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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-56 / in Starts: 11-21
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 157 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	88 (52-21-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 157 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	93 (48-30-15)

Most Driven In
W MontaÃ±ez	4
D Money	4
D Doyle	1
L Bowa	1
J Nash	1
J Lis	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
G Luzinski	3
L Bowa	3
T Hutton	2
T Harmon	1
Self	1
J Bateman	1
J Lis	1
M Ryan	1

1972 Batting Game Log

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1972 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	205	42 (41)	Jun 2	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	6.37	-0.152	1.34	-0.02%	-0.73	PH
2	206	43	Jun 3	PHI		CIN	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.71	-0.048	.15	-0.01%	-0.74	RF
3	207	44	Jun 4	PHI		CIN	L,0-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	.54	0.002	.07	0.00%	0.06	RF
4	208	46 (1)	Jun 7	PHI		HOU	W,3-1	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.26	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-0.14	PH
5	209	47	Jun 8	PHI		HOU	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	2	.32	0.032	.03	0.00%	-0.05	RF
6	210	48	Jun 9	PHI		ATL	W,4-3	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.250	.485	2	1.14	-0.076	.12	-0.01%	-0.44	RF
7	211	49	Jun 10	PHI		ATL	L,3-15	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.263	.549	2	.47	0.020	.06	0.00%	0.42	RF
8	212	50	Jun 11	PHI		ATL	W,3-1	GS-7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.292	.250	.542	2	1.19	0.092	.13	0.01%	0.67	RF
9	213	51	Jun 13 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.320	.286	.606	2	1.56	0.059	.21	0.01%	0.59	RF
10	214	52	Jun 13 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.308	.273	.580	8	1.32	-0.032	.15	0.00%	-0.20	PH
11	215	53	Jun 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.333	.273	.606	9	.44	0.016	.04	0.00%	0.11	PH
12	216	54	Jun 16	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-1	11-11	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.357	.304	.661	9	3.59	0.031	.20	0.00%	0.16	PH
13	217	55	Jun 17	PHI	@	HOU	L,5-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.345	.292	.636	9	.12	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.20	PH
14	218	56	Jun 18	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-10	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.367	.292	.658	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.11	PH
15	219	57	Jun 21	PHI	@	ATL	W,9-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.364	.296	.660	2	.99	0.016	.02	0.00%	0.29	RF
16	220	58	Jun 23	PHI	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.432	.452	.884	3	1.36	0.358	.06	0.01%	1.65	RF
17	221	59	Jun 24	PHI	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.381	.389	.770	3	1.57	-0.153	.03	0.00%	-1.48	RF
18	222	60	Jun 25	PHI	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.348	.350	.698	3	.54	-0.053	.01	0.00%	-0.48	RF
19	223	61	Jun 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-11	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.279	.347	.349	.696	3	.86	-0.022	.04	0.00%	-0.27	RF
20	224	62	Jun 27 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.327	.326	.653	6	.83	-0.066	.02	0.00%	-0.54	RF
21	225	63	Jun 27 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-4	4-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.340	.340	.680	9	3.13	0.148	.06	0.00%	1.34	PH
22	226	64	Jun 28	PHI		NYM	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.333	.333	.667	3	1.03	0.032	.03	0.00%	0.49	RF
23	227	65	Jun 29	PHI		NYM	W,9-4	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.355	.345	.700	3	.95	0.082	.02	0.00%	0.46	RF
24	228	66	Jun 30	PHI		STL	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.276	.348	.328	.676	3	1.03	0.033	.03	0.00%	0.19	RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	229	67	Jul 1 (1)	PHI		STL	L,4-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.343	.322	.665	9	1.36	-0.033	.01	0.00%	-0.21	PH
26	230	68	Jul 1 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.353	.333	.686	8	1.77	0.069	.01	0.00%	0.24	PH
27	231	69	Jul 2	PHI		STL	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.361	.333	.694	3	.44	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.32	RF
28	232	72 (2)	Jul 6	PHI		SFG	L,4-6	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.356	.328	.684	4	1.04	-0.025	.01	0.00%	-0.14	PH
29	233	73	Jul 7 (1)	PHI		SDP	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.364	.318	.682	6	1.17	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.14	RF
30	234	74	Jul 7 (2)	PHI		SDP	L,1-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.359	.313	.672	9	.25	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
31	235	75	Jul 8	PHI		SDP	L,5-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.359	.313	.672	7						PR
32	236	76	Jul 9	PHI		SDP	L,4-5	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.367	.368	.735	9	.62	0.075	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
33	237	77	Jul 10 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,4-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.367	.368	.735	8						PR
34	238	78	Jul 10 (2)	PHI		LAD	W,9-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.373	.371	.745	6	.33	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.15	RF
35	239	79	Jul 11	PHI		LAD	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.360	.356	.717	6	.53	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.45	RF
36	240	80	Jul 12	PHI		LAD	L,5-9	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.360	.356	.717	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
37	241	81	Jul 14	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.367	.364	.730	6	.49	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.09	RF
38	242	82	Jul 15	PHI	@	SFG	W,11-4	CG	5	3	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.379	.388	.766	7	1.20	0.210	.00	0.00%	3.12	RF
39	243	83	Jul 16	PHI	@	SFG	L,7-10	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.374	.405	.778	7	.47	-0.027	.00	0.00%	1.02	RF
40	244	84	Jul 18	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.363	.391	.754	7	.75	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.45	RF
41	245	85	Jul 19	PHI	@	SDP	W,3-2	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.356	.382	.738	6	2.57	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.51	PH RF
42	246	86	Jul 21	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.346	.370	.715	7	1.26	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-1.00	RF
43	247	87	Jul 22	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.345	.368	.714	6	1.25	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.17	RF
44	248	89 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.345	.361	.706	6	.87	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.15	RF
45	249	90	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	8-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.351	.361	.712	9	1.59	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.37	PH
46	250	95 (4)	Jul 31	PHI		PIT	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.339	.347	.686	6	1.37	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.95	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	251	96	Aug 1 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.339	.347	.686	5						PR
48	252	98 (1)	Aug 2	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.336	.343	.679	9	1.48	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.13	PH
49	253	100 (1)	Aug 4	PHI	@	STL	W,8-3	8-8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.339	.340	.679	9	1.09	0.088	.00	0.00%	0.17	PH
50	254	102 (1)	Aug 6	PHI	@	STL	L,0-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.336	.337	.673	8	.14	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
51	255	103	Aug 8	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.333	.333	.667	9	.74	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.13	PH
52	256	105 (1)	Aug 11	PHI		MON	L,1-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.331	.330	.661	9	.93	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
53	257	108 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	PHI		MON	L,3-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.328	.327	.655	2	2.21	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
54	258	109	Aug 15	PHI		CIN	L,0-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.331	.324	.655	6	.99	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.39	RF
55	259	110	Aug 16	PHI		CIN	L,2-8	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.328	.321	.649	9	2.50	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.46	PH
56	260	112 (1)	Aug 18	PHI		HOU	L,3-4	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.333	.321	.654	9	1.37	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.24	PH
57	261	114 (1)	Aug 20	PHI		HOU	L,1-3	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.338	.321	.660	9	1.59	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.37	PH
58	262	117 (2)	Aug 23	PHI		ATL	L,6-9	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.336	.318	.654	9	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
59	263	120 (2)	Aug 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.333	.315	.649	8	.14	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
60	264	121	Aug 29	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.338	.321	.660	9	3.98	0.201	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
61	265	122	Aug 30	PHI	@	HOU	L,3-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.336	.319	.654	9	2.77	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.33	RF
62	266	123	Aug 31	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.341	.333	.674	9	.41	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.61	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
63	267	129 (5)	Sep 4 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-10	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.346	.339	.685	9	.33	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.24	PH
64	268	130	Sep 4 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.336	.328	.663	5	.67	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.73	RF
65	269	133 (2)	Sep 8	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.333	.325	.658	5	1.26	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
66	270	134	Sep 9	PHI		CHC	L,4-7	5-GF	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.244	.340	.333	.674	9	1.62	0.060	.00	0.00%	0.25	PH RF
67	271	135	Sep 10	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	3-4	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.345	.347	.692	9	.89	0.061	.00	0.00%	0.61	PH
68	272	137 (1)	Sep 12	PHI		NYM	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.342	.344	.686	9	.93	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
69	273	138	Sep 13	PHI		NYM	L,6-11	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.340	.341	.681	9	2.18	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.34	PH
70	274	141 (2)	Sep 17	PHI		MON	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248	.344	.341	.685	6	1.71	0.105	.00	0.00%	0.97	RF
71	275	142	Sep 19	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.241	.335	.331	.666	6	1.79	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-1.33	RF
72	276	145 (2)	Sep 22	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-4	11-GF(11)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.335	.331	.666	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR RF
73	277	153 (7)	Oct 1	PHI	@	MON	L,6-10	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.333	.328	.662	9	.96	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.65	PH
74	278	154	Oct 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.331	.326	.657	9	2.19	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.57	PH
							18-56		157	135	17	32	5	2	1	13	19	0	16	1	0	2	1	4	0	1	.237	.331	.326	.657		1.08	0.097	.03	-0.01%	1.01

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