Oscar Gamble Trades and Transactions

The Oscar Gamble trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Oscar Gamble has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Damn, I'm going so bad that I don't even get thrown out of the game right. Aren't they supposed to give you a chance to stand around and argue?" - Oscar Gamble (1981)

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Oscar Gamble

Oscar Gamble Autograph on a 1985 Topps (#724)

Oscar Gamble Autograph on a 1985 Topps (#724)
 

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Birth Name:   Oscar Charles Gamble
Nickname:   None
Born On:   12-20-1949  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Ramer, Alabama
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Carver High School (Montgomery, AL)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   08-27-1969 (Age 19)
Last Game:   08-08-1985
Draft:   1968 : 16th Round (363rd)
Oscar Gamble

Trades & Transactions

06-07-1968: Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 16th round — free-agent draft.
11-17-1969: Traded by Chicago Cubs (with Dick Selma) to Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Callison and Larry Colton.
11-30-1972: Traded by Philadelphia Phillies (with Roger Freed) to Cleveland Indians for Del Unser.
11-22-1975: Traded by Cleveland Indians to New York Yankees for Pat Dobson.
04-05-1977: Traded by New York Yankees (with La Marr Hoyt) to Chicago White Sox for Bucky Dent.
10-28-1977: Granted free agency.
11-29-1977: Signed by San Diego Padres.
10-25-1978: Traded by San Diego Padres (with Dave Roberts) to Texas Rangers for Mike Hargrove, Kurt Bevacqua and Bill Fahey.
08-01-1979: Traded by Texas Rangers (with Ray Fontenot and Gene Nelson) to New York Yankees for Mickey Rivers.
11-07-1983: Granted free agency.
04-17-1984: Signed by New York Yankees.
11-08-1984: Granted free agency.
03-23-1985: Signed by Chicago White Sox.
08-12-1985: Released by Chicago White Sox.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Oscar Gamble trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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