Oscar Gamble

1969–1985 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers

1,584G

.265AVG

.356OBP

.454SLG

More career statistics

1,195H

200HR

666RBI

47SB

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,584	5,197	4,502	656	1,195	188	31	200	666	610	544	47	37	43	30	2,045	.265	.356	.454	.810

Streaks

10longest hitting streak · 1973-09-02 to 1973-09-15

27longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
42	11 total bases	1977-07-13	1 in 2,522 player-games	box score ↗
41	4 walks	1970-09-12	1 in 2,226 player-games	box score ↗
24	5 RBI	1976-09-10	1 in 492 player-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	804	2549	581	112	354	301	282	.264	.346	.475
Away	780	2648	614	88	312	309	262	.267	.349	.435

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	147	474	109	18	66	56	43	.267	.348	.456
May	235	756	153	34	103	99	87	.236	.333	.448
June	306	1042	255	30	118	120	105	.281	.360	.449
July	299	987	208	36	122	113	115	.244	.325	.410
August	284	930	231	39	120	103	91	.283	.359	.481
September	297	954	225	40	124	108	96	.271	.349	.476
October	16	54	14	3	13	11	7	.333	.463	.595

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	111	394	92	20	51	61	36	.280	.388	.505
milwaukee-brewers	107	356	83	15	39	41	34	.267	.348	.473
boston-red-sox	105	334	64	10	44	40	31	.222	.311	.375
kansas-city-royals	102	328	71	15	38	45	22	.255	.354	.446
baltimore-orioles	99	297	54	12	35	35	36	.208	.300	.396
texas-rangers	91	310	80	12	48	28	30	.291	.348	.476
athletics	90	293	61	17	56	37	31	.241	.334	.494
minnesota-twins	85	302	65	16	47	40	35	.258	.348	.496

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1969	Chicago Cubs	24	71	16	1	5	–	.225	–	–
1970	Philadelphia Phillies	88	275	72	1	19	5	.262	–	–
1971	Philadelphia Phillies	92	280	62	6	23	5	.221	–	–
1972	Philadelphia Phillies	74	135	32	1	13	–	.237	–	–
1973	Cleveland Guardians	113	390	104	20	44	3	.267	–	–
1974	Cleveland Guardians	135	454	132	19	59	5	.291	–	–
1975	Cleveland Guardians	121	348	91	15	45	11	.261	–	–
1976	New York Yankees	110	340	79	17	57	5	.232	–	–
1977	Chicago White Sox	137	408	121	31	83	1	.297	–	–
1978	San Diego Padres	126	375	103	7	47	1	.275	–	–
1979	New York Yankees, Texas Rangers	100	274	98	19	64	2	.358	–	–
1980	New York Yankees	78	194	54	14	50	2	.278	–	–
1981	New York Yankees	80	189	45	10	27	–	.238	–	–
1982	New York Yankees	108	316	86	18	57	6	.272	–	–
1983	New York Yankees	74	180	47	7	26	–	.261	–	–
1984	New York Yankees	54	125	23	10	27	1	.184	–	–
1985	Chicago White Sox	70	148	30	4	20	–	.203	–	–