Uncovering the Untold Legends Who Shaped Baseball Before the MLB Spotlight Shone
None of those seasons was even his best one – that occurred with the Harrisburg Giants in 1925 when he hit .427 with 20 homers and 97 RBIs while swiping 17 bases.
Charleston was the player-manager of a loaded 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords team that is renowned as the all-time best in the Negro Leagues. He also scouted for Branch Rickey in the 1940s before the Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson.
Josh Gibson (1930, 1933-40, 1942-46)
Like Charleston, Josh Gibson accomplished something that’s never been matched in MLB history.
In 1943, the slugging catcher had a whopping 112 RBIs in only 249 at-bats over 74 games with the Homestead Grays. His average of 2.22 at-bats per RBI is more than 0.40 fewer than any other Major League Baseball season with at least 200 ABs since RBIs were first tracked in 1920. Reb Russell’s 2.93 AB/RBI for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1922 remains that best rate; in fact, Charleston is No. 2 in his 1925 season with an RBI per 2.63 at-bats.
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