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	22-17 / in Starts: 13-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	43 (22-12-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (26-16-9)

Most Driven In
C Grimm	2
G Hartnett	2
R Hemsley	1
R Stephenson	1
M Gudat	1
J Moore	1
B Jurges	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
B Herman	1
R Stephenson	1
Self	1
W English	1

1932 Batting Game Log

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1932 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	277	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.47	-0.048	1.26	-0.08%	-0.85	P
2	278	6 (4)	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.00	-0.084	2.95	-0.15%	-1.01	P
3	279	9 (2)	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	280	11 (1)	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	W,12-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9						P
5	281	13 (1)	Apr 28	CHC		STL	W,12-7	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.85	-0.031	3.28	-0.07%	0.82	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
6	282	19 (5)	May 5	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	1.29	0.090	5.31	0.22%	0.82	P
7	283	24 (4)	May 12	CHC		BSN	L,3-8	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.53	-0.027	2.90	-0.09%	-0.21	P
8	284	26 (1)	May 14	CHC		BSN	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9						P
9	285	29 (2)	May 17	CHC		PHI	W,9-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9	1.01	-0.052	4.54	-0.14%	-0.48	P
10	286	34 (4)	May 22	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.174	.174	.348	9	.92	-0.007	4.64	-0.02%	0.05	P
11	287	38 (3)	May 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.160	.160	.320	9	.80	-0.040	4.02	-0.12%	-0.33	P
12	288	42 (3)	May 30 (2)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	7	.14	-0.004	.64	-0.01%	-0.30	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
13	289	45 (2)	Jun 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	.85	-0.030	4.37	-0.09%	-1.09	P
14	290	49 (3)	Jun 8	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-5	8-GF(14)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.121	.121	.242	9	1.93	-0.144	8.64	-0.39%	-0.89	P
15	291	58 (8)	Jun 20	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.121	.121	.242	9						P
16	292	60 (1)	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-11	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	.12	-0.003	.69	-0.01%	-0.12	P
17	293	64 (3)	Jun 26 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.105	.105	.211	9	1.02	-0.109	5.17	-0.33%	-1.26	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	294	68 (3)	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.128	.128	.128	.256	9	.90	0.022	4.22	0.06%	0.21	P
19	295	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-9	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.54	-0.015	3.00	-0.05%	-0.23	P
20	296	84 (13)	Jul 17 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.114	.114	.227	9	.37	-0.051	1.78	-0.15%	-1.72	P
21	297	89 (4)	Jul 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,8-11	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.95	-0.027	6.18	-0.10%	-0.36	P
22	298	91 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	6-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	2.54	0.094	17.68	0.39%	0.61	P
23	299	93 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.106	.106	.106	.213	9	1.19	-0.058	5.69	-0.17%	-0.52	P
24	300	97 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.120	.120	.140	.260	9	1.27	0.280	4.68	0.62%	1.87	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
25	301	101 (3)	Aug 5	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-9	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.137	.137	.157	.294	9	1.42	0.057	7.77	0.19%	0.55	P
26	302	102	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-9	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.173	.327	9	2.15	0.173	11.33	0.55%	1.61	P
27	303	105 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-8	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.173	.327	9						P
28	304	108 (2)	Aug 13	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.161	.304	9	.82	-0.085	6.55	-0.41%	-0.85	P
29	305	113 (4)	Aug 18	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.133	.150	.283	9	1.13	-0.114	9.15	-0.55%	-0.95	P
30	306	119 (5)	Aug 24	CHC		BRO	W,7-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.145	.161	.306	9	.77	0.010	8.89	0.07%	-0.04	P
31	307	125 (5)	Aug 30	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.156	.172	.328	9	1.01	0.022	2.06	0.03%	0.15	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
32	308	127 (1)	Sep 2	CHC		STL	W,8-5	4-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.164	.179	.343	9	.38	-0.002	.89	0.00%	-0.39	P
33	309	131 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-2	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.174	.188	.362	9	.53	0.036	.90	0.04%	0.44	P
34	310	132	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.174	.188	.362	7						P
35	311	135 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.181	.347	9	1.70	-0.184	4.26	-0.28%	-0.89	P
36	312	141 (5)	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.173	.173	.227	.400	9	.71	0.092	1.20	0.09%	0.74	P
37	313	146 (4)	Sep 17 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.173	.173	.227	.400	9						P
38	314	148 (1)	Sep 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	12-GF(15)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.171	.224	.395	9	2.31	-0.058	.35	-0.01%	-0.23	P
39	315	153 (4)	Sep 24	CHC		CIN	W,8-6	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.171	.224	.395	9						P
							22-17		78	76	4	13	1	0	1	10	0	0	29	0	2		0		0	0	.171	.171	.224	.395		.97	-0.297	4.52	-0.96%	-4.85

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