{{Short description|American baseball player (1883–1940)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Harry Gaspar |position=Pitcher |image=Harry Gaspar.jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1883|4|28}} |birth_place=Kingsley, Iowa, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1940|5|14|1883|4|28}} |death_place=Orange, California, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= April 17 |debutyear= 1909 |debutteam= Cincinnati Reds |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 20 |finalyear=1912 |finalteam= Cincinnati Reds |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=46–48 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=2.69 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=228 |teams= * Cincinnati Reds (1909–1912) }} '''Harry Lambert Gaspar''' (April 28, 1883 – May 14, 1940) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons (1909–1912) with the Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled a 46–48 record in 143 appearances, with a 2.69 earned run average and 228 strikeouts.
In 1909, pitching for the Waterloo Lulus of the Class D level Central Association, Gaspar helped the Lulus to the championship as he led the Central Association in wins with a 32–4 record and a league leading 2.17 ERA.<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=0934ee45|title=1908 Waterloo Lulus Statistics|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> Gaspar made his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 1909, after his Central Association season.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gaspaha01.shtml|title=Harry Gaspar Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
During his major league career, Gaspar operated a photography business called Gaspar Studio in Le Mars, Iowa. Later, Gaspar later co-owned and managed the Gaspar-Anderson Bowling Alleys in Santa Ana, California, where he died in 1940.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/harry-gaspar/ |title=Harry Gaspar|first1=Joan M. |last1=Thomas|website=sabr.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=April 22, 2025}}</ref>
Gaspar was born in Kingsley, Iowa, and later died in Orange, California at the age of 57. thumb|Harry Gaspar, T206 card from the 1909 Cincinnati Reds
==See also== * List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders
==References== {{reflist}} {{Baseballstats|br=g/gaspaha01|brm=gaspar001har}}
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