Oscar Gamble made the majors at 19 with the Cubs in 1969 and later became one of the great platoon players in Yankee lore, a dangerous left-handed slugger who hit 200 home runs over 17 years for ...

Oscar Gamble, an outfielder who hit 200 home runs over 17 major league seasons and was famous during his playing days for an Afro that spilled out of his cap, died Wednesday of a rare tumor of the ...

Oscar Gamble, the sweet-swinging left-handed power hitter with the Yankees most famously known for his oversized Afro hairstyle, died Wednesday. He was 68 years old. Gamble’s agent, Andrew Le… ...

Mitsu Yasukawa / The Star LedgerA baseball card of Oscar Gamble is seen during the FanFest at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, NY on 07/12/08. Gamble is best remembered as the guy ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Oscar Gamble, an outfielder who hit 200 home runs over 17 major league seasons and was famous during his playing days for an Afro that spilled out of his helmet, died Wednesday of ...

Oscar Gamble — a former Yankees slugger known for his left-handed power and his sizable Afro — died Wednesday at age 68, his agent Andrew Levy confirmed to MLB.com. Gamble’s wife, Lovell Wood… ...

Oscar Gamble, an outfielder who hit 200 home runs over 17 major league seasons and was famous during his playing days for an Afro that spilled out from under his cap, died Jan. 31 at a hospital in ...

NEW YORK — When Oscar Gamble arrived at Yankees spring training in 1976, it was up to Marty Appel to deliver the bad news. It was simple: If Gamble wanted to work out the next day, he needed a ...

Oscar Gamble passed away at the age of 68. Getty Images Longtime big-league outfielder Oscar Gamble died on on Wednesday, per MLB.com and Gamble's agent, Andrew Levy. The cause of death ...

Gamble circa 1983 Getty Images “We had four or five or six high-school marching bands, and before the game, each of them would enter through an opening in left field, march to center field and ...