Oscar Gamble

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 160 lb

BornDecember 20, 1949 · Ramer, AL, USA

MLB debutAugust 27, 1969

Final gameAugust 8, 1985

Seasons17 (1969–1985)

Chicago Cubs 1969; Philadelphia Phillies 1970–1972; Cleveland Indians 1973–1975; New York Yankees 1976; Chicago White Sox 1977; San Diego Padres 1978; New York Yankees 1979; Texas Rangers 1979; New York Yankees 1980–1984; Chicago White Sox 1985

Percentile snapshot

1974 season — qualified batters

135

509

3.1

454

6.9

60.3

132

12.2

72.5

RBI

42.7

77.9

36.6

.291

OBP

.363

72.5

SLG

.469

87.8

OPS

.833

wRC+

138.0

86.3

OPS+

139.0

88.5

wOBA

.377

sWAR

2.5

45.8

of 132 qualified 1974 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

127.7

88.7

OPS+

126.7

87.2

sWAR

24.1

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1969	24	81	71	6	16	1	1	1	5	10	12	0	2	.225	.321	.310	.631	69.7	69.4	.301	0.0
1970	88	305	275	31	72	12	4	1	19	27	37	5	4	.262	.330	.345	.675	83.3	82.0	.314	0.3
1971	92	309	280	24	62	11	1	6	23	21	35	5	2	.221	.275	.332	.607	68.2	72.3	.280	-0.6
1972	74	157	135	17	32	5	2	1	13	19	16	0	1	.237	.331	.326	.657	91.1	85.4	.316	0.2
1973	113	432	390	56	104	11	3	20	44	34	37	3	4	.267	.329	.464	.793	120.4	120.2	.360	1.5
1974	135	509	454	74	132	16	4	19	59	48	51	5	6	.291	.363	.469	.833	138.0	139.0	.377	2.5
1975	121	405	348	60	91	16	3	15	45	53	39	11	5	.261	.361	.454	.815	131.7	129.9	.374	2.1
1976	110	384	340	43	79	13	1	17	57	38	38	5	3	.232	.317	.426	.743	118.0	118.7	.344	1.6
1977	137	470	408	75	121	22	2	31	83	54	54	1	2	.297	.386	.588	.974	163.4	161.4	.425	4.1
1978	126	437	375	46	103	15	3	7	47	51	45	1	2	.275	.366	.387	.753	118.1	118.4	.347	1.8
1979	100	327	274	48	98	10	1	19	64	50	28	2	1	.358	.456	.609	1.065	184.0	187.6	.459	3.7
1980	78	229	194	40	54	10	2	14	50	28	21	2	0	.278	.376	.567	.943	155.1	158.7	.409	1.8
1981	80	227	189	24	45	8	0	10	27	35	23	0	2	.238	.357	.439	.796	134.5	131.5	.366	1.1
1982	108	382	316	49	86	21	2	18	57	58	47	6	3	.272	.387	.522	.910	152.4	150.4	.401	2.7
1983	74	208	180	26	47	10	2	7	26	25	23	0	0	.261	.361	.456	.816	131.0	127.7	.368	1.1
1984	54	151	125	17	23	2	0	10	27	25	18	1	0	.184	.318	.440	.758	115.2	112.2	.343	0.4
1985	70	184	148	20	30	5	0	4	20	34	22	0	0	.203	.353	.318	.671	89.4	83.8	.316	-0.2

Career totals

1,584

5,197

4,502

656

1,195

188

200

384th-most career HR

RBI

666

610

546

.2654

OBP

.3564

SLG

.4542

444th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8106

421st-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1977-07-13	TOR @ CWS Gameday	4	3	4	1	0	2	2	0	11
1973-08-05	MIL @ CLE Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	2	3	1	10
1973-05-31	CLE @ TEX Gameday	4	1	4	0	1	1	3	0	9
1974-06-26	CLE @ NYY Gameday	4	2	4	0	1	1	1	0	9
1981-05-01	NYY @ ATH Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.