Oscar Gamble

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 160lb (180cm, 72kg)

Born: December 20, 1949 in Ramer, AL us

Died: January 31, 2018 in Birmingham, AL

Buried: Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Ramer, AL

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 16th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Geroge Washington Carver HS (Montgomery, AL)

Debut: August 27, 1969 (Age 19-250d, 12,880th in major league history)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 8, 1985 (Age 35-231d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Agents: Dick Moss, Howard Mandell

Full Name: Oscar Charles Gamble

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.9

4502

1195

200

.265

656

RBI

666

OBP

.356

SLG

.454

OPS

.811

OPS+

127

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	44 (43)	May 29	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
2	45	May 30	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	43	11.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF
3	47 (1)	May 31 (2)	PHI	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	48	Jun 2	PHI	@	SDP	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	49	Jun 4	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	55 (5)	Jun 10	PHI		LAD	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	57 (1)	Jun 12	PHI		SDP	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	58	Jun 13	PHI		SDP	L,8-9	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	59	Jun 14	PHI		SFG	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
10	60	Jun 15	PHI		SFG	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	61	Jun 16	PHI		SFG	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	62	Jun 18	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	26	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	63	Jun 19	PHI	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	66	14.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	64	Jun 20 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	65	Jun 20 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-7	GF	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
16	66	Jun 21	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	48	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	67	Jun 22	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	70 (2)	Jun 25	PHI		PIT	L,4-14	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	71	Jun 26	PHI		PIT	L,9-11	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
20	72	Jun 27 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	73	Jun 27 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,9-10		14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	74	Jun 28	PHI		NYM	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	75	Jun 29	PHI		NYM	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	77 (1)	Jul 1	PHI		CIN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
25	79 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	PHI	@	MON	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	80	Jul 3	PHI	@	MON	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	81	Jul 4	PHI	@	MON	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	85 (3)	Jul 8	PHI		MON	W,7-5	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
29	86	Jul 9	PHI		MON	L,0-3	GS	30	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	RF
30	87	Jul 10 (1)	PHI		MON	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
31	88	Jul 10 (2)	PHI		MON	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	89	Jul 11	PHI		MON	W,11-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	91 (1)	Jul 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	92	Jul 17	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
35	93	Jul 18 (1)	PHI	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
36	94	Jul 18 (2)	PHI	@	HOU	L,7-10	GF	15	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
37	95	Jul 19	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	97 (1)	Jul 21	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
39	98	Jul 22	PHI	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	100 (1)	Jul 24	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
41	101	Jul 25	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	102	Jul 26	PHI		HOU	L,4-7	CG	62	15.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
43	103	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		HOU	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
44	105 (1)	Jul 28	PHI		HOU	L,3-6	GS	30	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
45	106	Jul 30	PHI		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	108 (1)	Aug 1 susp	PHI		STL	L,6-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	112 (3)	Aug 6	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF CF
48	113	Aug 7	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	114	Aug 8 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	115	Aug 8 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-4	GS	30	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	116	Aug 10	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	117	Aug 11	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	118	Aug 12	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-1	GF	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
54	120 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	PHI	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	124 (3)	Aug 20	PHI		LAD	L,5-9	GF	13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
56	125	Aug 21	PHI		LAD	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	128 (2)	Aug 24	PHI		SDP	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
58	129	Aug 25	PHI		SDP	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	130	Aug 28 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	131	Aug 28 (2)	PHI		SFG	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
61	132	Aug 29	PHI		SFG	L,3-8		23	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	133	Aug 30	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	LF
63	134	Aug 31	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-7	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	135	Sep 1	PHI	@	PIT	L,7-10	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	138 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	PHI		NYM	L,5-6	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
66	140 (1)	Sep 5	PHI		NYM	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	141	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
68	143 (1)	Sep 7	PHI		STL	L,5-7	GF	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	145 (1)	Sep 11	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	148 (2)	Sep 14	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
71	149	Sep 15	PHI		MON	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	150	Sep 16	PHI		MON	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
73	152 (1)	Sep 18	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	153	Sep 19	PHI		CHC	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	154	Sep 21 (1)	PHI	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	155	Sep 21 (2)	PHI	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
77	156	Sep 22	PHI	@	MON	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	158 (1)	Sep 24	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-1	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	159	Sep 25	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
80	162 (2)	Sep 30	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
							81gm		632.2	125	4	4	133	1