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Oscar
Gamble		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: December 20, 1949 in Usa, AL, RAMER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1976    1977   
Gold Glove 1973    1974    1980   
All-Star Selections 1977    1978    1980    1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 19 DET AL     5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 8 7 7 8 8
1970 20 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
1971 21 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
1972 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 5 6 5 6 8 7 6 7 7
1973 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 5 6 8 7 6 7 7
1974 24 KCR AL $ 1,971,429   6 6 5 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 8 7 6 7 7
1975 25 KCR AL $ 1,971,429   6 6 5 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 8 7 6 7 7
1976 26 KCR AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 6
1977 27 KCR AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1978 28 COL NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 9 10 10 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7
1979 29 COL NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 9 10 10 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
1980 30 KCR AL $ 5,210,000   7 7 6 9 10 10 6 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 6
1981 31 KCR AL $ 5,210,000   7 7 6 9 10 10 6 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 6
1982 32 KCR AL $ 5,210,000   7 7 6 9 10 10 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 5
1983 33 KCR AL $ 5,210,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
1984 34 DET AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 6 5 4 5 4 5 5 5
1985 35 DET AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 7 8 8 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 4
1986 36 DET AL $ 3,000,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,210,000   7 7 6 9 10 10 6 7 7 6 8 7 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1969 19 AAA   137 504 89 142 20 2 35 94 5 4 99 59 .282 .400 .538 .937 107.9  
1970 20 DET AL 100 376 35 91 16 1 6 31 5 2 37 40 .242 .314 .338 .651 41.9 5.4
    AAA   55 204 43 74 8 1 19 47 2 0 32 24 .363 .449 .691 1.140 55.9  
1971 21 DET AL 123 367 41 89 16 2 11 35 5 5 55 59 .243 .347 .387 .733 50.5 8.5
1972 22 DET AL 15 45 6 12 4 0 3 7 0 0 4 4 .267 .327 .556 .882 7.7 1.6
  BOS AL 102 361 35 70 18 0 10 44 4 2 42 63 .194 .281 .327 .608 33.9 1.3
  TOT   117 406 41 82 22 0 13 51 4 2 46 67 .202 .286 .352 .638 41.5 2.9
1973 23 BOS AL 154 537 66 137 23 3 18 74 7 2 62 75 .255 .337 .410 .747 75.1 10.4
1974 24 KCR AL 130 442 64 105 17 5 22 80 6 8 62 67 .238 .331 .448 .779 67.3 9.5
    AAA   2 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .333 .600 .500 1.100 2.2  
1975 25 KCR AL 150 579 75 136 23 3 28 98 0 3 64 68 .235 .311 .430 .741 74.8 9.9
1976 26 KCR AL 131 420 63 101 18 4 19 72 1 0 47 75 .240 .323 .438 .761 59.2 9.0
1977 27 KCR AL 140 476 84 143 27 2 27 90 3 2 46 53 .300 .366 .536 .901 86.2 18.8
1978 28 COL NL 148 544 96 141 29 3 41 98 0 1 52 78 .259 .327 .550 .876 89.7 18.0
1979 29 COL NL 120 425 48 98 21 1 17 61 1 1 32 67 .231 .288 .405 .693 49.6 7.9
1980 30 KCR AL 155 582 85 140 24 3 36 95 0 1 68 106 .241 .324 .478 .801 89.2 16.0
1981 31 KCR AL 150 565 83 141 26 4 26 86 0 0 51 108 .250 .314 .448 .761 77.6 13.1
1982 32 KCR AL 153 612 97 150 30 2 35 111 0 0 64 106 .245 .317 .472 .789 89.6 16.1
1983 33 KCR AL 153 588 89 142 29 2 37 97 2 0 69 123 .241 .323 .486 .809 90.7 18.4
1984 34 DET AL 149 537 75 122 20 2 28 92 3 2 40 128 .227 .284 .428 .712 66.8 10.6
1985 35 DET AL 156 572 73 161 35 4 21 82 9 3 40 134 .281 .332 .467 .799 84.0 15.6
1986 36 DET AL 106 297 29 51 10 0 9 33 5 0 18 73 .172 .225 .296 .521 19.6 0.0
17 Years Sim 2335 8325 1144 2030 386 41 394 1286 51 32 853 1427 .244 .317 .442 .759 1153.3 190.0
3 Years AAA 194 714 133 218 29 3 54 141 7 4 135 84 .305 .417 .581 .998 166.0  
162 Game Average 577 79 140 26 2 27 89 3 2 59 99 .244 .317 .442 .759 80.0  
Career Highs 156 612 97 161 35 5 41 111 9 8 69 134 .300 .366 .550 .901 90.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6353 903 1628 299 31 309 1014 43 25 664 1035 .256 .330 .459 .789 958.9
vs LH   1972 241 402 87 10 85 272 8 7 189 392 .204 .276 .387 .663 218.2
Home 1159 4075 552 956 193 17 195 622 30 13 433 720 .235 .311 .434 .744 562.0
Away 1176 4250 592 1074 193 24 199 664 21 19 420 707 .253 .323 .450 .773 615.1
RISP   2128 0 522 110 10 92 836 0 0 253 372 .245 .323 .436 .759 308.9
Pinch Hitting   122 18 30 4 2 4 19 1 0 14 25 .246 .328 .410 .738 16.8
Close/Late   992 128 253 41 7 45 143 0 0 111 171 .255 .332 .447 .778 148.4
Mar/Apr 379 1404 200 337 66 7 69 213 5 9 148 247 .240 .316 .444 .761 197.6
May 376 1320 207 337 67 8 83 241 7 2 145 221 .255 .330 .507 .837 221.1
June 393 1393 193 357 59 8 62 241 9 4 141 240 .256 .329 .444 .773 202.9
July 386 1380 176 321 53 4 66 201 14 5 131 234 .233 .300 .420 .721 180.2
August 424 1497 187 355 83 6 59 205 8 11 144 254 .237 .306 .419 .725 191.7
Sep/Oct 377 1331 181 323 58 8 55 185 8 1 144 231 .243 .321 .422 .743 183.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1970 20 DET AL 3B 52 49 438.7 27 109 2 8 .986 2.79   1.0
    RF 25 25 233.0 51 2 1 0 .981 2.05   0.3
    1B 24 24 207.0 245 22 1 20 .996 11.61   0.3
    LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 21 DET AL 1B 92 78 721.3 877 50 13 62 .986 11.57   1.7
    RF 5 5 42.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.2
    LF 4 4 33.0 7 0 2 0 .778 1.91    
    3B 5 2 24.0 1 6 0 2 1.000 2.63   0.1
    CF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1972 22 DET AL RF 13 13 90.8 21 0 1 0 .955 2.08   0.2
    LF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
    1B 1 0 4.2 5 0 0 1 1.000 10.71   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BOS AL RF 86 85 760.2 178 1 8 1 .957 2.12   1.6
    LF 10 3 44.1 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.04   0.0
    1B 8 2 35.1 40 3 2 5 .956 11.03   0.1
    CF 2 0 3.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.67   0.0
  TOT   RF 99 98 851.0 199 1 9 1 .957 2.12   1.9
      LF 12 3 49.4 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
      1B 9 2 39.3 45 3 2 6 .960 10.99   0.1
      CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
      3B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1973 23 BOS AL RF 142 141 1211.7 312 4 9 1 .972 2.35   3.4
    LF 2 2 17.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 5 1 17.0 0 6 0 1 1.000 3.18   0.1
    1B 5 1 16.0 18 1 0 3 1.000 10.69   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 24 KCR AL 3B 125 124 1059.7 72 284 9 31 .975 3.02   4.4
    1B 2 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
    LF 3 0 3.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.38    
1975 25 KCR AL 3B 146 144 1287.7 80 335 14 29 .967 2.90   5.0
    CF 2 1 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 26 KCR AL 3B 15 6 76.0 2 22 1 0 .960 2.84   0.4
    1B 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 27 KCR AL 3B 7 1 31.0 2 14 2 1 .889 4.65   0.2
    1B 3 2 19.0 19 4 0 1 1.000 10.89   0.0
    CF 9 0 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 28 COL NL 1B 15 9 89.0 108 9 4 10 .967 11.83   0.0
    LF 10 7 67.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.01   0.4
    CF 10 4 47.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    RF 4 2 19.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.37    
    SS 2 2 17.7 3 4 0 3 1.000 3.57   0.1
    3B 2 2 17.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.1
1979 29 COL NL RF 7 6 54.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.83   0.1
    CF 6 4 41.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.76    
    1B 8 3 37.0 37 3 0 1 1.000 9.73   0.1
    LF 4 3 28.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1980 30 KCR AL 1B 145 145 1306.3 1677 91 13 136 .993 12.18   1.4
    CF 5 2 34.7 11 1 0 1 1.000 3.12   0.2
    3B 3 3 27.0 3 10 0 1 1.000 4.33   0.2
    2B 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 2 1.000 10.00   0.1
1981 31 KCR AL 1B 140 138 1248.3 1563 108 21 140 .988 12.05   1.8
    RF 3 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.1
    LF 5 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 32 KCR AL 1B 152 152 1385.0 1765 133 27 142 .986 12.33   1.5
1983 33 KCR AL 1B 151 150 1344.0 1747 128 23 141 .988 12.56   2.5
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 34 DET AL RF 92 91 822.3 183 0 6 0 .968 2.00   1.2
    3B 53 52 468.7 27 124 0 10 1.000 2.90   1.3
    LF 1 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    2B 1 0 4.0 2 5 1 3 .875 15.75   0.1
1985 35 DET AL 1B 146 146 1291.3 1485 103 22 128 .986 11.07   2.1
    3B 6 0 14.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 36 DET AL CF 53 48 429.0 118 2 1 0 .992 2.52   1.3
    LF 11 8 75.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    1B 11 8 67.0 89 6 2 8 .979 12.76   0.1
    RF 11 7 65.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.52    
    3B 22 0 42.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.14   0.1
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  1B 904 858 7782.6 9687 661 128 798 .988 11.97   11.6
  3B 445 384 3507.6 220 930 28 85 .976 2.95   12.9
  RF 391 376 3316.0 780 7 27 2 .967 2.14   7.2
  CF 95 59 598.7 159 3 2 1 .988 2.44   1.5
  LF 56 28 302.4 60 0 3 0 .952 1.79   0.4
  SS 4 2 20.7 3 5 0 3 1.000 3.48   0.1
  2B 2 1 13.0 7 10 1 5 .944 11.77   0.2
Career Totals   1897 1708 15541.0 10916 1616 189 894 .985 7.26   33.9
Career Highs   155 152 1385.0 1765 335 27 142 .993 12.55    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1975 25 KCR AL 7 21 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 3 .333 .481 .381 .862
1976 26 KCR AL 14 46 5 15 2 0 0 6 1 1 4 3 .326 .373 .370 .742
1977 27 KCR AL 15 49 7 10 2 0 3 9 0 2 7 7 .204 .304 .429 .732
1980 30 KCR AL 7 29 2 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 6 .276 .344 .379 .723
1981 31 KCR AL 7 27 6 7 2 0 4 9 0 0 2 5 .259 .310 .778 1.088
1982 32 KCR AL 5 20 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .150 .190 .350 .540
1983 33 KCR AL 5 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .100 .143 .100 .243
Career Post-Season Batting 60 212 24 52 8 0 9 32 1 3 24 32 .245 .321 .410 .731
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1977-3-.536
1978-3-.550
1980-5-.478
1982-6-.472
1983-8-.486
 OPS
1977-4-.901
1978-4-.876
 XR
1982-10-89.6
 Games
1980-6-155
1985-4-156
CAR-43-2335
 At-Bats
1982-5-612
CAR-49-8325
 Runs
1978-8-96
1982-3-97
Total Bases
1978-4-299
1980-4-278
1982-3-289
1983-9-286
 Homeruns
1975-6-28
1977-6-27
1978-1-41
1980-2-36
1981-6-26
1982-2-35
1983-3-37
1984-4-28
CAR-34-394
 RBIs
1978-7-98
1980-8-95
1982-3-111
1983-9-97
1984-8-92
 Strikeouts
1980-10-106
1981-9-108
1983-4-123
1984-7-128
1985-4-134
CAR-46-1427
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 76    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Detroit in 1969
Had first career hit on 4/3/1970, off Fergie Jenkins (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/11/1970, off Dick Drott (KCR)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 6/1/1972 (Going to BOS: P Don Drysdale, RF Oscar Gamble, P Paul Splittorff, SS Tony Kubek. Going to DET: P Dave Boswell, P Jim Palmer)
Drove in 7 runs against Kansas City on 6/13/1973
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1973
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to Kansas City on 2/1/1974 (Going to KCR: RF Oscar Gamble. Going to BOS: 3B Jerry Terrell)
Hit 3 homeruns against Minnesota, driving in 4 runs on 6/23/1974
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1974
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
9/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1977, hitting .529 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1977, hitting .448 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 2/8/1978 (Going to KCR: P Gary Nolan. Going to COL: 3B Oscar Gamble, P Chip Lang)
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1978, hitting .295 with 8 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1978, hitting .583 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
9/22/1979: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $5,210,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Colorado to Kansas City on 3/4/1980 (Going to KCR: SS Dick Allen, C Johnny Bench, RF Joe Ferguson, 3B Oscar Gamble, CF Johnny Grubb. Going to COL: 3B Jim Morrison, SS Doug Rader)
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1980
Drove in 8 runs against Los Angeles on 4/7/1982
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Drove in 8 runs against Seattle on 8/1/1982
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1982, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
9/1/1983: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 2/2/1984 (Going to SDP: 1B Oscar Gamble, RF Greg Luzinski, C Johnny Bench, 2B Bobby Grich, SS Joe Ferguson. Going to KCR: RF Sam Mejias)
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 3/4/1984 (Going to DET: DH Bernie Carbo, 1B Oscar Gamble. Going to SDP: LF Bruce Boisclair, RF Dave Parker, LF John Balaz, P Rich Troedson)
Had 2000th career hit on 5/18/1986, off Ed Halicki (SDP)
 
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