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
1920	ABC/SLG	NNL/NvM	23	CF	416	16.1	6.6	5.7	1.4	-0.3	-0.3
1919	CAG/DS	WES/NvS	22	CF	210	9.0	5.3	3.8	1.4	0.3	-0.1
1923-24	SC	CUB/GP	27	CF	282		5.0	3.9	1.3	0.0	-0.2
1922	ABC/SLS	NNL/NvM	25	CF	467		6.8	6.3	0.8	0.0	-0.3
1931	HG	IND	34	1B	215		2.6	2.2	0.7	0.0	-0.2
1923	MULT	NNL/NvM	26	1B	393	29.1	5.3	4.7	0.6	0.2	-0.3
1929	HIL/HG	ANL	32	CF	360		3.1	2.7	0.5	0.0	-0.2
1930	HG/CAG	EAS/NvM	33	1B	247		1.7	1.4	0.5	0.0	-0.2
1920-21	AC	NvC/CUB	24	CF	62		1.2	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
1927	HBG	ECL	30	CF	305	2.2	4.5	4.6	0.4	-0.3	-0.1
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
1936	PC/NAS	MULT	39	1B	134		1.3	1.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
1922-23	SC	CUB	26	CF	90		1.8	1.7	0.1	0.0	-0.1
1935	PC/WES	MULT	38	1B	209		0.6	0.7	0.1	0.0	-0.2
1941	PS	NN2	44	1B	6		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
1927-28	CUB	CUB	31	CF	155		1.8	1.8	0.1	0.0	-0.1
1940	TIC	NAL	43	PH	16		0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
1933	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	36	1B	291	5.1	3.1	3.2	0.0	0.2	-0.3
1924	HBG	ECL	27	CF	236		4.6	4.7	0.0	0.0	-0.1
1938	PC	NN2	41	PH	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1925	HBG	ECL	28	CF	321		5.0	5.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2
1939	TC	NN2/NAL	42	1B	53		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
1916	NLS/ABC	EAS/WES	19	CF	141	1.2	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.1	-0.1
1916-17	RP	FHL	20	CF	45		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1918	ABC	WES	21	CF	171	15.0	2.1	2.5	0.0	-0.3	-0.1
1917	ABC	WES	20	CF	205	16.1	1.9	1.8	-0.1	0.3	-0.2
1937	PC	NN2	40	1B	45		-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
1921	SLG	NNL/NvM	24	CF	362	11.0	6.4	7.0	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2
1932	PC	IND/NvM	35	1B	308		1.7	2.3	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
1934	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	37	1B	236		1.7	2.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.3
1928	HIL	EAS	31	CF	251		2.5	3.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
1926	MULT	MULT	29	CF	258	16.0	1.5	3.3	-1.5	0.0	-0.2
27	17			CF	6809	170.1	78.9	78.6	6.0	-0.9	-4.7
162 Game Average					661	16.1	7.7	7.6	0.6	-0.1	-0.5

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
27	Negro Leagues				5977	163.1	67.3	68.4	3.5	-0.5	-4.1
5	vs Latin Leagues				666	7.0	9.0	7.8	2.2	-0.5	-0.5
8	vs Major Leagues				158		2.3	2.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
1	vs Semipros				8		0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
7	Indianapolis ABCs			CF	1987	124.2	20.7	20.0	3.0	-1.0	-1.2
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	5.2	3.7	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	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0
2	East All Stars			-	9		-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
4	Harrisburg Giants			CF	1074	18.2	15.9	17.4	-0.6	-0.3	-0.6
4	Homestead Grays			1B	495		4.3	4.0	0.8	0.0	-0.5
3	Hilldale Club			CF	620		5.2	5.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
1	NNL All Stars			1B	24		0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1	New York Lincoln Stars			CF	73	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.0
9	Pittsburgh Crawfords			1B	1257	5.1	8.5	9.8	-0.2	0.2	-1.2
1	Philadelphia Stars			1B	6		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			CF	45		-0.1	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 Stars			CF	393	11.0	7.5	8.1	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2
1	West All Stars			-	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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