Oscar McKinley Charleston But four of the top eight is still pretty good. Notes: • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976 • Buried: Floral Park Cemetery (Indianapolis, IN) • Relatives: Bennie Charleston (Brother) • Visit Manager Page Charleston has five of the best nine offensive seasons, by OPS+, in the Seamheads database (minimum 300 PAs). All-Teammate Team Four of these years—1919, 1921, 1924, and 1925—rank among the top five Negro Leagues seasons ever. Charleston has five of the best nine offensive seasons, by OPS+, in the Seamheads database (minimum 300 PAs). “But if we can accept as official Ross Barnes’s .429 in 1876 (70-game schedule), why not Oscar Charleston’s .433 over 77 games in 1921, or Josh Gibson’s .466 over 69 games in 1943?” Fielding Breakdown by Position Charleston has five of the best nine offensive seasons, by OPS+, in the Seamheads database (minimum 300 PAs). Pitching Oscar McKinley Charleston Pitching Batting Breakdown by Position In a seven-year span between 1919 and 1925, he posted an OPS+ above 200 five times, compiling a 1.143 OPS over those seven years. Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wins Above Replacement If you have any questions regarding Negro Leagues statistical or biographical data, please contact

Contemporary Center Fielders (Top 50) Oscar McKinley Charleston (Charlie) Born: October 14, 1896 in Indianapolis, IN Died: October 5, 1954 in Philadelphia, PA (57 years old) Four of these years—1919, 1921, 1924, and 1925—rank among the top five Negro Leagues seasons ever. Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of

All-Teammate Team Beer has thoroughly researched his subject and, in the process, he gives the reader a lesson on Negro League history, its team owners and some of its star players. All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill. 25 Sunday Nov 2018. This is the first biography of Oscar Charleston and author Jeremy Beer deserves immense credit for tackling his life story. In a seven-year span between 1919 and 1925, he posted an OPS+ above 200 five times, compiling a 1.143 OPS over those seven years. All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill. Fielding Oscar McKinley Charleston (October 14, 1896 – October 5, 1954) was an American center fielder and manager in Negro league baseball.In 1915, after serving three years in the U.S. Army, the Indianapolis, Indiana, native continued his baseball career as a professional with the Indianapolis ABCs; his career ended in 1954 as a player-manager for the Indianapolis Clowns. There have been some changes to the Seamheads.com database lately. If you have any questions regarding Negro Leagues statistical or biographical data, please contact gary@seamheads.com.. … Four of these years—1919, 1921, 1924, and 1925—rank among the top five Negro Leagues seasons ever. Wins Above Replacement Oscar Charleston. He is trending in the wrong direction! In a seven-year span between 1919 and 1925, he posted an OPS+ above 200 five times, compiling a 1.143 OPS over those seven years. Charleston was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976. Batting

Compared to If you have any questions regarding Negro Leagues statistical or biographical data, please contact Instead of owning four of the top five seasons by OPS+ in Negro Leagues history, Oscar now only owns four of the top eight. Charleston Chronology.

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book