Oscar Gamble

Full Name: Oscar Charles Gamble	Primary Position: OF,DH,RF,LF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/160	First Game: August 27, 1969
Birthdate: December 20, 1949	Final Game: August 8, 1985
Birthplace: Ramer, Alabama	MLB Experience: 17 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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- 2.1 Batting Stats
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[edit] Biography

Oscar Gamble (Oscar Charles Gamble) was born on December 20, 1949 in Ramer, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on August 27, 1969 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1970, his rookie year, he hit .262 with 1 home run and 19 RBI. Gamble played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers over the course of his 17 year career.

Most people believe that Oscar Gamble's best season was 1977, when he slugged 31 home runs, hit for a .297 average and knocked in 83 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1969	CHI	N	24	71	6	16	1	5	.225	.321	.310	1	1	10	12	0	0	0	1	1
1970	PHI	N	88	275	31	72	1	19	.262	.330	.345	12	4	27	37	1	2	5	3	8
1971	PHI	N	92	280	24	62	6	23	.221	.275	.332	11	1	21	35	1	3	5	2	1
1972	PHI	N	74	135	17	32	1	13	.237	.331	.326	5	2	19	16	1	0	0	0	4
1973	CLE	A	113	390	56	104	20	44	.267	.329	.464	11	3	34	37	3	3	3	1	4
1974	CLE	A	135	454	74	132	19	59	.291	.363	.469	16	4	48	51	5	0	5	10	7
1975	CLE	A	121	348	60	91	15	45	.261	.361	.454	16	3	53	39	2	1	11	4	8
1976	NY	A	110	340	43	79	17	57	.232	.317	.426	13	1	38	38	4	2	5	4	4
1977	CHI	A	137	408	75	121	31	83	.297	.386	.588	22	2	54	54	6	1	1	2	3
1978	SD	N	126	375	46	103	7	47	.275	.366	.387	15	3	51	45	6	0	1	11	2
1979	TEX	A	64	161	27	54	8	32	.335	.458	.522	6	0	37	15	1	0	2	11	6
1979	NY	A	36	113	21	44	11	32	.389	.452	.735	4	1	13	13	0	0	0	1	1
1979	TOT	A	100	274	48	98	19	64	.358	.456	.609	10	1	50	28	1	0	2	12	7
1980	NY	A	78	194	40	54	14	50	.278	.376	.567	10	2	28	21	4	0	2	4	2
1981	NY	A	80	189	24	45	10	27	.238	.357	.439	8	0	35	23	1	0	0	2	4
1982	NY	A	108	316	49	86	18	57	.272	.387	.522	21	2	58	47	4	0	6	2	4
1983	NY	A	74	180	26	47	7	26	.261	.361	.456	10	2	25	23	3	0	0	1	3
1984	NY	A	54	125	17	23	10	27	.184	.318	.440	2	0	25	18	0	0	1	0	1
1985	CHI	A	70	148	20	30	4	20	.203	.353	.318	5	0	34	22	1	0	0	3	1
Total	NL		404	1136	124	285	16	107	.251	.329	.351	44	11	128	145	9	5	11	17	16
Total	AL		1180	3366	532	910	184	559	.270	.366	.489	144	20	482	401	34	7	36	45	48
Total			1584	4502	656	1195	200	666	.265	.356	.454	188	31	610	546	43	12	47	62	64

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1969	CHI	N	CF	23	21	190	40	0	4	0	.909
1969	CHI	N	LF	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
1969	CHI	N	OF	24	21	191	41	1	4	0	.913
1970	PHI	N	CF	47	45	387.1	95	1	5	0	.950
1970	PHI	N	RF	28	26	219	53	3	2	0	.966
1970	PHI	N	OF	74	71	606.1	148	4	7	0	.956
1971	PHI	N	LF	54	47	434.2	83	2	3	1	.966
1971	PHI	N	RF	26	20	196	42	2	1	0	.978
1971	PHI	N	OF	80	67	632.2	125	4	4	1	.970
1971	PHI	N	CF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1972	PHI	N	OF	36	32	262.2	54	2	0	1	1.000
1972	PHI	N	RF	36	32	262.2	58	2	0	1	1.000
1973	CLE	A	DH	70	65	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	CLE	A	LF	2	1	13	6	0	0	0	1.000
1973	CLE	A	OF	37	34	286.2	67	1	2	0	.971
1973	CLE	A	CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	CLE	A	RF	35	33	272.2	61	1	2	0	.969
1974	CLE	A	OF	13	12	86	19	1	0	0	1.000
1974	CLE	A	LF	12	12	84	19	1	0	0	1.000
1974	CLE	A	DH	115	112	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	CLE	A	RF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	CLE	A	OF	82	75	659.2	146	8	2	2	.987
1975	CLE	A	RF	1	0	5	3	0	0	0	1.000
1975	CLE	A	LF	81	75	654.2	142	8	2	2	.987
1975	CLE	A	DH	29	21	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	NY	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	NY	A	OF	104	87	816	199	10	4	3	.981
1976	NY	A	RF	104	87	816	203	10	4	3	.982
1977	CHI	A	RF	39	32	280.1	52	1	0	0	1.000
1977	CHI	A	DH	79	72	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	CHI	A	CF	7	6	54.1	16	0	0	0	1.000
1977	CHI	A	OF	50	41	359.2	73	1	1	0	.987
1977	CHI	A	LF	5	3	25	6	0	1	0	.857
1978	SD	N	OF	107	106	809.1	172	12	4	3	.979
1978	SD	N	RF	71	68	526	123	8	1	3	.992
1978	SD	N	LF	39	38	283.1	48	4	3	0	.945
1979	TEX	A	DH	37	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	TEX	A	RF	21	18	152	41	2	0	2	1.000
1979	TEX	A	OF	21	18	152	41	2	0	2	1.000
1979	NY	A	OF	27	27	209.1	47	3	3	2	.943
1979	NY	A	LF	27	27	209.1	48	3	3	2	.944
1979	NY	A	DH	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	TOT	A	DH	42	31	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	TOT	A	OF	48	45	361.1	88	5	3	4	.969
1980	NY	A	DH	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	NY	A	OF	48	41	316.1	65	2	0	1	1.000
1980	NY	A	RF	15	14	111	22	1	0	1	1.000
1980	NY	A	LF	34	27	205.1	42	1	0	0	1.000
1981	NY	A	DH	33	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	NY	A	CF	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000
1981	NY	A	RF	27	18	176	46	0	0	0	1.000
1981	NY	A	OF	43	31	278	77	0	0	0	1.000
1981	NY	A	LF	15	13	100	31	0	0	0	1.000
1982	NY	A	RF	28	25	222	58	6	0	1	1.000
1982	NY	A	DH	74	62	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	NY	A	LF	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	NY	A	OF	29	26	224	59	6	0	1	1.000
1983	NY	A	RF	31	25	221.1	62	1	4	1	.940
1983	NY	A	DH	21	19	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	NY	A	OF	33	27	238.1	64	1	4	1	.942
1983	NY	A	LF	2	2	17	2	0	0	0	1.000
1984	NY	A	DH	29	27	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	NY	A	RF	11	8	88.1	13	1	0	0	1.000
1984	NY	A	OF	11	8	88.1	15	1	0	0	1.000
1985	CHI	A	DH	48	43	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			LF	273	246	2029.1	427	20	12	5	.974
Total			CF	80	72	636.2	153	1	9	0	.945
Total			OF	819	724	6216.1	1412	59	35	17	.977
Total			DH	561	483	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	474	406	3550.1	837	38	14	12	.984

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 16th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968 - signed June 18, 1968).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Dick Selma to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Johnny Callison and a player to be named later (November 17, 1969); Chicago Cubs received Larry Colton (@January, 1970).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Roger Freed to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Del Unser and Terry Wedgewood (November 30, 1972).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to New York Yankees in exchange for Pat Dobson (November 22, 1975).
Traded by New York Yankees with LaMarr Hoyt, Bob Polinsky and $200000 to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bucky Dent (April 5, 1977).
Granted free agency (October 28, 1977).
Signed by San Diego Padres (November 29, 1977).
Traded by San Diego Padres with Dave Roberts and $300000 to Texas Rangers in exchange for Mike Hargrove, Kurt Bevacqua and Bill Fahey (October 25, 1978).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Amos Lewis and 2 players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Mickey Rivers and 3 players to be named later (August 1, 1979); New York Yankees received Ray Fontenot and Gene Nelson (October 8, 1979) and Texas Rangers received Bob Polinsky, Neal Mersch and Mark Softy (October 8, 1979).
Granted free agency (November 7, 1983).
Signed by New York Yankees (April 17, 1984).
Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (March 23, 1985).
Released by Chicago White Sox (August 12, 1985).