Oscar Zamora (baseball)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Zamora and the second or maternal family name is Sosa.
| Oscar Zamora | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | |||
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Born: September 23, 1944 Camagüey, Cuba | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 18, 1974, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 21, 1978, for the Houston Astros | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 13–14 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.53 | ||
| Strikeouts | 99 | ||
| Teams | |||
Oscar José Zamora Sosa is a former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball, playing for the Chicago Cubs during 1974–76, and the Houston Astros in 1978.
In his career he had 13 wins against 14 losses, and an earned run average of 4.53. He seemed to give up a lot of hits (more than 1 hit per inning, on average), leading to Cubs fans making up this song, to the tune of Dean Martin's song hit "That's Amore":
- When the pitch is so fat
- That the ball meets the bat
- That's Zamora[1]
After his Major League career was over, Zamora then pitched for the Miami Amigos of the Inter-American League in 1979.[2] Zamora was running a shoe business at the time, so he only attended games when he was pitching.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Baseball Library
- 1 2 The Short, Wild Life of the Inter-American League. Hardball Times. Article by Bruce Markusen. Retrieved on July 19, 2014.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Pura Pelota
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