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Oscar Charleston

Oscar Charleston

1920–1941  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  5'8", 185 lb  ·  b. 1896 Indianapolis, IN

Career 884 G · 1,157 H · 139 HR · 815 RBI · .363 AVG · 1–4 · 5.33 ERA · 22 SO · 74.1 IP

Seasons leading his league
43
8 best in baseball 35 league only
107 Top-5 finishes
10 Title seasons
13 Categories led
1924 Best season

Spanning 1920–1933, peaking at 11 titles in 1924.

1924 Batting Triple Crown
Led the ECL in .410 AVG, 15 HR, 65 RBI
1925 Batting Triple Crown
Led the ECL in .428 AVG, 20 HR, 97 RBI
Led in Stolen Bases for 4 straight seasons (1921–1924) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 11th League titles 43
  • 89th Best in baseball 8
  • 14th Top-5 finishes 107

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Runs 6 1st 3 yrs (1920–1922) 1920 NNL 60 1921 NNL 90 1922 NNL 92 1924 ECL 67 1925 ECL 97 1933 NN2 69 1927 #2
Stolen Bases 5 1st 4 yrs (1921–1924) 1921 NNL 35 1922 NNL 27 1923 NNL 25 1924 ECL 22 1926 ECL 24 1920 #3 1927 #3
Hits 4 1st 2 yrs (1924–1925) 1920 NNL 95 1922 NNL 135 1924 ECL 91 1925 ECL 109 1933 #3
Home Runs 4 1st 2 yrs (1924–1925) 1922 NNL 17 1924 ECL 15 1925 ECL 20 1927 ECL 13 1920 #3 1921 #2 1926 #2 1933 #2 1934 #2
Walks 3 1st — 1925 ECL 51 1927 ECL 49 1929 ANL 56 1920 #2 1922 #3 1923 #2 1933 #2
Total Bases 3 1st 2 yrs (1924–1925) 1922 NNL 240 1924 ECL 173 1925 ECL 198 1920 #2 1927 #3 1933 #2
Slugging Percentage 3 1st 2 yrs (1924–1925) 1924 .779 1925 .777 1921 NNL .735 1922 #2 1927 #2 1933 #2
On-Base Percentage 3 1st 2 yrs (1924–1925) 1921 .515 1925 .523 1924 ECL .480 1920 #3 1926 #3 1927 #3
On-Base Plus Slug. 3 1st 2 yrs (1924–1925) 1924 1.260 1925 1.299 1921 NNL 1.250 1920 #3 1922 #2 1926 #3 1927 #3 1933 #2
Runs Batted In 3 1st 2 yrs (1924–1925) 1922 NNL 90 1924 ECL 65 1925 ECL 97 1921 #2 1923 #2 1927 #2 1933 #2 1934 #3
Batting Average 3 1st 2 yrs (1924–1925) 1921 .434 1925 .428 1924 ECL .410 1920 #3
Doubles 2 1st — 1924 ECL 27 1933 NN2 19 1920 #2 1922 #2 1923 #2 1925 #2 1927 #3 1929 #3
Triples 1 1st — 1933 NN2 7 1922 #2 1929 #3

Title Seasons

10 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1933 3 R 69 2B 19 3B 7
1929 1 BB 56
1927 2 HR 13 BB 49
1926 1 SB 24
1925 10 AVG .428 HR 20 RBI 97 H 109 R 97 OPS 1.299 OBP .523 SLG .777 TB 198 BB 51
1924 11 AVG .410 HR 15 RBI 65 H 91 R 67 SB 22 OPS 1.260 OBP .480 SLG .779 2B 27 TB 173
1923 1 SB 25
1922 6 HR 17 RBI 90 H 135 R 92 SB 27 TB 240
1921 6 AVG .434 R 90 SB 35 OPS 1.250 OBP .515 SLG .735
1920 2 H 95 R 60

Batting

18 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1920 ABC NNL 76 285 60 95 18 5 5 45 35 1 20 .333 .408 .484 .892
1921 SLG NNL 62 226 90 98 12 10 12 74 34 2 35 .434 .515 .735 1.250
1922 ABC NNL 89 354 92 135 24 15 17 90 39 1 27 .381 .444 .678 1.122
1923 ABC NNL 84 308 68 112 25 6 11 94 48 0 25 .364 .453 .591 1.043
1924 HBG ECL 58 222 67 91 27 5 15 65 28 6 22 .410 .480 .779 1.260
1925 HBG ECL 71 255 97 109 23 3 20 97 51 0 17 .428 .523 .777 1.299
1926 HBG ECL 48 169 43 52 12 1 10 43 34 6 24 .308 .438 .568 1.006
1927 HBG ECL 69 247 68 98 20 6 13 73 49 0 21 .397 .500 .684 1.184
1929 HIL +1 ANL 82 291 71 106 23 7 7 64 56 1 8 .364 .471 .564 1.035
1933 PC NN2 70 262 69 89 19 7 14 67 25 0 7 .340 .401 .626 1.027
1934 PC NN2 59 200 35 64 10 2 7 41 27 3 6 .320 .406 .495 .901
1935 PC NN2 41 155 21 42 10 1 2 29 16 3 8 .271 .343 .387 .730
1936 PC NN2 32 93 18 32 8 0 4 18 13 1 0 .344 .430 .559 .989
1937 PC NN2 15 41 4 9 2 0 1 6 2 0 0 .220 .273 .342 .614
1938 PC NN2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 TC +1 NAL 17 58 9 17 3 0 1 7 7 0 1 .293 .369 .397 .766
1940 TIC NAL 8 17 2 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 .353 .450 .412 .862
1941 PS NN2 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Career — — 884 3,188 814 1,157 237 68 139 815 469 25 223 .363 .449 .611 1.059

Pitching

6 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1920 ABC NNL 0 0 3.31 3 1 0 16.1 22 6 0 6 5 1.71
1921 SLG NNL 0 0 11.57 2 0 0 4.2 13 6 0 1 2 3.00
1923 ABC NNL 1 2 4.60 5 3 0 29.1 31 15 1 13 7 1.50
1926 HBG ECL 0 2 5.62 2 1 0 16.0 17 10 2 8 6 1.56
1927 HBG ECL 0 0 16.88 1 0 0 2.2 6 5 0 2 1 3.00
1933 PC NN2 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 5.1 1 2 0 4 1 0.94
Career — — 1 4 5.33 15 5 0 74.1 90 44 3 34 22 1.67

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
OF 573 1,109 75 35 16 .971
1B 296 2,764 106 53 149 .982
P 15 1 20 1 3 .955
3B 1 2 3 0 0 1.000
PH 1 0 0 0 0 —