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Oscar Charleston

Oscar McKinley Charleston
(Charlie)

Born: October 14, 1896 in Indianapolis, IN
Died: October 5, 1954 in Philadelphia, PA
(57 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 185

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976
Buried: Floral Park Cemetery (Indianapolis, IN)
Relatives: Bennie Charleston (Brother)
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Batting

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Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1915	ABC	WES	18	CF	57	241	221	31	57	9	5	2	31	14	13	1	6	.258	.302	.371	.673	99
1915-16	ABC	NvC	19	CF	19	77	68	7	13	1	1	0	6	2	2	6	11	0	3	.191	.257	.235	.492	39
1916	ABC / NLS	EAS / WES	19	CF	33	141	122	25	39	1	3	0	13	7	14	0	5	.320	.390	.377	.767	123
1916-17	RP	FHL	20	CF	11	45	38	4	6	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	1	.158	.273	.158	.431	62
1917	ABC	WES	20	CF	48	205	178	26	52	6	4	1	19	3	14	3	10	.292	.354	.388	.741	147
1918	ABC	WES	21	CF	40	171	154	39	60	8	8	3	46	13	13	0	4	.390	.437	.604	1.041	198
1919	CAG / DS	NvS / WES	22	CF	47	210	186	47	71	9	6	8	43	16	19	1	4	.382	.442	.624	1.065	222
1920	ABC / SLG	NNL / NVM	23	CF	80	347	298	65	103	19	8	6	49	23	1	40	1	1	8	.346	.425	.523	.948	183
1920-21	AC	CUB / NvC	24	CF	15	62	56	11	20	2	1	0	4	3	5	0	1	.357	.410	.429	.838	189
1921	SLG	NNL / NVM	24	CF	67	295	249	94	105	14	12	14	84	35	1	34	5	4	8	.422	.498	.743	1.241	248
1922	ABC / SLS	NNL / NVM	25	CF	92	414	367	96	141	26	16	18	91	29	39	1	7	.384	.445	.689	1.134	201
1922-23	SC	CUB	26	CF	21	90	79	22	33	7	5	1	22	8	10	0	1	.418	.483	.671	1.154	230
1923	MULT	NNL / NVM	26	1B	89	393	324	75	119	27	6	14	100	26	0	51	2	3	15	.367	.458	.617	1.075	177
1923-24	SC	CUB / GP	27	CF	64	282	229	69	86	16	4	4	33	36	1	40	13	2	11	.376	.472	.533	1.005	170
1924	HBG	ECL	27	CF	54	236	205	63	83	22	5	15	63	20	28	3	.405	.476	.780	1.257	253
1925	HBG	ECL	28	CF	71	321	255	97	109	23	3	20	97	17	51	15	.427	.523	.776	1.299	228
1926	MULT	MULT	29	CF	59	258	210	48	62	14	1	12	51	26	1	38	4	0	5	5	0	.295	.415	.543	.958	170
1927	HBG	ECL	30	CF	69	305	248	68	99	20	7	13	74	21	49	2	6	.399	.502	.694	1.195	205
1927-28	CUB	CUB	31	CF	34	155	120	33	42	7	2	5	26	11	32	4	0	3	.350	.487	.567	1.054	172
1928	HIL	EAS	31	CF	60	251	207	54	72	11	6	11	44	11	40	0	4	.348	.453	.618	1.072	182
1929	HG / HIL	ANL	32	CF	82	357	291	71	106	25	7	7	64	8	56	3	7	.364	.471	.570	1.042	146
1930	CAG / HG	IND / NVM	33	1B	54	247	220	47	69	17	2	12	56	7	19	2	6	.314	.373	.573	.946	131
1931	HG	IND	34	1B	48	215	190	36	63	14	6	3	33	1	18	1	6	.332	.392	.516	.908	159
1932	PC	IND / NVM	35	1B	75	313	276	54	90	18	4	6	47	16	32	0	2	3	.326	.400	.486	.886	132
1933	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	36	1B	71	297	265	71	89	19	7	14	68	8	0	25	0	0	4	3	0	.336	.401	.619	1.020	174
1934	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	37	1B	60	236	204	35	64	10	2	7	41	6	0	27	2	2	3	.314	.399	.485	.884	152
1935	PC / WES	MULT	38	1B	49	209	184	26	50	10	1	5	34	8	0	20	1	0	1	4	0	0	.272	.346	.418	.765	95
1936	NAS / PC	MULT	39	1B	38	134	115	21	40	11	0	4	24	0	15	1	3	.348	.427	.548	.975	156
1937	PC	NN2	40	1B	15	45	41	4	9	2	0	1	6	0	2	1	1	.220	.273	.341	.614	62
1938	PC	NN2	41	PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1939	TC	NAL / NN2	42	1B	17	65	58	9	17	3	0	1	7	1	7	0	0	.293	.369	.397	.766	113
1940	TIC	NAL	43	1B	8	20	17	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	.353	.450	.412	.862	164
1941	PS	NN2	44	1B	2	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	222
27	17			CF	1550	6644	5680	1350	1977	372	132	207	1279	379	6	767	39	4	41	156	0	0	.348	.429	.569	.999	172
162 Game Average						694	594	141	207	39	14	22	134	40	9	80	53	14	5	16	0	0	.348	.429	.569	.999	172

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
27	Negro Leagues				1358	5812	4980	1174	1733	327	113	187	1150	312	0	659	3	0	38	135	0	0	.348	.428	.572	.000	172
5	vs Latin Leagues				153	666	552	142	194	33	13	10	91	60	3	93	24	4	2	19	.351	.447	.513	.959	165
8	vs Major Leagues				37	158	141	34	50	12	6	10	38	7	3	15	12	0	1	1	0	.355	.420	.738	1.158	231
1	vs Semipros				2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
7	Indianapolis ABCs I			CF	431	1865	1626	330	541	92	46	39	340	106	2	174	11	8	57	.333	.400	.518	.918	158
1	New York Lincoln Stars			CF	15	73	64	18	22	0	1	0	4	5	8	0	1	.344	.417	.375	.792	125
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			CF	11	45	38	4	6	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	1	.158	.273	.158	.431	62
2	Detroit Stars I			CF	8	30	26	10	10	3	0	3	7	3	0	4	1	0	0	.385	.467	.846	1.313	252
3	Chicago American Giants			CF	45	204	179	44	69	8	6	8	43	14	19	1	2	4	.385	.450	.631	1.081	225
3	St. Louis Stars I			CF	74	326	275	103	119	17	16	16	89	40	2	39	6	4	8	.433	.509	.785	1.295	270
1	Bacharach Giants I			CF	15	62	56	11	20	2	1	0	4	3	5	0	1	.357	.410	.429	.838	186
2	Santa Clara			CF	85	372	308	91	119	23	9	5	55	44	1	50	13	2	12	.386	.475	.568	1.043	185
4	Harrisburg Giants			CF	242	1074	877	271	343	77	16	58	277	82	162	7	28	.391	.489	.714	1.203	217
3	Hilldale Club			CF	144	617	506	125	176	35	13	19	109	19	1	97	4	0	3	11	0	.348	.455	.581	1.036	159
4	Homestead Grays			1B	110	495	440	88	143	34	8	16	95	10	39	0	3	13	0	.325	.384	.548	.932	144
1	Cuba III			CF	34	155	120	33	42	7	2	5	26	11	32	4	0	3	.350	.487	.567	1.054	172
9	Pittsburgh Crawfords			1B	325	1284	1129	216	357	71	14	38	221	39	0	129	1	9	17	.316	.391	.505	.896	140
2	East All Stars			-	2	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	-41
1	West All Stars			-	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	NNL All Stars II			1B	6	24	22	3	8	3	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	.364	.417	.500	.917	179
1	Philadelphia Stars			1B	2	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	222

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1915	ABC	WES	241	.319	.328	5.4%	9.0%				0.8%	0.7%		.113	.082
1915-16	ABC	NvC	77	.251	.363	7.8%	12.0%		14.3%	9.0%		0.55	1.33		0.0%	0.0%		.044	.058
1916	ABC / NLS	EAS / WES	141	.368	.332	9.9%		8.6%			0.0%	0.4%		.057	.076
1916-17	RP	FHL	45	.233	.266	11.1%	9.8%				0.0%	0.1%		.000	.062
1917	ABC	WES	205	.352	.295	6.8%	8.3%				0.5%	0.2%		.096	.063
1918	ABC	WES	171	.479	.336	7.6%	9.3%				1.8%	0.4%		.214	.083
1919	CAG / DS	NvS / WES	210	.481	.311	9.0%		8.9%			3.8%	1.1%		.242	.098
1920	ABC / SLG	NNL / NVM	347	.444	.320	11.5%		0.3%	8.1%		40.00		1.7%	0.5%		.178	.078
1920-21	AC	CUB / NvC	62	.420	.299	8.1%		8.6%			0.0%	0.1%		.071	.054
1921	SLG	NNL / NVM	295	.538	.326	11.5%		1.7%	7.3%		6.80		4.7%	0.9%		.321	.099
1922	ABC / SLS	NNL / NVM	414	.488	.336	9.4%		7.9%			4.3%	1.2%		.305	.116
1922-23	SC	CUB	90	.526	.328	11.1%	8.1%				1.1%	0.4%		.253	.089
1923	MULT	NNL / NVM	393	.460	.345	13.0%		0.5%	8.1%		25.50		3.6%	1.3%		.250	.121
1923-24	SC	CUB / GP	282	.458	.349	14.2%	6.1%		4.6%	8.3%		3.08	1.38		1.4%	0.5%		.157	.093
1924	HBG	ECL	236	.540	.319	11.9%	6.8%				6.4%	1.1%		.376	.097
1925	HBG	ECL	321	.534	.349	15.9%	8.3%				6.2%	1.7%		.349	.124
1926	MULT	MULT	258	.433	.328	14.7%		1.6%	8.6%		9.50		4.7%	1.0%		.248	.105
1927	HBG	ECL	305	.519	.353	16.1%	9.3%				4.3%	1.3%		.294	.122
1927-28	CUB	CUB	155	.454	.349	20.6%	8.1%				3.2%	1.0%		.217	.110
1928	HIL	EAS	251	.469	.341	15.9%	8.3%				4.4%	1.3%		.271	.120
1929	HG / HIL	ANL	357	.464	.382	15.7%		9.7%			2.0%	1.4%		.206	.136
1930	CAG / HG	IND / NVM	247	.399	.358	7.7%		8.3%			4.9%	1.6%		.259	.139
1931	HG	IND	215	.401	.318	8.4%	7.5%				1.4%	1.1%		.184	.110
1932	PC	IND / NVM	313	.406	.351	10.2%		0.0%	8.2%			1.9%	0.9%		.159	.112
1933	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	297	.441	.327	8.4%		0.0%	6.6%			4.7%	1.1%		.283	.121
1934	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	236	.409	.327	11.4%		0.8%	7.6%		13.50		3.0%	0.8%		.172	.093
1935	PC / WES	MULT	209	.348	.353	9.6%		0.5%	8.8%		20.00		2.4%	1.5%		.147	.131
1936	NAS / PC	MULT	134	.432	.345	11.2%		8.5%			3.0%	1.5%		.200	.121
1937	PC	NN2	45	.274	.336	4.4%	7.9%				2.2%	1.6%		.122	.129
1938	PC	NN2	1	.000	.344	0.0%	9.4%				0.0%	1.6%		.000	.130
1939	TC	NAL / NN2	65	.365	.335	10.8%	0.4%		8.6%		29.22		1.5%	1.1%		.103	.107
1940	TIC	NAL	20	.429	.319	15.0%	9.1%				0.0%	0.6%		.059	.077
1941	PS	NN2	6	.563	.339	33.3%	8.6%				0.0%	1.2%		.000	.115
27	17		6644	.444	.337	11.5%	8.3%		7.5%	5.0%		1.64	4.74		3.1%	1.0%		.221	.106

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
27	Negro Leagues		5812	.444	.337	11.3%	8.3%		7.1%	2.4%		1.33	18.98		3.2%	1.1%		.224	.108
5	vs Latin Leagues		666	.439	.343	14.0%	8.7%		6.7%	6.7%		1.92	1.37		1.5%	0.5%		.161	.088
8	vs Major Leagues		158	.503	.324	9.5%	6.6%		10.3%	2.9%		1.17	2.16		6.3%	0.9%		.383	.101
1	vs Semipros		8	.000	.268	0.0%	6.7%				0.0%	1.0%		.000	.086

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
7	Indianapolis ABCs I		1865	.414	.331	9.3%	8.5%		14.3%	9.0%		0.55	1.33		2.1%	0.8%		.185	.093
1	New York Lincoln Stars		73	.391	.337	11.0%	8.4%				0.0%	0.5%		.031	.078
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel		45	.233	.266	11.1%	9.8%				0.0%	0.1%		.000	.062
2	Detroit Stars I		30	.558	.335	13.3%	9.1%		8.3%	3.5%		2.00	2.32		10.0%	1.3%		.462	.117
3	Chicago American Giants		204	.487	.310	9.3%	8.7%		12.5%	3.7%		1.00	2.06		3.9%	1.1%		.246	.098
3	St. Louis Stars I		326	.561	.324	12.0%	7.3%		14.6%	3.4%		0.83	2.79		4.9%	0.8%		.353	.098
1	Bacharach Giants I		62	.420	.299	8.1%	8.6%				0.0%	0.1%		.071	.054
2	Santa Clara		372	.474	.344	13.4%	8.3%		4.6%	6.1%		3.08	1.38		1.3%	0.5%		.182	.092
4	Harrisburg Giants		1074	.515	.341	15.1%	8.5%				5.4%	1.3%		.323	.114
3	Hilldale Club		617	.459	.362	15.7%	8.9%		16.7%	4.8%		0.75	0.86		3.1%	1.3%		.233	.127
4	Homestead Grays		495	.402	.339	7.9%	7.9%				3.2%	1.4%		.223	.124
1	Cuba III		155	.454	.349	20.6%	8.1%				3.2%	1.0%		.217	.110
9	Pittsburgh Crawfords		1284	.403	.340	10.0%	7.9%		1.6%	0.7%		7.00	21.28		3.0%	1.1%		.189	.115
2	East All Stars		9	.179	.303	0.0%	4.0%		22.2%	16.7%		0.00	0.30		0.0%	0.8%		.000	.127
1	West All Stars		3	.000	.358	0.0%	15.8%		0.0%	7.4%		2.14		0.0%	1.1%		.000	.077
1	NNL All Stars II		24	.428	.302	8.3%	6.7%				0.0%	0.6%		.136	.094
1	Philadelphia Stars		6	.563	.339	33.3%	8.6%				0.0%	1.2%		.000	.115

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