What If Negro League Legends Had the Stats to Rewrite Baseball History?

2. 259 – Josh Gibson, 1943 Homestead Grays (112 in 70 NN2 games)
3. 237 – Mule Suttles, 1926 St. Louis Stars (130 in 89 NNL games)
4. 226 – Esteban Montalvo, 1925 Cuban Stars West (60 in 43 NNL games)
5. 221 – Larry Doby, 1947 Newark Eagles (41 in 30 NN2 games)
6. 221 – Oscar Charleston, 1925 Harrisburg Giants (97 in 71 ECL games)
Charleston dominated in both the first and second Negro National Leagues, as well as the Eastern Colored League, where he won two batting titles and managed to drive in 97 runs in just 71 games in 1925. Legendary baseball writer Bill James wrote about Charleston, “in a sense, put Mays and Mantle together.” Charleston also had incredible speed, frequently stealing bases while playing elite defense in center field.



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