What is Oscar Gamble?
[[File:Oscar Gamble 1977.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Gamble in 1977]] '''Oscar Charles Gamble''' (December 20, 1949 – January 31, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] professional [[baseball]] player. He was born in [[Ramer, Arkansas|Ramer]], [[Arkansas]]. Gamble played as an [[outfielder]] and [[designated hitter]] in [[Major League Baseball]] from 1969 to 1985. He played for seven different teams: the [[Chicago White Sox]] and [[New York Yankees]] on two separate occasions, as well as the [[Chicago Cubs]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[Cleveland Indians]], [[San Diego Padres]], and [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]].<ref name=Epstein>{{cite book|pages=182|title=Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s|first=Dan|last=Epstein|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzsmTNXWEMoC&dq=Oscar+Gamble+%22it+be+like+it%22&pg=PA182|date=June 5, 2012|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]|isbn=9781250007247}}</ref> Gamble died on January 31, 2018 in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] of jaw cancer at the age of 68.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oscar Gamble dies|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/oscar-gamble-dies/c-265603820|first=Bob|last=Dittmeier|website=MLB.com|date=January 31, 2018|access-date=January 31, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2018/01/31/big-hair-big-heart-yankees-slugger-oscar-gamble-dead-at-68/ |title='Big hair, big heart': Yankees slugger Oscar Gamble dead at 68 |first=Joshua Rhett |last=Miller |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |date=January 31, 2018 |access-date=January 31, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamble, Oscar}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from jaw cancer]] [[Category:Chicago White Sox players]] [[Category:New York Yankees players]] [[Category:Chicago Cubs players]] [[Category:Philadelphia Phillies players]] [[Category:Cleveland Indians players]] [[Category:San Diego Padres players]] [[Category:Texas Rangers players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Arkansas]] {{US-sports-bio-s