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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 9	SDP	@	SFG	L,5-7	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 10	SDP	@	ATL	L,7-8	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 11	SDP	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 14	SDP		SFG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 16	SDP		SFG	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 18	SDP		HOU	L,1-5	CG	46	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
9	10 (1)	Apr 20	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	GS	22	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	12 (1)	Apr 22	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	13	Apr 23	SDP		ATL	W,5-4	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	14	Apr 24	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	15	Apr 25	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	16	Apr 26	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
15	18 (1)	Apr 29	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
16	19	Apr 30	SDP	@	PHI	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	20	May 1	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	22 (1)	May 3	SDP	@	PIT	W,7-5	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
19	23	May 5	SDP	@	STL	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	24	May 6	SDP	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	25	May 7	SDP	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
22	26	May 9	SDP		CHC	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
23	27	May 10	SDP		CHC	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
24	28	May 11	SDP		CHC	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	31 (2)	May 14	SDP		PIT	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	32	May 15	SDP		STL	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
27	33	May 16	SDP		STL	W,7-5	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
28	34	May 17	SDP		STL	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	35	May 19	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	37 (1)	May 21 (1)	SDP	@	CIN	W,7-2	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	38	May 21 (2)	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-1	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
32	41 (2)	May 24	SDP		LAD	W,9-3	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	42	May 26	SDP		CIN	L,1-3	GS	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
34	43	May 27	SDP		CIN	L,2-5	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	44	May 28	SDP		CIN	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	46 (1)	May 30	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	47	May 31	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	48	Jun 2	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	49	Jun 3	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
40	52 (2)	Jun 6 susp	SDP	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
41	54 (1)	Jun 9	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	55	Jun 10	SDP	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS	23	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
43	56	Jun 11	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
44	57	Jun 12	SDP		NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	58	Jun 13	SDP		NYM	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	59	Jun 14 (1)	SDP		MON	W,6-2	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	62 (2)	Jun 16	SDP		PHI	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	63	Jun 17	SDP		PHI	W,7-0	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	64	Jun 18	SDP		PHI	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
50	65	Jun 20	SDP		ATL	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	66	Jun 21	SDP		ATL	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	67	Jun 22	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	68	Jun 23	SDP		HOU	W,3-0	GS	18	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	69	Jun 24	SDP		HOU	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	70	Jun 25 (1)	SDP		HOU	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	71	Jun 25 (2)	SDP		HOU	W,7-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	72	Jun 26	SDP		SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
58	74 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	SDP		SFG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	75	Jun 28 (2)	SDP		SFG	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	76	Jun 30	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	77	Jul 1 (1)	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
62	79 (1)	Jul 2	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
63	80	Jul 3	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
64	81	Jul 4	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	82	Jul 5	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	83	Jul 6	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	84	Jul 7	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-11	GS	38	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
68	85	Jul 8 (1)	SDP	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
69	87 (1)	Jul 9	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
70	88	Jul 13	SDP	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	89	Jul 14	SDP	@	CHC	W,9-5	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
72	90	Jul 15	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	91	Jul 16 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	94 (2)	Jul 18	SDP	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
75	95	Jul 19	SDP	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
76	101 (5)	Jul 26	SDP		PIT	W,6-5	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
77	102	Jul 27	SDP		PIT	W,6-3	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	103	Jul 28	SDP		STL	W,8-3	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	RF
79	104	Jul 29	SDP		STL	W,7-3	GS	25	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
80	105	Jul 30	SDP		STL	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	106	Jul 31	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	107	Aug 1	SDP		LAD	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	108	Aug 2	SDP		LAD	W,2-1	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	109	Aug 4	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
85	110	Aug 5	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
86	111	Aug 6	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
87	112	Aug 7	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	113	Aug 8	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
89	115 (1)	Aug 10	SDP		CIN	W,15-3	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
90	116	Aug 11	SDP		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
91	117	Aug 12	SDP		CIN	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
92	118	Aug 13	SDP		CIN	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
93	119	Aug 15	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
94	120	Aug 16	SDP	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	121	Aug 17	SDP	@	NYM	W,9-2	GS	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
96	122	Aug 18	SDP	@	MON	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	125 (2)	Aug 21	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
98	126	Aug 22	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS	27	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
99	127	Aug 23	SDP	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	128	Aug 24	SDP		NYM	L,3-6	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
101	129	Aug 25	SDP		NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	133 (3)	Aug 29	SDP		PHI	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
103	134	Aug 30	SDP		PHI	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	136 (1)	Sep 1	SDP		MON	L,2-3	GS	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
105	147 (10)	Sep 13	SDP		CIN	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
106	148	Sep 14	SDP		CIN	W,8-1	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
107	152 (3)	Sep 19	SDP		SFG	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							110gm		809.1	171	12	4	187	3