Cade Gaspar
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Cade Gaspar (Born: August 21, 1973) is the son of former outfielder Rod Gaspar and a former professional baseball pitcher. A righthander, he was 6'3" tall but weighed only 175 pounds.
Gaspar attended both Saddleback College and Pepperdine University. 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, he posted a 6 and 2 record with a 2.30 ERA, with 53 hits allowed in 82 innings of work. He was a West Coast Conference All-Star that year.
He was drafted by the Tigers 18th overall in that year's draft-signing with a bonus of $825,000-making a fairly unimpressive debut professionally. 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, 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.
At last check, he lived in Ladera Ranch, California.
