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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Notes:

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

Glossary

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1915	ABC	WES	18	CF	241	40.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	-0.4	-0.1
1915-16	ABC	NvC	19	CF	77	7.0	-0.7	-0.4	0.2	-0.5	0.0
1916	ABC/NLS	EAS/WES	19	CF	141	1.2	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.1	-0.1
1916-17	RP	FHL	20	CF	45		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1917	ABC	WES	20	CF	205	16.1	1.9	1.8	-0.1	0.3	-0.2
1918	ABC	WES	21	CF	171	15.0	2.1	2.5	0.0	-0.3	-0.1
1919	CAG/DS	NvS/WES	22	CF	210	9.0	5.1	3.7	1.3	0.3	-0.1
1920	ABC/SLG	NNL/NVM	23	CF	347	16.1	5.1	4.5	1.1	-0.3	-0.2
1920-21	AC	CUB/NvC	24	CF	62		1.2	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
1921	SLG	NNL/NVM	24	CF	295	4.2	5.1	5.9	-0.3	-0.4	-0.2
1922	ABC/SLS	NNL/NVM	25	CF	414		6.2	5.9	0.6	0.0	-0.2
1922-23	SC	CUB	26	CF	90		1.8	1.7	0.1	0.0	-0.1
1923	MULT	NNL/NVM	26	1B	393	29.1	5.3	4.7	0.6	0.2	-0.3
1923-24	SC	CUB/GP	27	CF	282		5.0	3.9	1.3	0.0	-0.2
1924	HBG	ECL	27	CF	256		5.5	4.8	0.8	0.0	-0.1
1925	HBG	ECL	28	CF	330		6.4	5.3	1.2	0.0	-0.2
1926	MULT	MULT	29	CF	258	16.0	1.5	3.2	-1.5	0.0	-0.2
1927	HBG	ECL	30	CF	317	2.2	4.5	4.6	0.4	-0.3	-0.1
1927-28	CUB	CUB	31	CF	155		1.8	1.8	0.1	0.0	-0.1
1928	HIL	EAS	31	CF	251		2.5	3.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
1929	HG/HIL	ANL	32	CF	360		3.0	2.7	0.5	0.0	-0.2
1930	CAG/HG	IND/NVM	33	1B	247		1.8	1.6	0.4	0.0	-0.2
1931	HG	IND	34	1B	225		2.7	2.4	0.6	0.0	-0.2
1932	PC	IND/NVM	35	1B	313		1.8	2.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	36	1B	307	5.1	3.4	3.4	0.1	0.2	-0.3
1934	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	37	1B	241		1.7	2.4	-0.5	0.0	-0.3
1935	MULT	MULT	38	1B	217		0.8	0.9	0.1	0.0	-0.2
1936	NAS/PC	MULT	39	1B	139		1.3	1.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
1937	PC	NN2	40	1B	45		-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
1938	PC	NN2	41	PH	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1939	TC	NAL/NN2	42	1B	65		0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
1940	TIC	NAL	43	1B	20		0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
1941	PS	NN2	44	1B	6		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
27	18			CF	6726	164.0	78.3	77.0	7.2	-1.1	-4.7
162 Game Average					662	16.0	7.7	7.6	0.7	-0.1	-0.5

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
5	vs Latin Leagues				666	7.0	9.0	7.8	2.1	-0.5	-0.5
8	vs Major Leagues				158		2.2	2.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
1	vs Semipros				8		0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
27	Negro Leagues				5894	157.0	66.8	66.8	4.7	-0.7	-4.1

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
7	Indianapolis ABCs			CF	1865	124.2	18.7	18.5	2.4	-1.0	-1.1
1	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants			CF	62		1.2	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
3	Chicago American Giants			CF	204	9.0	5.1	3.6	1.3	0.3	-0.1
1	Cuba			CF	155		1.8	1.8	0.1	0.0	-0.1
2	Detroit Stars			CF	30		0.9	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0
2	East All Stars			-	9		-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
4	Harrisburg Giants			CF	1115	18.2	18.1	17.5	1.5	-0.3	-0.6
4	Homestead Grays			1B	505		4.6	4.4	0.7	0.0	-0.5
3	Hilldale Club			CF	620		5.1	5.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
1	NNL All Stars			1B	24		0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1	New York Lincoln Stars			CF	73	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.0
1	North All Stars			1B	5		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
9	Pittsburgh Crawfords			1B	1307	5.1	8.9	10.4	-0.4	0.2	-1.3
1	Philadelphia Stars			1B	6		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			CF	45		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Santa Clara			CF	372		6.8	5.6	1.5	0.0	-0.3
3	St. Louis Giants			CF	326	4.2	6.1	7.1	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2
1	West All Stars			-	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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