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Oscar Charleston
Oscar McKinley Charleston
 
 
Born: October 14, 1896 in Indianapolis, IN
Died: October 5, 1954 - 57 years old in Philadelphia, PA
Bats: L Throws: L Ht: 5'8" Wt: 185
Batting Ratings(?)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Player in 1976
- Visit Charleston's Managerial Page
- Buried: Floral Park Cemetery; Indianapolis, IN

Comparison

Comparison
Center Fielders
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Cristóbal Torriente
1913 - 1928
CF
237.3
  
188.4
27.9
21.1
-
2 Pete Hill
1904 - 1924
CF
215.4
  
179.8
34.8
0.8
-
3 Oscar Charleston
1915 - 1933
CF
199.3
  
165.7
28.4
5.3
-
4 Turkey Stearnes
1923 - 1933
CF
70.1
  
61.8
8.3
0.0
-
5 Bernardo Baró
1915 - 1928
CF
60.3
  
41.4
9.0
9.8
-
6 Spottswood Poles
1909 - 1923
CF
58.5
  
47.7
10.7
0.0
-
7 Jelly Gardner
1917 - 1928
CF
58.4
  
46.0
12.4
0.0
-
8 Jules Thomas
1908 - 1924
CF
52.9
  
44.9
7.9
0.2
-
9 Cool Papa Bell
1922 - 1933
CF
51.9
  
27.7
7.0
17.2
-
10 Clint Thomas
1920 - 1933
CF
51.3
  
38.6
12.7
0.0
-
11 Valentín Dreke
1919 - 1924
CF
42.4
  
34.2
8.2
0.0
-
12 George Johnson
1918 - 1928
CF
34.6
  
28.5
6.1
0.0
-
13 Sam Bennett
1907 - 1923
CF
33.5
  
29.0
4.5
0.0
-
14 Chaney White
1920 - 1933
CF
33.3
  
26.6
6.7
0.0
-
15 Wade Johnston
1921 - 1933
CF
33.2
  
24.7
3.8
4.7
-
16 Sandy Thompson
1917 - 1933
CF
24.0
  
19.0
5.0
0.0
-
17 George Brown
1910 - 1921
CF
23.9
  
18.5
5.4
0.0
-
18 Alejandro Oms
1917 - 1933
CF
22.9
  
19.0
3.8
0.0
-
19 Ramiro Ramírez
1916 - 1933
CF
20.7
  
15.9
4.8
0.0
-
20 Irvin Brooks
1918 - 1928
CF
14.2
  
8.5
2.9
2.8
-
21 Pete Washington
1923 - 1933
CF
13.0
  
7.6
5.5
0.0
-
22 Orville Singer
1921 - 1928
CF
12.1
  
9.3
2.7
0.1
-
23 Pinky Ward
1923 - 1928
CF
11.4
  
8.2
3.2
0.0
-
24 Bobo Leonard
1921 - 1928
CF
11.2
  
9.0
1.9
0.3
-
25 Rags Roberts
1922 - 1928
CF
9.3
  
7.4
1.9
0.0
-
26 Willie Woods
1919 - 1924
CF
8.5
  
3.7
4.8
0.0
-
27 Willie Gray
1920 - 1928
CF
7.6
  
6.7
0.9
0.0
-
28 John Kemp
1923 - 1928
CF
6.9
  
4.4
2.5
0.0
-
29 Joe Green
1902 - 1921
CF
6.8
  
5.0
1.8
0.0
-
30 Willie Miles
1921 - 1924
CF
5.6
  
4.7
0.8
0.0
-
31 Tom Fiall
1918 - 1923
CF
3.8
  
1.3
2.5
0.0
-
32 Ed Kemp
1923 - 1924
CF
3.7
  
2.3
1.4
0.0
-
33 Fred Long
1920 - 1921
CF
2.3
  
2.2
0.1
0.0
-
34 Frank Crockett
1916 - 1923
CF
1.7
  
1.3
0.4
0.0
-
35 J. Wilson
1921 - 1921
CF
0.8
  
0.5
0.2
0.0
-
36 Willis Moody
1921 - 1921
CF
0.6
  
0.6
0.1
0.0
-
37 Andrew Wilson
1923 - 1923
CF
0.6
  
0.0
0.6
0.0
-
38 Forrest Maddox
1923 - 1923
CF
0.5
  
0.0
0.3
0.2
-
39 Fred Bostick
1923 - 1923
CF
0.5
  
0.4
0.0
0.0
-
40 Carpenter
1923 - 1923
CF
0.2
  
0.0
0.2
0.0
-
41 Robert Sloan
1919 - 1921
CF
0.1
  
0.1
0.1
0.0
-
42 Thompson
1923 - 1923
CF
0.1
  
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
43 Jimmy Reel
1923 - 1923
CF
0.1
  
0.0
0.1
0.0
-
44 E. McCreary
1921 - 1921
CF
0.0
  
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
45 Johnny Spencer
1921 - 1922
CF
0.0
  
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
46 Ray Johnson
1921 - 1921
CF
0.0
  
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
47 Gardner
1923 - 1923
CF
0.0
  
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
                   
  Oscar Charleston
1915 - 1933
CF
199.3
  
165.7
28.4
5.3
-

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