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: 0-6 / in Starts: 0-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1929	WS g1	Oct 8	CHC		PHA	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	3	7.0	3	1	1	2	5	1	0	1.29	4.08	25					6	9	2	0	3	70			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.279	49.65	7.05%	3.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
2	1929	WS g4	Oct 12	CHC	@	PHA	L,8-10	GS-7		3	6.1	9	6	6	0	3	1	0	4.73	3.99	28					7	11	0	3	7	34			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.185	62.81	6.59%	-1.17	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a4
1932 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1932	WS g3	Oct 1	CHC		NYY	L,5-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	6	4.1	6	6	5	3	4	4	0	10.38	15.02	22	90	51	19	6	6	4	0	0	5	30			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.431	28.93	-11.90%	-3.72	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d2
1935 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1935	WS g2	Oct 3	CHC	@	DET	L,3-8	GS-1	L(0-1)	5	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	1	0	inf	inf	4	18	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.307	54.17	-8.46%	-4.00	1b start tie	1b --- 0 out d4
5	1935	WS g4	Oct 5	CHC		DET	L,1-2	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	18.00	9.18	8	37	24	4	2	1	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.95	0.098	57.43	3.92%	1.07	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
1938 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
6	1938	WS g4	Oct 9	CHC	@	NYY	L,3-8	4-6		7	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.00	6.72	12					0	8	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.038	10.43	0.47%	0.84	4b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
											22.2	26	18	17	6	15	8	0	6.75		99																			1

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