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+
1941	PS	NN2	44	1B	2	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1		2		0	0	0		0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	220
1940	TIC	NAL	43	PH	7	16	14	2	6	1	0	0	1	1		2		0	0	0		0	.429	.500	.500	1.000	205
1939	TC	NAL/NN2	42	1B	14	53	46	9	13	2	0	1	4	0		7				0			.283	.377	.391	.769	114
1938	PC	NN2	41	PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1937	PC	NN2	40	1B	15	45	41	4	9	2	0	1	6	0		2			1	1			.220	.273	.341	.614	61
1936	NAS/PC	MULT	39	1B	38	134	115	21	40	11	0	4	24	0		15			1	3			.348	.427	.548	.975	158
1935	WES/PC	MULT	38	1B	49	209	184	26	50	10	1	5	34	8	0	20	0	0	1	4	0	0	.272	.346	.418	.765	95
1934	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	37	1B	60	236	203	35	64	10	2	7	41	5	0	27	2		3	3	0	0	.315	.403	.488	.891	154
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	36	1B	70	291	259	68	86	19	7	13	67	8	0	24	0	0	4	3	1	0	.332	.396	.610	1.006	170
1932	PC	IND/NvM	35	1B	74	308	273	54	89	17	4	6	46	16		30			2	3			.326	.397	.484	.880	131
1931	HG	IND	34	1B	48	215	189	36	63	14	6	3	33	1		18			1	7			.333	.394	.519	.913	158
1930	HG/CAG	EAS/NvM	33	1B	54	247	220	47	69	17	2	12	56	7		19			2	6			.314	.373	.573	.946	124
1929	HG/HIL	ANL	32	CF	82	360	291	71	106	25	7	7	64	8		56			3	10			.364	.471	.570	1.042	146
1928	HIL	EAS	31	CF	60	251	207	54	72	11	6	11	44	11		40			0	4			.348	.453	.618	1.072	182
1927-28	CUB	CUB	31	CF	34	155	120	33	42	7	2	5	26	11		32		4	0	1	2		.350	.481	.567	1.047	172
1927	HBG	ECL	30	CF	69	305	248	68	99	20	7	13	74	21		49			2	6			.399	.502	.694	1.195	205
1926	MULT	MULT	29	CF	59	258	210	48	62	14	1	12	51	26		38	4		5	5	0		.295	.415	.543	.958	170
1925	HBG	ECL	28	CF	71	321	255	97	109	23	3	20	97	17		51				15			.427	.523	.776	1.299	228
1924	HBG	ECL	27	CF	54	236	205	63	83	22	5	15	63	20		28				3			.405	.476	.780	1.257	254
1923-24	SC	CUB/GP	27	CF	64	282	229	69	86	16	4	4	33	36	1	40	13		2	6	5		.376	.464	.533	.997	169
1923	MULT	NNL/NvM	26	1B	89	393	324	75	119	27	6	14	100	26		51			3	15			.367	.458	.617	1.075	178
1922-23	SC	CUB	26	CF	21	90	79	22	33	7	5	1	22	8		10			0	1	0		.418	.483	.671	1.154	231
1922	ABC/SLS	NNL/NvM	25	CF	104	467	414	109	156	27	19	20	103	23		41	0		1	11			.377	.434	.679	1.113	197
1921	SLG	NNL/NvM	24	CF	82	362	307	108	130	19	14	17	101	32		41	5		5	9			.423	.499	.743	1.241	245
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
1920	ABC/SLG	NNL/NvM	23	CF	96	416	359	85	130	21	14	6	63	23		42			2	13			.362	.432	.549	.981	192
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	225
1918	ABC	WES	21	CF	40	171	154	39	60	8	8	3	46	13		13			0	4			.390	.437	.604	1.041	196
1917	ABC	WES	20	CF	48	205	178	26	52	6	4	1	19	3		14			3	10			.292	.354	.388	.741	146
1916-17	RP	FHL	20	CF	11	45	38	4	6	0	0	0	1	1		5			1	1			.158	.273	.158	.431	62
1916	NLS/ABC	EAS/WES	19	CF	33	141	122	25	39	1	3	0	13	7		14			0	5			.320	.390	.377	.767	123
1915-16	ABC	NvC	19	CF	19	77	68	7	13	1	1	0	6	2	2	6	11		0	2	1		.191	.253	.235	.489	39
1915	ABC	WES	18	CF	57	241	221	31	57	9	5	2	31	14		13			1	6			.258	.302	.371	.673	99
27	17			CF	1587	6809	5820	1394	2036	378	143	211	1317	368	3	774	35	4	44	162	9	0	.350	.429	.573	1.002	173
162 Game Average						695	594	142	208	39	15	22	134	46	6	79	57	14	5	17	10	0	.350	.429	.573	1.002	173

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				1395	5977	5120	1218	1792	333	124	191	1188	301	0	666	2	0	41	149	1	0	.350	.429	.575	1.004	173
5	vs Latin Leagues				153	666	552	142	194	33	13	10	91	60	3	93	24	4	2	11	8		.351	.441	.513	.954	165
8	vs Major Leagues				37	158	141	34	50	12	6	10	38	7		15	9		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	459	1987	1734	363	583	95	55	41	366	100	2	178	11		9	65	1		.336	.401	.525	.926	161
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		4			0	0			.385	.467	.846	1.313	255
3	Chicago American Giants			CF	45	204	179	44	69	8	6	8	43	14		19			2	4			.385	.450	.631	1.081	228
3	St. Louis Stars I			CF	89	393	333	117	144	22	18	19	106	37		46	5		5	9			.432	.508	.778	1.286	264
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	7	5		.386	.468	.568	1.037	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	620	506	125	176	35	13	19	109	19		97	4		3	14	0		.348	.455	.581	1.036	158
4	Homestead Grays			1B	110	495	439	88	143	34	8	16	95	10		39			3	14	0		.326	.385	.549	.934	141
1	Cuba III			CF	34	155	120	33	42	7	2	5	26	11		32		4	0	1	2		.350	.481	.567	1.047	172
9	Pittsburgh Crawfords			1B	319	1257	1105	213	349	69	14	37	216	37	0	125		0	10	17		0	.316	.390	.504	.894	140
2	East All Stars			-	2	9	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	-43
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	189
1	Philadelphia Stars			1B	2	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1		2		0	0	0		0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	220

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	NLS/ABC	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	.296	6.8%	8.3%					0.5%	0.2%	.096	.064
1918	ABC	WES	171	.479	.337	7.6%	9.4%					1.8%	0.4%	.214	.084
1919	CAG/DS	NvS/WES	210	.481	.308	9.0%			8.8%			3.8%	1.1%	.242	.097
1920	ABC/SLG	NNL/NvM	416	.452	.320	10.1%			8.2%			1.4%	0.5%	.187	.078
1920-21	AC	CUB/NvC	62	.420	.299	8.1%			8.6%			0.0%	0.1%	.071	.054
1921	SLG	NNL/NvM	362	.540	.329	11.3%		1.4%	7.3%	8.20		4.7%	0.8%	.319	.098
1922	ABC/SLS	NNL/NvM	467	.477	.336	8.8%		0.0%	8.0%			4.3%	1.1%	.302	.113
1922-23	SC	CUB	90	.526	.328	11.1%	8.1%					1.1%	0.4%	.253	.089
1923	MULT	NNL/NvM	393	.460	.344	13.0%			8.1%			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%	1.0%	.376	.097
1925	HBG	ECL	321	.534	.349	15.9%	8.4%					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	.342	15.9%	8.3%					4.4%	1.3%	.271	.120
1929	HG/HIL	ANL	360	.461	.381	15.6%			9.8%			1.9%	1.4%	.206	.136
1930	HG/CAG	EAS/NvM	247	.398	.366	7.7%			8.5%			4.9%	1.7%	.259	.145
1931	HG	IND	215	.401	.319	8.4%	7.5%					1.4%	1.1%	.185	.110
1932	PC	IND/NvM	308	.404	.350	9.7%			8.2%			1.9%	0.9%	.158	.110
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	291	.434	.327	8.2%		0.0%	6.5%			4.5%	1.1%	.278	.120
1934	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	236	.412	.327	11.4%		0.8%	7.6%	13.50		3.0%	0.8%	.172	.093
1935	WES/PC	MULT	209	.348	.352	9.6%		0.0%	8.8%			2.4%	1.5%	.147	.131
1936	NAS/PC	MULT	134	.432	.341	11.2%			8.4%			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%	9.3%					0.0%	1.6%	.000	.129
1939	TC	NAL/NN2	53	.369	.333	13.2%			8.7%			1.9%	1.3%	.109	.106
1940	TIC	NAL	16	.488	.321	12.5%	9.1%					0.0%	0.6%	.071	.078
1941	PS	NN2	6	.562	.338	33.3%	8.7%					0.0%	1.2%	.000	.115
27	17		6809	.445	.337	11.4%	8.3%	8.1%	3.3%	1.40	12.86	3.1%	1.0%	.223	.106

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
27	Negro Leagues		5977	.445	.337	11.1%	8.3%	16.7%	0.9%	0.00	22.94	3.2%	1.1%	.225	.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	.323	9.5%	6.6%	15.0%	3.2%	0.33	1.94	6.3%	0.9%	.383	.101
1	vs Semipros		8	.000	.266	0.0%	6.7%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.085

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
7	Indianapolis ABCs I		1987	.417	.331	9.0%	8.5%	14.3%	9.0%	0.55	1.33	2.1%	0.8%	.189	.092
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	.557	.332	13.3%	9.0%					10.0%	1.3%	.462	.117
3	Chicago American Giants		204	.487	.307	9.3%	8.6%					3.9%	1.1%	.246	.097
3	St. Louis Stars I		393	.560	.327	11.7%	7.3%	13.9%	4.3%	0.00	1.80	4.8%	0.8%	.345	.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		620	.457	.362	15.6%	9.0%	16.7%	2.4%	0.75	1.71	3.1%	1.3%	.233	.127
4	Homestead Grays		495	.402	.344	7.9%	8.0%					3.2%	1.4%	.223	.127
1	Cuba III		155	.454	.349	20.6%	8.1%					3.2%	1.0%	.217	.110
9	Pittsburgh Crawfords		1257	.403	.340	9.9%	7.9%					2.9%	1.1%	.188	.114
2	East All Stars		9	.182	.312	0.0%	3.9%	22.2%	16.6%	0.00	0.30	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.109
1	West All Stars		3	.000	.382	0.0%	16.5%	0.0%	7.2%		2.29	0.0%	1.0%	.000	.078
1	NNL All Stars II		24	.428	.291	8.3%	6.4%					0.0%	0.6%	.136	.094
1	Philadelphia Stars		6	.562	.338	33.3%	8.7%					0.0%	1.2%	.000	.115

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