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Oscar Charleston	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 190   Born: October 14, 1896 in Usa, IN, INDIANAPOLIS

Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won	1920    1921    1922    1924    1925    1927    1928
Silver Slugger Award	1919    1920    1921    1923    1924    1925    1928    1929

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1917	20	WAS	AL					7	7	7	3	4	3	6	7	7	4	4	4	7	8	8
1918	21	WAS	AL					9	9	9	4	5	4	7	8	7	4	4	4	7	8	7
1919	22	WAS	AL	$ 300,000				9	9	9	4	5	5	7	8	7	4	4	4	7	8	8
1920	23	WAS	AL	$ 300,000				10	10	9	5	6	5	7	8	8	4	4	4	7	8	7
1921	24	WAS	AL	$ 300,000				9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	4	4	4	7	8	7
1922	25	WAS	AL	$ 300,000				10	10	9	8	9	9	7	8	8	4	4	4	7	8	7
1923	26	WAS	AL	$ 7,250,000				10	10	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	4	4	4	7	8	7
1924	27	WAS	AL	$ 7,250,000				10	10	10	9	9	9	7	8	8	5	5	5	7	8	7
1925	28	WAS	AL	$ 7,250,000				10	10	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	5	5	5	7	8	7
1926	29	WAS	AL	$ 7,250,000				10	10	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	5	5	5	6	7	7
1927	30	WAS	AL	$ 7,250,000				10	10	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	5	5	5	6	7	7
1928	31	WAS	AL	$ 7,250,000				9	9	9	8	9	9	7	8	8	5	5	5	6	7	7
1929	32	WAS	AL	$ 8,500,000				9	9	9	8	9	9	7	8	7	4	4	4	6	7	6
OOTP6 Min Ratings								7	7	7	3	4	3	6	7	7	4	4	4	6	7	6
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 8,500,000				10	10	10	9	9	9	7	8	8	5	5	5	7	8	8

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1917	20	AAA		120	487	70	129	23	11	5	64	30	6	68	63	.265	.355	.388	.743	72.4
1918	21	AAA		131	534	111	186	35	6	14	88	50	14	68	77	.348	.422	.515	.937	111.3
1919	22	WAS	AL	130	561	95	196	24	11	4	55	71	29	35	56	.349	.386	.453	.838	93.6	24.9
1920	23	WAS	AL	137	585	129	212	32	21	6	87	59	27	37	63	.362	.399	.520	.918	107.9	26.4
1921	24	WAS	AL	140	574	111	205	23	20	11	110	54	26	49	48	.357	.404	.524	.928	109.7	22.1
1922	25	WAS	AL	150	556	118	166	24	20	14	93	46	12	78	58	.299	.386	.489	.875	101.1	23.9
1923	26	WAS	AL	141	558	100	195	19	12	14	92	44	30	51	42	.349	.403	.502	.905	97.0	22.7
1924	27	WAS	AL	141	580	113	186	27	22	17	121	43	22	55	37	.321	.376	.531	.907	102.3	19.7
1925	28	WAS	AL	148	591	124	204	26	21	20	113	38	19	72	41	.345	.414	.562	.976	119.9	25.3
1926	29	WAS	AL	141	546	106	165	31	14	9	86	40	20	64	36	.302	.370	.460	.830	89.8	17.2
1927	30	WAS	AL	146	543	104	157	26	18	14	87	32	18	68	41	.289	.365	.481	.845	85.8	15.7
1928	31	WAS	AL	147	561	107	167	29	10	22	108	38	13	73	52	.298	.379	.503	.882	97.9	19.4
1929	32	WAS	AL	140	549	110	180	25	13	20	108	43	23	51	59	.328	.384	.530	.914	98.1	20.1
11 Years Sim				1561	6204	1217	2033	286	182	151	1060	508	239	633	533	.328	.388	.505	.893	1103.1	237.3
2 Years AAA				251	1021	181	315	58	17	19	152	80	20	136	140	.309	.390	.454	.845	183.8
162 Game Average					643	126	210	29	18	15	110	52	24	65	55	.328	.388	.505	.893	114.5
Career Highs				150	591	129	212	32	22	22	121	71	30	78	63	.362	.414	.562	.976	119.9

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		4518	897	1524	226	140	120	798	365	180	467	346	.337	.398	.529	.927	879.6
vs LH		1686	320	509	60	42	31	262	143	59	166	187	.302	.362	.442	.804	269.8
Home	762	2957	590	986	126	100	63	492	237	117	292	253	.333	.391	.508	.898	549.2
Away	799	3247	627	1047	160	82	88	568	271	122	341	280	.322	.385	.504	.889	600.2
RISP		1753	0	595	99	60	38	828	0	0	273	160	.339	.418	.529	.948	369.1
Pinch Hitting		60	12	21	6	2	2	7	2	2	8	6	.350	.426	.617	1.043	13.5
Close/Late		685	158	243	32	16	22	117	0	1	121	64	.355	.450	.545	.994	156.2
Mar/Apr	161	655	104	211	29	15	9	120	43	28	73	52	.322	.389	.453	.842	109.4
May	302	1184	231	401	65	31	31	188	88	53	117	124	.339	.396	.524	.920	224.2
June	279	1121	220	329	52	36	29	183	84	23	104	90	.293	.352	.482	.833	189.7
July	284	1148	222	392	53	32	32	201	112	43	123	104	.341	.403	.527	.930	230.7
August	285	1136	235	383	45	38	25	191	103	52	118	92	.337	.397	.510	.907	215.2
Sep/Oct	250	960	205	317	42	30	25	177	78	40	98	71	.330	.390	.515	.905	180.3

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1919	22	WAS	AL	CF	87	87	785.7	211	3	10	1	.955	2.45					3.0
				1B	36	35	321.0	436	31	3	31	.994	13.09					0.7
				LF	2	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.57
				RF	1	0	1.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1920	23	WAS	AL	CF	133	131	1171.3	279	11	9	3	.970	2.23					4.0
				2B	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.00					0.0
1921	24	WAS	AL	CF	135	132	1190.0	286	22	16	7	.951	2.33					5.0
				1B	2	0	2.3	1	1	0	0	1.000	7.73					0.0
				RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1922	25	WAS	AL	CF	98	98	878.0	237	11	9	1	.965	2.54					3.9
				RF	39	38	338.0	69	3	1	0	.986	1.92
				3B	4	1	13.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.68					0.0
				1B	5	0	13.0	16	1	0	5	1.000	11.77					0.0
				LF	2	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.60
				2B	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1923	26	WAS	AL	CF	113	113	989.7	284	7	15	1	.951	2.65					2.9
				RF	25	25	219.0	37	2	0	1	1.000	1.60
				3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				2B	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1924	27	WAS	AL	CF	112	111	988.0	283	13	11	1	.964	2.70					4.2
				RF	19	18	163.7	33	2	0	0	1.000	1.92
				3B	8	7	67.7	3	20	0	1	1.000	3.06					0.4
				2B	1	0	1.3	0	3	0	0	1.000	20.30					0.0
1925	28	WAS	AL	CF	132	131	1183.3	320	13	16	2	.954	2.53					5.5
				RF	9	8	73.0	17	1	0	0	1.000	2.22
				2B	3	0	7.0	1	4	0	1	1.000	6.43					0.0
				1B	1	0	3.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	18.00					0.0
				LF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1926	29	WAS	AL	RF	93	92	819.7	204	7	5	1	.977	2.32					4.0
				CF	42	39	352.3	95	3	7	2	.933	2.50
				1B	1	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	13.50					0.0
				2B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
				3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1927	30	WAS	AL	RF	78	78	692.7	176	3	1	1	.994	2.33					3.9
				CF	47	46	403.7	135	2	5	1	.965	3.05
				3B	10	8	73.0	6	16	0	0	1.000	2.71					0.4
				1B	2	0	5.0	9	0	0	0	1.000	16.20					0.0
				2B	2	0	3.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	6.00					0.0
				LF	1	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	6.00
1928	31	WAS	AL	CF	138	138	1225.0	358	14	19	3	.951	2.73					4.6
				1B	3	0	7.0	5	1	0	1	1.000	7.71					0.0
				2B	2	0	3.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
				RF	1	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	6.00
				LF	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				3B	2	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00					0.0
1929	32	WAS	AL	CF	90	90	795.7	217	7	11	0	.953	2.53					3.1
				3B	44	38	345.3	26	103	2	16	.985	3.36					2.5
				2B	2	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
				1B	1	0	2.0	3	0	0	1	1.000	13.50					0.0
				CF	1127	1116	9962.6	2705	106	128	22	.956	2.54					36.1
				RF	266	259	2312.3	538	18	7	3	.988	2.16					7.9
				3B	70	54	505.3	35	141	2	17	.989	3.13					3.3
				1B	51	35	355.3	479	34	3	38	.994	12.99					0.8
				2B	14	0	22.7	4	14	0	1	1.000	7.15					0.2
				LF	7	0	20.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.70
Career Totals					1535	1464	13178.3	3767	313	140	81	.967	2.79					48.3
Career Highs					149	139	1268.3	649	111	19	32	.983	5.51

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1919	22	WAS	AL	6	28	5	12	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	4	.429	.429	.536	.964
1920	23	WAS	AL	8	32	5	11	2	1	0	4	2	1	3	1	.344	.389	.469	.858
1921	24	WAS	AL	7	31	7	11	1	2	1	4	1	0	2	5	.355	.394	.613	1.007
1922	25	WAS	AL	6	27	7	10	3	2	0	9	2	1	1	1	.370	.393	.630	1.022
1923	26	WAS	AL	13	60	11	24	4	0	1	9	7	3	3	6	.400	.429	.517	.945
1924	27	WAS	AL	10	40	7	10	1	1	1	5	1	2	7	4	.250	.362	.400	.762
1925	28	WAS	AL	11	47	12	17	4	0	1	9	1	0	3	6	.362	.400	.511	.911
1926	29	WAS	AL	13	53	11	11	1	1	2	11	3	2	4	4	.208	.263	.377	.641
1927	30	WAS	AL	14	58	9	19	4	2	0	8	4	3	3	4	.328	.349	.466	.815
1928	31	WAS	AL	11	44	5	12	0	0	0	5	1	2	7	4	.273	.365	.273	.638
1929	32	WAS	AL	7	32	7	10	5	1	1	10	1	1	1	1	.313	.324	.625	.949
Career Post-Season Batting				106	452	86	147	26	11	7	74	26	18	34	40	.325	.369	.478	.847

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1919-1-.349 1920-1-.362 1921-1-.357 1923-1-.349 1925-3-.345 1928-6-.298 1929-3-.328 CAR-5-.328 On-Base Pct 1919-4-.386 1920-2-.399 1921-2-.404 1922-7-.386 1923-5-.403 1925-3-.414 1928-6-.379 1929-6-.384 CAR-16-.388 Slugging Pct 1919-1-.453 1920-1-.520 1921-2-.524 1922-3-.489 1923-1-.502 1924-2-.531 1925-1-.562 1926-5-.460 1927-1-.481 1928-1-.503 1929-1-.530 CAR-4-.505 OPS 1919-1-.838 1920-1-.918 1921-2-.928 1922-3-.875 1923-1-.905 1924-3-.907 1925-1-.976 1926-6-.830 1927-3-.845 1928-1-.882 1929-1-.914 CAR-5-.893 XR 1919-1-93.6 1920-1-107.9 1921-1-109.7 1922-1-101.1 1923-2-97.0 1924-2-102.3 1925-1-119.9 1926-4-89.8 1927-3-85.8 1928-2-97.9 1929-2-98.1 CAR-20-1103.1 Games 1921-4-140 1922-1-150 1925-7-148 1927-6-146 1928-8-147 At-Bats 1919-1-561 1920-1-585 1921-4-574 1922-7-556 1923-7-558 1924-5-580 1925-3-591 1926-9-546 1927-9-543 1928-5-561 1929-10-549 Runs 1919-2-95 1920-1-129 1921-3-111 1922-1-118 1923-1-100 1924-1-113 1925-1-124 1926-2-106 1927-1-104 1928-1-107 1929-1-110 CAR-17-1217 Hits 1919-1-196 1920-1-212 1921-1-205 1923-1-195 1924-4-186 1925-2-204 1926-9-165 1927-10-157 1928-6-167 1929-3-180 CAR-34-2033 Total Bases 1919-1-254 1920-1-304 1921-2-301 1922-3-272 1923-1-280 1924-1-308 1925-1-332 1926-4-251 1927-1-261 1928-1-282 1929-1-291 CAR-19-3136 Singles 1919-1-157 1920-3-153 1921-1-151 1923-1-150 1925-5-137 1929-4-122 CAR-47-1414 Doubles 1920-4-32 Triples 1919-1-11 1920-1-21 1921-2-20 1922-2-20 1923-4-12 1924-1-22 1925-1-21 1926-4-14 1927-2-18 1929-8-13 CAR-10-182 Homeruns 1920-10-6 1921-2-11 1922-1-14 1923-2-14 1924-1-17 1925-4-20 1926-6-9 1927-2-14 1928-2-22 1929-2-20 CAR-7-151 RBIs 1920-5-87 1921-1-110 1922-6-93 1923-4-92 1924-1-121 1925-4-113 1926-8-86 1927-2-87 1928-2-108 1929-1-108 CAR-20-1060 Stolen Bases 1919-1-71 1920-2-59 1921-1-54 1922-2-46 1923-2-44 1924-4-43 1925-5-38 1926-4-40 1927-9-32 1928-7-38 1929-5-43 CAR-35-508 Caught Stealing 1919-1-29 1920-3-27 1921-1-26 1923-1-30 1924-6-22 1925-6-19 1926-7-20 1927-8-18 1928-10-13 1929-3-23 CAR-22-239 Walks 1921-10-49 1922-3-78 1924-10-55 1925-7-72 1926-9-64 1927-7-68 1928-5-73 CAR-49-633 Strikeouts 1919-6-56 1920-5-63 1922-6-58 1925-10-41 1928-8-52 1929-3-59

Black Ink Test: 104    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)    Gray Ink Test: 268    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)    Hall of Fame Standards: 64    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Washington in 1917

Injured on 4/11/1917 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks

Had first career hit (double) on 4/23/1919, off Rip Hagerman (SLA)

Hit first career homerun on 5/7/1919, off Dick Niehaus (NYA)

Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1919, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 5 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1919, hitting .556 with 0 HR, 8 RBI

Won Silver Slugger Award in 1919, hitting .349 with 4 HR, 55 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1920, hitting .355 with 3 HR, 17 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 7/11/1920, hitting .480 with 1 HR, 4 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 8/22/1920, hitting .520 with 0 HR, 7 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1920, hitting .411 with 1 HR, 16 RBI

Sets a new season AL-Record for Hits with 209 on 9/21/1920

Won World Series with Washington in 1920

Won Silver Slugger Award in 1920, hitting .362 with 6 HR, 87 RBI

Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against St. Louis (A) on 4/30/1921

Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 7/13/1921

Won Player of the Week award on 7/18/1921, hitting .419 with 3 HR, 14 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1921, hitting .375 with 4 HR, 30 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 8/8/1921, hitting .577 with 0 HR, 6 RBI

Won World Series with Washington in 1921

Won Silver Slugger Award in 1921, hitting .357 with 11 HR, 110 RBI

6/16/1922: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $7,250,000 per year, for 6 years

Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 7/15/1922

Won World Series with Washington in 1922

Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1923, hitting .390 with 4 HR, 17 RBI

Injured on 7/6/1923 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks

Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1923, hitting .452 with 1 HR, 6 RBI

Won Silver Slugger Award in 1923, hitting .349 with 14 HR, 92 RBI

Injured on 4/13/1924 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks

Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Detroit on 5/4/1924

Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1924, hitting .333 with 3 HR, 22 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1924, hitting .364 with 2 HR, 10 RBI

Won World Series with Washington in 1924

Won Silver Slugger Award in 1924, hitting .321 with 17 HR, 121 RBI

Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 4/14/1925

Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 7/10/1925

Won Player of the Week award on 7/13/1925, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 10 RBI

Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 7/26/1925

Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1925, hitting .357 with 6 HR, 27 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1925, hitting .368 with 3 HR, 27 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 9/14/1925, hitting .433 with 3 HR, 8 RBI

Won World Series with Washington in 1925

Won Silver Slugger Award in 1925, hitting .345 with 20 HR, 113 RBI

Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (A) on 7/16/1926

Injured on 9/9/1926 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks

Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/1926, hitting .625 with 1 HR, 9 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 6/28/1927, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 6 RBI

Won World Series with Washington in 1927

6/1/1928: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $8,500,000 per year, for 5 years

Hit for the cycle against St. Louis (A) on 6/16/1928

Hit for the cycle against Cleveland on 7/17/1928

Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland on 7/17/1928

Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1928, hitting .356 with 1 HR, 23 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1928, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 7 RBI

Won World Series with Washington in 1928

Won Silver Slugger Award in 1928, hitting .298 with 22 HR, 108 RBI

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