Miguel Gaspar
Miguel Gaspar (19 September 1929 – 22 July 2012) was a Mexican professional baseball catcher and manager in the Mexican League, the highest level of professional baseball in Mexico.
| Miguel Gaspar | |
|---|---|
| Catcher | |
| Born: 7 September 1929 Empalme, Sonora, Mexico | |
| Died: 22 July 2012 (aged 82) Mexico | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Member of the Mexican Professional | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 1994 |
Born in Empalme, Sonora, Gaspar also played in American minor leagues from 1950 to 1958. He hit four home runs in a Rio Grande Valley League game while playing with the Laredo Apaches in 1950.[1] All told, he played professionally from 1950 to 1974 and he managed in 1959, from 1975 to 1977, in 1979, from 1985 to 1986, in 1988 and in 1993.[2] He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.[3]
In 2020, Gaspar was selected as the starting catcher on the Mexican League Historic Ideal Team by a committee of baseball journalists and historians.[4]
His nickname was Pilo.
References
- Araujo Bojórquez, Alfonso (26 December 2020). "Miguel Gaspar (Pilo) bateó cuatro jonrones en un juego". Momento Deportivo RD (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- BR Minors
- HoF Website Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- "La LMB dio a conocer su Novena Ideal Histórica" (in Spanish). Major League Baseball. 28 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2023.