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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Team Record in Appearances: 14-20 / in Starts: 8-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 10

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	543	2	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	L,0-9	8-8		99	0.2	6	6	6	1	1	1	0	81.00	23.59	9	1	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	.05	-0.028	.14	-0.05%	-5.81	8b --- 0 out d3	8b -2- 2 out d9
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	544	12	May 3	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	4-GF(8)		10	5.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	11.12	5.24	19	6	7	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.037	.90	0.06%	1.35	4b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
3	545	18	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	6-6		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.50	5.09	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.053	4.93	0.08%	0.32	6b -2- 2 out tie	6b 3 out tie
4	546	27	May 19	CHC		NYG	L,5-11	2-7		9	4.2	7	5	3	3	3	0	1	8.44	4.56	26	9	3	0	1	7		3	3	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	.98	-0.298	2.99	-0.55%	-4.37	2t 123 1 out d1	7t 12- 0 out d5
5	547	31	May 23	CHC		BSN	W,15-8	6-GF	S(1)	3	3.2	5	3	3	0	2	0	1	8.16	3.99	17	9	0	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.42	0.060	1.14	0.10%	-1.27	6t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end a 7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	548	40	Jun 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	8-GF(14)	L(0-1)	8	6.1	1	1	1	3	5	0	0	6.10	3.51	23	6	8	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	20	0	1	2	0	0	0	2.09	0.370	5.44	0.58%	1.74	8b --- 0 out d2	14b end d 1
7	549	43	Jun 5	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	3-3		3	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.33	3.39	5	0	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.054	.92	-0.08%	-1.08	3b --3 1 out d3	3b 3 out d5
8	550	46	Jun 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.79	3.32	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.038	.57	0.05%	1.01	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
9	551	48	Jun 10	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.63	3.30	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.81	0.322	12.18	0.35%	0.87	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
10	552	51	Jun 14	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.40	3.11	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.039	1.21	0.06%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
11	553	52	Jun 15	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.19	3.02	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.22	0.01%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
12	554	57	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	T,3-3	GS-8		3	7.0	8	3	2	3	4	0	0	4.64	2.96	30	6	10	2	4	7	52			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.096	1.76	0.09%	1.22	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a2
13	555	62	Jun 24	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	GS-8	L(0-2)	4	8.0	5	1	1	3	0	1	0	3.95	3.42	30	7	16	3	3	4	65			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.309	2.08	0.42%	3.08	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	556	67	Jun 30	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(1-2)	5	9.0	8	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.42	3.41	35	11	14	0	4	7	70			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.493	4.52	1.15%	3.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	557	69	Jul 2(1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-11	4-8		1	4.0	9	6	6	1	2	0	0	4.17	3.33	21	4	5	0	1	9		1	0	0	1	0	18	5	0	0	0	1	0	.46	-0.030	1.67	-0.07%	-3.68	4t -2- 0 out d2	8t 1-3 0 out d7
16	558	74	Jul 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-10	GS-3	L(1-3)	2	2.2	7	7	7	3	0	1	0	5.08	3.69	16	3	5	0	1	5	13			0	1	0	13	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	-0.321	3.15	-0.48%	-5.63	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d7
17	559	77	Jul 8	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	8-GF	BW(2-3)	2	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.22	3.65	10	2	4	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	-0.131	9.47	-0.22%	-0.98	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
18	560	80	Jul 15	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.28	3.57	5	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.044	.88	-0.06%	-1.19	8b 1-3 0 out d1	8b end d 4
19	561	83	Jul 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-2	CG	W(3-3)	1	9.0	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	4.72	3.38	34	20	4	0	0	8	67			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	1	.69	0.268	1.64	0.38%	2.73	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
20	562	87	Jul 21	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	13	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.29	3.24	39	15	5	0	4	12	60			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.494	2.70	0.53%	3.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
21	563	90	Jul 25(1)	CHC		BRO	L,6-8	GS-9	L(4-4)	3	8.0	12	7	6	0	6	2	0	4.52	3.34	36	5	14	1	6	11	38			0	0	0	36	5	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	-0.257	1.71	-0.26%	-1.92	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
22	564	95	Jul 29	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	L(4-5)	3	9.0	12	5	2	1	0	0	0	4.28	3.30	39	16	12	2	3	10	48			0	1	0	36	1	1	1	0	1	1	.70	-0.133	.97	-0.11%	-0.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	565	100	Aug 5	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	W(5-5)	6	9.0	4	2	2	1	5	0	0	4.08	3.17	34	11	13	5	1	4	75			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.34	0.401	1.38	0.25%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	566	104	Aug 9(1)	CHC		CIN	L,5-7	GS-7	L(5-6)	3	6.2	10	7	7	2	2	1	0	4.40	3.27	31	7	10	1	2	10	26			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.377	2.00	-0.34%	-1.87	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
25	567	113	Aug 17	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	5-9		7	4.1	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.40	3.22	22	6	5	0	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.54	-0.107	4.11	-0.10%	0.68	5b -23 1 out a2	9b 123 2 out tie
26	568	118	Aug 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS-1	L(5-7)	4	0.2	4	3	3	1	0	2	0	4.60	3.47	7	0	2	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.68	-0.256	.56	-0.13%	-2.93	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d3
27	569	119	Aug 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-3		S(3)	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.45	3.42	13												13					0
28	570	125	Aug 28	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	W(6-7)	4	9.0	11	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.35	3.34	37	10	12	0	4	11	55			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.288	.58	0.15%	1.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	571	129	Sep 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-5	GS-7	L(6-8)	5	7.0	10	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.32	3.41	31	10	9	1	0	10	45			0	0	0	30	2	1	1	1	0	0	.75	-0.057	2.99	-0.14%	0.57	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
30	572	135	Sep 9	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(7-8)	5	9.0	4	2	2	0	3	1	0	4.18	3.40	31	4	20	3	4	4	74			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.396	.43	0.09%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
31	573	139	Sep 14(1)	CHC		PHI	W,13-1	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	8	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.99	3.39	37	15	10	2	1	7	66			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	1	0	.74	0.192	.05	0.01%	3.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
32	574	144	Sep 17(1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-10	6-8		2	2.2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.92	3.40	12	1	6	0	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.19	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.94	6t 12- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d5
33	575	145	Sep 17(2)	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	9-GF		-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.90	3.38	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
34	576	146	Sep 19	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	8-GF	S(4)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	3.36	6	3	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	0.512	.01	0.00%	2.10	8t 123 1 out a1	9t end a 1
35	577	152	Sep 27(1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-8	GS-9		7	8.1	11	7	7	1	2	1	0	4.04	3.40	36	9	17	3	3	7	34			0	1	0	34	3	2	0	0	1	0	1.32	-0.690	.00	0.00%	-3.26	1b start a 1	9b -2- 1 out tie
							14-20		W-L:8-8,Sv:4,BSv:1	3.5	167.0	189	83	75	34	65	12	2	4.04	3.40	709	0.91		5%	10%	169	51	19	42%	2	6	0	660	46	6	6	10	7	8	1.09	1.628	1.91	1.77%	0.47

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