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: 21-18 / in Starts: 16-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 4

1931 Pitching Game Log

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1931 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	238	1	Apr 14	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	2	2	5	5	0	0	2.00	3.69	34	9	11	0	4	4	71			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.308	2.36	0.45%	2.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	239	6	Apr 19	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	6	0	1	1.50	3.58	36	13	6	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.369	3.11	0.58%	3.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	240	10	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(3-0)	6	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.33	3.25	33	7	15	0	0	6	74			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.472	3.39	0.76%	3.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	241	13	May 2	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(3-1)	5	8.0	8	6	4	2	1	0	1	2.06	3.42	34	11	12	1	3	7	45			1	1	0	30	4	0	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.319	2.68	-0.65%	-1.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
5	242	18	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(3-2)	6	8.0	11	5	5	1	4	3	0	2.72	4.16	36	4	16	3	1	11	43			0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.413	4.54	-0.84%	-1.04	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
6	243	21	May 16(1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS-4	L(3-3)	6	3.1	6	4	4	3	1	0	1	3.30	4.30	20	3	7	1	1	5	30			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.281	2.45	-0.41%	-3.44	1b start a 1	4b 123 1 out d3
7	244	27	May 24	CHC		PIT	L,7-10	GS-2	L(3-4)	7	1.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.78	4.33	9	2	2	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.254	2.17	-0.28%	-2.51	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d2
8	245	30	May 26(2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-6	4-GF	W(4-4)	1	6.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.35	4.20	22	7	8	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.225	2.51	0.24%	1.80	4b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
9	246	33	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	8-GF(10)	W(5-4)	2	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.18	4.21	12	3	5	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	0.441	5.87	0.64%	1.49	8b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
10	247	35	May 30(2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.2	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.34	4.10	12	2	4	0	1	4		3	1	0	0	0	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.200	6.86	0.33%	-0.44	7b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	248	40	Jun 5	CHC		BRO	L,1-3	CG	L(5-5)	5	9.0	9	3	2	1	7	0	0	3.16	3.81	36	7	12	1	4	9	65			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.035	2.64	0.07%	1.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
12	249	45	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.79	3.68	32	7	14	3	7	4	82			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.527	2.59	0.83%	4.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	250	49	Jun 14	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	GS-	L(6-6)	3	7.0	5	3	1	1	8	0	0	2.67	3.48	27						66						25					0
14	251	51	Jun 16	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	8-GF	S(2)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.61	3.43	7	1	3	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.288	6.12	0.52%	1.03	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
15	252	55	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS-8		3	7.0	10	5	5	1	4	0	0	2.89	3.35	30	6	9	1	1	10	40			0	1	0	28	3	1	1	1	0	0	1.68	-0.367	4.94	-0.65%	-1.38	1b start tie	8b --3 0 out a1
16	253	58	Jun 24(1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	3.35	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.80	0.04%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
17	254	59	Jun 24(2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,14-10	4-6		-1	3.0	4	4	3	2	3	1	0	3.05	3.48	15	3	3	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.469	4.93	-1.05%	-3.52	4b 12- 0 out a4	6b 3 out d2
18	255	63	Jun 28(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-9	GS-	L(6-7)	3	4.0	4	6	6	1	1	0	1	3.46	3.50	18						30						16					0
19	256	65	Jun 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,10-11	8-GF(8)	BL(6-8)	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.61	3.53	7	2	1	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.04	-0.507	6.56	-0.98%	-1.45	8b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	257	69	Jul 4(1)	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	1	3.31	3.50	38	19	4	0	2	5	80			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.95	0.736	5.16	1.17%	4.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	258	73	Jul 7(1)	CHC		STL	W,14-2	CG	W(8-8)	2	9.0	7	2	2	5	6	0	0	3.22	3.49	37	9	10	1	6	7	66			2	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.281	2.23	0.69%	2.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
22	259	79	Jul 12(1)	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	GS-4		4	4.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.33	3.45	17	12	0	0	0	3	44			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.150	4.48	-0.41%	-0.87	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
23	260	80	Jul 12(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,13-17	5-5		-1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.38	3.47	6	3	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.178	4.72	-0.54%	-1.46	5b 12- 0 out tie	5b 3 out d3
24	261	84	Jul 16	CHC		NYG	W,5-2	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.28	3.43	36	8	13	1	3	9	63			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	.96	0.236	3.26	0.48%	2.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	262	88	Jul 20	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-8)	3	9.0	7	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.08	3.42	36	12	10	1	2	7	74			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.68	0.736	3.84	1.01%	4.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	263	92	Jul 24	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(11-8)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.95	3.35	32	12	9	1	3	4	80			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.591	2.27	0.62%	3.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	264	96	Jul 28	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	W(12-8)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	9	0	0	2.96	3.26	34	9	7	3	0	7	68			1	2	0	32	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.193	1.82	0.19%	1.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	265	101	Aug 2	CHC		STL	L,2-6	GS-7	L(12-9)	4	7.0	11	6	6	2	4	0	0	3.15	3.24	34	12	9	0	2	7	33			0	0	0	30	4	1	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.267	2.71	-0.57%	-2.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
29	266	107	Aug 8	CHC	@	STL	L,7-14	GS-2	L(12-10)	5	1.1	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	3.50	3.24	12	3	2	0	1	7	10			1	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.400	2.87	-0.73%	-5.15	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 1 out d4
30	267	110	Aug 12(1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG(10)	W(13-10)	3	10.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.46	3.31	38	12	13	0	0	8	65			1	0	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.477	1.77	0.42%	2.46	1b start tie	10b 3 out a4
31	268	114	Aug 16(1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	W(14-10)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.34	3.29	34						71						33	1	0			0
32	269	121	Aug 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(14-11)	3	8.0	8	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.39	3.27	32	7	11	2	2	6	52			0	1	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	0.067	1.25	0.04%	0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
33	270	126	Aug 25(1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS-6	L(14-12)	4	6.0	8	4	3	2	2	1	0	3.42	3.34	28	9	7	2	0	8	42			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	-0.237	.23	-0.02%	-1.03	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
34	271	132	Aug 29	CHC		CIN	W,14-5	CG	W(15-12)	3	9.0	9	5	1	5	8	0	0	3.32	3.33	41	8	11	1	2	9	60			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	.28	0.175	.00	0.00%	-0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	272	134	Sep 2(1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-6		3	6.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	1	3.39	3.33	23	7	7	1	0	7	43			0	0	0	22	0	2	0	3	0	0	1.02	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-1.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
36	273	139	Sep 6	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	GS-8	L(15-13)	3	8.0	9	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.47	3.32	36	6	14	1	1	8	46			0	0	0	31	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	-0.318	.00	0.00%	-0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
37	274	145	Sep 13(1)	CHC		BSN	W,11-7	CG(11)	W(16-13)	6	11.0	14	7	6	2	3	0	0	3.54	3.31	49	26	4	0	0	14	44			1	0	0	46	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-1.33	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
38	275	150	Sep 18	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	L(16-14)	4	9.0	9	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.52	3.37	37	13	9	2	1	9	57			0	1	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	1	.89	0.121	.00	0.00%	1.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
39	276	155	Sep 27(1)	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	GS-	W(17-14)	8	5.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.48	3.37	20						53						19					0
							21-18		W-L:17-14,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.4	250.2	240	109	97	70	132	7	7	3.48	3.37	1043	1.01		5%	9%	208	55	9	78%	11	9	0	952	52	10	3	16	0	11	1.18	2.005	2.48	1.97%	14.41

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