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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Batting

Glossary

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	0		.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	58	256	222	67	91	27	5	15	65	22		28			2	4			.410	.480	.779	1.259	239
1925	HBG	ECL	28	CF	72	330	260	97	109	24	4	20	92	18		50			6	14			.419	.522	.773	1.295	227
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	72	317	255	69	100	20	7	13	74	22		53			2	7			.392	.500	.678	1.178	200
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	3	40	3		0	4			.348	.453	.618	1.072	182
1929	HG/HIL	ANL	32	CF	82	360	291	71	106	23	7	7	64	8		56			3	10			.364	.471	.564	1.035	145
1930	CAG/HG	IND/NVM	33	1B	54	247	220	47	69	17	2	12	56	7	0	19	1		2	6			.314	.373	.573	.946	130
1931	HG	IND	34	1B	50	225	199	39	67	15	6	3	36	1	0	19	0		1	6			.337	.397	.518	.915	160
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	73	307	272	75	91	19	7	15	71	8	0	28	0	0	4	3		0	.335	.405	.621	1.026	174
1934	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	37	1B	61	241	209	36	66	11	2	7	42	7	0	27	2		2	3			.316	.399	.488	.887	153
1935	PC/WES	MULT	38	1B	50	212	185	27	51	10	1	5	34	8	0	21	1	0	1	5	0	0	.276	.353	.422	.774	99
1936	NAS/PC	MULT	39	1B	38	134	115	21	40	11	0	4	24	0		15	1		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	60
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	112
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	1564	6716	5731	1364	1995	378	133	208	1283	384	9	775	44	4	49	161	0	0	.348	.430	.569	.999	172
162 Game Average						696	594	141	207	39	14	22	133	40	5	80	20	14	5	17	0	0	.348	.430	.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				1372	5884	5031	1188	1751	333	114	188	1154	317	3	667	8	0	46	140	0	0	.348	.429	.572	1.001	171
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	0	.355	.420	.738	1.158	230
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	0		.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	250	1115	906	276	352	83	17	58	274	86		165			15	29			.389	.490	.710	1.200	213
3	Hilldale Club			CF	144	620	506	125	176	33	13	19	109	19	4	97	7	0	3	14		0	.348	.455	.577	1.033	157
4	Homestead Grays			1B	112	505	449	91	147	35	8	16	98	10	0	40	1	0	3	13		0	.327	.386	.548	.934	145
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	329	1302	1142	222	362	72	14	39	225	40	0	133	1		9	18			.317	.393	.507	.900	141
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	1		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%	7.2%	6.80		4.7%	0.9%	.321	.099
1922	ABC/SLS	NNL/NVM	414	.488	.336	9.4%			8.0%			4.3%	1.2%	.305	.117
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	256	.542	.334	10.9%	7.3%					5.9%	1.1%	.369	.104
1925	HBG	ECL	330	.536	.353	15.2%	8.3%					6.1%	1.6%	.354	.123
1926	MULT	MULT	258	.433	.328	14.7%		1.6%	8.6%	9.50		4.7%	1.0%	.248	.105
1927	HBG	ECL	317	.512	.355	16.7%	9.2%					4.1%	1.3%	.286	.121
1927-28	CUB	CUB	155	.454	.349	20.6%	8.1%					3.2%	1.0%	.217	.110
1928	HIL	EAS	251	.469	.342	15.9%	8.3%	1.2%	1.6%	13.33	5.29	4.4%	1.3%	.271	.120
1929	HG/HIL	ANL	360	.458	.381	15.6%			9.7%			1.9%	1.4%	.199	.136
1930	CAG/HG	IND/NVM	247	.399	.358	7.7%		0.4%	8.4%	19.00		4.9%	1.6%	.259	.139
1931	HG	IND	225	.405	.319	8.4%	7.5%	0.0%	1.2%		6.38	1.3%	1.1%	.181	.110
1932	PC	IND/NVM	313	.406	.351	10.2%	0.6%	0.0%	8.2%			1.9%	0.9%	.159	.112
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	307	.443	.329	9.1%		0.0%	6.7%			4.9%	1.2%	.287	.123
1934	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	241	.410	.327	11.2%		0.8%	7.6%	13.50		2.9%	0.8%	.172	.092
1935	PC/WES	MULT	212	.352	.352	9.9%		0.5%	8.8%	21.00		2.4%	1.5%	.146	.129
1936	NAS/PC	MULT	134	.432	.344	11.2%		0.7%	8.5%	15.00		3.0%	1.5%	.200	.122
1937	PC	NN2	45	.274	.340	4.4%	8.0%					2.2%	1.6%	.122	.130
1938	PC	NN2	1	.000	.345	0.0%	9.3%					0.0%	1.5%	.000	.127
1939	TC	NAL/NN2	65	.365	.335	10.8%			8.5%			1.5%	1.1%	.103	.108
1940	TIC	NAL	20	.429	.319	15.0%	9.1%					0.0%	0.6%	.059	.077
1941	PS	NN2	6	.563	.338	33.3%	8.6%					0.0%	1.2%	.000	.115
27	17		6716	.445	.338	11.5%	8.3%	2.9%	2.6%	3.91	6.72	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		5884	.444	.338	11.3%	8.3%	0.8%	1.2%	14.00	9.06	3.2%	1.1%	.224	.109
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	2.15	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	2.76	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		1115	.515	.346	14.8%	8.5%					5.2%	1.3%	.321	.115
3	Hilldale Club		620	.456	.361	15.6%	8.9%	2.5%	1.8%	6.14	4.90	3.1%	1.3%	.229	.128
4	Homestead Grays		505	.404	.339	7.9%	7.9%	0.2%	1.0%	37.00	9.73	3.2%	1.4%	.220	.124
1	Cuba III		155	.454	.349	20.6%	8.1%					3.2%	1.0%	.217	.110
9	Pittsburgh Crawfords		1302	.405	.340	10.2%	7.9%	0.3%	0.8%	36.00	11.07	3.0%	1.1%	.190	.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	.365	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	7.3%		2.29	0.0%	1.0%	.000	.078
1	NNL All Stars II		24	.428	.302	8.3%	6.7%	7.7%	1.3%	2.00	6.33	0.0%	0.6%	.136	.094
1	Philadelphia Stars		6	.563	.338	33.3%	8.6%					0.0%	1.2%	.000	.115

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Notes:

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