Alex Gaston

{{Short description|American baseball player (1893–1979)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Alex Gaston

|image=AlexanderGaston.jpg

|position=Catcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1893|3|12}}

|birth_place=New York, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1979|2|8|1893|3|12}}

|death_place=Marina del Rey, California, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 26

|debutyear=1920

|debutteam=New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=1929

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.218

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=40

|teams=

• New York Giants ({{baseball year|1920}}–{{baseball year|1923}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{baseball year|1926}}, {{baseball year|1929}})

}}

Alexander Nathaniel Gaston (March 12, 1893 – February 8, 1979) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played between {{baseball year|1920}} and {{baseball year|1929}} for the New York Giants (1920–1923) and Boston Red Sox (1926, 1929). Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=9}}, 170 lb., Gaston batted and threw right-handed. He was born in New York City. His younger brother, Milt Gaston, was a major league pitcher.

Gaston grew up in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey and attended Ridgefield Park High School.Nowlin, Bill. [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/161cbd60 Alex Gaston], Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed November 29, 2017. "The family lived most of the time in New Jersey, though Alex said he attended elementary school in New York City. His high school was Ridgefield Park in New Jersey, the community where Milt was born."

In a six-season career, Gaston was a .218 hitter (112-for-514) with three home runs and 40 runs batted in in 215 games, including 58 runs, 13 doubles, six triples, and five stolen bases.

Although the New York Giants won the World Series in 1921 and 1922, Gaston did not see postseason action in either year. Alex Gaston was a batterymate of his brother Milt Gaston with the 1929 Boston Red Sox.

Gaston died in Marina del Rey, California at age 85.