“Charlie was a tremendous left-handed hitter who could also bunt, steal a hundred bases a year, and cover center field as well as anyone before him or since…he was like Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Tris Speaker rolled into one.” —Buck O’Neil
- He is a Hall-of-Famer.
- His triple slash line (per Seamheads.com) was .350/.430/.573 (for an OPS of 1.003) over 26 seasons.
- Bill James’ Historical Baseball Abstract ranks him as the fourth-greatest player of all time, behind on Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Willie Mays.