Oscar Gamble
Oscar Charles Gamble
Born: December 20, 1949
Ramer, AL USA
Deceased: 2018
Birmingham, AL USA
Primary Position: RF
All Position(s) Played: RF, CF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 160
Career: 1969-1985
Draft: Round 16 (1968 June Amateur Draft, Chicago Cubs)
School: Montgomery, AL
Minor League Statistics
Oscar Gamble compiled a career batting average of .265 with 200 home runs and 666 RBI in his 1584-game career with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers. He began playing during the 1969 season and last took the field during the 1985 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1969 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 24 | 81 | 71 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | .225 | .321 | .310 | .631 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1970 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 88 | 305 | 275 | 31 | 72 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 37 | .262 | .330 | .345 | .675 | 95 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
1971 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 92 | 309 | 280 | 24 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 35 | .221 | .275 | .332 | .607 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
1972 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 74 | 157 | 135 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16 | .237 | .331 | .326 | .657 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1973 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 113 | 432 | 390 | 56 | 104 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 37 | .267 | .329 | .464 | .793 | 181 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
1974 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 135 | 509 | 454 | 74 | 132 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 59 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 51 | .291 | .363 | .469 | .833 | 213 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
1975 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 121 | 405 | 348 | 60 | 91 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 39 | .261 | .361 | .454 | .815 | 158 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | 110 | 384 | 340 | 43 | 79 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 38 | .232 | .317 | .426 | .743 | 145 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
1977 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 137 | 470 | 408 | 75 | 121 | 22 | 2 | 31 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 54 | .297 | .386 | .588 | .974 | 240 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1978 | NL | San Diego Padres | 126 | 437 | 375 | 46 | 103 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 45 | .275 | .366 | .387 | .753 | 145 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
1979 | AL | Texas Rangers | 64 | 201 | 161 | 27 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 15 | .335 | .458 | .522 | .979 | 84 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
1979 | AL | New York Yankees | 36 | 126 | 113 | 21 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .389 | .452 | .735 | 1.187 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1980 | AL | New York Yankees | 78 | 229 | 194 | 40 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 21 | .278 | .376 | .567 | .943 | 110 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
1981 | AL | New York Yankees | 80 | 227 | 189 | 24 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 23 | .238 | .357 | .439 | .796 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1982 | AL | New York Yankees | 108 | 382 | 316 | 49 | 86 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 47 | .272 | .387 | .522 | .910 | 165 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
1983 | AL | New York Yankees | 74 | 208 | 180 | 26 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 23 | .261 | .361 | .456 | .816 | 82 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1984 | AL | New York Yankees | 54 | 151 | 125 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 18 | .184 | .318 | .440 | .758 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1985 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 70 | 184 | 148 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 22 | .203 | .353 | .318 | .671 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Totals | 1584 | 5197 | 4502 | 656 | 1195 | 188 | 31 | 200 | 666 | 47 | 37 | 610 | 546 | .265 | .356 | .454 | .811 | 2045 | 64 | 43 | 12 | 30 | 62 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1969 | NL | Chicago Cubs | OF | 24 | 21 | 191.0 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .913 | 1.979 | 1.750 |
1970 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | OF | 74 | 71 | 606.0 | 148 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .956 | 2.257 | 2.054 |
1971 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | OF | 80 | 67 | 633.0 | 125 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 1.834 | 1.613 |
1972 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | OF | 35 | 32 | 263.0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.916 | 1.600 |
1972 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1973 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 37 | 34 | 286.7 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 2.135 | 1.838 |
1974 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 13 | 12 | 86.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.093 | 1.538 |
1975 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 82 | 75 | 659.7 | 146 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .987 | 2.101 | 1.878 |
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 104 | 87 | 816.0 | 199 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .981 | 2.305 | 2.010 |
1977 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 49 | 41 | 359.7 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.852 | 1.510 |
1978 | NL | San Diego Padres | OF | 107 | 106 | 809.3 | 172 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .979 | 2.046 | 1.720 |
1979 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 27 | 27 | 209.3 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .943 | 2.150 | 1.852 |
1979 | AL | Texas Rangers | OF | 21 | 18 | 152.0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.546 | 2.048 |
1980 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 49 | 41 | 318.3 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.894 | 1.367 |
1981 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 43 | 31 | 278.0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.493 | 1.791 |
1982 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 29 | 26 | 224.0 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.612 | 2.241 |
1983 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 32 | 27 | 238.3 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .942 | 2.455 | 2.031 |
1984 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 12 | 8 | 88.3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.630 | 1.333 |
Totals | 819 | 724 | 6220.7 | 1412 | 59 | 35 | 17 | .977 | 2.128 | 1.796 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1976 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1980 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | AL | New York Yankees | AEDIV | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .556 | .600 | 1.333 | 1.933 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | 3 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .167 | .500 | .167 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1981 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 18 | 53 | 42 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .286 | .404 | .476 | .880 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1976 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | RF | 3 | 2 | 22.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.636 | 1.333 |
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | 1.500 |
1980 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | LF | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 1.000 |
1981 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | RF | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 4.000 |
1981 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 2.000 |
1981 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | LF | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 |
Totals | 9 | 8 | 68.0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 2.118 | 1.778 |
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