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Oscar Charleston

Oscar McKinley Charleston

Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 14, 1896 in Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Died: October 5, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Negro League Committee as Player in 1976.
View Oscar Charleston Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

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Batting: 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008

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Negro Leagues Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	SF
1915	18	2 Teams	2 Lgs	Non-Fgn	76	317	289	38	70	10	6	2	37	16	2	19	11	.242	.288	.339	.627	98	8	1
1915	18	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	57	240	221	31	57	9	5	2	31	14		13		.258	.299	.371	.670	82	6
1915	18	Indianapolis	CNCS	Fgn	19	77	68	7	13	1	1	0	6	2	2	6	11	.191	.253	.235	.489	16	2	1
1916	19	2 Teams	1 Lg	Non	32	137	118	25	38	1	3	0	13	7		14		.322	.394	.381	.775	45	5
1916	19	New York Lincoln Stars	INDP	Non	14	69	60	18	21	0	1	0	4	5		8		.350	.426	.383	.810	23	1
1916	19	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	18	68	58	7	17	1	2	0	9	2		6		.293	.359	.379	.739	22	4
1917	20	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	48	202	178	26	52	6	4	1	19	3		14		.292	.344	.388	.731	69	10
1918	21	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	38	163	147	37	56	7	7	3	43	11		13		.381	.431	.585	1.016	86	3
1919	22	2 Teams	1 Lg	Non	45	201	176	48	70	9	6	8	44	14		19		.398	.456	.653	1.110	115	6
1919	22	Chicago American Giants	INDP	Non	40	183	160	44	65	7	6	8	41	11		17		.406	.463	.675	1.138	108	6
1919	22	Detroit	INDP	Non	5	18	16	4	5	2	0	0	3	3		2		.313	.389	.438	.826	7	0
1920	23	2 Teams	1 Lg	NgM		197	180	24	51	5	4	4		12		13		.283	.332	.422	.754	76	4
1920	23	Indianapolis,St. Louis	NNL	NgM		197	180	24	51	5	4	4		12		13		.283	.332	.422	.754	76	4
1921	24	St. Louis	NNL	NgM		183	169	51	75	9	8	6		22		8		.444	.469	.698	1.167	118	6
1922	25	Indianapolis	NNL	NgM		218	215	48	85	14	9	11		15		2		.395	.401	.698	1.099	150	1
1923	26	Indianapolis	NNL	NgM		371	308	68	112	25	6	11		26		48		.364	.449	.591	1.040	182	15
1924	27	Harrisburg	ECOL	NgM		215	192	57	73	16	3	13		13		20		.380	.439	.698	1.137	134	3
1925	28	Harrisburg	ECOL	NgM		301	235	95	106	22	3	20		17		53		.451	.552	.826	1.378	194	13
1926	29	2 Teams	1 Lg	NgM		272	222	52	67	18	1	13		23		44		.302	.417	.568	.985	126	6
1926	29	Harrisburg,Hilldale	ECOL	NgM		272	222	52	67	18	1	13		23		44		.302	.417	.568	.985	126	6
1927	30	Harrisburg	ECOL	NgM		133	126	32	45	9	4	8		1		1		.357	.362	.683	1.045	86	6
1928	31	Hilldale	ECOL	NgM		250	217	59	74	7	5	10		12		30		.341	.421	.558	.979	121	3
1929	32	2 Teams	1 Lg	NgM		243	213	40	69	9	4	4		5		26		.324	.397	.460	.858	98	4
1929	32	Homestead,Hilldale	ANL	NgM		243	213	40	69	9	4	4		5		26		.324	.397	.460	.858	98	4
1930	33	Homestead	INDP	Non		132	113	25	33	8	4	4		3		17		.292	.385	.540	.924	61	2
1931	34	Homestead	INDP	Non		130	130	24	45	5	3	2		1		0		.346	.346	.477	.823	62	0
1932	35	Pittsburgh	INDP	Non		210	184	36	58	12	3	4		13		25		.315	.397	.478	.875	88	1
1933	36	Pittsburgh	NNL	NgM		163	158	32	47	7	2	5		3		4		.297	.315	.462	.777	73	1
1934	37	Pittsburgh	NNL	NgM		175	165	25	55	6	3	5		2		10		.333	.371	.497	.868	82	0
1935	38	Pittsburgh	NNL	NgM		152	132	23	39	7	1	5		7		16		.295	.372	.477	.849	63	4
1936	39	Pittsburgh	NNL	NgM		54	46	8	14	4	0	2		0		8		.304	.407	.522	.929	24	0
1937	40	Pittsburgh	NNL	NgM		34	34	1	4	1	0	0		0		0		.118	.118	.147	.265	5	0

1939	42	Toledo	NAL	NgM		33	30	4	9	2	0	0		0		3		.300	.364	.367	.730	11	0
1940	43	Toledo/Indianapolis	NAL	NgM		5	4	0	3	0	0	0		0		1		.750	.800	.750	1.550	3	0
1941	44	Philadelphia	NNL	NgM		1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1			1.000			0	0
26 Seasons					239	4492	3981	879	1350	219	89	141	156	226	2	409	11	.339	.401	.545	.946	2170	101	1
NgM (18 seasons)				NgM		3000	2646	620	928	161	53	117		158		288		.351	.414	.584	.999	1546	66
Non (8 seasons)				Non	220	1415	1267	252	409	57	35	24	150	66		115		.323	.379	.480	.859	608	33
Fgn (1 season)				Fgn	19	77	68	7	13	1	1	0	6	2	2	6	11	.191	.253	.235	.489	16	2	1

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Negro Leagues Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	W	L	W-L%	RAvg	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	BB	SO	HBP	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1915	18	2 Teams	2 Lgs	Non-Fgn	1	2	.333	7.17	7	6	3	0	47.2	50	38	23	24	2	0	1.531	9.4	4.3	4.5	1.04
1915	18	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	1	1	.500	6.20	6	5	2	0	40.2	38	28	18	23	2	0	1.377	8.4	4.0	5.1	1.28
1915	18	Indianapolis	CNCS	Fgn	0	1	.000	12.86	1	1	1	0	7.0	12	10	5	1	0	0	2.429	15.4	6.4	1.3	0.20
1916	19	New York Lincoln Stars	INDP	Non	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.600	5.4	0.0	5.4
1917	20	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	0	0		2.76	3	1	0	0	16.1	6	5	9	7	0	0	0.918	3.3	5.0	3.9	0.78
1918	21	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	0	1	.000	7.20	4	2	0	0	15.0	18	12	5	5	0	0	1.533	10.8	3.0	3.0	1.00
1919	22	Chicago American Giants	INDP	Non	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	1	0	9.0	4	2	3	5	1	0	0.778	4.0	3.0	5.0	1.67
1920	23	Indianapolis	NNL	NgM	0	0		8.25		1	0	0	12.0	17	11	8	6	0	1	2.083	12.8	6.0	4.5	0.75
1921	24	St. Louis	NNL	NgM	0	0		15.43		0	0	0	4.2	13	8	1	2	0	0	3.000	25.1	1.9	3.9	2.00

1923	26	Indianapolis	NNL	NgM	1	2	.333	5.76		3	1	0	29.2	31	19	13	7	1	2	1.483	9.4	3.9	2.1	0.54

1926	29	Harrisburg	ECOL	NgM	0	2	.000	7.42		1	1	0	13.1	11	11	8	6	2	0	1.425	7.4	5.4	4.0	0.75
1927	30	Harrisburg	ECOL	NgM	0	0				0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1933	36	Pittsburgh	NNL	NgM	0	0		2.84		0	0	0	6.1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0.316	2.8	0.0	1.4
11 Seasons					3	7	.300	6.24	16	15	6	0	155.2	153	108	70	64	6	3	1.433	8.8	4.0	3.7	0.91
NgM (6 seasons)				NgM	1	4	.200	6.95		5	2	0	66.0	74	51	30	22	3	3	1.576	10.1	4.1	3.0	0.73
Non (5 seasons)				Non	2	2	.500	5.12	15	9	3	0	82.2	67	47	35	41	3	0	1.234	7.3	3.8	4.5	1.17
Fgn (1 season)				Fgn	0	1	.000	12.86	1	1	1	0	7.0	12	10	5	1	0	0	2.429	15.4	6.4	1.3	0.20

Negro Leagues Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	SB
1915	18	2 Teams	2 Lgs	Non-Fgn	CF	72	166	149	13	4	2	.976	0
1915	18	2 Teams	2 Lgs	Non-Fgn	P	7	25	5	18	2	1	.920	10
1915	18	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	P	6	21	3	16	2	1	.905	2
1915	18	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	CF	55	127	116	9	2	2	.984	0
1915	18	Indianapolis	CNCS	Fgn	P	1	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	8
1915	18	Indianapolis	CNCS	Fgn	LF	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0
1915	18	Indianapolis	CNCS	Fgn	CF	17	39	33	4	2	0	.949	0
1916	19	2 Teams	1 Lg	Non	CF	28	52	45	4	3	1	.942	0
1916	19	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	CF	18	29	26	1	2	0	.931	0
1916	19	New York Lincoln Stars	INDP	Non	RF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0
1916	19	New York Lincoln Stars	INDP	Non	P	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0
1916	19	New York Lincoln Stars	INDP	Non	LF	3	10	8	2	0	1	1.000	0
1916	19	New York Lincoln Stars	INDP	Non	CF	10	23	19	3	1	1	.957	0
1917	20	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	P	3	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	3
1917	20	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	CF	46	107	101	3	3	1	.972	0
1917	20	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	1B	3	25	24	1	0	2	1.000	0
1918	21	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	P	4	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	0
1918	21	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	CF	38	93	78	11	4	1	.957	0
1918	21	Indianapolis	INDP	Non	1B	1	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	0
1919	22	2 Teams	1 Lg	Non	CF	43	115	104	7	4	3	.965	0
1919	22	Detroit	INDP	Non	LF	2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0
1919	22	Detroit	INDP	Non	CF	4	13	10	1	2	0	.846	0
1919	22	Chicago American Giants	INDP	Non	P	1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0
1919	22	Chicago American Giants	INDP	Non	CF	39	102	94	6	2	3	.980	0
5 Seasons						254	627	532	75	20	12	.968	13
CF (5 seasons)					CF	227	533	477	38	18	8	.966	0
P (5 seasons)					P	16	43	7	34	2	1	.953	13
LF (3 seasons)					LF	6	17	15	2	0	1	1.000	0
1B (2 seasons)					1B	4	33	32	1	0	2	1.000	0
RF (1 season)					RF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev
1915	18	Indianapolis ABCs	Cuban-American Negro Clubs Series	Fgn
1915	18	Indianapolis ABCs	Independent Negro	Non
1916	19	New York Lincoln Stars	Independent Negro	Non
1916	19	Indianapolis ABCs	Independent Negro	Non
1917	20	Indianapolis ABCs	Independent Negro	Non
1918	21	Indianapolis ABCs	Independent Negro	Non
1919	22	Detroit Stars	Independent Negro	Non
1919	22	Chicago American Giants	Independent Negro	Non
1920	23	St. Louis Giants	Negro National League	NgM
1920	23	Indianapolis ABCs	Negro National League	NgM
1921	24	St. Louis Giants	Negro National League	NgM
1922	25	Indianapolis ABCs	Negro National League	NgM
1923	26	Indianapolis ABCs	Negro National League	NgM
1924	27	Harrisburg Giants	Eastern Colored League	NgM
1925	28	Harrisburg Giants	Eastern Colored League	NgM
1926	29	Philadelphia Hilldale Giants	Eastern Colored League	NgM
1926	29	Harrisburg Giants	Eastern Colored League	NgM
1927	30	Harrisburg Giants	Eastern Colored League	NgM
1928	31	Philadelphia Hilldale Giants	Eastern Colored League	NgM
1929	32	Philadelphia Hilldale Giants	American Negro League	NgM
1929	32	Homestead Grays	American Negro League	NgM
1930	33	Homestead Grays	Independent Negro	Non
1931	34	Homestead Grays	American Negro League	NgM
1931	34	Homestead Grays	Independent Negro	Non
1932	35	Pittsburgh Crawfords	Independent Negro	Non
1933	36	Pittsburgh Crawfords	Negro National League	NgM
1934	37	Pittsburgh Crawfords	Negro National League	NgM
1935	38	Pittsburgh Crawfords	Negro National League	NgM
1936	39	Pittsburgh Crawfords	Negro National League	NgM
1937	40	Pittsburgh Crawfords	Negro National League	NgM

1939	42	Toledo Crawfords	Negro American League	NgM
1940	43	Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords	Negro American League	NgM
1941	44	Philadelphia Stars	Negro National League	NgM

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