Episode 299 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re finishing our block of episodes on the greatest players in the history of the Negro Leagues.
It could be argued that Oscar Charleston was one of the greatest baseball players of the 20th Century.
After lying about his age to get into the U.S. Army at 15, Charleston left the Philippines to pursue a career in professional baseball in 1915 with the Indianapolis ABCs.
Though barred from playing in Major League Baseball due to his skin color, Charleston was the premier player of his era.
Though a pitcher originally, the left-handed Charleston found a home in center field where established himself as one of baseball’s finest “five tool players” of all time for a number of teams.
Compared to such greats as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby, Charleston was electric at the plate and in the field.
He won three Triple Crowns, had a lifetime .365 batting average in American play, helped the Pittsburgh Crawfords beat the New York Cubans in the 1935 Championship and was a three-time All-Star in the Negro Leagues.
His play overseas in Cuba during the 1930s was incredible, and he remains a legendary figure in baseball to this day. Though other players who came after him in the Negro Leagues might receive more notoriety, Charleston is in a class of his own for what he put on display during his career.
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