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Oscar Gamble
Oscar Charles Gamble
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 20, 1949 in Ramer, AL
High School: Carver (Montgomery, AL)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 16th round of the 1968 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1969
Final Game: August 8, 1985
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1969 19 CHC NL 24 81 71 6 16 1 1 1 5 0 2 10 12 .225 .321 .310 .631 69 22 1 0 0 0 1 8/7
1970 20 PHI NL 88 305 275 31 72 12 4 1 19 5 4 27 37 .262 .330 .345 .675 83 95 8 1 2 0 3 89
1971 21 PHI NL 92 309 280 24 62 11 1 6 23 5 2 21 35 .221 .275 .332 .607 72 93 1 1 3 4 2 79/8
1972 22 PHI NL 74 157 135 17 32 5 2 1 13 0 1 19 16 .237 .331 .326 .657 86 44 4 1 0 2 0 9/3
1973 23 CLE AL 113 432 390 56 104 11 3 20 44 3 4 34 37 .267 .329 .464 .793 119 181 4 3 3 2 1 D9/78
1974 24 CLE AL 135 509 454 74 132 16 4 19 59 5 6 48 51 .291 .363 .469 .833 140 213 7 5 0 2 10 *D7/9
1975 25 CLE AL 121 405 348 60 91 16 3 15 45 11 5 53 39 .261 .361 .454 .815 131 158 8 2 1 1 4 7D/9
1976 26 NYY AL 110 384 340 43 79 13 1 17 57 5 3 38 38 .232 .317 .426 .743 117 145 4 4 2 0 4 9/D
1977 27 CHW AL 137 470 408 75 121 22 2 31 83 1 2 54 54 .297 .386 .588 .974 162 240 3 6 1 1 2 D9/87 MVP-29
1978 28 SDP NL 126 437 375 46 103 15 3 7 47 1 2 51 45 .275 .366 .387 .753 120 145 2 6 0 5 11 97
1979 29 TOT AL 100 327 274 48 98 10 1 19 64 2 1 50 28 .358 .456 .609 1.065 187 167 7 1 0 2 12 D79
1979 29 TEX AL 64 201 161 27 54 6 0 8 32 2 1 37 15 .335 .458 .522 .979 166 84 6 1 0 2 11 D9
1979 29 NYY AL 36 126 113 21 44 4 1 11 32 0 0 13 13 .389 .452 .735 1.187 218 83 1 0 0 0 1 7/D
1980 30 NYY AL 78 229 194 40 54 10 2 14 50 2 0 28 21 .278 .376 .567 .943 158 110 2 4 0 3 4 7D9
1981 31 NYY AL 80 227 189 24 45 8 0 10 27 0 2 35 23 .238 .357 .439 .796 131 83 4 1 0 2 2 D97/8
1982 32 NYY AL 108 382 316 49 86 21 2 18 57 6 3 58 47 .272 .387 .522 .910 150 165 4 4 0 4 2 D9/7
1983 33 NYY AL 74 208 180 26 47 10 2 7 26 0 0 25 23 .261 .361 .456 .816 128 82 3 3 0 0 1 9D/7
1984 34 NYY AL 54 151 125 17 23 2 0 10 27 1 0 25 18 .184 .318 .440 .758 112 55 1 0 0 1 0 D9
1985 35 CHW AL 70 184 148 20 30 5 0 4 20 0 0 34 22 .203 .353 .318 .671 83 47 1 1 0 1 3 D
17 Seasons 1584 5197 4502 656 1195 188 31 200 666 47 37 610 546 .265 .356 .454 .811 127 2045 64 43 12 30 62
162 Game Avg. 162 532 460 67 122 19 3 20 68 5 4 62 56 .265 .356 .454 .811 127 209 7 4 1 3 6
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYY (7 yrs) 540 1707 1457 220 378 68 8 87 276 14 8 222 183 .259 .361 .496 .858 141 723 19 16 2 10 14
PHI (3 yrs) 254 771 690 72 166 28 7 8 55 10 7 67 88 .241 .308 .336 .644 79 232 13 3 5 6 5
CLE (3 yrs) 369 1346 1192 190 327 43 10 54 148 19 15 135 127 .274 .352 .463 .815 130 552 19 10 4 5 15
CHW (2 yrs) 207 654 556 95 151 27 2 35 103 1 2 88 76 .272 .377 .516 .893 141 287 4 7 1 2 5
TEX (1 yr) 64 201 161 27 54 6 0 8 32 2 1 37 15 .335 .458 .522 .979 166 84 6 1 0 2 11
SDP (1 yr) 126 437 375 46 103 15 3 7 47 1 2 51 45 .275 .366 .387 .753 120 145 2 6 0 5 11
CHC (1 yr) 24 81 71 6 16 1 1 1 5 0 2 10 12 .225 .321 .310 .631 69 22 1 0 0 0 1
AL (12 yrs) 1180 3908 3366 532 910 144 20 184 559 36 26 482 401 .270 .366 .489 .855 138 1646 48 34 7 19 45
NL (5 yrs) 404 1289 1136 124 285 44 11 16 107 11 11 128 145 .251 .329 .351 .680 92 399 16 9 5 11 17

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 26 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 3 10 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .375 .708 3 0 0 1 0 0
1976 26 NYY AL WS CIN L 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
1980 30 NYY AL ALCS KCR L 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 31 NYY AL ALDS MIL W 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 31 NYY AL ALCS OAK W 3 12 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .167 .500 .167 .667 1 0 0 0 1 0
1981 31 NYY AL WS LAD L 3 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (6 Series) 18 53 42 7 12 2 0 2 7 0 0 9 7 .286 .404 .476 .880 20 0 0 1 1 0
1 ALDS 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
3 ALCS 8 28 19 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 5 .211 .407 .263 .671 5 0 0 1 1 0
2 WS 6 15 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .214 .481 3 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 CHC NL 19 OF 24 21 191.0 46 41 1 4 0 .913 -5.9 -37.1 -2.9 -0.9 -2.0 -3 1.98 1.75 .974 2.02 1.75
1969 CHC NL 19 CF 23 21 190.0 44 40 0 4 0 .909 -5.8 -36.6 -2.8 -0.8 -2.0 -3 1.89 1.74 .980 2.30 2.07
1969 CHC NL 19 LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.30
1970 PHI NL 20 OF 74 71 606.1 159 148 4 7 0 .956 -14.8 -29.3 -9.8 -3.7 -6.1 -5 2.26 2.05 .977 2.07 1.78
1970 PHI NL 20 CF 47 45 387.1 101 95 1 5 0 .950 -12.4 -38.4 -8.4 -4.8 -3.6 -4 2.23 2.04 .978 2.34 2.07
1970 PHI NL 20 RF 28 26 219.0 58 53 3 2 0 .966 -2.4 -13.2 -1.4 1.1 -2.5 -1 2.30 2.00 .976 2.00 1.68
1971 PHI NL 21 OF 80 67 632.2 133 125 4 4 1 .970 -1.2 -2.3 -1.2 -2.6 1.5 0 1.84 1.61 .979 2.19 1.92
1971 PHI NL 21 LF 54 47 434.2 88 83 2 3 1 .966 -0.1 -0.3 -1.1 -1.2 0.2 1 1.76 1.57 .970 1.87 1.53
1971 PHI NL 21 RF 26 20 196.0 45 42 2 1 0 .978 -1.0 -6.1 0.0 -1.3 1.3 -1 2.02 1.69 .982 2.07 1.80
1971 PHI NL 21 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1972 PHI NL 22 RF 36 32 262.2 60 58 2 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -3.2 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 0 2.06 1.67 .978 2.03 1.74
1972 PHI NL 22 OF 35 32 262.2 56 54 2 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -3.2 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 0 1.92 1.60 .977 2.18 1.96
1972 PHI NL 22 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.40
1973 CLE AL 23 DH 70
1973 CLE AL 23 OF 37 34 286.2 70 67 1 2 0 .971 -0.9 -3.8 0.1 -0.1 0.2 -1 2.13 1.84 .979 2.29 2.02
1973 CLE AL 23 RF 35 33 272.2 64 61 1 2 0 .969 -2.1 -9.2 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 -1 2.05 1.77 .977 2.09 1.73
1973 CLE AL 23 LF 2 1 13.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 110.8 1.2 0.7 0.5 0 4.15 3.00 .983 2.01 1.70
1973 CLE AL 23 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1974 CLE AL 24 DH 115
1974 CLE AL 24 OF 13 12 86.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -29.3 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 -1 2.09 1.54 .980 2.41 2.12
1974 CLE AL 24 LF 12 12 84.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -28.6 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 -1 2.14 1.67 .975 2.12 1.75
1974 CLE AL 24 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1975 CLE AL 25 OF 82 75 659.2 156 146 8 2 2 .987 -2.0 -3.6 -4.0 -1.6 -2.4 2 2.10 1.88 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 CLE AL 25 LF 81 75 654.2 152 142 8 2 2 .987 -3.4 -6.2 -4.4 -2.0 -2.4 1 2.06 1.85 .977 2.18 1.80
1975 CLE AL 25 DH 29
1975 CLE AL 25 RF 1 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 336.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 1 5.40 3.00 .967 2.16 1.80
1976 NYY AL 26 OF 104 87 816.0 213 199 10 4 3 .981 5.4 7.9 5.4 5.3 0.1 0 2.31 2.01 .981 2.47 2.21
1976 NYY AL 26 RF 104 87 816.0 217 203 10 4 3 .982 5.4 7.9 5.4 5.3 0.1 0 2.35 2.05 .980 2.21 1.92
1976 NYY AL 26 DH 1
1977 CHW AL 27 DH 79 MVP-29
1977 CHW AL 27 OF 49 41 359.2 75 73 1 1 0 .987 -7.9 -26.4 -5.9 -2.3 -3.7 -2 1.85 1.51 .977 2.34 2.03 MVP-29
1977 CHW AL 27 RF 39 32 280.1 53 52 1 0 0 1.000 -7.3 -31.2 -5.3 -2.7 -2.7 -2 1.70 1.36 .974 2.08 1.71 MVP-29
1977 CHW AL 27 CF 7 6 54.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -4.4 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 0 2.65 2.29 .981 2.83 2.49 MVP-29
1977 CHW AL 27 LF 5 3 25.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -0.4 -19.2 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 2.16 1.20 .986 2.12 1.74 MVP-29
1978 SDP NL 28 OF 107 106 809.1 188 172 12 4 3 .979 -4.1 -6.1 -3.1 -3.1 -0.1 -1 2.05 1.72 .980 2.31 1.94
1978 SDP NL 28 RF 71 68 526.0 132 123 8 1 3 .992 -2.0 -4.6 -1.0 0.8 -1.8 -1 2.24 1.85 .977 2.13 1.78
1978 SDP NL 28 LF 39 38 283.1 55 48 4 3 0 .945 -2.1 -8.9 -2.1 -3.9 1.7 0 1.65 1.33 .978 1.99 1.55
1979 TOT AL 29 OF 48 45 361.1 96 88 5 3 4 .969 2.7 9.0 2.7 1.7 1.1 0 2.32 1.94 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 TOT AL 29 DH 43
1979 TEX AL 29 DH 37
1979 TEX AL 29 OF 21 18 152.0 43 41 2 0 2 1.000 3.8 30.0 2.8 1.2 1.6 1 2.55 2.05 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 TEX AL 29 RF 21 18 152.0 43 41 2 0 2 1.000 3.8 30.0 2.8 1.2 1.6 1 2.55 2.05 .979 2.25 1.88
1979 NYY AL 29 LF 27 27 209.1 54 48 3 3 2 .944 -1.1 -6.3 -0.1 0.5 -0.5 -1 2.19 1.89 .981 2.22 1.80
1979 NYY AL 29 OF 27 27 209.1 53 47 3 3 2 .943 -1.1 -6.3 -0.1 0.5 -0.5 -1 2.15 1.85 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 NYY AL 29 DH 6
1980 NYY AL 30 OF 49 41 316.1 67 65 2 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -3.4 -0.9 -1.0 0.2 0 1.91 1.37 .979 2.47 2.15
1980 NYY AL 30 LF 34 27 205.1 43 42 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -4.7 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0 1.88 1.26 .979 2.35 1.92
1980 NYY AL 30 DH 20
1980 NYY AL 30 RF 15 14 111.0 23 22 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -0.5 0.4 0 1.86 1.53 .974 2.13 1.77
1981 NYY AL 31 OF 43 31 278.0 77 77 0 0 0 1.000 2.3 9.9 4.3 3.6 0.7 -2 2.49 1.79 .983 2.48 2.16
1981 NYY AL 31 DH 33
1981 NYY AL 31 RF 27 18 176.0 46 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.1 14.3 2.1 0.9 1.2 0 2.35 1.70 .980 2.16 1.75
1981 NYY AL 31 LF 15 13 100.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -3.6 1.7 2.2 -0.5 -2 2.79 2.07 .977 2.38 1.99
1981 NYY AL 31 CF 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.60
1982 NYY AL 32 DH 74
1982 NYY AL 32 OF 29 26 224.0 65 59 6 0 1 1.000 -1.7 -9.1 -0.7 -1.9 1.2 -1 2.61 2.24 .982 2.47 2.15
1982 NYY AL 32 RF 28 25 222.0 64 58 6 0 1 1.000 -1.6 -8.6 -0.6 -1.8 1.2 -1 2.59 2.29 .981 2.27 1.90
1982 NYY AL 32 LF 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1983 NYY AL 33 OF 32 27 238.1 69 64 1 4 1 .942 -5.4 -27.2 -1.4 -3.9 2.6 -4 2.45 2.03 .981 2.50 2.16
1983 NYY AL 33 RF 31 25 221.1 67 62 1 4 1 .940 -4.5 -24.4 -0.5 -3.0 2.6 -4 2.56 2.03 .979 2.25 1.85
1983 NYY AL 33 DH 21
1983 NYY AL 33 LF 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -63.5 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 1.06 1.00 1.000 2.33 1.90
1984 NYY AL 34 DH 28
1984 NYY AL 34 OF 12 8 88.1 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -36.7 -2.7 -0.3 -2.4 0 1.63 1.33 .981 2.51 2.17
1984 NYY AL 34 RF 11 8 88.1 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -36.7 -2.7 -0.3 -2.4 0 1.43 1.27 .979 2.23 1.88
1985 CHW AL 35 DH 48
16 Seasons OF 818 724 6216.1 1506 1412 59 35 17 .977 -39.9 -7.7 -21.9 -12.3 -9.4 -18 2.13 1.80 .979 2.33 2.04
12 Seasons DH 561
15 Seasons RF 474 406 3550.1 889 837 38 14 12 .984 -11.8 -4.0 -2.8 -1.2 -1.6 -9 2.22 1.85 .978 2.15 1.81
12 Seasons LF 273 246 2029.1 459 427 20 12 5 .974 -10.1 -6.0 -8.1 -6.6 -1.3 -2 1.98 1.64 .977 2.11 1.73
6 Seasons CF 80 72 636.2 163 153 1 9 0 .945 -18.0 -33.9 -11.0 -4.5 -6.5 -7 2.18 1.93 .979 2.37 2.12
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.40
17 Seasons TOT 819 724 6216.1 1506 1412 59 35 17 .977 -39.9 -7.7 -21.9 -12.3 -9.4 -18 2.13 1.80 .956 2.33 2.04
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (29, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1974 AL  .469 (7th)
1977 AL  .588 (4th)**

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1974 AL  .833 (8th)
1977 AL  .974 (7th)**

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  31 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1974 AL  140 (8th)
Career  127 (208th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  35 (8th)
1979 AL  36 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  3.4 (8th)
1979 AL  3.4 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1974 AL  .674 (8th)
Career  .639 (241st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 NL  6 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 AL  10 (9th)
1979 AL  12 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1974 AL  23.9 (10th)
1977 AL  13.2 (1st)**
Career  22.5 (191st)

Youngest s c a p y
1969 NL  born 1949-12-20 (3rd)

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1373), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1309), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (977), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 16th round of the 1968 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1968.

November 17, 1969: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Dick Selma to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later and Johnny Callison. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Larry Colton (January, 1970) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

November 30, 1972: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Roger Freed to the Cleveland Indians for Terry Wedgewood (minors) and Del Unser.

November 22, 1975: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Yankees for Pat Dobson.

April 5, 1977: Traded by the New York Yankees with Bob Polinsky (minors), La Marr Hoyt and $200,000 to the Chicago White Sox for Bucky Dent.

October 28, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

November 29, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 25, 1978: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Dave Roberts and $300,000 to the Texas Rangers for Kurt Bevacqua, Bill Fahey and Mike Hargrove.

August 1, 1979: Traded by the Texas Rangers with players to be named later and Amos Lewis (minors) to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and Mickey Rivers. The Texas Rangers sent Ray Fontenot (October 8, 1979) and Gene Nelson (October 8, 1979) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. The New York Yankees sent Bob Polinsky (minors) (October 8, 1979), Neal Mersch (minors) (October 8, 1979) and Mark Softy (minors) (October 8, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

April 17, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

March 23, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

August 12, 1985: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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