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	29-19 / in Starts: 22-14
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 132 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	101 (49-31-21) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 132 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	88 (43-27-16)

Most Driven In
M GonzÃ¡lez	3
G Hartnett	2
C Grimm	2
R Stephenson	1
C Beck	1
Self	0

Most Driven In By
E Pick	2
H Wilson	2
E Webb	2
W English	2
J Cooney	1
C Beck	1
P Scott	1
C Heathcote	1

1927 Batting Game Log

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1927 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	70	1	Apr 12	CHC		STL	W,10-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	9	.30	0.062	.82	0.10%	0.35	P
2	71	5 (3)	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	9	1.19	-0.086	3.87	-0.17%	-0.91	P
3	72	9 (3)	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	9	.51	0.023	.99	0.03%	-0.05	P
4	73	13 (3)	Apr 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,16-4	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.438	.385	.822	9	.10	0.017	.22	0.02%	1.57	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
5	74	15 (1)	May 1	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.438	.385	.822	9						P
6	75	17 (1)	May 4	CHC		CIN	W,13-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.438	.385	.822	9						P
7	76	18	May 7	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.400	.353	.753	9	.68	-0.012	2.04	-0.02%	-0.56	P
8	77	22 (3)	May 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.333	.286	.619	9	.59	-0.044	1.81	-0.08%	-0.80	P
9	78	26 (3)	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.321	.280	.601	9	.48	0.028	1.59	0.06%	-0.13	P
10	79	29 (2)	May 21 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.321	.280	.601	8						P
11	80	30	May 22	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.259	.559	9	1.95	-0.099	7.81	-0.24%	-1.01	P
12	81	33 (2)	May 26	CHC		CIN	W,11-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.265	.226	.491	9	.44	-0.046	1.59	-0.10%	-1.79	P
13	82	34	May 27	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.306	.303	.609	9	2.30	0.372	8.68	0.84%	1.07	P
14	83	36 (1)	May 29	CHC		PIT	L,5-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.306	.303	.609	9						P
15	84	38 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.282	.278	.560	9	.58	-0.047	3.11	-0.15%	-0.69	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
16	85	41 (2)	Jun 4	CHC		BSN	L,8-10	GS-7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.268	.263	.531	9	2.08	-0.051	5.53	-0.08%	-0.33	P
17	86	44 (2)	Jun 7	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.279	.275	.554	9	1.67	0.067	4.73	0.11%	0.59	P
18	87	48 (3)	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.209	.261	.256	.517	9	1.03	-0.107	4.36	-0.27%	-1.44	P
19	88	49	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	W,7-6	0-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.227	.277	.295	.572	9						P
20	89	52 (2)	Jun 15	CHC		PHI	W,12-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.255	.271	.526	9	.14	-0.015	.62	-0.04%	-1.97	P
21	90	56 (3)	Jun 19	CHC		PIT	W,14-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.250	.264	.514	9	.81	-0.178	5.28	-0.70%	-1.04	P
22	91	58 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	10-GF(13)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.259	.273	.531	9	1.21	0.047	6.60	0.15%	0.10	P
23	92	61 (2)	Jun 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.224	.262	.276	.538	9	.85	-0.010	4.53	-0.03%	-0.03	P
24	93	65 (3)	Jun 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.281	.295	.576	9	1.15	0.082	5.20	0.22%	0.53	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
25	94	69 (3)	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0		0	0	.234	.269	.281	.550	9	.70	-0.064	4.53	-0.25%	-1.11	P
26	95	74 (4)	Jul 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.254	.265	.518	9	1.21	-0.140	10.84	-0.75%	-1.46	P
27	96	79 (4)	Jul 13 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.211	.243	.254	.497	9	.51	0.006	2.89	0.02%	-0.21	P
28	97	85 (5)	Jul 18 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.237	.247	.483	9	.90	-0.048	5.46	-0.18%	-0.48	P
29	98	89 (3)	Jul 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.225	.234	.459	9	.96	-0.128	5.75	-0.46%	-1.51	P
30	99	92 (2)	Jul 27	CHC		NYG	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.229	.250	.479	9	.44	-0.011	2.84	-0.04%	-0.22	P
31	100	94 (1)	Jul 29	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.229	.250	.479	9						P
32	101	96 (1)	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	W,12-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.230	.241	.471	9	.19	0.005	1.11	0.02%	-0.34	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
33	102	100 (3)	Aug 4	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.233	.256	.489	9	1.91	-0.030	12.69	-0.12%	-0.49	P
34	103	103 (2)	Aug 7	CHC		BRO	W,6-5	0-GF(11)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0	0	.191	.226	.247	.473	9						P
35	104	106 (2)	Aug 11	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.229	.250	.479	9	.76	-0.055	4.78	-0.21%	-0.78	P
36	105	109 (2)	Aug 16	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.200	.240	.253	.493	9	.81	0.088	4.26	0.28%	0.80	P
37	106	113 (3)	Aug 20 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.240	.253	.493	9	.91	-0.029	5.30	-0.10%	-0.35	P
38	107	118 (4)	Aug 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.216	.252	.265	.517	9	.60	0.031	4.62	0.14%	0.24	P
39	108	119	Aug 27 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.252	.265	.517	9						P
40	109	120	Aug 27 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-6	7-GF(10)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.257	.269	.526	9	1.77	0.033	13.40	0.15%	0.77	P
41	110	122 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG(8)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.250	.262	.512	9	1.91	-0.155	16.28	-0.79%	-1.56	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
42	111	127 (4)	Sep 4	CHC		STL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.254	.266	.520	9	1.44	-0.043	12.60	-0.23%	-0.19	P
43	112	133 (5)	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,11-7	GS-9	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.261	.289	.550	9	.28	0.019	2.40	0.10%	-1.16	P
44	113	137 (3)	Sep 12	CHC		NYG	L,5-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.256	.284	.541	9	.97	-0.056	7.57	-0.26%	-0.48	P
45	114	140 (2)	Sep 16	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.252	.280	.532	9	1.34	-0.063	.96	-0.03%	-0.54	P
46	115	143 (2)	Sep 18	CHC		BSN	L,7-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.252	.280	.532	9						P
47	116	146 (2)	Sep 22	CHC		PHI	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.252	.287	.539	9	1.16	-0.147	.12	-0.01%	-0.20	P
48	117	150 (3)	Sep 25 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.221	.252	.287	.539	9	1.48	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
							29-19		132	122	15	27	6	1	0	9	4	0	35	1	5		1		0	0	.221	.252	.287	.539		.87	-0.803	4.38	-3.06%	-15.97

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