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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Team Record in Appearances: 16-24 / in Starts: 13-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 3

1928 Pitching Game Log

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1928 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	118	1	Apr 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	2	3	1	3	5	0	1	1.50	3.36	25	62	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.86	-0.11%
2	119	5	Apr 15	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-5		3	4.2	7	3	3	2	3	2	0	3.38	5.66	22	39	1	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.38	-0.19%
3	120	8	Apr 18	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	9-9	BS(1)	2	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.91	5.85	5		0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.21	-0.63%
4	121	10	Apr 20	CHC		CIN	L,0-6	GS-7	L(0-2)	1	7.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	1	4.50	4.86	27	52	0	2	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	-0.05%
5	122	15	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	L,0-10	GS-7	L(0-3)	4	6.2	7	7	6	5	3	0	0	5.47	4.73	32	32	0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	1	2	2.10	-0.30%
6	123	18	Apr 29	CHC		STL	W,6-5		W(1-3)	3	4.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.71	4.39	15					14					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
7	124	22	May 5	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.82	3.80	33	77	0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.33%
8	125	26	May 9	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG(12)	W(3-3)	3	12.0	8	1	1	6	5	0	0	3.08	3.78	48	81	1	1	0	40	2	0	1	1	1	1	4.33	1.45%
9	126	30	May 14	CHC		NYG	W,8-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.91	3.56	35	71	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.64	0.21%
10	127	34	May 19	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	2	1	2	4	1	0	2.66	3.65	34	73	2	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	2	5.26	1.02%
11	128	36	May 21	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	8-GF(8)	BL(5-4)	1	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.88	3.88	5		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.54	-1.40%
12	129	39	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.90	3.69	36	63	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.23%
13	130	44	May 30(1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-6	GS-8	L(6-5)	4	8.0	7	5	3	3	6	0	1	2.94	3.63	36	55	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	5.02	0.06%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
14	131	47	Jun 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-6	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	3.61	8		0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.09%
15	132	50	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-7	L(6-6)	4	6.1	8	4	4	1	0	0	1	3.06	3.64	29	40	0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	2.21	-0.23%
16	133	52	Jun 9	CHC	@	PHI	W,13-11	8-GF	S(2)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.09	3.64	7		0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	8.75	0.76%
17	134	54	Jun 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-13	GS-6	L(6-7)	2	6.0	6	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.26	3.75	27	45	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	-0.16%
18	135	59	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	GS-7	L(6-8)	4	7.0	9	4	4	1	5	1	0	3.39	3.76	29	47	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.32%
19	136	64	Jun 21(2)	CHC		STL	L,1-4	GS-8	L(6-9)	3	8.0	6	4	2	1	3	0	0	3.31	3.68	32	60	1	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	2.19	-0.30%
20	137	70	Jun 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-6	L(6-10)	7	6.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.37	3.64	27	43	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.15%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
21	138	75	Jul 4(1)	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	GS-	L(6-11)	4	2.0	5	5	5	2	3	3	0	3.67	3.94	13	27				11					0
22	139	78	Jul 7(1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	7-7		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.71	4.04	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.24	-0.28%
23	140	80	Jul 8	CHC		BRO	L,2-6			0	3.2	3	2	2	4	3	1	0	3.75	4.16	17					13					0
24	141	84	Jul 12	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	W(7-11)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.57	4.03	32	77	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.49%
25	142	89	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(8-11)	4	9.0	6	3	3	4	5	0	1	3.53	4.01	37	64	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.39	0.78%
26	143	93	Jul 22	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(9-11)	4	9.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.45	4.02	31	73	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.20	1.00%
27	144	95	Jul 26	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	5-GF(14)	L(9-12)	3	9.2	10	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.35	4.00	41		0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.28	1.00%
28	145	102	Jul 31(2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-4	CG	W(10-12)	4	9.0	9	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.39	4.04	40	54	0	1	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.44	0.14%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
29	146	108	Aug 6(2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS-6	L(10-13)	5	6.0	9	5	1	1	5	0	0	3.33	3.97	29	46	1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.44	-0.20%
30	147	113	Aug 14	CHC		NYG	L,2-10	GS-5	L(10-14)	7	4.0	5	4	2	1	2	1	0	3.35	4.01	20	41	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	2	2.68	-0.35%
31	148	118	Aug 19	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	W(11-14)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.29	3.94	34	71	0	0	0	30	4	0	0	2	0	0	3.62	0.77%
32	149	123	Aug 24(2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	W(12-14)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	1	3.28	3.90	36	61	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	1	4.43	0.70%
33	150	126	Aug 27	CHC		STL	L,3-11	7-GF		2	3.0	7	7	7	1	1	0	1	3.53	3.91	18		0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.55	-1.04%
34	151	128	Aug 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	SHO(6)	W(13-14)	2	6.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.43	3.88	20	65	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.06	0.62%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
35	152	132	Sep 3(1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-16	GS-2	L(13-15)	3	1.2	6	6	6	1	2	0	0	3.66	3.87	12	20	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.10	-0.70%
36	153	135	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	W,11-1	CG	W(14-15)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.55	3.84	31	75	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.75	0.44%
37	154	138	Sep 10	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	6-8		2	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	3.83	12		0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.03	0.47%
38	155	141	Sep 15(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	GS-1	L(14-16)	4	1.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.65	3.84	7	30	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.72	-0.75%
39	156	146	Sep 22	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	GS-5	L(14-17)	6	5.0	2	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.61	3.79	18	63	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.12%
40	157	151	Sep 27(2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	GS-6	L(14-18)	4	6.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.59	3.83	24	58	0	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	1	2	.19	0.01%
							16-24		W-L:14-18,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.3	238.0	214	109	95	73	122	15	7	3.59	3.83	988	56	7	10	0	879	34	3	2	14	10	19	3.33	3.53%

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