Dave Gumpert

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1958)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dave Gumpert

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|5|5}}

|birth_place=South Haven, Michigan, U.S.

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 25

|debutyear=1982

|debutteam= Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 29

|finalyear=1987

|finalteam= Kansas City Royals

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=3–2

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.31

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=76

|teams=

• Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1982}}–{{mlby|1983}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1985}}–{{mlby|1986}})
• Kansas City Royals ({{mlby|1987}})

}}

David Lawrence Gumpert (born May 5, 1958), is a former professional baseball player who attended Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan before pitching in the Major Leagues from {{mlby|1982}}-{{mlby|1987}} for the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, and Kansas City Royals. Gumpert was named Rookie of the Year for the Detroit Tigers in 1983.

He was born in South Haven, Michigan.

After his MLB career, Gumpert coached Bloomingdale High School's varsity baseball team before taking the position of athletic director at South Haven High School in South Haven, Michigan. Gumpert coached Bloomingdale's varsity team to a District Championship in 1996, and was inducted into Aquinas College Athletic Hall of Fame as well as South Haven High School's Hall of Fame.

Gumpert currently resides in South Haven, Michigan. He is retired, but remains active in his community, most recently assisting the South Haven Varsity Girls' softball team to district and regional titles (2018).