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What legacy did Oscar Charleston leave behind?
Oscar Charleston was one of the early Negro league baseball stars. By 1920, he was considered the greatest center fielder and one of the most reliable sluggers in black baseball.
How successful was Oscar Charleston?
Numerous baseball historians, sportswriters, and fellow players consider Oscar Charleston as possibly the greatest all-around Negro league ballplayer and one of the greatest players in history.

Question: How did the media view him?
Self-contained rewrite: How did the media view Oscar Charleston?