Oscar Zamora (baseball)

Oscar Zamora
Oscar Zamora
	Pitcher
	Born: September 23, 1944 (age 79); Camagüey, Cuba
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
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
	Chicago Cubs (1974–1976); Houston Astros (1978);

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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

When the ball hits the wall

And the runners all score

That's Zamora

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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
^ ^a ^b 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

[1] Baseball Library

[Markusen-2] The Short, Wild Life of the Inter-American League. Hardball Times. Article by Bruce Markusen. Retrieved on July 19, 2014.

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