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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 23	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	39	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
2	6 (2)	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-10		28	7.1	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	9 (2)	May 1	CHC		STL	W,11-4	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	12 (2)	May 5	CHC	@	PHI	W,17-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	15 (2)	May 8	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6		10	3.1	0	2	0	2	0
6	16	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	19 (2)	May 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	22 (2)	May 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	28 (5)	May 23	CHC		BSN	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	33 (4)	May 28	CHC		CIN	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	39 (5)	Jun 2	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
12	43 (3)	Jun 6 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-7	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	55 (11)	Jun 23	CHC		NYG	L,4-8		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	60 (4)	Jun 27 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,3-6	GS	20	4.1	1	1	0	2	0
15	61	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,11-9	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
16	62	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	W,9-4	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	66 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,8-5	GF	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	67	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,6-7		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	68	Jul 5 (1)	CHC		STL	W,13-12	GF	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	73 (4)	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	76 (2)	Jul 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-7	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	77	Jul 18 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	83 (5)	Jul 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-3	GF	31	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
24	87 (3)	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	W,7-5	GF	15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	91 (3)	Aug 1	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
26	94 (2)	Aug 5	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	97 (2)	Aug 7	CHC		BSN	L,6-8		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	99 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	GS	24	5.0	0	2	0	2	1
29	102 (2)	Aug 12	CHC		PIT	L,6-16	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	103	Aug 13	CHC		CIN	W,22-6	GF	27	7.1	0	2	1	3	0
31	105 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,6-13	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	108 (2)	Aug 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7		18	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
33	111 (2)	Aug 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	112	Aug 22 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
35	117 (4)	Aug 28 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,10-7	GS	0	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	129 (11)	Sep 9	CHC		STL	L,2-8	GS	32	6.2	0	2	0	2	0
37	133 (3)	Sep 12 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	135 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	137 (1)	Sep 16	CHC		BSN	L,0-7		13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	142 (4)	Sep 21	CHC		NYG	W,7-5		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
41	144 (1)	Sep 23	CHC		NYG	L,7-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	147 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	152 (4)	Oct 1	CHC		STL	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							43gm		179.0	8	36	1	45	2