Bob Spade

{{Short description|American baseball player (1877–1924)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bob Spade

|position=Pitcher

|image=Bob Spade.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1877|1|4|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Akron, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1924|9|7|1877|1|4}}

|death_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 22

|debutyear=1907

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 21

|finalyear=1910

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=25–24

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=121

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.96

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1907}}–{{mlby|1910}})
• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1910}})

}}

Robert Spade (January 4, 1877 – September 7, 1924) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played four seasons in the major leagues, from {{mlby|1907}} until {{mlby|1910}}, for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns.

When Spade died in 1924 he was penniless, and fans raised the money to pay for his burial.{{cite book |author1=Charlton, James |author2=Shatzkin, Mike |author3=Holtje, Stephen |title=The Ballplayers: baseball's ultimate biographical reference |publisher=Arbor House/William Morrow |location=New York |year=1990 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ballplayersbaseb00shat/page/1022 1022] |isbn=0-87795-984-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/ballplayersbaseb00shat/page/1022 }}