Charley Root
Charles Henry Root (Chinski)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 17, 1899 in Middletown, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1923
Final Game: September 2, 1941
Died: November 5, 1970 in Hollister, CA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1923 24 SLB AL 27 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -42 1 0 0 1
1926 27 CHC NL 42 99 91 8 13 1 0 1 7 0 2 25 .143 .179 .187 .366 -2 17 2 4 1 MVP-16
1927 28 CHC NL 48 132 122 15 27 6 1 0 8 0 4 35 .221 .252 .287 .539 43 35 1 5 1 MVP-4
1928 29 CHC NL 40 83 73 5 13 5 0 0 5 0 2 18 .178 .200 .247 .447 17 18 0 8 1
1929 30 CHC NL 43 105 96 8 15 3 4 1 15 0 4 28 .156 .190 .302 .492 20 29 0 5 1
1930 31 CHC NL 37 87 80 4 21 8 0 1 6 1 4 21 .263 .306 .400 .706 68 32 1 2 1
1931 32 CHC NL 39 95 90 7 20 8 0 0 8 0 4 31 .222 .255 .311 .566 50 28 0 1 1 MVP-20
1932 33 CHC NL 39 78 76 4 13 1 0 1 10 0 0 29 .171 .171 .224 .395 6 17 0 2 1
1933 34 CHC NL 35 93 85 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 4 22 .094 .135 .129 .264 -24 11 2 0 4 1
1934 35 CHC NL 34 41 40 3 7 3 0 2 4 0 0 13 .175 .175 .400 .575 50 16 0 0 1 1
1935 36 CHC NL 38 84 69 8 14 2 1 1 7 0 3 22 .203 .236 .304 .540 43 21 1 0 12 1
1936 37 CHC NL 33 17 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .333 .412 .333 .745 101 5 1 0 0 1
1937 38 CHC NL 43 71 67 7 12 2 0 1 9 0 1 19 .179 .203 .254 .457 21 17 0 1 2 1 MVP-12
1938 39 CHC NL 44 53 48 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 4 16 .167 .231 .188 .418 15 9 2 0 1 1 MVP-25
1939 40 CHC NL 35 63 57 4 10 2 1 2 6 0 2 21 .175 .217 .351 .568 49 20 0 1 3 1
1940 41 CHC NL 36 34 31 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 .129 .206 .129 .335 -5 4 2 1 0 1
1941 42 CHC NL 19 42 33 4 5 1 0 1 4 0 5 10 .152 .263 .273 .536 54 9 1 0 4 1
17 Seasons 632 1191 1086 86 196 46 7 11 93 1 0 44 329 .180 .217 .266 .483 28 289 9 7 54
162 Game Avg. 162 305 278 22 50 12 2 3 24 0 11 84 .180 .217 .266 .483 28 74 2 14
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CHC (16 yrs) 605 1177 1073 85 195 46 7 11 93 1 43 324 .182 .218 .268 .487 28 288 9 7 54
SLB (1 yr) 27 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -42 1 0 0
NL (16 yrs) 605 1177 1073 85 195 46 7 11 93 1 43 324 .182 .218 .268 .487 28 288 9 7 54
AL (1 yr) 27 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -42 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1923 24 SLB AL 14 12 0 0.0 112 .125 .077 .296 .143 .367 .077 .409 .220 .776 -42 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .167 .077 .000
1926 27 CHC NL 99 82 3 1.0 105 .185 .143 .289 .179 .350 .187 .401 .366 .751 -2 .056 -13.6 -1.4 .269 .066 .044 .0
1927 28 CHC NL 132 100 9 2.4 105 .310 .221 .291 .252 .350 .287 .402 .539 .752 43 .236 -10.1 -1.0 .421 .098 .066
1928 29 CHC NL 83 68 4 1.6 108 .236 .178 .289 .200 .354 .247 .411 .447 .764 17 .115 -9.0 -0.9 .333 .096 .068
1929 30 CHC NL 105 86 6 1.9 121 .209 .156 .304 .190 .368 .302 .443 .492 .811 20 .122 -13.3 -1.2 .407 .188 .146 .0
1930 31 CHC NL 87 61 10 4.4 127 .345 .263 .313 .306 .372 .400 .466 .706 .837 68 .367 -4.1 -0.4 .644 .200 .138 1.0
1931 32 CHC NL 95 71 7 2.6 105 .339 .222 .288 .255 .347 .311 .406 .566 .753 50 .263 -6.3 -0.6 .457 .133 .089
1932 33 CHC NL 78 65 3 1.2 103 .261 .171 .283 .171 .336 .224 .410 .395 .745 6 .081 -10.3 -1.0 .270 .053 .053 .0
1933 34 CHC NL 93 83 1 0.3 91 .127 .094 .274 .135 .327 .129 .375 .264 .702 -24 .010 -13.8 -1.5 .190 .082 .035
1934 35 CHC NL 41 34 3 2.4 103 .200 .175 .285 .175 .340 .400 .405 .575 .744 50 .217 -3.0 -0.3 .485 .225 .225 .0
1935 36 CHC NL 84 68 5 2.0 104 .283 .203 .287 .236 .342 .304 .409 .540 .751 43 .170 -5.8 -0.6 .429 .145 .101 .0
1936 37 CHC NL 17 11 2 4.9 105 .455 .333 .288 .412 .348 .333 .403 .745 .751 101 .519 0.1 0.0 .636 .133 .000
1937 38 CHC NL 71 57 3 1.4 105 .234 .179 .285 .203 .347 .254 .404 .457 .751 21 .106 -7.7 -0.8 .345 .090 .075 .0
1938 39 CHC NL 53 43 2 1.2 101 .250 .167 .278 .231 .343 .188 .396 .418 .739 15 .091 -5.7 -0.6 .310 .104 .021
1939 40 CHC NL 63 50 4 2.1 105 .235 .175 .283 .217 .349 .351 .404 .568 .753 49 .199 -4.7 -0.5 .489 .211 .175 .0
1940 41 CHC NL 34 29 1 0.9 96 .190 .129 .269 .206 .334 .129 .388 .335 .721 -5 .056 -4.4 -0.4 .241 .065 .000
1941 42 CHC NL 42 33 2 1.6 91 .182 .152 .261 .263 .331 .273 .368 .536 .699 54 .152 -2.0 -0.2 .483 .273 .121 .0
17 Seasons 1191 953 65 1.8 106 .248 .180 .288 .217 .348 .266 .409 .483 .757 28 .149 -116.5 -11.6 .379 .127 .086 1.8
162 Game Avg. 305 244 17 1.8 106 .248 .180 .288 .217 .348 .266 .409 .483 .757 28 .149 -116.5 -11.6 .379 .127 .086
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHC (16 yrs) 1177 941 65 1.8 106 .249 .182 .288 .218 .348 .268 .409 .487 .756 28 .152 -113.7 -11.3 .382 .128 .087 1.8
SLB (1 yr) 14 12 0 0.0 112 .125 .077 .296 .143 .367 .077 .409 .220 .776 -42 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .167 .077 .000
NL (16 yrs) 1177 941 65 1.8 106 .249 .182 .288 .218 .348 .268 .409 .487 .756 28 .152 -113.7 -11.3 .382 .128 .087 1.8
AL (1 yr) 14 12 0 0.0 112 .125 .077 .296 .143 .367 .077 .409 .220 .776 -42 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .167 .077 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 30 CHC NL WS PHA L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1932 33 CHC NL WS NYY L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 36 CHC NL WS DET L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 39 CHC NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 WS 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1923 24 27 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -42 1 0 0
1924 25 27 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -42 1 0 0
1925 26 27 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -42 1 0 0
1926 27 69 113 104 9 14 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 30 .135 .174 .173 .347 -7 18 2 4
1927 28 117 245 226 24 41 7 1 1 15 0 0 7 65 .181 .216 .235 .451 20 53 3 9
1928 29 157 328 299 29 54 12 1 1 20 0 0 9 83 .181 .212 .237 .450 19 71 3 17
1929 30 200 433 395 37 69 15 5 2 35 0 0 13 111 .175 .207 .253 .460 19 100 3 22
1930 31 237 520 475 41 90 23 5 3 41 1 0 17 132 .189 .224 .278 .502 28 132 4 24
1931 32 276 615 565 48 110 31 5 3 49 1 0 21 163 .195 .229 .283 .512 32 160 4 25
1932 33 315 693 641 52 123 32 5 4 59 1 0 21 192 .192 .222 .276 .498 29 177 4 27
1933 34 350 786 726 53 131 35 5 4 59 1 0 25 214 .180 .212 .259 .471 23 188 2 4 31
1934 35 384 827 766 56 138 38 5 6 63 1 0 25 227 .180 .210 .266 .476 24 204 2 4 32
1935 36 422 911 835 64 152 40 6 7 70 1 0 28 249 .182 .212 .269 .482 26 225 3 4 44
1936 37 455 928 850 65 157 40 6 7 70 1 0 30 253 .185 .216 .271 .487 27 230 4 4 44
1937 38 498 999 917 72 169 42 6 8 79 1 0 31 272 .184 .215 .269 .484 27 247 4 5 46
1938 39 542 1052 965 74 177 43 6 8 82 1 0 35 288 .183 .216 .265 .481 26 256 6 5 47
1939 40 577 1115 1022 78 187 45 7 10 88 1 0 37 309 .183 .216 .270 .486 28 276 6 6 50
1940 41 613 1149 1053 82 191 45 7 10 89 1 0 39 319 .181 .216 .266 .482 27 280 8 7 50
1941 42 632 1191 1086 86 196 46 7 11 93 1 0 44 329 .180 .217 .266 .483 28 289 9 7 54

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1923 24 28 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 27
1926 27 44 100 96 9 14 1 0 1 8 0 2 26 .146 .180 .188 .368 3 42
1927 28 50 132 127 15 27 6 1 0 8 0 4 37 .213 .242 .276 .518 8 48
1928 29 42 77 75 4 12 5 0 0 4 0 2 19 .160 .182 .227 .408 3 40
1929 30 45 104 100 8 15 3 4 1 14 0 4 29 .150 .183 .290 .473 5 43
1930 31 39 84 80 3 18 7 0 1 5 1 3 22 .225 .262 .350 .612 7 37
1931 32 41 98 94 7 21 8 0 0 8 0 4 32 .223 .255 .309 .564 7 39
1932 33 41 79 79 4 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 30 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 39
1933 34 37 95 90 1 10 4 0 0 0 0 5 23 .111 .158 .156 .313 2 35
1934 35 36 43 43 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 34
1935 36 40 76 73 8 15 2 1 1 7 0 3 23 .205 .237 .301 .538 5 38
1936 37 34 17 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .333 .412 .333 .745 2 33
1937 38 45 72 70 7 12 2 0 1 9 0 1 20 .171 .194 .243 .437 3 43
1938 39 47 54 50 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 4 17 .160 .222 .180 .402 2 44
1939 40 37 62 59 4 10 2 1 2 6 0 2 22 .169 .210 .339 .549 4 35
1940 41 38 36 33 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 .152 .222 .152 .374 1 36
1941 42 20 41 35 5 6 1 0 1 5 0 6 10 .171 .293 .286 .578 3 19
17 Seasons 664 1185 1133 87 178 42 7 8 94 1 45 344 .157 .194 .228 .422 61 632
162 Game Avg. 162 289 276 21 43 10 2 2 23 0 11 84 .157 .194 .228 .422 15 632
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1926-NL-16-10%
1927-NL-4-56%
1931-NL-20-4%
1937-NL-12-19%
1938-NL-25-1%
0.91 Career Shares (262nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1935 NL--12--9th

Oldest s c a p y
1936 NL--born 1899-03-17--9th
1937 NL--born 1899-03-17--7th
1938 NL--born 1899-03-17--2nd
1939 NL--born 1899-03-17--2nd
1940 NL--born 1899-03-17--1st
1941 NL--born 1899-03-17--1st

             

Similarity Scores

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  7. Claude Passeau (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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