Charlie Root

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: March 17, 1899 in Middletown, OH us

Died: November 5, 1970 in Hollister, CA

Buried: Cremated

Debut: April 18, 1923 (Age 24-032d, 5,696th in major league history)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 2, 1941 (Age 42-169d)
vs. CIN 9.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Charles Henry Root

Nicknames: Chinski

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.6

201

160

ERA

3.59

632

341

3197.1

1459

WHIP

1.295

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-21 / in Starts: 17-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 99 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	62 (32-20-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 99 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (32-20-12)

Most Driven In
C Grimm	3
M GonzÃ¡lez	2
R Stephenson	1
Self	1
J Cooney	0

Most Driven In By
C Heathcote	3
J Kelly	1
S Adams	1
H Wilson	1
Self	1
H Freigau	1

1926 Batting Game Log

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1926 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	28	2 (1)	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.36	0.026	.86	0.04%	0.14	P
2	29	6 (3)	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9	1.24	-0.064	2.70	-0.08%	-0.50	P
3	30	10 (3)	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	W,18-1	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	9	.49	-0.065	1.34	-0.11%	0.44	P
4	31	12 (1)	Apr 26	CHC		PIT	L,6-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	9						P
5	32	15 (2)	Apr 29	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	9	1.39	-0.201	3.46	-0.30%	-2.08	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	33	19 (3)	May 6	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.267	.579	9	.68	0.001	2.27	0.00%	-0.04	P
7	34	25 (5)	May 12	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.263	.222	.485	9	1.54	-0.129	6.28	-0.32%	-0.90	P
8	35	30 (4)	May 20	CHC		BSN	W,8-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.190	.227	.190	.418	9	.86	-0.090	2.77	-0.17%	-1.63	P
9	36	35 (4)	May 25	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.240	.208	.448	9	.85	-0.083	3.71	-0.22%	-0.91	P
10	37	38 (2)	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-9	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.240	.208	.448	9						P
11	38	40 (1)	May 31 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.240	.208	.448	9						P
12	39	41	May 31 (2)	CHC		STL	W,8-7	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.240	.208	.448	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	40	44 (2)	Jun 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.214	.185	.399	9	1.14	-0.089	4.26	-0.20%	-0.61	P
14	41	47 (2)	Jun 8	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.226	.172	.398	9	.47	0.002	1.41	0.00%	0.00	P
15	42	51 (3)	Jun 12	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.212	.161	.373	9	.91	-0.044	2.66	-0.08%	-0.50	P
16	43	56 (4)	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,9-10	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.243	.200	.443	9	.95	0.082	2.76	0.14%	1.14	P
17	44	60 (3)	Jun 20 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.194	.237	.194	.431	9	.72	-0.026	1.62	-0.04%	-0.43	P
18	45	63 (2)	Jun 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.179	.238	.179	.418	9	1.03	-0.041	1.83	-0.04%	-0.24	P
19	46	64	Jun 26	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.238	.179	.418	9						P
20	47	67 (2)	Jun 28	CHC	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.163	.234	.163	.397	9	.47	-0.078	.87	-0.09%	-1.24	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	48	70 (2)	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.229	.159	.388	9	3.23	-0.108	6.69	-0.13%	-0.59	P
22	49	74 (3)	Jul 4	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.235	.170	.406	9	1.50	-0.005	3.79	-0.01%	-0.22	P
23	50	79 (4)	Jul 9	CHC		BRO	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.236	.196	.432	9	.24	-0.022	.62	-0.03%	0.05	P
24	51	85 (5)	Jul 14	CHC		BSN	L,4-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.236	.196	.432	9						P
25	52	88 (2)	Jul 18	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.224	.185	.409	9	.82	-0.063	2.37	-0.11%	-0.52	P
26	53	92 (3)	Jul 23	CHC		PHI	W,5-3	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.246	.211	.456	9	.69	0.066	2.10	0.12%	0.87	P
27	54	96 (3)	Jul 27	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.250	.217	.467	9	1.56	-0.025	4.67	-0.05%	-0.08	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	55	100 (3)	Aug 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.239	.206	.445	9	1.99	-0.134	3.48	-0.14%	-1.04	P
29	56	102 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.239	.206	.445	9						P
30	57	105 (2)	Aug 5	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.232	.200	.432	9	.66	-0.034	1.17	-0.04%	-0.30	P
31	58	109 (3)	Aug 10	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.225	.194	.419	9	1.05	-0.057	2.59	-0.08%	-0.47	P
32	59	112 (2)	Aug 15	CHC	@	STL	L,2-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.191	.413	9	.43	-0.011	1.36	-0.02%	-0.11	P
33	60	115 (2)	Aug 18	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.213	.183	.396	9	1.92	-0.147	3.35	-0.15%	-0.99	P
34	61	118 (2)	Aug 21	CHC		BRO	L,6-8	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.211	.181	.391	9	1.57	-0.040	1.24	-0.02%	-0.24	P
35	62	120 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,9-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.160	.203	.173	.376	9	1.21	-0.167	.50	-0.04%	-1.54	P
36	63	126 (5)	Aug 29	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.165	.205	.215	.420	9	.65	0.134	.90	0.11%	0.74	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	64	129 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.160	.200	.210	.410	9	.72	0.029	1.26	0.03%	0.16	P
38	65	135 (5)	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.155	.193	.202	.396	9	1.00	0.011	.64	0.00%	-0.01	P
39	66	141 (5)	Sep 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.151	.189	.198	.387	9	.62	-0.032	.29	-0.01%	-0.37	P
40	67	146 (4)	Sep 16	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.146	.183	.191	.374	9	.51	-0.041	.01	0.00%	-0.53	P
41	68	151 (4)	Sep 21	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.179	.187	.366	9	.65	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
42	69	153 (1)	Sep 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	7-GF(7)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.179	.187	.366	9						P
							21-21		99	91	8	13	1	0	1	7	2	0	25	2	4		2		0	0	.143	.179	.187	.366		.95	-1.477	2.16	-2.02%	-12.83

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