Founded during an era of segregation in baseball and society, the Negro Leagues became a popular alternative to MLB during their existence, headlined by stars such as Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Turkey Stearnes and Satchel Paige, before later giving future MLB legends such as Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron their starts in professional baseball. Keep dWAR at 10, but lower the SB threshold to 300, and we pick up Willie Mays and Alex Rodriguez. Defensive metrics have also been constructed, so we know that Oscar Charleston was worth 17.3 runs as a center fielder in 1920. Four of these years—1919, 1921, 1924, and 1925—rank among the top five Negro Leagues seasons ever. No one has managed simultaneously to be that good on offense, on the base paths, and in the field. Boston has an excellent record and leads the AL East, but how good is this team and what should we expect for the rest of 2021? List of Cuban League baseball players (A–D) List of Cuban League baseball players (E–L) List of Cuban League baseball players (M–R) List of Cuban League baseball players (S–Z) 27 Beer, 132. Has any MLB player ever compiled a career batting average of .350 or higher along with an OPS+ of 180 or greater, stolen bases of 300 or more (Oscar had 335 in fewer than half the career PAs of Willie Mays), and defensive WAR of greater than zero, as Oscar did? OK—maybe only Mays and Wagner. Charleston was one of first Negro Leagues players to gain induction to the Hall of Fame, finally receiving his deserved plaque in 1976. Review of proofs completed. In short, you can make a good argument that there was never anyone like Oscar Charleston, anywhere. There is a small park on the city’s near East Side, formerly known as Oxford Terrace Park, which was renamed Oscar Charleston Park in 1998. The team included five future Hall of Famers, from left: Oscar Charleston, first; Judy Johnson, fifth; Cool Papa Bell, 12th; Josh Gibson, 15th; and Satchel Paige, 17th. This figure differs from the data on Seamheads, which is 17 in 362 PAs. From 1933 to 1936, the Crawfords went 187-108 (.634 winning percentage) against Negro National League competition. In the inaugural season of the Negro National League, Rube Foster, who was often criticized for stacking rosters in his favor, allowed his star to re-sign with the ABCs for the sake of competitive balance. Oscar Charleston. This page was last edited on 7 October 2020, at 13:38 (UTC). You can read his bio on Baseball Reference but be forewarned that the stats there aren’t complete. 384-385 (1923-1941) Further Reading . Charleston stayed in baseball until the year of his death. Oscar Charleston, Seamheads, University of Nebraska Press. So, look, when you take everything into account Gibson is the only Negro Leagues batter whose production rivaled Oscar’s over a lengthy period of time. He is a Hall-of-Famer. Charleston has five of the best nine offensive seasons, by OPS+, in the Seamheads database (minimum 300 PAs). He dropped out of school at the age of 15 and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Oscar Charleston No. Bill James was right. Charleston, who was already 32 by the time he suited up for the Grays for the first time in 1929, kept playing until 1941 spending most of the remainder of his career with Pittsburgh Crawfords. In late September he and second baseman Frank Warfield were added to the roster of the Baltimore Black Sox. 21 Beer, 117-18. As player-manager of the Crawfords, Charleston helped recruit Gibson, Paige, and Cool Papa Bell leading them to be the dominant team in the league’s first four years. 22 “Great Playing Beats Cubans,” Indianapolis Star, May 10, 1920. Charleston is less-commonly known among baseball fans who never got to see him play even in comparison to his peers: Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and Cool Papa Bell, but according to those who witnessed him, Charleston was greater than any of them. The Crawfords were an independent team who became charter members of the second Negro National League which was founded in 1933, two years after the first league folded due to financial troubles brought on by the Great Depression. ... sources: www.seamheads.com (1916-1922), Gary Ashwill & Kevin Johnson; Shades of Glory, Hogan et al, ppg. Oscar Charleston of the Negro Leagues. You can read his bio on Baseball Reference but be forewarned that the stats there aren’t complete. He ranks second all-time in offensive Wins Above Replacement per plate appearance (behind Josh Gibson), and thanks to his baserunning and defense he ranks first all-time in overall Wins Above Replacement at 74—second place (51.5) is not even close. "Charleston Still in Fold of Harrisburg, "Pittsburgh Courier, March 19, 1927: 17. Let’s get serious. Instead, the Indianapolis-native worked as a batboy for the local ABCs. 26 Beer, 130. References. This figure differs from the data on Seamheads, which is 17 in 362 PAs. Oscar Charleston, CF4. Oscar is also fourth all-time in batting average and on-base percentage, and seventh all-time in slugging percentage. Four years later, he anchored a Pittsburgh Crawfords squad that was equally extolled as one of the greatest teams ever, defeating the New York Cubans in an end of season Negro National League Championship. The seventh of 11 children, Charleston was only able to finish school through the eighth grade. And maybe, even probably, the best all-around player who ever lived. At least among position players, there is little doubt that Oscar was a top-five-of-all-time sort of performer. There is no official record of Negro Leagues Baseball statistics. Ruth clocks in at one every 11.7. When we fold in baserunning and defense, Oscar looks even better with respect to his blackball peers. Charleston has five of the best nine offensive seasons, by OPS+, in the Seamheads database (minimum 300 PAs). Charleston has five of the best nine offensive seasons, by OPS+, in the Seamheads database (minimum 300 PAs). Jeremy Beer | New York Daily News | How Major League Baseball got its first black scout. Beer compiled statistics from seamheads.com and reports that Charleston had a .352 average with 209 home runs, 1,264 RBI … Oscar Charleston; Pete Hill; Ray Dandridge; Rube Foster; Satchel Paige; Smokey Joe Williams; Ted Radcliffe; Toni Stone; Turkey Stearnes Oscar McKinley Charleston. In all Negro and Latin Leagues, Charleston’s 162-game average slash line was .350/.430/.573 which was 73 percent better than his peers. Should we worry about Francisco Lindor’s bat? Charleston’s Hall of Fame plaque notes his wide range of abilities: “Speed, strong arm and fielding instincts made him standout center fielder.”. Charleston’s professional playing career came to an end in 1941, but he continued playing in semi-pro leagues until 1945 when Branch Rickey hired him to scout Black players who could play in Major League Baseball. And when you fold in defensive and base running considerations, as well as longevity, Charleston stands out as having had the best all-around career in black baseball. Full Name: Oscar McKinley Charleston View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen After managing the Indianapolis Clowns to the Negro American League championship, Charleston suffered a stroke in October of 1954. Of the six with a higher OPS+ than Charleston, only Torríente came close with 5,131 plate appearances. Oscar Charleston. (AP Photo/HO) Reparations; Book Review: The Man Who Ended War; Are You Ready For Some Baseball? Which, in turn, has led naturally to the question of how Oscar would have compared in the (white) majors had he had the opportunity to play in the American or National League. At 15, Charleston was stationed in the Philippines where he pitched for the regimental team. 4 While MLB began playing 162-game schedules in 1961, the Negro Leagues usually played shorter campaigns, with season lengths that … He was arrested and fined for his role in the fighting As a child, Charleston watched first-hand as the ABCs battled with Rube Foster’s Chicago American Giants for supremacy in the independent Black baseball scene which existed prior to the founding of the Negro National League in 1920. Only six players had a better OPS+ than Charleston, but none of those six—Gibson, Buck Leonard, Charlie Smith, Willard Brown, Julián Castillo, and Cristóbal Torríente—had nearly as many documented plate appearances. The 1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team competed in Negro National League (NNL) during the 1933 baseball season.The team compiled a 51–36–2 (.584) record and won the NNL pennant. It’s the fourth-highest career OPS+ in the Seamheads database. No one. Hilldale moved into the … Charleston, too, was a center fielder, and a strong one, at that. 29 Bill James, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (New York: The Free Press, 2001), 175. Four of these years—1919, 1921, 1924, and 1925—rank among the top five Negro Leagues seasons ever. As Black History Month winds down, a little bit more from Bill James on Oscar Charleston. The Stro Show and his sinker are dazzling every fifth (or so) day in Flushing. Let’s knock his OPS+ down by 40 points, with Doby and Irvin as our comps. Three other Negro League stars, Jud Wilson (.359), Oscar Charleston (.350), and Turkey Stearnes (.348), also would land spots in the all-time batting average top 10 if the Seamheads database is adopted in full. There are, however, hitches in the records of many Negro Leaguers, including Gibson, that may influence Elias’ consideration of their official totals. That was good for a 141 OPS+, but his production with the Grays was actually lower than his career average. Playing an independent schedule against all comers, the team covered the East with appearances. For too long, the contributions that African American players achieved in Puerto Rico were slighted by baseball historians. 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. 31 Beer, 272-73. Not even if we take the HR threshold down to 250. Charleston has five of the best nine offensive seasons, by OPS+, in the Seamheads database (minimum 300 PAs). Four of these years—1919, 1921, 1924, and 1925—rank among the top five Negro Leagues seasons ever. The conclusion to which Simkus’s research points is that the average Major League team was noticeably better than the average Negro Leagues team during this period, but not by a huge margin, and that clearly the Negro Leagues offered the next highest level of competition after the Majors. The Crawfords won consecutive league championships in 1935-36, with the ’35 club -- considered by some to be among the greatest baseball teams of all time -- finishing 51-26-3. 23 “How Much for This One?” in Oscar Charleston’s pPersonal Scrapbook. 1 Star of 1921 Negro League ... To get an idea how far the compilation of Black baseball statistics has come in the meantime, see the Seamheads Negro League Database, which as of January 2020 included a full report on the major Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1948, with other years’ research ongoing.) The Seamheads found only 238 in Negro League play. Oliver Marcelle was born sometime between 1895–1897 in Thibodaux, Louisiana, he was the fifth of six children raised by a single mother, I don’t imagine life was charmed but by 1914 he was playing semi-pro ball for … In fact, I’d bet on more than 600 stolen bases, more than 350 home runs, and an OPS+ of 150 or greater, but I am admittedly bullish on the man. Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb. 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. His peak was higher than anyone’s. Charleston never returned to Foster’s iteration of the Negro National League, and played with the Hilldale Club before joining the Homestead Grays of the American Negro League in 1929. Instead, Foster allowed for Olivia Taylor’s ABCs to receive a subsidy for the 1923 season if Charleston went to the American Giants in 1924. That’s . Charleston has five of the best nine offensive seasons, by OPS+, in the Seamheads database (minimum 300 PAs). Other top-tier Negro leagues players saw their stat lines diminish when they went to the Majors. 24 Beer, 124. His hit numbers are fantastic. Movie Review: Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) Fixing the Olympics – II Oscar McKinley Charleston (October 14, 1896 – October 5, 1954) was an American center fielder and manager in Negro league baseball. Just as clearly, given more PAs he would have stolen even more bases; there is no question that the speed would have played in the AL or NL. The above was compiled using various sources including the Negro Leagues Database at seamheads.com after consultation with John Thorn, the Official Historian for MLB, and other Negro Leagues experts. The Mets’ shortstop has been a well below average offensive contributor to start the 2021 season. Born October 14, 1896 in Indianapolis, IN USA. There have been some changes to the Seamheads.com database lately. Of course they do—and they are at Seamheads!) Jane Leavy implies in her recent biography of Babe Ruth, The Big Fella, which I am reviewing for the Washington Examiner, that even half-reliable Negro leagues stats do not exist. This website is a wonderful and much-needed asset for those of us who are students of Negro League Baseball research. “Charlie was a tremendous left-handed hitter who could also bunt, steal a hundred bases a year, and cover center field as well as anyone before him or since…he was like Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Tris Speaker rolled into one.” —Buck O’Neil. And, with a little help from Baseball Reference’s Play Index, let’s ask whether there has ever been such a great all-around player. There are several facts to keep in mind as we investigate that question: Let’s start, then, by not dinging Charleston’s numbers at all for having been compiled against a presumably slightly lower level of competition. Negro leagues teams, on the whole, were not as good as Major League teams, primarily because they did not have as much depth. That has led me to try to figure out how best to communicate Charleston’s greatness to a baseball-literate crowd. As always, there are very few stats that back this up. First baseman Oscar Charleston - .333 batting average; Second baseman George Scales - .318 batting average, .555 slugging percentage; Catcher Josh Gibson - .311 batting average; The team's leading pitchers were Bill Foster (9–2, 2.34 ERA) and Smokey Joe Williams (6–2, 2.41 ERA). Per the Seamheads Negro League Database, Charleston hit .326/.385/.549 in his four years with the Grays. Oscar Charleston; Pete Hill; Ray Dandridge; Rube Foster; Satchel Paige; Smokey Joe Williams; Ted Radcliffe; Toni Stone; Turkey Stearnes There is no official record of Negro Leagues Baseball statistics. 20 Beer, 116. 46, Nr. Just by carefully examining the statistical record, that would be hard to question. Oscar Charleston, Seamheads, University of Nebraska Press. These leagues featured some of the best black ballplayers of the era, including Oscar Charleston, Cristóbal Torriente, Bullet Rogan, Joe Williams and Pete Hill. And you can make a near-airtight argument that the only players who were like him were inner-inner-circle guys like Bonds (ahem) and ARod (ahem) and Mays and Wagner. gainst all levels of competition—military, AAA, AA, high Class A, low Class A, semipro, and college—Major League teams posted higher winning percentages than did Negro Leagues teams, usually by more than one hundred percentage points. 18 “Oscar Charleston, Giants’ Crack Center Fielder.” 19 Beer, 111. Oscar McKinley Charleston was born on the east side of Indianapolis on October 14, 1896. As always, there are very few stats that back this up. Oscar Charleston: 1920: 1927: Outfielder: Bacharach Giants / Leopardos de Santa Clara / Cuba: Antonio Chávez: 1889: 1893: Unknown: Progreso / Cárdenas / Habana / Almendares / Aguila de Oro: Harry Cheek: 1908: 1908: Catcher: Matanzas: Morten Clark: 1920: 1920: Shortstop: Bacharach Giants: Nig Clarke: 1920: 1920: Catcher: Habana: Francisco Clavel: 1918: 1918: Pitcher: Almendares Marcus Stroman is thriving through continued tinkering. … Four of these years—1919, 1921, 1924, and 1925—rank among the top five Negro Leagues seasons ever. Though thousands attended his funeral Philadelphia, his grave in Indianapolis remained unadorned until November of 2020. …members: Gibson, Bell, Paige, manager Oscar Charleston, and clutch-hitting third baseman William Julius (“Judy”) Johnson.… Cool Papa Bell …when he struck out legendary Oscar Charleston ; Bell’s manager added “Papa.” 30 Beer, 145. Oscar Charleston by Jeremy Beer; Oscar Charleston's page on Seamheads; Oscar Charleston's Hall of Fame page; The Ballball 100: No. How many major league players have done that? Gibson is the only other player with 5 OPS+ seasons of 200 or greater in a seven-year window. As you can see, in Negro leagues competition Oscar compiled a .352/.430/.579 slash line in 5,159 plate appearances, good for a 180 OPS+—in other words, he created runs at a rate 80% percent better than league average, not counting what he contributed with his legs on the basepaths. As to total home runs, let’s give him only 300 (he has 187 listed on his Seamheads page–and again, he would have had more than twice as many career PAs had he been allowed to play in the majors, for we have no reason to question his durability or longevity; quite the opposite). Most of my changes had to do with updating Oscar’s statistics. There have been some changes to the Seamheads.com database lately. 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. Jenkins, an outstanding baserunner and base stealer, was a spark plug atop the Giants’ batting order and was regarded as “the fastest man in the league.”15 He moved to left field to accommodate manager Oscar Charleston in center field, and with Rap Dixon in right field, the talented trio formed “the Million Dollar Outfield.”16 There’s an argument to be made that Charleston was the best to ever play the game when factoring in his hitting, superb defense, and baserunning. Oscar McKinley Charleston. Ruth clocks in at one every 11.7. That’s just a start though. 5-15. Remember, we are being conservative in estimating what Charleston’s major league numbers would have looked like. Mackey found himself playing shortstop on numerous occasions. Oliver Marcelle with the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants. Longtime MLB umpire Jocko Conlan once said that Johnson "could hit a ball out of any park." And we might note that he is dragged down more than most other players by having debuted very young (age 18) and for having played until he was quite old (until 44, in the Seamheads database). In 1921, the year before they merged with the Stars, the Giants acquired Hall of Famer Oscar Charleston from Indianapolis. Charleston has five of the best nine offensive seasons, by OPS+, in the Seamheads database (minimum 300 PAs). Per the Seamheads Negro League Database, Charleston hit .326/.385/.549 in his four years with the Grays. Here is his Seamheads page. 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