Dale Gear

{{Short description|American baseball player (1872–1951)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dale Gear

|position=Pitcher

|image=Dale Gear.jpeg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1872|2|2|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Greeley, Kansas

|death_date={{death date and age|1951|9|23|1872|2|2}}

|death_place=Topeka, Kansas

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 15

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1896}}

|debutteam=Cleveland Spiders

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 26

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1901}}

|finalteam=Washington Senators

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=4–13

|stat2label=Strikeouts

|stat2value=41

|stat3label=Earned run average

|stat3value=4.21

|teams=

• Cleveland Spiders (1896, 1897)
• Washington Senators (1901)

}}

Dale Darwin (or perhaps Dudley) Gear (February 2, 1872{{Cite web|title=28 Aug 1921, Page 3 - The Topeka Daily Capital at Newspapers.com|url=http://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/image/64511836/|access-date=2021-03-21|website=Kansas Historical Open Content|language=en}} – September 23, 1951) was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder. He played parts of three seasons in the majors, {{Baseball year|1896}} and 1897 for the Cleveland Spiders and {{Baseball year|1901}} for the Washington Senators.{{Cite web|title=Dale Gear Stats|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gearda01.shtml|access-date=2021-03-21|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en}} Gear was the first Major League Baseball player produced by the Kansas Jayhawks baseball program.