Oscar Charleston

CF/1B · L/L · NEGRO LEAGUES · ACTIVE: 1915–1941 BORN: INDIANAPOLIS, USA

All-Star ×3 Hall of Fame

Career

1718 H · 183 HR · 1139 RBI · 311 SB

.350 AVG · 1.005 OPS · 1336 G

1941 Season

.500 AVG · 0 HR · 1 RBI · 1 SB

.667 OBP · .500 SLG · 1.167 OPS

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Oscar Charleston was a center fielder in MLB history. Across 1336 career games, with a .350 batting average and 183 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1915	ABC	57	221	31	57	9	5	2	31	14	13		.258	.302	.371	.673
1916	ABC	18	58	7	17	1	2	0	9	2	6		.293	.359	.379	.739
1916	NLS	15	64	18	22	0	1	0	4	5	8		.344	.417	.375	.792
1917	ABC	48	178	26	52	6	4	1	19	3	14		.292	.354	.388	.741
1918	ABC	40	154	39	60	8	8	3	46	13	13		.390	.437	.604	1.041
1919	CAG	40	163	43	66	7	6	8	41	13	17		.405	.464	.669	1.133
1919	DS	5	16	4	5	2	0	0	2	3	2		.313	.389	.438	.826
1920	ABC	76	285	60	95	18	5	5	45	20	35	1	.333	.408	.484	.892
1921	SLG	62	226	90	98	12	10	12	74	35	34	2	.434	.515	.735	1.250
1922	ABC	89	354	92	135	24	15	17	90	27	39	1	.381	.444	.678	1.122
1923	ABC	84	308	68	112	25	6	11	94	25	48		.364	.453	.591	1.043
1924	HBG	58	222	67	91	27	5	15	65	22	28	6	.410	.480	.779	1.259
1925	HBG	71	255	97	109	23	3	20	97	17	51		.427	.523	.776	1.299
1926	HBG	48	169	43	52	12	1	10	43	24	34	6	.308	.438	.568	1.006
1927	HBG	69	247	68	98	20	6	13	73	21	49		.397	.500	.684	1.184
1928	HIL	60	207	54	72	11	6	11	44	11	40	3	.348	.453	.618	1.072
1929	HG	4	13	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	.462	.533	.615	1.149
1929	HIL	78	278	69	100	21	7	7	62	8	54	0	.360	.469	.561	1.030
1930	HG	53	217	47	68	17	2	12	55	7	18	1	.313	.371	.576	.947
1931	HG	48	190	36	63	14	6	3	33	1	18	0	.332	.392	.516	.908
1932	PC	68	247	45	79	17	4	4	40	16	29	0	.320	.396	.470	.865
1933	PC	70	262	69	89	19	7	14	67	7	25		.340	.401	.626	1.027
1934	PC	59	200	35	64	10	2	7	41	6	27	3	.320	.406	.495	.901
1935	PC	41	155	21	42	10	1	2	29	8	16	3	.271	.343	.387	.730
1936	PC	32	93	18	32	8	0	4	18	0	13	1	.344	.430	.559	.989
1937	PC	15	41	4	9	2	0	1	6	0	2		.220	.273	.341	.614
1938	PC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000
1939	TC	10	33	5	10	2	0	1	6	1	5		.303	.395	.455	.849
1939	TC2	7	25	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	.280	.333	.320	.653
1940	TIC	8	17	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	.353	.450	.412	.862
1941	PS	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167
Career Totals	—	1336	4903	1164	1718	329	112	183	1139	311	647	29	.350	.430	.575	1.005

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1915	ABC	1	1	4.43	6	5	0	40.2	38	20	18	23	1.38
1916	NLS	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	1	0.60
1917	ABC	0	0	1.65	3	1	0	16.1	6	3	9	7	0.92
1918	ABC	0	1	6.00	4	2	0	15.0	18	10	5	5	1.53
1919	CAG	1	0	1.00	1	1	0	9.0	4	1	3	5	0.78
1920	ABC	0	0	3.31	3	1	0	16.1	22	6	6	5	1.71
1921	SLG	0	0	11.57	2	0	0	4.2	13	6	1	2	3.00
1923	ABC	1	2	4.60	5	3	0	29.1	31	15	13	7	1.50
1926	HBG	0	2	5.63	2	1	0	16.0	17	10	8	6	1.56
1927	HBG	0	0	16.88	1	0	0	2.2	6	5	2	1	3.00
1933	PC	0	0	3.38	2	0	0	5.1	1	2	4	1	0.94
Career Totals	—	3	6	4.47	30	14	0	157.0	157	78	69	63	1.44

All-Star Selections

1933, 1934, 1935

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.