Buck O'Neil lists Oscar Charleston on his All Time Negro League team
Hall of Fame voters recognized Oscar Charleston as one of the greatest to play the game. The legendary Buck O’Neil also lists Charleston as the centerfielder on his All Time Negro League All Star team. According to Baseball Reference, Charleston’s career numbers include a .364 average, .449
Buck O'Neil lists Oscar Charleston on his All Time Negro League team
Hall of Fame voters recognized Oscar Charleston as one of the greatest to play the game. The legendary Buck O’Neil also lists Charleston as the centerfielder on his All Time Negro League All Star team.
According to Baseball Reference, Charleston’s career numbers include a .364 average, .449 on-base percentage and a .615 slugging mark. The record shows averages of .433, .405, and .427 in 1921, ’24, and ’25 respectively.
A quick glance at O’Neil’s list finds it peppered with other Hall of Fame players. O’Neil lists Satchel Paige has the best right-hander and Willie Foster as the best southpaw. Calling those pitches on O’Neil’s squad is the immortal Josh Gibson.
Oscar Charleston was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976
Oscar Charleston received baseball’s ultimate honor in 1976 when the Veterans Committee selected him for induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Committee also selected 19th-century slugger Roger Connor, third baseman Fred Lindstrom, and umpire Cal Hubbard. On the writers’ ballot, pi
Charleston was one of 9 Negro Leaguers inducted during the 1970s
In 1976 Oscar Charleston became the seventh Negro Leaguer honored by the Hall of Fame. He was preceded by Satchel Paige (1971), Josh Gibson (1972), Buck Leonard (1972), Monte Irvin (1973), Cool Papa Bell (1974), and Judy Johnson (1975). After Charleston’s induction in the bicentennial year, tw
After Charleston’s induction in the bicentennial year, two more Negro Leaguers joined him before the decade was over. Both Martín Dihigo and Pop Lloyd received their plaques in 1977.
One of the greatest players in any league.