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{{short description|Cuban baseball player (born 1944)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Zamora|Sosa|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Oscar Zamora
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|image=Oscar Zamora.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1944|9|23}}
|birth_place=[[Camagüey]], [[Cuba]]
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 18
|debutyear=1974
|debutteam=Chicago Cubs
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 21
|finalyear=1978
|finalteam=Houston Astros
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=13–14
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=4.53
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=99
|teams=
*[[Chicago Cubs]] ({{by|1974}}–{{by|1976}})
*[[Houston Astros]] ({{by|1978}})
}}
'''Oscar José Zamora Sosa''' (born September 23, 1944, died [https://www.tcdb.com/GalleryP.cfm/pid/6479/Oscar-Zamora July 2, 2021]) 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.
<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://baseballbiography.com/oscar-zamora-1944 |title=Baseball Library |access-date=2009-07-13 }}</ref>
After his Major League career was over, Zamora then pitched for the [[Inter-American League#List of teams|Miami Amigos]] of the [[Inter-American League]] in 1979.<ref name="Markusen">[http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-short-wild-life-of-the-inter-american-league/ The Short, Wild Life of the Inter-American League]. ''Hardball Times''. Article by Bruce Markusen. Retrieved on July 19, 2014.</ref> Zamora was running a shoe business at the time, so he only attended games when he was pitching.<ref name="Markusen" />
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats | br=z/zamoros01 | brm=zamora001osc}}, or [https://www.pelotabinaria.com.ve/beisbol/mostrar.php?ID=zamoosc001 Pura Pelota]
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