Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 0.324 | |
| 1921 | 0.434 | |
| 1922 | 0.391 | |
| 1923 | 0.36 | |
| 1924 | 0.392 | |
| 1925 | 0.427 | |
| 1926 | 0.335 | |
| 1927 | 0.372 | |
| 1928 | 0.36 | |
| 1929 | 0.339 | |
| 1930 | 0.326 | |
| 1931 | 0.317 | |
| 1932 | 0.3 | |
| 1933 | 0.29 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- Baseball Reference
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Oscar Charleston ranks #6 in Baseball
Oscar Charleston ranks 6th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 786th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 96, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 96. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 262 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1915–1941 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1921, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career batting average 0.364, negro league batting titles 4, negro world series titles 2, seasons played 27.
Immediately ahead sits Ty Cobb on 92.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Sadaharu Oh on 92.6. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Oscar Charleston GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Charleston stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1921. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 26 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Charleston comparisons
Oscar Charleston — frequently asked
- Is Oscar Charleston the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Oscar Charleston ranks 6th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 92.7, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Oscar Charleston's GOAT Score?
- 92.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Oscar Charleston rank all time?
- 786th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 6th within Baseball.
- Oscar Charleston vs Ty Cobb: who ranks higher?
- Ty Cobb, on 92.8 against Oscar Charleston's 92.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.