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Oscar Gamble
Oscar Charles Gamble

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

MLB Debut August 27, 1969
Final Game August 8, 1985
Born December 20, 1949 in Ramer, AL
Died January 31, 2018 (age 68)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 19 CHN NL   11    5    8    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .400  .667  .400 1.067   152     2   0   0   0   0   0  
 1970 20 OAA AL   46   44    3    7   2   0   0    1   3   3    6    6  .159  .275  .205  .479    62     9   0   0   0   1   1  
 1971 21 OAA AL   53   83   15   18   1   2   3    9   0   2    9   12  .217  .293  .386  .679   100    32   1   0   1   0   1  
 1972 22 OAA AL    6    5    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .600  .600  .800 1.400   202     4   0   0   0   0   0  
 1973 23 LAN NL  106  234   45   73   4   2  13   46   1   3   29   19  .312  .390  .513  .902   129   120   0   2   1   2   1  
 1974 24 LAN NL  133  461   79  126   8   8  27   93   0   2   46   36  .273  .341  .501  .842   124   231   0   5   2   4   8  
 1975 25 LAN NL  123  307   50   79   8   2  11   53   9   3   62   28  .257  .377  .404  .781   115   124   0   5   1   0  10  
 1976 26 CHA AL  111  347   51   72   5   1  13   36   4   2   49   37  .207  .313  .340  .653    94   118   1   4   4   6   5  
 1977 27 CHA AL  128  429  101  132  19   0  37  114   0   0   70   56  .308  .413  .611 1.024   136   262   0   1   5   8  11  
 1978 28 NYA AL  114  400   49   96   8   2  11   52   4   3   37   55  .240  .309  .352  .661    93   141   0   5   0   5   2  
 1979 29 NYA AL   96  303   53   98  14   1  15   58   6   3   44   32  .323  .412  .525  .937   125   159   0   2   3   3   5  
 1980 30 NYA AL   56  182   42   50  12   0  14   41   1   0   22   18  .275  .362  .571  .933   131   104   0   2   0   4   6  
 1981 31 NYA AL   91  293   47   78  10   0  19   49   0   0   54   44  .266  .380  .495  .875   126   145   0   0   2   0  10  
 1982 32 NYA AL  107  315   75   93  20   6  15   53   5   2   64   44  .295  .415  .540  .955   131   170   0   6   0   5   8  
 1983 33 NYA AL   63  185   35   55   9   4   8   31   0   0   28   23  .297  .395  .519  .914   123    96   0   3   0   4   4  
 1984 34 CHN NL   38   40    6   10   2   1   2    6   0   0   10    3  .250  .400  .500  .900   129    20   0   0   1   0   2  
 1985 35 LAN NL    7    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .250  .571  .250  .821   116     1   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     1289 3637  660  993 123  29 188  644  33  23  537  415  .273  .370  .478  .848        1738   2  35  20  42  74
 Per 600 PA           513   93  140  17   4  27   91   5   3   76   59                                 245   0   5   3   6  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYA      527 1678  301  470  73  13  82  284  16   8  249  216  .280  .376  .486  .862         815   0  18   5  21  35
   With LAN      369 1006  175  279  20  12  51  192  10   8  140   84  .277  .365  .473  .838         476   0  12   4   6  19
   With CHA      239  776  152  204  24   1  50  150   4   2  119   93  .263  .369  .490  .858         380   1   5   9  14  16
   With OAA      105  132   18   28   4   2   3   11   3   5   15   19  .212  .297  .341  .638          45   1   0   1   1   2
   With CHN       49   45   14   12   2   1   2    7   0   0   14    3  .267  .441  .489  .930          22   0   0   1   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1584 4502  656 1195 188  31 200  666  47  37  610  546  .265  .356  .454  .811        2045  12  30  62  43  64
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1969 19 CHN NL   0    2  18.2   5   2   0  .400   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             436   
 1970 20 OAA AL   2    2   1.6  20   3   0  .150   0    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  PH            -196   
 1971 21 OAA AL   4    8   3.5  11   4   0  .364   1    7    2  .286    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e9    72   
 1972 22 OAA AL   0    2  32.4   5   3   0  .600   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             743   
 1973 23 LAN NL   7   48   7.8  43  13   2  .302   4   22    8  .364    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e9   110   
 1974 24 LAN NL   7   79   6.1  11   2   0  .182   4   32   17  .531    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e7    10   
 1975 25 LAN NL   5   50   5.5  32   4   1  .125   1   26    5  .192    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e4   -34   
 1976 26 CHA AL   4   40   3.8  11   2   0  .182   1   22    8  .364    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e6    -90   
 1977 27 CHA AL   8  110   9.6   7   2   1  .286   1   41   17  .415    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e4     50   
 1978 28 NYA AL  22   46   4.0   5   2   0  .400   0    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  DH             -92   
 1979 29 NYA AL  24   67   8.5  14   9   0  .643   1   12    7  .583    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e12  -128   
 1980 30 NYA AL   8   37   7.2   5   1   0  .200   0   10    4  .400    3    0 1.000  OF   4(0)e9     -9   
 1981 31 NYA AL   7   55   6.7   6   1   0  .167   1   23   10  .435    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e6     79   
 1982 32 NYA AL   9   75   8.6  17   6   1  .353   0   29   14  .483    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e0     45   
 1983 33 NYA AL   5   39   7.9  11   4   1  .364   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              98   
 1984 34 CHN NL  14    8   6.8  25   7   2  .280   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             142   
 1985 35 LAN NL  14    1   9.2   4   1   0  .250   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             151   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 17 Seasons          676   6.6 232  66   8  .284  14  228   94  .412    3    0 1.000                   0   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 22.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 18.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1969 19 CHN NL  RF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   4.50
 1970 20 OAA AL  RF     7     9     0    0    0  1.000     7    42.1   1.91
                 CF     5     4     0    0    0  1.000     2    16.0   2.25
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1971 21 OAA AL  LF    22    21     0    1    0   .955    14   136.1   1.39
                 CF     7     5     1    0    1  1.000     2    27.0   2.00
 1972 22 OAA AL  1B     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
 1973 23 LAN NL  RF    59    83     2    4    0   .955    53   449.1   1.70
                 2B     2     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   1.80
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1974 24 LAN NL  RF   121   195     9    4    2   .981   120  1005.1   1.83
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1975 25 LAN NL  LF    86    91     7    1    0   .990    81   680.2   1.30
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     2.0   0.00
 1976 26 CHA AL  RF    94   157     9    1    1   .994    92   782.0   1.91
                 LF    12     4     0    0    0  1.000     2    33.1   1.08
 1977 27 CHA AL  LF   117   169    12    1    1   .995   110   920.1   1.77
                 RF     5     9     0    0    0  1.000     4    27.0   3.00
 1978 28 NYA AL  LF    14    18     1    0    1  1.000    11    99.0   1.73
 1979 29 NYA AL  LF    28    53     5    0    1  1.000    25   206.0   2.53
                 RF     7    14     2    1    0   .941     7    59.1   2.43
 1980 30 NYA AL  LF    40    62     2    0    0  1.000    39   316.2   1.82
                 C      1     3     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   7.20
 1981 31 NYA AL  LF    64    82     7    1    0   .989    64   534.0   1.50
                 RF     6     4     0    0    0  1.000     0    10.0   3.60
 1982 32 NYA AL  RF    86   127     8    0    3  1.000    81   709.2   1.71
                 LF     6    12     2    0    1  1.000     5    44.0   2.86
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.1   0.00
 1983 33 NYA AL  LF     2     6     0    0    0  1.000     2    16.0   3.38
                 RF     1     4     0    0    0  1.000     1     7.0   5.14
 1984 34 CHN NL  RF     5     1     1    0    0  1.000     3    28.1   0.64
                 1B     1     7     1    0    1  1.000     1     9.0   8.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF   394   605    31   10    6   .985   369  3126.1   1.83
                 LF   394   520    36    4    4   .993   353  2989.1   1.67
                 CF    12     9     1    0    1  1.000     4    43.0   2.09
                 1B     2     9     1    0    1  1.000     1    10.0   9.00
                 2B     3     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   1.50
                 C      1     3     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   7.20
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.1   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1973 NLCS  LAN MON   W    4  11  0  5  0  0  0   1  2  3  .455  .538  .455  0
      WS    LAN OAA   W    2   7  1  1  0  0  1   2  0  0  .143  .143  .571  0
 1980 ALCS  NYA OAA   W    4  10  0  2  1  0  0   3  1  4  .200  .250  .300  0
      WS    NYA LAN   L    5  14  1  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  .143  .250  .143  0
 1982 ALCS  NYA CHA   L    3   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .143  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1969  CHN   77-85   Alan Bosslet
 1970  OAA   91-71   Bob Lind
 1971  OAA  100-62   Bob Lind
 1972  OAA   89-73   Drew Kennedy
 1973  LAN  109-54   Scott Campbell
 1974  LAN   92-70   Scott Campbell
 1975  LAN  102-60   Billy Vanson
 1976  CHA   60-102  Ben Lea
 1977  CHA  102-60   Ben Lea
 1978  NYA   87-75   Robert Rescigno
 1979  NYA   80-82   Robert Rescigno
 1980  NYA  105-57   Robert Rescigno
 1981  NYA   92-70   Robert Rescigno
 1982  NYA   95-67   Robert Rescigno
 1983  NYA   89-73   Robert Rescigno
 1984  CHN   76-86   Alan Bosslet, Stan Berger
 1985  LAN   88-74   Billy Vanson

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