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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-7		15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	9 (7)	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	12 (2)	Apr 30	CHC	@	STL	W,11-5	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (2)	May 3	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	18 (2)	May 6	CHC		BSN	W,13-9	GF	16	3.2	1	1	0	2	0
6	21 (2)	May 10	CHC		NYG	L,1-5		25	6.1	2	1	0	3	0
7	24 (2)	May 13	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
8	25	May 15	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	27 (1)	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	40 (12)	Jun 2	CHC		BSN	L,2-6	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	44 (3)	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	W,10-8		20	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
12	50 (5)	Jun 12 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,0-6		10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	52 (1)	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	54 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3		16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	59 (4)	Jun 21	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	62 (2)	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	63	Jun 28	CHC		STL	L,3-9		9	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	66 (2)	Jul 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	67	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	68	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	69	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	L,6-7		22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	71 (1)	Jul 10	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	73 (1)	Jul 12	CHC		PIT	L,6-14		22	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	77 (3)	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	W,8-7		12	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
25	83 (5)	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	87 (3)	Jul 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-8	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	89 (1)	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	92 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	97 (4)	Aug 7 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-4	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	100 (2)	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	104 (3)	Aug 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	109 (4)	Aug 18	CHC		CIN	L,1-9	GS	28	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
33	113 (3)	Aug 22	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	114	Aug 23	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	GF	32	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
35	119 (4)	Aug 27	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	122 (2)	Aug 30	CHC		BSN	L,1-8		15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	127 (4)	Sep 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	133 (5)	Sep 10	CHC		CIN	L,1-9	GS	29	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	136 (2)	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	139 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	GS	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
41	144 (4)	Sep 23 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6		6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	145	Sep 24	CHC		STL	W,9-3	GF	16	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
43	149 (3)	Sep 28	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	153 (3)	Oct 1 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							44gm		161.0	5	23	1	29	0