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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	7 (5)	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	11 (3)	Apr 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (1)	May 1	CHC	@	CIN	T,4-4	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	15 (1)	May 4 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	20 (4)	May 10	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-4	GS	26	5.2	1	0	0	1	0
7	23 (2)	May 13	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-4	GF	29	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
8	27 (3)	May 18	CHC		CIN	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
9	30 (2)	May 21	CHC		PIT	W,8-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	33 (2)	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,6-7	GS	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	35 (1)	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	38 (2)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	42 (3)	Jun 4	CHC		NYG	W,10-9	GF	15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
14	45 (2)	Jun 7	CHC		BRO	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	50 (4)	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	T,0-0	CG	17	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	53 (2)	Jun 17	CHC		STL	L,3-13	GS	26	5.1	2	0	0	2	0
17	57 (3)	Jun 20	CHC		STL	W,7-6	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	59 (1)	Jun 22	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	GF	14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	61 (1)	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	65 (3)	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	W,14-8	GS	13	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	67 (1)	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
22	69 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,8-9		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	72 (2)	Jul 7	CHC	@	BSN	W,15-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	78 (5)	Jul 12	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	81 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	83 (1)	Jul 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,16-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	87 (3)	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	88	Jul 23	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	89	Jul 24	CHC		NYG	W,8-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	93 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	97 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,1-7	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	102 (4)	Aug 5	CHC		BRO	W,9-8	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	106 (3)	Aug 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	111 (4)	Aug 16	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	116 (4)	Aug 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	122 (5)	Aug 26	CHC		CIN	W,9-5	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	128 (5)	Aug 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-6	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	133 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	137 (3)	Sep 9	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
40	142 (4)	Sep 15	CHC		BRO	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	147 (4)	Sep 21	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	150 (2)	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
43	154 (3)	Oct 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
							43gm		272.0	12	35	1	48	2