most in the majors, and he was one of only two managers who were not ejected during the season (along with Tampa Bay's Kevin Cash). He used more pinch hitters per game than any other major league manager for the second season in a row (2.60), and the second-most pitchers per game (4.7). Kapler ended the 2021 season with a Giants managerial won-loss percentage of .613, third all-time of the Giants' 39 managers, behind only Hall of Famers Hughie Jennings and Rogers Hornsby, each of whom managed for less than a year nearly a century earlier. Kapler’s players praised him for keeping open lines of communication with them throughout the season, which was especially important given that he used the team’s entire roster, shattering the MLB record for pinch-hit appearances as he exploited matchups aggressively. Kapler was named the 2021 National League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, with 28 of a possible 30 first place votes. He became the second Giants manager to win the award, joining Dusty Baker, after managing the team to a franchise-record 107 wins and into the postseason for the first time in five years, despite pre-season projections that questioned the Giants’ ability even to finish above .500 (Baseball Prospectus projected the team to win 75 games, entering the season). Kapler was also named the Sporting News 2021 NL Manager of the Year, as 86% of his fellow National League managers voted for him. On November 12, the Giants rewarded Kapler with a two-year contract extension through the 2024 season. 2022 In the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School Shooting and other mass shootings in the US, on May 27, 2022, Kapler announced he was not happy with the direction of the country. In protest, he said that he will not come out of the dugout for the national anthem until he deems the country to be back on a better track. In 2022, Kapler used more pinch hitters per game, 1.63, than any other major league manager for the third season in a row. Managerial record Accolades In 2006 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Personal life Kapler lived in Tarzana, California, with his wife Lisa (Jansen) and two sons, but moved to Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, after he became the manager of the Phillies, and to North Beach, San Francisco, after he became