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Oscar Charleston

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American Hall of Fame baseball player (1896-1954)

United StatesLived 1896 to 1954 · aged 57
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Oscar McKinley Charleston was an American center fielder, first baseman and manager in Negro league baseball and the Cuban League.

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Oscar McKinley Charleston was an American center fielder, first baseman and manager in Negro league baseball and the Cuban League. Over his 43-year baseball career, Charleston played or managed with more than a dozen teams, including the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords, Negro league baseball's leading teams in the 1930s. He also played nine winter seasons in Cuba and in numerous exhibition games against white major leaguers. He was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1896 to 1954 · aged 57
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8 languages

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