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	22-21 / in Starts: 9-6
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 71 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	62 (32-17-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 71 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	47 (24-15-8)

Most Driven In
B Jurges	2
J Marty	2
S Hack	1
A Galan	1
F Demaree	1
B Herman	1

Most Driven In By
L Frey	2
B Herman	1
F Demaree	1
A Galan	0

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 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	456	3 (2)	Apr 23	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.13	-0.113	2.42	-0.15%	-1.28	P
2	457	6 (2)	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-10	1-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.65	0.007	1.19	0.01%	0.36	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
3	458	9 (2)	May 1	CHC		STL	W,11-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
4	459	12 (2)	May 5	CHC	@	PHI	W,17-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	9	.29	-0.018	.65	-0.02%	2.42	P
5	460	15 (2)	May 8	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	9	.74	-0.022	1.79	-0.03%	-0.24	P
6	461	16	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	9						P
7	462	19 (2)	May 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.313	.665	9	.31	0.000	.59	0.00%	0.13	P
8	463	22 (2)	May 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.263	.563	9	2.10	-0.161	4.42	-0.20%	-1.11	P
9	464	28 (5)	May 23	CHC		BSN	W,11-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.304	.596	9	.14	-0.015	.36	-0.02%	0.02	P
10	465	33 (4)	May 28	CHC		CIN	W,12-3	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.241	.250	.491	9	1.00	-0.116	2.03	-0.14%	-1.75	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
11	466	39 (5)	Jun 2	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.250	.491	9						P
12	467	43 (3)	Jun 6 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-7	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.207	.258	.241	.499	9						P
13	468	55 (11)	Jun 23	CHC		NYG	L,4-8	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.233	.483	6	.08	-0.002	.54	-0.01%	-0.25	P
14	469	60 (4)	Jun 27 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.242	.226	.468	9	.48	-0.012	2.41	-0.04%	-0.11	P
15	470	61	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,11-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.219	.454	9	.30	-0.009	1.89	-0.03%	-0.24	P
16	471	62	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	W,9-4	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.250	.235	.485	9	.37	-0.004	2.31	-0.02%	0.76	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
17	472	66 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,8-5	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.237	.222	.459	9	.20	-0.010	1.31	-0.04%	-0.36	P
18	473	67	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.237	.222	.459	9						P
19	474	68	Jul 5 (1)	CHC		STL	W,13-12	9-GF(14)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.263	.513	9	2.92	-0.041	19.95	-0.17%	-0.23	P
20	475	73 (4)	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.250	.488	9	.65	-0.035	3.50	-0.11%	-0.31	P
21	476	76 (2)	Jul 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.238	.250	.488	9						P
22	477	77	Jul 18 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.238	.250	.488	9						P
23	478	83 (5)	Jul 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-3	1-GF	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.227	.445	9	.76	-0.073	7.37	-0.42%	-1.70	P
24	479	87 (3)	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	W,7-5	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.217	.426	9	1.05	0.015	5.30	0.05%	-0.34	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
25	480	91 (3)	Aug 1	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.220	.229	.449	9	1.37	0.009	10.50	0.04%	0.15	P
26	481	94 (2)	Aug 5	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.220	.229	.449	6						P
27	482	97 (2)	Aug 7	CHC		BSN	L,6-8	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.220	.229	.449	9						P
28	483	99 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.216	.224	.440	9	1.07	-0.028	4.34	-0.07%	-0.25	P
29	484	102 (2)	Aug 12	CHC		PIT	L,6-16	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.216	.224	.440	9						P
30	485	103	Aug 13	CHC		CIN	W,22-6	2-GF	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.193	.200	.393	9	.51	-0.031	2.13	-0.08%	-1.19	P
31	486	105 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,6-13	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.193	.200	.393	9						P
32	487	108 (2)	Aug 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	4-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.203	.211	.414	9	.86	0.001	6.53	0.01%	-0.11	P
33	488	111 (2)	Aug 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.203	.211	.414	5						P
34	489	112	Aug 22 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.190	.197	.387	9	1.04	-0.100	6.61	-0.38%	-1.22	P
35	490	117 (4)	Aug 28 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,10-7	GS-0	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.185	.209	.262	.470	9						P
Sep/Oct		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
36	491	129 (11)	Sep 9	CHC		STL	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.203	.254	.457	9	1.37	-0.075	10.68	-0.35%	-0.77	P
37	492	133 (3)	Sep 12 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.203	.254	.457	9						P
38	493	135 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.203	.254	.457	9						P
39	494	137 (1)	Sep 16	CHC		BSN	L,0-7	3-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.203	.254	.457	9						P
40	495	142 (4)	Sep 21	CHC		NYG	W,7-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.203	.254	.457	9						P
41	496	144 (1)	Sep 23	CHC		NYG	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.203	.254	.457	9						P
42	497	147 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	6-GF(8)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.179	.203	.254	.457	9	.49	-0.007	.80	-0.01%	-0.21	P
43	498	152 (4)	Oct 1	CHC		STL	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.203	.254	.457	9						P
							22-21		71	67	7	12	2	0	1	9	1	0	19	1	2		0	0	0	0	.179	.203	.254	.457		.80	-0.840	3.82	-2.19%	-7.82

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