Rod Gaspar
[edit] Biography
Rod Gaspar (Rodney Earl Gaspar) was born on April 3, 1946 in Long Beach, California. He made his Major League debut on April 8, 1969 for the New York Mets. In 1969, his rookie year, he hit .228 with 1 home run and 14 RBI. Gaspar played for the New York Mets and San Diego Padres over the course of his 4 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1969
| NY
| N
| 118
| 215
| 26
| 49
| 1
| 14
| .228
| .313
| .279
| 6
| 1
| 25
| 19
| 2
| 7
| 7
| 2
| 1
|
| 1970
| NY
| N
| 11
| 14
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .067
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| SD
| N
| 16
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .118
| .250
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| SD
| N
| 33
| 14
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .214
| .389
| .214
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 178
| 260
| 35
| 54
| 1
| 17
| .208
| .301
| .250
| 6
| 1
| 33
| 29
| 2
| 7
| 8
| 2
| 1
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1969
| NY
| N
| LF
| 22
| 5
| 75.1
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| NY
| N
| OF
| 91
| 44
| 492
| 104
| 12
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1969
| NY
| N
| CF
| 17
| 12
| 117.1
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| NY
| N
| RF
| 64
| 27
| 299.1
| 60
| 6
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1970
| NY
| N
| RF
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1970
| NY
| N
| CF
| 4
| 3
| 32
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| NY
| N
| OF
| 8
| 3
| 39
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1971
| SD
| N
| LF
| 2
| 1
| 16.2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1971
| SD
| N
| OF
| 2
| 1
| 16.2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| SD
| N
| LF
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| SD
| N
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 10.2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| SD
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| SD
| N
| CF
| 5
| 0
| 5.2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| SD
| N
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 26
| 6
| 94
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 109
| 48
| 558.1
| 125
| 12
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 26
| 15
| 155
| 51
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 70
| 27
| 309.1
| 61
| 6
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Mets in the 18th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1966).
- Selected by New York Mets in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
- Traded by New York Mets to San Diego Padres (October 20, 1970) completing trade in which San Diego Padres traded Ron Herbel to New York Mets in exchange for a player to be named later (September 1, 1970).
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