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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	4 (2)	Apr 13	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
3	5	Apr 15	NYY		MIN	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
4	6	Apr 17	NYY		MIN	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	7	Apr 18	NYY		MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	8	Apr 20	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
7	9	Apr 21	NYY		CHW	W,10-7	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
8	10	Apr 23	NYY		KCR	L,2-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
9	11	Apr 24	NYY		KCR	W,9-8	CG	49	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	12	Apr 27	NYY	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14 (1)	May 1	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-4	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	15	May 2	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	40	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
13	17 (1)	May 5	NYY	@	CAL	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	18	May 6	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	20 (1)	May 8	NYY	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
16	21	May 9	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	43	11.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	22	May 11	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
18	23	May 12	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
19	24	May 13	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	26 (1)	May 15	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH RF
21	28 (1)	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-6	GF	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
22	29	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
23	31 (1)	May 21	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
24	32	May 22	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	33	May 23	NYY		BOS	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	34	May 24	NYY		MIL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	36 (1)	May 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
28	38 (1)	May 28	NYY	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	41 (2)	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	42	Jun 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
31	43	Jun 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	44	Jun 4	NYY		OAK	L,4-6	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
33	45	Jun 5	NYY		OAK	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
34	46	Jun 6 (1)	NYY		OAK	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
35	47	Jun 6 (2)	NYY		OAK	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
36	48	Jun 8	NYY		CAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
37	49	Jun 9	NYY		CAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	51 (1)	Jun 11	NYY		TEX	W,7-5	GS	32	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
39	52	Jun 12	NYY		TEX	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	54 (1)	Jun 15	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	55	Jun 16	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
42	56	Jun 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
43	57	Jun 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	53	14.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	58	Jun 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
45	60 (1)	Jun 21	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	63 (2)	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	64	Jun 25	NYY		MIL	W,1-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
48	65	Jun 26	NYY		MIL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
49	66	Jun 27 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,6-2	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	67	Jun 27 (2)	NYY		MIL	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	68	Jun 28	NYY	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	69	Jun 29	NYY	@	DET	L,5-7	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	70	Jul 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	73 (2)	Jul 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	74	Jul 5	NYY		KCR	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
56	75	Jul 6 (1)	NYY		KCR	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
57	76	Jul 6 (2)	NYY		KCR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	78 (1)	Jul 8	NYY		CHW	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
59	79	Jul 9	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	81 (1)	Jul 11	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	82	Jul 15 (1)	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
62	83	Jul 15 (2)	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	46	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
63	84	Jul 16	NYY	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
64	86 (1)	Jul 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	49	11.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	88 (1)	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,14-9	GF	24	6.1	4	1	0	5	0	PH RF
66	89	Jul 21	NYY		OAK	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
67	90	Jul 22	NYY		OAK	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
68	93 (2)	Jul 25	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
69	95 (1)	Jul 27	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	96	Jul 28	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	97	Jul 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
72	98	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
73	99	Jul 31 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	102 (2)	Aug 3	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
75	104 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
76	105	Aug 5	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-9	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
77	107 (1)	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,5-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
78	108	Aug 9	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	110 (1)	Aug 11	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
80	111	Aug 12	NYY	@	MIN	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
81	113 (1)	Aug 14	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
82	114	Aug 15	NYY	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
83	115	Aug 16	NYY		TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	116	Aug 17	NYY		TEX	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	118 (1)	Aug 20	NYY		CAL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
86	119	Aug 21	NYY		CAL	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	121 (1)	Aug 23	NYY		MIN	W,9-4	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
88	125 (3)	Aug 28	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
89	126	Aug 29	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	127	Aug 30	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
91	128	Aug 31	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	130 (1)	Sep 3	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
93	131	Sep 4 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
94	135 (3)	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
95	138 (2)	Sep 10	NYY		MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
96	140 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	NYY		DET	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
97	143 (2)	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
98	147 (3)	Sep 19	NYY	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	148	Sep 20	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
100	150 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
101	156 (5)	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-7	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
102	157	Sep 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
103	158	Oct 2 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
104	159	Oct 2 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
							104gm		816.0	203	10	4	217	3