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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-16 / in Starts: 17-13
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 87 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	42 (25-10-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 87 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (29-18-11)

Most Driven In
C Grimm	1
G Hartnett	1
R Stephenson	1
G Kelly	1
Self	1
K Cuyler	0

Most Driven In By
Self	1
K Cuyler	1
C Blair	1
W English	0
R Hornsby	0

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	201	2 (1)	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	L,3-13	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.89	-0.025	2.32	-0.04%	-0.31	P
2	202	5 (2)	Apr 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	1.22	-0.041	3.01	-0.06%	0.00	P
3	203	9 (3)	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	1.10	-0.014	2.65	-0.02%	-1.14	P
4	204	14 (4)	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.500	.773	9	.52	-0.005	1.10	-0.01%	0.29	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	205	18 (3)	May 3	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.231	.333	.538	.872	9	1.65	0.164	4.09	0.24%	0.69	P
6	206	21 (2)	May 7	CHC		BRO	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.368	.588	.957	9	.70	0.095	2.29	0.19%	0.89	P
7	207	25 (3)	May 11	CHC		NYG	L,7-9	GS-5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.667	1.067	9	1.05	0.063	4.14	0.15%	0.64	P
8	208	28 (2)	May 15	CHC		BSN	L,8-10	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.667	1.067	7						P
9	209	30 (1)	May 18 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,9-6	GS-0	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.318	.375	.636	1.011	9						P
10	210	37 (6)	May 25	CHC		STL	L,3-6	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.385	.609	.993	9	.86	0.030	2.41	0.05%	0.33	P
11	211	40 (2)	May 30 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.379	.577	.956	9	.80	-0.050	1.96	-0.07%	-1.06	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	212	47 (6)	Jun 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,13-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.290	.353	.516	.869	9	.28	-0.041	1.48	-0.13%	0.73	P
13	213	51 (3)	Jun 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.368	.543	.911	9	.98	0.090	3.23	0.18%	0.48	P
14	214	56 (4)	Jun 16	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.366	.526	.892	9	.64	-0.027	2.68	-0.07%	-0.20	P
15	215	61 (4)	Jun 22	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.349	.500	.849	9	1.19	-0.066	5.28	-0.18%	-0.59	P
16	216	65 (3)	Jun 26	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.349	.500	.849	9						P
17	217	68 (2)	Jun 29	CHC		BRO	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.340	.500	.840	9	.56	-0.040	4.29	-0.18%	-2.26	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	218	73 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.327	.478	.805	9	.92	-0.049	4.81	-0.16%	-0.42	P
19	219	76 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,7-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.327	.478	.805	9						P
20	220	78 (1)	Jul 9	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.321	.460	.781	9	1.57	-0.008	7.37	-0.02%	-0.08	P
21	221	84 (5)	Jul 16 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.327	.451	.778	9	.93	0.024	7.20	0.11%	0.11	P
22	222	87 (2)	Jul 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.327	.451	.778	9						P
23	223	89 (1)	Jul 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.327	.451	.778	9						P
24	224	90	Jul 22 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.305	.418	.723	9	2.07	-0.233	15.95	-1.08%	-1.68	P
25	225	94 (3)	Jul 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.305	.418	.723	9						P
26	226	97 (2)	Jul 28 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.306	.414	.720	9	.71	-0.016	4.31	-0.06%	-0.14	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	227	102 (4)	Aug 3	CHC		PIT	L,8-12	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.267	.313	.417	.729	9	.54	-0.016	3.24	-0.06%	-0.48	P
28	228	105 (2)	Aug 7	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.417	.729	9						P
29	229	107 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.338	.444	.783	9	.16	0.020	.93	0.07%	-0.04	P
30	230	113 (5)	Aug 15	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.333	.448	.781	9	1.56	-0.089	19.81	-0.68%	-0.37	P
31	231	118 (4)	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,8-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.324	.435	.759	9	1.19	-0.066	8.70	-0.29%	-0.65	P
32	232	122 (3)	Aug 22	CHC		NYG	W,12-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.304	.405	.709	9	.36	-0.059	4.79	-0.47%	-1.75	P
33	233	126 (3)	Aug 27	CHC		PIT	L,8-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.304	.405	.709	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	234	133 (6)	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.301	.397	.699	9	.34	-0.037	3.27	-0.21%	-1.15	P
35	235	137 (3)	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,19-14	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.306	.400	.706	9	1.09	0.086	10.36	0.49%	1.51	P
36	236	138	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,7-9	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.306	.400	.706	9						P
37	237	140 (1)	Sep 10	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.306	.400	.706	9						P
							21-16		87	80	4	21	8	0	1	6	4	0	21	1	2		1		1	0	.263	.306	.400	.706		.90	-0.310	5.05	-2.29%	-6.64

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