Cade Gaspar

Cade Gaspar (born August 21 1973 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a retired American professional baseball pitcher and the son of former outfielder Rod Gaspar. A righthander, he was 6'3" tall but weighed only 175 pounds. He was taken in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft in 1994 by the Detroit Tigers, but did not perform well and never reached the major leagues, and was cited by the "Detroit Free Press" as a mistake on the part of the Detroit front office. [Gene Guidi, "Early `90s draft picks set back Tigers," "Detroit Free Press" July 14, 2000.]

Gaspar attended Saddleback College for two years. Gaspar was a redshirt for the 1992 season but returned to action for the 1993 season and posted a win-lost record of 2-1 an ERA 1.67 an IP of 37.2 an SO of 36 and a BB of 21. After two years at Saddleback College Gaspar attended Pepperdine University in 1994 during the 1994 season Gaspar posting a record of 6-1 W-L 2.30 ERA 82.1 IP 67 SO 30 BB. Rated the sixth best prospect overall by Baseball America in 1994 Gaspar was originally drafted by the Houston Astros in the 15th round of the 1992 draft, he opted not to sign. In 1993, he was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 39th round, but instead decided to move from Saddleback to Pepperdine University. While a sophomore at Pepperdine in 1994, At Pepperdine he was a West Coast Conference All-Star in 1994.

He was drafted by the Tigers 18th overall in the 1994 draft-signing with a bonus of $825,000. With the Lakeland Tigers that year, his record was one and three and his ERA was 5.58.

In 1995, he was again with the Lakeland Tigers. He posted better numbers that year-a 7 and 6 record with a 3.90 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 99 innings of work.

On March 22, by|1996, he was traded by the Tigers with Sean Bergman and Todd Steverson to the San Diego Padres for Raul Casanova, Richie Lewis and Melvin Nieves. 1996 would end up being his final season in professional baseball. He had a 7 and 4 record with a 5.05 ERA in 112 innings, striking out 106.

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* [http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/2005draft/bonus8997.html Baseball America]