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	34-36 / in Starts: 25-18
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 184 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	106 (49-38-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 184 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	111 (55-36-19)

Most Driven In
G Walker	5
H Baines	4
Self	4
C Fisk	2
T Hulett	2
O GuillÃ©n	2
J Cruz	1

Most Driven In By
T Hulett	5
O GuillÃ©n	5
Self	4
C Fisk	3
R Law	1
D Boston	1
G Walker	1

1985 Batting Game Log

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1985 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	1515	2 (1)	Apr 11	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.03	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.36	PH
2	1516	4 (1)	Apr 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	6	.42	0.072	.51	0.05%	0.69	DH
3	1517	5	Apr 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	8	2.86	-0.073	3.80	-0.06%	-0.79	PH
4	1518	7 (1)	Apr 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	1.57	-0.039	2.10	-0.03%	-0.16	PH
5	1519	9 (1)	Apr 20	CHW		BOS	L,8-12	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	4	3.91	0.121	5.13	0.10%	0.73	PH
6	1520	10	Apr 21	CHW		BOS	W,7-2	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.182	.490	6	.83	-0.083	1.03	-0.06%	-0.42	DH
7	1521	11	Apr 22	CHW		MIL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.235	.133	.369	6	1.29	-0.166	1.69	-0.13%	-1.44	DH
8	1522	12	Apr 23	CHW		MIL	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.188	.465	6	5.52	0.164	6.56	0.12%	1.00	PH
9	1523	13	Apr 24	CHW		MIL	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	6	.93	-0.024	1.22	-0.02%	-0.24	DH
10	1524	14	Apr 26	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.292	.190	.482	6	.59	-0.025	.75	-0.02%	-0.01	DH
11	1525	16 (1)	Apr 28	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.417	.774	6	1.98	0.307	2.70	0.25%	1.94	DH
12	1526	17	Apr 30	CHW	@	BAL	L,7-9	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.387	.423	.810	6	.88	0.024	1.24	0.02%	0.24	DH
May		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
13	1527	18	May 1	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.343	.367	.710	6	1.43	-0.151	1.80	-0.11%	-1.05	DH
14	1528	19	May 3	CHW	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.333	.353	.686	6	1.25	0.105	1.54	0.08%	1.16	DH
15	1529	20	May 4	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.333	.667	6	.55	-0.019	.79	-0.02%	-0.22	DH
16	1530	24 (3)	May 10	CHW		DET	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.326	.324	.650	8	1.91	-0.050	2.76	-0.04%	-0.25	PH
17	1531	26 (1)	May 12	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.340	.308	.648	5	.94	-0.003	1.35	0.00%	-0.14	DH
18	1532	28 (1)	May 14	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.300	.633	6	2.29	-0.055	3.74	-0.05%	-0.37	PH
19	1533	29	May 15	CHW		BAL	W,5-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.327	.293	.619	7	1.17	-0.030	2.06	-0.03%	-0.17	PH
20	1534	30	May 16	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG(6)	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.333	.372	.705	5	1.42	0.113	2.40	0.12%	0.63	DH
21	1535	31	May 17	CHW		TEX	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.345	.383	.728	5	.86	0.097	1.39	0.10%	0.70	DH
22	1536	32	May 18	CHW		TEX	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.339	.360	.699	5	.79	-0.046	1.46	-0.05%	-0.61	DH
23	1537	35 (2)	May 21	CHW	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.355	.423	.778	6	1.29	0.119	2.16	0.12%	1.27	DH
24	1538	36	May 22	CHW	@	TOR	L,0-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.349	.415	.764	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
25	1539	37	May 24	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.359	.426	.785	1	.07	0.003	.13	0.00%	0.13	PH
26	1540	39 (1)	May 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.354	.418	.772	5	2.13	-0.053	3.62	-0.05%	-0.16	PH
27	1541	40	May 28	CHW		TOR	L,1-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.348	.411	.759	8	.19	-0.005	.23	0.00%	-0.17	PH
28	1542	41	May 29	CHW		TOR	W,8-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.348	.397	.744	5	.99	-0.029	1.10	-0.02%	-0.28	DH
29	1543	43 (1)	May 31	CHW		KCR	W,8-3	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.352	.400	.752	6	.07	-0.003	.14	0.00%	0.31	PH
Jun		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
30	1544	44	Jun 1	CHW		KCR	W,8-7	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.360	.387	.747	6	1.36	0.115	2.77	0.14%	0.78	DH
31	1545	45	Jun 2	CHW		KCR	W,4-1	GS-8	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.380	.381	.761	5	.25	0.016	.52	0.02%	0.54	DH
32	1546	46	Jun 3	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.373	.364	.737	6	.93	-0.025	1.80	-0.03%	0.04	DH
33	1547	47	Jun 4	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.368	.348	.716	6	.53	0.022	.97	0.02%	-0.05	DH
34	1548	52 (4)	Jun 10	CHW	@	SEA	W,9-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.375	.348	.723	7	.29	0.002	.65	0.00%	0.27	PH
35	1549	53	Jun 11	CHW	@	SEA	W,7-1	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.374	.347	.721	6	.46	0.008	1.07	0.01%	-0.30	DH
36	1550	55 (1)	Jun 13	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.358	.329	.687	4	2.19	-0.267	6.71	-0.49%	-1.99	DH
37	1551	56	Jun 14	CHW	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.357	.329	.686	6	1.16	-0.040	3.49	-0.07%	-0.42	DH
38	1552	57	Jun 15	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.356	.341	.698	6	1.90	0.065	6.15	0.13%	-0.02	DH
39	1553	58	Jun 16	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.350	.333	.683	6	1.40	-0.068	4.48	-0.13%	-0.61	DH
40	1554	59	Jun 18	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.346	.329	.676	9	2.95	-0.139	8.49	-0.24%	-0.55	PH
41	1555	60	Jun 19	CHW		OAK	W,8-7	5-11	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.361	.345	.706	6	1.48	0.208	4.17	0.35%	1.24	PH
42	1556	62 (1)	Jun 21	CHW		CAL	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.358	.341	.699	9	.64	-0.017	2.10	-0.03%	-0.11	PH
43	1557	63	Jun 22	CHW		CAL	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.355	.337	.692	7	.97	-0.026	3.05	-0.05%	-0.25	PH
44	1558	64	Jun 23	CHW		CAL	L,1-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.351	.333	.685	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.55	PH
45	1559	66 (1)	Jun 25	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-5	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.348	.330	.678	2	2.27	-0.062	6.20	-0.10%	-0.22	PH
46	1560	67	Jun 26	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-10	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.357	.326	.683	5	.39	0.040	.95	0.06%	0.60	DH
47	1561	68	Jun 28	CHW		MIN	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.353	.323	.676	2	4.93	-0.121	8.76	-0.13%	-0.33	PH
48	1562	70 (1)	Jun 30	CHW		MIN	L,3-4	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.359	.323	.682	9	3.06	0.122	4.76	0.11%	0.62	PH
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
49	1563	71	Jul 1	CHW		SEA	L,1-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.358	.316	.674	2	.98	-0.006	1.44	-0.01%	-0.04	DH
50	1564	73 (1)	Jul 3	CHW		SEA	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.355	.313	.668	2	1.09	0.086	1.63	0.08%	0.29	DH
51	1565	74	Jul 4	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.359	.324	.683	5	.60	0.031	.69	0.02%	1.05	DH
52	1566	75	Jul 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.356	.324	.680	5	.51	-0.006	.62	0.00%	0.74	DH
53	1567	76	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.360	.324	.684	5	1.39	0.024	1.87	0.02%	-0.01	DH
54	1568	78 (1)	Jul 8	CHW	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.350	.313	.663	5	1.00	0.012	1.41	0.01%	-0.32	DH
55	1569	79	Jul 9	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.347	.304	.652	5	.58	-0.019	.88	-0.02%	-0.45	DH
56	1570	80	Jul 10	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.345	.297	.641	5	1.37	-0.111	1.82	-0.09%	-0.51	DH
57	1571	83 (2)	Jul 13	CHW	@	BAL	W,10-8	GS-9	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.353	.306	.659	6	.65	0.052	.65	0.03%	0.96	DH
58	1572	84	Jul 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.353	.306	.659	6	1.02	0.001	.99	0.00%	-0.07	DH
59	1573	85	Jul 18	CHW		CLE	W,10-0	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.352	.307	.659	6	.36	0.056	.36	0.03%	1.06	DH
60	1574	86	Jul 19	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.346	.300	.646	6	1.01	-0.079	1.22	-0.06%	-0.87	DH
61	1575	87	Jul 20	CHW		CLE	W,8-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.344	.298	.641	8	3.48	-0.101	4.10	-0.07%	-0.34	PH
62	1576	88	Jul 21	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.348	.303	.651	9	4.93	0.350	5.98	0.26%	0.85	PH
63	1577	91 (2)	Jul 24	CHW		DET	L,4-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.345	.301	.646	9	1.76	-0.046	2.52	-0.04%	-0.25	PH
64	1578	92	Jul 25	CHW		BAL	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.343	.299	.642	3	.23	-0.006	.25	0.00%	-0.17	PH
65	1579	93	Jul 26	CHW		BAL	W,9-8	GS-5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.351	.299	.650	6	.82	0.025	.86	0.02%	0.44	DH
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
66	1580	98 (4)	Aug 1 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	GS-9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.203	.358	.304	.663	6	.65	0.143	.75	0.10%	2.25	DH
67	1581	100 (1)	Aug 2	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	.352	.298	.650	6	.88	-0.071	1.05	-0.05%	-0.75	DH
68	1582	101	Aug 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.350	.317	.667	5	.47	-0.020	.59	-0.02%	0.38	DH
69	1583	102	Aug 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.355	.320	.675	6	1.46	0.105	1.55	0.07%	0.75	DH
70	1584	105 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.353	.318	.671	1	.02	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.11	PH
							34-36		184	148	20	30	5	0	4	20	34	3	22	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	.203	.353	.318	.671		1.08	0.522	1.82	0.08%	5.39

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