The Tampa Bay Rays have brought back
outfielder Gabe Kapler, signing him to a one-year contract on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old veteran hit .239 with eight homers and 32 RBI in 99 games for
the Rays in 2009.
Kapler came out of a one-year retirement and spent the 2008 season with
Milwaukee, batting .301 with eight homers, 38 runs batted in and a career-best
.498 slugging percentage in 96 games.
A southern California native, Kapler is a career .270 hitter with 80 homers
and 372 RBI in 11 seasons with Detroit, Texas, Colorado, Boston, Milwaukee and
Tampa Bay. He was a member of Boston's World Series championship team in 2004
and played parts of four seasons with the Red Sox before taking on a job as
manager of their Class-A affiliate in 2007.
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