacie…full name is Anthony Guerino Salvatore Capra
2012
Wichita (American Association/Ind.): 3-2 for the Wingnuts with a 4.99 ERA in 11 games, all of them starts…57.2 IP, allowing 62 hits, 38 walks, and four home runs…struck out 54…allowed three or fewer earned runs in six of 11 starts, and allowed more than four earned runs in just two of them…pitched at least 5.0 innings in eight of 11 starts…struck out nine in 5.0 IP in a no-decision on 7/23 vs. Amarillo…allowed one earned run and struck out six in 6.0 IP while picking up the win on 7/28 at Laredo…pitched 6.0 shutout innings with six strikeouts in a no-decision on 8/6 at Lincoln…allowed two earned runs on three hits in 6.0 IP in a loss at Winnipeg on 8/11…did not allow an earned run and struck out seven in 6.0 IP in a win vs. El Paso on 8/16…allowed two earned runs and struck out five in 6.0 IP in a no-decision vs. El Paso on 8/28…struck out six and allowed four earned runs in 5.0 IP to pick up the win on 9/3 at St. Paul, giving the Wingnuts a franchise-record 59th win of the season…helped Wingnuts reach the American Association Championship Series
Stockton (California/A+): 0-1 with a 7.94 ERA for the Ports in nine games, all in relief…finished three games…11.1 IP, allowing 12 hits, 11 walks, and four home runs…struck out 14…allowed one or zero earned runs in seven of nine relief appearances…worked more than 1.0 inning in four of nine relief appearances…made first career relief appearance on 5/2 at San Jose, allowing one earned run in 1.1 innings with three strikeouts…struck out two in 1.0 shutout relief inning on 5/17 at Modesto…struck out one in 1.0 perfect relief inning on 6/5 vs. Rancho Cucamonga…struck out three in 1.1 perfect relief innings on 6/26 at San Jose
2011
Sacramento (Pacific Coast/AAA): 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA for the River Cats in one game, a start…5.0 IP, allowing three hits, three walks, and zero home runs…struck out four…earned win on 7/30 vs. Colorado Springs, allowing one earned run in 5.0 IP
Athletics (Arizona/R): 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA for the Athletics in one game, a start…5.0 IP, allowing one hit, zero walks, and zero home runs…struck out three…pitched 5.0 shutout innings in a no-decision vs. the Dodgers’ Arizona League affiliate on 7/25
Midland (Texas/AA): 1-7 with a 5.36 ERA for the RockHounds in 20 games, all of them starts…worked 97.1 IP, allowing 106 hits, 54 walks, and eight home runs…struck out 82…5.56 ERA at home in 45.1 IP, 5.19 ERA on the road in 52.0 IP…allowed three or fewer earned runs in 11 of 20 starts, and allowed more than four earned runs in only five of them…walked three or fewer batters in 14 of 20 starts…pitched at least 5.0 innings in 11 of 20 starts…allowed two earned runs and struck out four in 5.1 IP in a no-decision on 4/21 vs. San Antonio…struck out seven in 4.1 IP in a no-decision on 5/1 at San Antonio…pitched 5.2 shutout innings and struck out six in a no-decision on 5/17 at Frisco…worked 4.1 shutout innings in a no-decision on 5/22 at Corpus Christi…struck out four and did not allow an earned run in 5.1 IP in a no-decision on 6/2 at Tulsa…allowed one earned run in 6.0 IP in a no-decision vs. Corpus Christi on 6/8…struck out six and allowed one earned run in 4.0 IP in a no-decision at Corpus Christi on 8/5…struck out six and allowed one earned run in 4.2 IP on 8/12 vs. Tulsa in game two of a double header…allowed two earned runs in 5.0 IP in a loss at Corpus Christi on 8/23…threw 7.0 shutout innings on three hits and struck out six in a no-decision on 8/29 vs. Frisco
2010
Midland (Texas/AA): 6-13 with a 4.27 ERA for the RockHounds in 28 games, all of them starts…pitched 130.2 innings, allowing 120 hits, 89 walks, and nine home runs…struck out 118…ranked second in the Texas League in starts, third in strikeouts, and 10th in innings pitched…5.22 ERA at home in 69.0 IP, 3.21 ERA on the road in 61.2 IP…allowed two or fewer earned runs in 20 of 28 starts, and allowed more than four earned runs in just four of them…allowed three or fewer hits in 13 of 28 starts…walked three or fewer batters in 17 of 28 starts…pitched at least 5.0 innings in 18 of 28 starts…struck out five and pitched 5.0 shutout innings to earn the win on 4/17 at Arkansas…allowed one earned run and struck out six in 7.0 IP to pick up the win on 4/28 at Corpus Christi…allowed one earned run on one hit while striking out three in 5.2 IP in a loss at San Antonio on 5/3…struck out five and allowed two earned runs in 5.2 IP in a loss at Frisco on 5/8…struck out six and allowed two earned runs in 5.0 IP to pick up the win on 5/26 vs. Tulsa…threw 5.0 shutout innings on two hits with eight strikeouts in a win on 5/31 vs. Northwest Arkansas…pitched 6.0 shutout innings, allowing two hits and striking out six to pick up the win on 6/12 vs. Corpus Christi…allowed two earned runs and struck out seven in 6.1 IP in a no-decision on 7/4 vs. Springfield…did not allow an earned run and struck out six in 6.0 IP in a no-decision on 7/15 vs. San Antonio…allowed three earned runs and struck out seven in 6.0 IP in a loss at Corpus Christi on 7/30…allowed one earned run and struck out seven in 5.2 IP while earning the win on 8/4 at Frisco…struck out five and allowed two earned runs in 5.0 IP in a loss vs. Northwest Arkansas on 8/15…allowed two earned runs in 6.1 IP in a no-decision on 8/21 at Northwest Arkansas…allowed two earned runs in 5.0 IP in a no-decision vs. Corpus Christi on 8/26…helped RockHounds reach the Texas League Championship Series…took no-decision in Game Two of the Texas League Championship Series on 9/16 at Northwest Arkansas, allowing zero earned runs, zero hits, and striking out five in 6.0 IP
2009
Stockton (California/A+): 2-2 with a 3.12 ERA for the Ports in nine starts…worked 52.0 IP, allowing 42 hits, 21 walks, and six home runs…struck out 67…allowed three or fewer earned runs in eight of nine starts, and allowed four earned runs or less in all of them…pitched at least 5.0 innings in eight of nine starts…walked three or fewer batters in eight of nine starts…struck out six or more batters in seven of nine starts, and had four starts with nine or more strikeouts…struck out five and allowed two earned runs to pick up the win on 7/29 vs. San Jose…threw 7.0 shutout innings, allowing two hits and striking out 10 to pick up the win on 8/9 vs. Inland Empire…allowed one earned run and struck out 10 in 6.1 IP in a no-decision on 8/15 at San Jose…struck out nine and allowed four earned runs in 5.1 IP in a no-decision on 8/26 at Bakersfield…allowed two earned runs and struck out six in 6.1 IP in a loss on 9/1 vs. Bakersfield…allowed two earned runs and struck out seven in 6.0 IP in a loss vs. Visalia on 9.7
Kane County (Midwest/A): 4-7 with a 3.24 ERA for the Cougars in 18 games, all of them starts…threw 100.0 innings, allowing 70 hits, 40 walks, and nine home runs…struck out 103…3.83 ERA at home in 54.0 IP, 2.54 ERA on the road in 46.0 IP…allowed three or fewer earned runs in 13 of 18 starts, and allowed more than four earned runs in just two of them…worked at least 5.0 innings in 14 of 18 starts, and at least 6.0 innings in nine of them…allowed three or fewer hits in nine of 18 starts…walked three or fewer batters in 14 of 18 starts, and walked two or fewer in 11 of them…struck out six or more batters in 11 of 18 starts, and struck out seven of more in eight of them…threw 5.0 shutout innings, allowing zero hits, one walk, and striking out seven in a no-decision on 4/14 vs. Burlington…struck out nine and allowed four earned runs in 4.2 IP in a no-decision on 4/26 vs. Beloit…threw 7.0 shutout innings, allowing four hits and striking out eight in a no-decision on 5/2 vs. South Bend…allowed one earned run on one hit in 6.0 IP in a loss on 5/7 at Fort Wayne…struck out seven and allowed two earned runs in 6.0 IP while earning the win on 5/30 at Beloit…allowed one earned run on two hits and struck out six in 6.0 IP in a no-decision on 6/5 at Clinton…threw 6.0 shutout innings and struck out five while picking up the win in game two of a double header on 6/20 vs. Wisconsin…allowed three earned runs and struck out seven in 5.2 IP in a loss vs. Peoria on 7/2…threw 7.0 shutout innings, allowing two hits and striking out eight to pick up the win on 7/7 at Clinton…threw 7.0 shutout innings, allowing one hit and striking out eight on 7/12 vs. Great Lakes…allowed one earned run and struck out nine in 6.0 IP in a loss at West Michigan on 7/18
2008
Kane County (Midwest/A): 4-3 with a 4.22 ERA for the Cougars in 10 games, all of them starts…49.0 IP, allowing 48 hits, 22 walks, and three home runs…struck out 39…allowed three or fewer earned runs in eight of 10 starts…pitched at least 5.0 innings in six of 10 starts…walked three or fewer batters in nine of 10 starts, and two or fewer in seven of them…made professional debut on 7/13 at South Bend, throwing 2.1 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in a no-decision…earned first career win on 7/30 at Peoria, allowing one earned run and striking out five in 6.0 IP…won three consecutive starts from 8/10-8/21…struck out five and allowed one earned run in 6.0 IP to pick up the win on 8/15 vs. Cedar Rapids…allowed two earned runs and struck out five in 7.0 IP in a no-decision on 8/26 at Beloit…helped Cougars reach the Midwest League playoffs
Kevin Hooper on Anthony: We are excited to have ‘Cap’ coming back for the 2013 season. I think 2012 had mixed reviews, and he will be the first to tell you that he didn’t pitch to his potential. I believe he has worked hard this offseason to put himself in a situation where he can come in and be a big contributor for us. He has great stuff, and if he can stay confident and pitch to his strengths, the sky is the limit for him.
