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: 22-21 / in Starts: 9-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 16

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	456	3	Apr 23	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-9	L(0-1)	99	8.2	11	5	5	3	3	0	0	5.19	3.55	39	3	24	6	3	6	42			1	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.199	3.32	0.26%	1.12	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a1
2	457	6	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-10	1-8		4	7.1	7	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.94	4.33	28	8	12	2	1	4		2	2	0	2	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.042	.45	-0.05%	0.33	1t -23 2 out d4	8t 3 out d5
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
3	458	9	May 1	CHC		STL	W,11-4	GS-2		2	1.0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	4.76	4.26	6	2	0	0	0	4	35			0	1	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.208	2.04	-0.22%	-2.10	1t start tie	2t -2- 0 out tie
4	459	12	May 5	CHC	@	PHI	W,17-4	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	10	4	4	1	7	1	0	4.50	3.97	38	12	8	1	1	10	57			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	1	.65	-0.070	1.48	-0.09%	0.95	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a13
5	460	15	May 8	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	4-7		2	3.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	3.88	10	5	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.19	0.046	.47	0.07%	1.87	4b -2- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d3
6	461	16	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.45	4.29	5	0	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.046	.35	-0.07%	-1.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
7	462	19	May 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	5	2	2	1	1	2	0	3.89	4.73	34	17	10	1	4	5	69			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	.99	0.271	1.89	0.31%	2.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	463	22	May 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	1	3.69	4.48	31	8	7	1	0	8	56			0	1	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.036	1.86	0.05%	1.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
9	464	28	May 23	CHC		BSN	W,11-1	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	1	3.25	4.18	33	9	9	0	1	5	78			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.28	0.089	.71	0.14%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
10	465	33	May 28	CHC		CIN	W,12-3	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	5	1	1	3.22	4.18	36	11	10	3	0	8	63			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.161	1.31	0.20%	1.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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	466	39	Jun 2	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.20	4.15	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.69	0.173	29.01	0.45%	0.45	9b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
12	467	43	Jun 6(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-7	GS-	L(4-2)	3	5.0	7	4	3	0	3	1	0	3.36	4.18	22						42						21					0
13	468	55	Jun 23	CHC		NYG	L,4-8	6-8		16	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.22	4.15	11	4	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.003	.13	0.01%	1.59	6t --- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d8
14	469	60	Jun 27(2)	CHC		BRO	L,3-6	GS-5	L(4-3)	3	4.1	6	4	4	0	2	0	1	3.51	4.09	20	5	6	0	1	6	37			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.123	4.14	-0.37%	-0.90	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d2
15	470	61	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,11-9	8-GF	W(5-3)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.45	4.04	4	3	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.136	8.35	0.51%	1.30	8b 123 2 out d1	9b end a 2
16	471	62	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	W,9-4	7-GF	W(6-3)	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.33	3.99	9	7	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.195	6.28	0.74%	1.96	7b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 5
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
17	472	66	Jul 4(1)	CHC		PIT	W,8-5	5-GF	W(7-3)	3	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.14	3.90	17	13	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.363	7.44	1.47%	3.99	5t 1-3 0 out a3	9t end a 3
18	473	67	Jul 4(2)	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	7-8		-1	1.1	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.30	4.01	7	1	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.105	3.82	-0.41%	-0.88	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 12- 1 out d2
19	474	68	Jul 5(1)	CHC		STL	W,13-12	9-GF(14)	W(8-3)	0	6.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.09	3.90	22	7	8	0	3	4		0	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.756	13.67	3.10%	3.18	9t --- 0 out d1	14t end tie
20	475	73	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(8-4)	8	7.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.05	3.86	27	9	12	1	2	4	59			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.057	5.52	0.19%	1.20	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
21	476	76	Jul 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	BW(9-4)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	3.83	5	3	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.25	0.245	22.82	0.79%	1.11	9b 123 1 out a1	10b end a 1
22	477	77	Jul 18(1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-6	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.99	3.86	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.88	0.145	33.02	0.49%	0.33	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
23	478	83	Jul 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-3	1-GF	W(10-4)	4	8.1	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.85	3.89	31	10	16	1	4	3		3	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.323	7.53	1.87%	3.90	1b 123 2 out d2	9b end a 8
24	479	87	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	W,7-5	6-GF	S(3)	4	3.1	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.84	3.88	15	1	8	1	3	4		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.216	10.10	0.65%	0.92	6t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 2
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
25	480	91	Aug 1	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	GS-7		3	7.0	6	4	4	1	1	3	0	2.98	4.17	27	8	14	2	2	3	49			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.094	5.34	-0.44%	-0.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
26	481	94	Aug 5	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	8-GF		3	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.00	4.26	7	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.016	2.91	-0.04%	0.06	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
27	482	97	Aug 7	CHC		BSN	L,6-8	6-6		1	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.22	4.26	3	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	-0.325	7.33	-0.83%	-3.24	6t 1-- 0 out a4	6t -2- 0 out a1
28	483	99	Aug 8(2)	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	GS-5		0	5.0	8	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.23	4.35	24	7	7	0	4	7	42			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.16	0.038	4.72	0.09%	0.65	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
29	484	102	Aug 12	CHC		PIT	L,6-16	9-GF		3	1.0	3	4	3	0	0	1	0	3.42	4.44	7	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.01	-0.003	.03	-0.01%	-3.47	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d10
30	485	103	Aug 13	CHC		CIN	W,22-6	2-GF	W(11-4)	0	7.1	4	2	1	2	4	0	0	3.30	4.36	27	8	10	0	3	3		1	0	0	1	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.23	0.081	.96	0.20%	1.95	2t 1-- 2 out d4	9t end a16
31	486	105	Aug 15(1)	CHC		CIN	L,6-13	8-GF		1	2.0	6	6	6	1	1	2	0	3.64	4.54	13	0	5	0	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.127	1.23	-0.32%	-4.94	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 7
32	487	108	Aug 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	4-8		2	4.2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.52	4.47	18	4	8	2	1	4		3	2	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.077	5.46	0.35%	1.59	4b 123 1 out d1	8b 3 out d1
33	488	111	Aug 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	4.46	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.81	0.194	33.74	0.82%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
34	489	112	Aug 22(1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(12-4)	0	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.35	4.40	35	13	11	2	0	5	71			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.330	6.37	1.26%	3.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
35	490	117	Aug 28(2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,10-7	GS-		5	8.1	11	6	6	1	7	1	0	3.51	4.35	36						43						35					0
Sep/Oct				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
36	491	129	Sep 9	CHC		STL	L,2-8	GS-7	L(12-5)	11	6.2	11	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.59	4.33	32	10	9	1	2	10	35			1	0	0	29	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.26	-0.134	9.83	-0.63%	-0.75	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d3
37	492	133	Sep 12(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4			2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	4.33	4												4					0
38	493	135	Sep 14(2)	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.55	4.35	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.019	5.06	0.10%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
39	494	137	Sep 16	CHC		BSN	L,0-7	3-5		1	3.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.49	4.36	13	5	2	0	1	3		2	2	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.014	4.35	0.07%	0.94	3t 1-3 0 out d2	5t 3 out d4
40	495	142	Sep 21	CHC		NYG	W,7-5	7-8	W(13-5)	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	4.34	4	0	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.186	25.57	1.59%	0.98	7t 12- 2 out tie	8t 3 out tie
41	496	144	Sep 23	CHC		NYG	L,7-8	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.44	4.32	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.019	3.66	0.14%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
42	497	147	Sep 26(2)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	6-GF(8)	S(5)	2	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.39	4.29	9	6	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.135	1.58	0.13%	1.27	6b 1-- 2 out a3	8b end a 3
43	498	152	Oct 1	CHC		STL	L,1-4	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.29	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
							22-21		W-L:13-5,Sv:5,BSv:1	2.3	178.2	173	71	67	32	74	18	4	3.38	4.29	730	0.95		6%	9%	135	52	30	27%	3	7	0	686	19	4	2	12	0	7	.93	3.223	4.68	12.57%	27.98

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