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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 11	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 12	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 13	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	23 (18)	May 7	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	24	May 9	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	25	May 10	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
8	26	May 11	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	37 (10)	May 25 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	38	May 25 (2)	CLE		OAK	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	39	May 26	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	40	May 27	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	41	May 28	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
14	42	May 30	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	44 (1)	Jun 1	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
16	45	Jun 3	CLE		KCR	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	46	Jun 4	CLE		KCR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	47	Jun 5	CLE		KCR	W,8-7	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	48	Jun 6	CLE		TEX	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	49	Jun 7	CLE		TEX	L,4-5	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	51 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,6-7	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	62 (10)	Jun 20	CLE		MIL	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
23	63	Jun 21	CLE		MIL	L,9-11	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	64	Jun 22	CLE		MIL	W,3-2	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	68 (3)	Jun 26	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	69	Jun 27	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	MIL	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	72 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	73	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS	27	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	75 (1)	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	76	Jul 3	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	77	Jul 4	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
33	80 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,11-10	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	81	Jul 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	82	Jul 8	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-15	GF	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	83	Jul 9	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	84	Jul 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	85	Jul 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-1	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	87 (1)	Jul 17	CLE		OAK	L,3-6	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
40	88	Jul 18	CLE		OAK	L,6-7	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	90 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		CAL	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	104 (13)	Aug 3 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-12	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	106 (1)	Aug 4	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	107	Aug 5	CLE		DET	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	108	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	109	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	110	Aug 8	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	111	Aug 9	CLE		KCR	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
49	112	Aug 10	CLE		KCR	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	114 (1)	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
51	116 (1)	Aug 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
53	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,14-5	GF	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	119	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
55	120	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		TEX	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
56	122 (1)	Aug 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	124 (1)	Aug 23	CLE	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	125	Aug 24	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	128 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	129	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	W,9-6	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	131 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
62	132	Sep 3	CLE	@	MIL	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	134 (1)	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	135	Sep 6	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
65	136	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	137	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		DET	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
67	138	Sep 8	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	142 (3)	Sep 11	CLE		BAL	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	143	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
70	144	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
71	145	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
72	146	Sep 16	CLE	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	147	Sep 17	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	148	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	149	Sep 19	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
76	150	Sep 20	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
77	152 (1)	Sep 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	155 (2)	Sep 24	CLE		MIL	L,3-10	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	156	Sep 26 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
80	157	Sep 26 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
81	158	Sep 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	159	Sep 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
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