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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1923 24 SLB AL 0 4 .000 5.70 27 2 15 0 0 0 60.0 68 45 38 4 18 27 6 0 1 263 73 1.433 10.2 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.50
1926 27 CHC NL 18 17 .514 2.82 42 32 7 21 2 2 271.1 267 104 85 10 62 127 6 1 1 1110 137 1.213 8.9 0.3 2.1 4.2 2.05 MVP-16
1927 28 CHC NL 26 15 .634 3.76 48 36 12 21 4 2 309.0 296 148 129 16 117 145 9 1 3 1316 103 1.337 8.6 0.5 3.4 4.2 1.24 MVP-4
1928 29 CHC NL 14 18 .438 3.57 40 30 6 13 1 2 237.0 214 109 94 15 73 122 7 0 0 992 108 1.211 8.1 0.6 2.8 4.6 1.67
1929 30 CHC NL 19 6 .760 3.47 43 31 9 19 4 5 272.0 286 120 105 12 83 124 3 0 1 1158 133 1.357 9.5 0.4 2.7 4.1 1.49
1930 31 CHC NL 16 14 .533 4.33 37 30 6 15 4 3 220.1 247 122 106 17 63 124 7 0 1 967 113 1.407 10.1 0.7 2.6 5.1 1.97
1931 32 CHC NL 17 14 .548 3.48 39 31 6 19 3 2 251.0 240 109 97 7 71 131 7 0 1 1043 111 1.239 8.6 0.3 2.5 4.7 1.85 MVP-20
1932 33 CHC NL 15 10 .600 3.58 39 23 9 11 0 3 216.1 211 99 86 10 55 96 5 0 4 908 105 1.230 8.8 0.4 2.3 4.0 1.75
1933 34 CHC NL 15 10 .600 2.60 35 30 4 20 2 0 242.1 232 85 70 14 61 86 10 0 3 1008 126 1.209 8.6 0.5 2.3 3.2 1.41
1934 35 CHC NL 4 7 .364 4.28 34 9 14 2 0 0 117.2 141 62 56 8 53 46 5 0 2 538 91 1.649 10.8 0.6 4.1 3.5 0.87
1935 36 CHC NL 15 8 .652 3.08 38 18 16 11 1 2 201.1 193 85 69 15 47 94 3 0 2 826 128 1.192 8.6 0.7 2.1 4.2 2.00
1936 37 CHC NL 3 6 .333 4.15 33 4 15 0 0 1 73.2 81 34 34 3 20 32 2 0 0 315 96 1.371 9.9 0.4 2.4 3.9 1.60
1937 38 CHC NL 13 5 .722 3.38 43 15 20 5 0 5 178.2 173 71 67 18 32 74 4 0 2 729 118 1.147 8.7 0.9 1.6 3.7 2.31 MVP-12
1938 39 CHC NL 8 7 .533 2.86 44 11 20 5 0 8 160.2 163 62 51 10 30 70 2 0 0 673 134 1.201 9.1 0.6 1.7 3.9 2.33 MVP-25
1939 40 CHC NL 8 8 .500 4.03 35 16 12 8 0 4 167.1 189 83 75 11 34 65 2 1 0 709 98 1.333 10.2 0.6 1.8 3.5 1.91
1940 41 CHC NL 2 4 .333 3.86 36 8 10 1 0 1 112.0 118 61 48 9 33 50 1 0 0 490 98 1.348 9.5 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.52
1941 42 CHC NL 8 7 .533 5.40 19 15 4 6 0 0 106.2 133 68 64 8 37 46 0 0 1 484 65 1.594 11.2 0.7 3.1 3.9 1.24
17 Seasons 201 160 .557 3.59 632 341 185 177 21 40 3197.1 3252 1467 1274 187 889 1459 79 3 22 13529 110 1.295 9.2 0.5 2.5 4.1 1.64
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .557 3.59 44 24 13 12 1 3 223 227 103 89 13 62 102 6 0 2 946 110 1.295 9.2 0.5 2.5 4.1 1.64
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
CHC (16 yrs) 201 156 .563 3.55 605 339 170 177 21 40 3137.1 3184 1422 1236 183 871 1432 73 3 21 13266 111 1.292 9.1 0.5 2.5 4.1 1.64
SLB (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.70 27 2 15 0 0 0 60.0 68 45 38 4 18 27 6 0 1 263 73 1.433 10.2 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.50
NL (16 yrs) 201 156 .563 3.55 605 339 170 177 21 40 3137.1 3184 1422 1236 183 871 1432 73 3 21 13266 111 1.292 9.1 0.5 2.5 4.1 1.64
AL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.70 27 2 15 0 0 0 60.0 68 45 38 4 18 27 6 0 1 263 73 1.433 10.2 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.50

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1929 30 CHC NL WS L PHA 0 1 .000 4.72 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 12 7 7 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 53 1.050 8.1 1.4 1.4 5.4 4.00
1932 33 CHC NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 10.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 6 5 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 22 2.077 12.5 8.3 6.2 8.3 1.33
1935 36 CHC NL WS L DET 0 1 .000 18.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 12 3.000 22.5 4.5 4.5 9.0 2.00
1938 39 CHC NL WS L NYY 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 3.0 0.0 3.0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 0 3 .000 6.75 6 4 1 0 0 0 22.2 26 18 17 8 6 1 15 0 0 0 99 1.412 10.3 3.2 2.4 6.0 2.50
4 WS 0 3 .000 6.75 6 4 1 0 0 0 22.2 26 18 17 8 6 1 15 0 0 0 99 1.412 10.3 3.2 2.4 6.0 2.50

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1923 24 0 4 .000 5.70 27 2 15 0 0 0 60.0 68 45 38 4 18 27 6 0 1 263 73 1.433 10.2 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.50 73
1924 25 0 4 .000 5.70 27 2 15 0 0 0 60.0 68 45 38 4 18 27 6 0 1 263 73 1.433 10.2 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.50 73
1925 26 0 4 .000 5.70 27 2 15 0 0 0 60.0 68 45 38 4 18 27 6 0 1 263 73 1.433 10.2 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.50 73
1926 27 18 21 .462 3.34 69 34 22 21 2 2 331.1 335 149 123 14 80 154 12 1 2 1373 117 1.253 9.1 0.4 2.2 4.2 1.93 117
1927 28 44 36 .550 3.54 117 70 34 42 6 4 640.1 631 297 252 30 197 299 21 2 5 2689 110 1.293 8.9 0.4 2.8 4.2 1.52 110
1928 29 58 54 .518 3.55 157 100 40 55 7 6 877.1 845 406 346 45 270 421 28 2 5 3681 109 1.271 8.7 0.5 2.8 4.3 1.56 109
1929 30 77 60 .562 3.53 200 131 49 74 11 11 1149.1 1131 526 451 57 353 545 31 2 6 4839 115 1.291 8.9 0.4 2.8 4.3 1.54 115
1930 31 93 74 .557 3.66 237 161 55 89 15 14 1369.2 1378 648 557 74 416 669 38 2 7 5806 114 1.310 9.1 0.5 2.7 4.4 1.61 114
1931 32 110 88 .556 3.63 276 192 61 108 18 16 1620.2 1618 757 654 81 487 800 45 2 8 6849 114 1.299 9.0 0.4 2.7 4.4 1.64 114
1932 33 125 98 .561 3.63 315 215 70 119 18 19 1837.0 1829 856 740 91 542 896 50 2 12 7757 113 1.291 9.0 0.4 2.7 4.4 1.65 113
1933 34 140 108 .565 3.51 350 245 74 139 20 19 2079.1 2061 941 810 105 603 982 60 2 15 8765 114 1.281 8.9 0.5 2.6 4.3 1.63 114
1934 35 144 115 .556 3.55 384 254 88 141 20 19 2197.0 2202 1003 866 113 656 1028 65 2 17 9303 113 1.301 9.0 0.5 2.7 4.2 1.57 113
1935 36 159 123 .564 3.51 422 272 104 152 21 21 2398.1 2395 1088 935 128 703 1122 68 2 19 10129 114 1.292 9.0 0.5 2.6 4.2 1.60 114
1936 37 162 129 .557 3.53 455 276 119 152 21 22 2472.0 2476 1122 969 131 723 1154 70 2 19 10444 113 1.294 9.0 0.5 2.6 4.2 1.60 113
1937 38 175 134 .566 3.52 498 291 139 157 21 27 2650.2 2649 1193 1036 149 755 1228 74 2 21 11173 113 1.284 9.0 0.5 2.6 4.2 1.63 113
1938 39 183 141 .565 3.48 542 302 159 162 21 35 2811.1 2812 1255 1087 159 785 1298 76 2 21 11846 114 1.279 9.0 0.5 2.5 4.2 1.65 114
1939 40 191 149 .562 3.51 577 318 171 170 21 39 2978.2 3001 1338 1162 170 819 1363 78 3 21 12555 113 1.282 9.1 0.5 2.5 4.1 1.66 113
1940 41 193 153 .558 3.52 613 326 181 171 21 40 3090.2 3119 1399 1210 179 852 1413 79 3 21 13045 113 1.285 9.1 0.5 2.5 4.1 1.66 113
1941 42 201 160 .557 3.59 632 341 185 177 21 40 3197.1 3252 1467 1274 187 889 1459 79 3 22 13529 110 1.295 9.2 0.5 2.5 4.1 1.64 110

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1923 24 2 4 .333 5.08 62.0 67 39 35 4 18 28 6 1.371 9.7 2.6 4.1 1.56 0.6 27
1926 27 20 10 .667 2.84 273.0 271 96 86 10 63 128 6 1.223 8.9 2.1 4.2 2.03 0.3 42
1927 28 18 17 .514 3.76 316.0 307 147 132 17 121 148 9 1.354 8.7 3.4 4.2 1.22 0.5 48
1928 29 15 12 .556 3.51 246.0 223 107 96 16 76 127 7 1.215 8.2 2.8 4.6 1.67 0.6 40
1929 30 20 11 .645 2.92 287.0 274 103 93 11 80 131 3 1.233 8.6 2.5 4.1 1.64 0.3 43
1930 31 15 11 .577 3.33 238.0 232 98 88 16 59 134 7 1.223 8.8 2.2 5.1 2.27 0.6 37
1931 32 16 12 .571 3.54 254.0 247 111 100 7 73 133 7 1.260 8.8 2.6 4.7 1.82 0.2 39
1932 33 13 11 .542 3.61 222.0 220 99 89 10 57 99 5 1.248 8.9 2.3 4.0 1.74 0.4 39
1933 34 16 10 .615 3.13 239.0 258 92 83 16 68 85 11 1.364 9.7 2.6 3.2 1.25 0.6 35
1934 35 6 7 .462 4.39 121.0 149 66 59 8 56 47 5 1.694 11.1 4.2 3.5 0.84 0.6 34
1935 36 14 8 .636 3.01 206.0 199 77 69 15 48 96 3 1.199 8.7 2.1 4.2 2.00 0.7 38
1936 37 4 4 .500 4.08 75.0 82 38 34 3 20 33 2 1.360 9.8 2.4 4.0 1.65 0.4 33
1937 38 12 8 .600 3.33 184.0 179 76 68 19 33 76 4 1.152 8.8 1.6 3.7 2.30 0.9 43
1938 39 12 6 .667 2.82 169.0 173 59 53 11 32 74 2 1.213 9.2 1.7 3.9 2.31 0.6 44
1939 40 9 9 .500 4.11 171.0 197 87 78 11 35 66 2 1.357 10.4 1.8 3.5 1.89 0.6 35
1940 41 7 6 .538 3.92 117.0 127 57 51 10 36 52 1 1.393 9.8 2.8 4.0 1.44 0.8 36
1941 42 3 8 .273 6.03 106.0 144 79 71 9 40 46 0 1.736 12.2 3.4 3.9 1.15 0.8 19
17 Seasons 202 154 .567 3.52 3286.0 3349 1431 1285 193 915 1503 80 1.298 9.2 4.1 1.64 0.5 632
W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1926 NL--2.819--2nd
1929 NL--3.474--3rd
1933 NL--2.600--5th
1935 NL--3.084--8th
1938 NL--2.857--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1926 NL--18--6th
1927 NL--26--1st
1929 NL--19--2nd
1930 NL--16--9th
1931 NL--17--7th
1932 NL--15--8th
Career--201--107th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1927 NL--.634--9th
1929 NL--.760--1st
1932 NL--.600--9th
1933 NL--.600--9th
1935 NL--.652--7th
1937 NL--.722--2nd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1926 NL--1.213--6th
1928 NL--1.211--4th
1929 NL--1.357--9th
1930 NL--1.407--10th
1931 NL--1.239--6th
1932 NL--1.230--8th
1933 NL--1.209--10th
1935 NL--1.192--7th
1937 NL--1.147--4th
1938 NL--1.201--4th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 NL--8.856--9th
1927 NL--8.621--6th
1928 NL--8.127--5th
1929 NL--9.463--6th
1931 NL--8.606--5th
1932 NL--8.778--10th
1935 NL--8.627--8th
1937 NL--8.715--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 NL--2.057--9th
1937 NL--1.612--2nd
1938 NL--1.681--4th
1939 NL--1.829--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 NL--4.213--5th
1927 NL--4.223--5th
1928 NL--4.633--3rd
1929 NL--4.103--5th
1930 NL--5.065--3rd
1931 NL--4.697--5th
1932 NL--3.994--10th
1935 NL--4.202--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1926 NL--42--8th
1927 NL--48--1st
1928 NL--40--9th
1929 NL--43--3rd
1931 NL--39--4th
1937 NL--43--8th
1938 NL--44--5th
Career--632--139th

Saves s c a p y
1926 NL--2--9th
1929 NL--5--4th
1930 NL--3--10th
1932 NL--3--8th
1937 NL--5--4th
1938 NL--8--2nd
1939 NL--4--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1926 NL--271.3--4th
1927 NL--309.0--1st
1929 NL--272.0--2nd
1931 NL--251.0--5th
Career--3197.3--103rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1926 NL--127--2nd
1927 NL--145--2nd
1928 NL--122--3rd
1929 NL--124--4th
1930 NL--124--4th
1931 NL--131--5th
1935 NL--94--9th
Career--1459--188th

Games Started s c a p y
1926 NL--32--6th
1927 NL--36--2nd
1929 NL--31--5th
1930 NL--30--9th
1931 NL--31--5th
Career--341--197th

Complete Games s c a p y
1926 NL--21--3rd
1927 NL--21--6th
1929 NL--19--2nd
1931 NL--19--6th
1933 NL--20--8th
Career--177--177th

Shutouts s c a p y
1926 NL--2--10th
1927 NL--4--2nd
1929 NL--4--2nd
1930 NL--4--1st
1931 NL--3--5th
Career--21--230th

Home Runs s c a p y
1926 NL--10--10th
1927 NL--16--2nd
1928 NL--15--6th
1933 NL--14--3rd
1935 NL--15--9th
1937 NL--18--5th
Career--187--228th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1927 NL--117--1st
1929 NL--83--8th
1931 NL--71--8th
Career--889--162nd

Hits s c a p y
1926 NL--267--4th
1927 NL--296--4th
1929 NL--286--3rd
Career--3252--96th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1926 NL--2.048--3rd
1928 NL--1.671--3rd
1929 NL--1.494--5th
1930 NL--1.968--5th
1931 NL--1.845--8th
1932 NL--1.746--8th
1935 NL--2.000--10th
1937 NL--2.313--6th
1938 NL--2.333--3rd
1939 NL--1.912--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1929 NL--.397--5th
1931 NL--.251--6th

Losses s c a p y
1926 NL--17--1st
1927 NL--15--9th
1928 NL--18--2nd
1931 NL--14--8th
Career--160--118th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1927 NL--129--2nd
1931 NL--97--7th
Career--1274--88th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1926 NL--6--8th
1927 NL--9--3rd
1928 NL--7--3rd
1930 NL--7--3rd
1931 NL--7--3rd
1933 NL--10--4th
1934 NL--5--8th
Career--79--118th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1926 NL--1110--4th
1927 NL--1316--1st
1929 NL--1158--3rd
1931 NL--1043--9th
Career--13529--88th

Games Finished s c a p y
1923 AL--15--6th
1935 NL--16--9th
1937 NL--20--4th
1938 NL--20--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1926 NL--137--2nd
1929 NL--133--3rd
1933 NL--126--4th
1935 NL--128--8th
1938 NL--134--2nd

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 112 (69), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 60 (204), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 28 (164), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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