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: 22-17 / in Starts: 13-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 6

1932 Pitching Game Log

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1932 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	277	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-9		99	8.0	8	4	4	1	4	0	0	4.50	2.17	33	7	14	2	0	7	53			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.098	2.88	0.16%	1.09	1b start a 2	9b 123 0 out a3
2	278	6	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	2.12	2.74	33	8	18	0	6	4	76			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.525	3.41	0.93%	3.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	279	9	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.96	2.63	4	1	1	1	0	1		2	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	0.163	8.64	0.31%	-0.05	8t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 1
4	280	11	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	W,12-3	CG	W(2-0)	1	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.30	2.68	36						62						34	2	0			0
5	281	13	Apr 28	CHC		STL	W,12-7	6-GF	BW(3-0)	3	3.1	3	1	1	5	2	0	0	2.35	3.05	19	4	5	0	2	3		1	1	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.008	4.76	-0.02%	-0.10	6t --3 2 out a1	9t end a 5
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
6	282	19	May 5	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	GS-7	L(3-1)	6	7.0	5	2	0	2	6	0	0	1.91	2.85	28	7	9	0	0	4	67			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.069	4.94	0.17%	1.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
7	283	24	May 12	CHC		BSN	L,3-8	CG	L(3-2)	6	9.0	9	8	3	2	2	1	0	2.12	3.16	41	11	20	2	1	6	47			1	0	0	38	2	1	0	0	0	5	.71	-0.113	3.90	-0.37%	-3.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out d8
8	284	26	May 14	CHC		BSN	L,6-7	9-GF	L(3-3)	1	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.45	3.49	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.407	4.98	-1.33%	-1.49	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
9	285	29	May 17	CHC		PHI	W,9-4	GS-6		2	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.68	3.39	25	5	9	1	2	8	45			0	2	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.056	4.32	-0.15%	0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
10	286	34	May 22	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(3-4)	4	8.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	1	2.92	3.35	33	10	12	1	0	7	51			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.79	-0.075	4.02	-0.23%	-0.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
11	287	38	May 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-9	GS-7	L(3-5)	5	7.0	10	9	8	2	4	0	1	3.67	3.30	35	11	7	2	1	10	25			1	0	0	32	3	2	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.307	4.56	-0.93%	-5.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d8
12	288	42	May 30(2)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.52	3.23	11	3	4	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.110	1.99	0.30%	1.53	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 4
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
13	289	45	Jun 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	W(4-5)	2	9.0	12	5	5	0	2	1	0	3.68	3.29	37	7	16	7	0	12	45			0	1	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.030	3.79	0.09%	-0.54	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
14	290	49	Jun 8	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-5	8-GF(14)	W(5-5)	5	7.0	1	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.39	3.18	23	6	8	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.99	0.886	8.92	2.38%	3.51	8b --- 0 out tie	14b end a 2
15	291	58	Jun 20	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7	GS-2	L(5-6)	11	1.2	4	6	6	4	0	0	0	3.93	3.31	13	2	5	1	0	2	19			0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.312	4.57	-1.04%	-4.40	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d5
16	292	60	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-11	4-7		1	4.0	3	2	0	2	6	0	0	3.76	3.22	17	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	.07	0.003	.38	0.01%	0.29	4b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d8
17	293	64	Jun 26(2)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	14	3	3	2	5	1	1	3.69	3.30	44	21	4	0	2	11	50			1	0	0	40	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.20	0.381	11.12	1.16%	1.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
18	294	68	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	GS-4	L(6-7)	5	4.0	8	5	5	3	0	1	0	3.98	3.49	22	7	4	0	1	8	23			0	0	0	18	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.13	-0.317	5.28	-0.89%	-2.96	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
19	295	70	Jul 4(1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-9	3-5		1	3.0	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.20	3.50	14	6	2	1	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	13	2	1	1	0	0	0	.67	-0.311	3.71	-1.04%	-3.17	3b 1-3 0 out a1	5b 3 out d5
20	296	84	Jul 17(2)	CHC		NYG	W,8-2	CG	W(7-7)	12	9.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.03	3.45	37	11	12	1	5	7	64			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	0	.74	0.284	3.62	0.83%	2.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
21	297	89	Jul 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,8-11	GS-3		5	2.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.26	3.46	13	3	0	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.432	8.79	-1.69%	-4.36	1b start a 2	3b 1-3 0 out d1
22	298	91	Jul 24(2)	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	6-8		0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.16	3.43	9	4	3	1	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.203	6.75	0.85%	1.92	6t 1-- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
23	299	93	Jul 27(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-8)	2	7.0	5	2	1	1	3	0	1	4.01	3.39	28	7	11	3	1	5	63			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.098	4.65	0.28%	1.44	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
24	300	97	Jul 31(1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	8	3	2	2	4	1	0	3.88	3.43	36	6	16	2	0	8	63			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	.62	0.220	2.31	0.49%	1.51	1b start tie	9b 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
25	301	101	Aug 5	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-9	GS-4	L(8-9)	4	3.2	8	5	5	1	1	2	0	4.09	3.61	20	3	7	0	1	8	25			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.290	4.80	-0.95%	-2.97	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d4
26	302	102	Aug 6(1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-9	7-GF	W(9-9)	0	2.2	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.14	3.59	12	3	4	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	0.119	14.01	0.38%	-0.60	7b 1-3 1 out tie	9b end a 1
27	303	105	Aug 7(2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-8			0	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.27	3.59	10												9					0
28	304	108	Aug 13	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	W(10-9)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.08	3.50	35	6	16	0	6	7	73			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.499	9.62	2.39%	3.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
29	305	113	Aug 18	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	GS-10		4	10.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.00	3.42	40	15	12	1	3	8	67			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.266	13.62	1.29%	2.11	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
30	306	119	Aug 24	CHC		BRO	W,7-4	GS-7	W(11-9)	5	6.2	6	3	3	5	5	0	1	4.00	3.45	32	5	10	0	0	6	50			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.047	12.66	-0.32%	-0.20	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a2
31	307	125	Aug 30	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	8	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.94	3.51	28	4	15	2	3	8	52			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.16	0.090	2.38	0.11%	1.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
32	308	127	Sep 2	CHC		STL	W,8-5	4-GF	W(12-9)	2	6.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.91	3.55	23	7	10	2	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.131	1.94	0.19%	1.07	4t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
33	309	131	Sep 5(1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-2	7-GF	S(3)	2	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	3.53	7	4	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.078	.74	0.08%	1.41	7b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 7
34	310	132	Sep 5(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	7-GF(8)		-1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.82	3.53	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.072	.75	0.05%	0.98	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
35	311	135	Sep 8(1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	W(13-9)	2	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.70	3.46	34	10	12	0	5	6	75			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.300	2.21	0.45%	3.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
36	312	141	Sep 13(1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(14-9)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.58	3.39	31	13	11	1	1	3	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.481	1.88	0.49%	3.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
37	313	146	Sep 17(1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-9	GS-2	L(14-10)	3	1.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.72	3.39	11	2	1	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.257	.33	-0.06%	-3.21	1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d4
38	314	148	Sep 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	12-GF(15)	W(15-10)	0	4.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.65	3.38	15	5	5	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	0.604	.39	0.05%	1.96	12b --- 0 out tie	15b end a 1
39	315	153	Sep 24	CHC		CIN	W,8-6	5-6		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.62	3.35	7	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.053	.00	0.00%	1.02	5t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
							22-17		W-L:15-10,Sv:3,BSv:1	2.9	216.1	211	100	87	56	96	10	5	3.62	3.35	909	0.80		6%	8%	186	51	10	50%	5	6	0	833	43	9	5	11	0	14	1.10	2.831	5.18	4.44%	9.03

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