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Oscar Charleston compiled a lifetime batting average of
.353 during his 27-year career. He
also played 10 years as a player-manager. He
would often be very fancy while playing. For
example, on a high fly ball, he would sometimes charge in, do a flip and make
the catch! Plus, he helped convince
Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers to sign Roy Campanella.
Oscar was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976.
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