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Hochman: The best batting year in STL history wasn’t by a Cardinal. Meet Oscar Charleston.

Benjamin Hochman

The greatest offensive season in St. Louis pro baseball history?

What a fun question … and what a difficult question.

Was it Mark McGwire‘s 70-homer season? Stan Musial’s 1946? Joe Medwick’s Triple Crown campaign? One of Albert Pujols’ MVP years? Stan Musial’s 1948? Really any Rogers Hornsby season from the 1920s? Or was it George Sisler‘s 1920, when the St. Louis Browns star hit .407 with 122 RBIs?

Nope, the answer is Oscar Charleston‘s 1921.

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