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African American
African American Studies
Author_Jeremy Beer
Baseball
Baseball Manager
Baseball Scout
Biography
Branch Rickey
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Contact Hitter
Cool Papa Bell
Discrimination
Dodgers
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Hall of Fame
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Indianapolis
Jesse Owens
Jimmie Foxx
Josh Gibson
Judy Johnson
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Ku Klux Klan
Lefty Grove
Lou Gehrig
Major League Baseball
Minor League Baseball
MLB
Negro League
Outfielder
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Crawfords
Player Manager
Power Hitter
Race Relations
Roy Campanella
Sabermettrics
Satchel Paige
Segregation
Sports
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- ISBN 9781496224965
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2021
- Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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- Winner of the SABR Seymour Medal
- Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year by Spitball Magazine
- Winner of SABR’s Larry Ritter and Robert Peterson Awards
In a long career spanning from 1915 to 1954, Charleston played against, managed, befriended, and occasionally fought men such as Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Jesse Owens, Roy Campanella, and Branch Rickey. He displayed tremendous power, speed, and defensive instincts along with a fierce intelligence and commitment to his craft.
While Charleston never played in the Major Leagues, he was a trailblazer who became the first Black man to work as a scout for a Major League team when Branch Rickey hired him to evaluate players for the Dodgers. Charleston’s combined record as a player, manager, and scout makes him the most accomplished figure in Black baseball history. His mastery of the quintessentially American sport under the conditions of segregation revealed what was possible for Black achievement, bringing hope to millions. Oscar Charleston introduces readers to one of America’s greatest and most fascinating athletes.
Jeremy Beer is a founding partner at American Philanthropic in Phoenix. He is the author of The Philanthropic Revolution: An Alternative History of American Charity, and his writing on sports, society, and culture has appeared in the Washington Post, National Review, First Things, and the Baseball Research Journal, among many other venues.
