Gastfield was born in Chicago in 1865.\n', '

Gastfield got his start in baseball playing for the West End team in the Chicago City League. He then went with pitcher Charlie Getzien to play for the ball club at Grand Rapids, Michigan. Gastfield was a catcher for Grand Rapids in the first half of the 1884 season.\n', '

In August 1884, Gastfield and Getzien joined the Detroit Wolverines, both players making their debut on August 13, 1884. Gastfield appeared in 23 games for the 1884 Wolverines, compiling a .073 batting average with 34 strikeouts in 84 at bats. He began the 1885 season with Detroit, but appeared in only one game for the team. He was released by Detroit at the end of May 1885, and The Sporting Life reported at the time that he did "acceptable work" as catcher, but was "very weak" as a batter.\n', '

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