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: 20-15 / in Starts: 19-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 3

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 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	316	3	Apr 15	CHC		PIT	L,4-6	GS-7		99	7.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.86	5.04	30	7	13	0	3	6	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.053	1.96	-0.09%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
2	317	7	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	6	8.0	5	2	1	1	3	0	1	2.40	3.90	29	10	10	1	3	4	68			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.038	1.86	0.06%	1.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
3	318	13	Apr 30(1)	CHC		STL	W,7-5	GS-6	W(1-1)	7	6.0	6	3	2	2	0	0	0	2.57	3.90	26	6	12	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	0.010	2.98	0.01%	-0.32	1t start tie	6t 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	319	18	May 5	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG(11)	L(1-2)	4	10.1	8	2	2	0	6	0	1	2.30	3.28	38	13	11	2	2	7	75			0	2	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.210	2.74	0.24%	1.71	1b start tie	11b 12- 1 out d1
5	320	25	May 14(1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-7	L(1-3)	8	7.0	5	5	2	1	2	0	0	2.35	3.19	28	9	11	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	1	.41	-0.296	.92	-0.40%	-1.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
6	321	31	May 21(1)	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	GS-5		6	4.2	8	5	4	2	2	2	0	2.93	3.81	25	6	7	0	0	8	30			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.56	-0.297	.92	-0.29%	-3.23	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d5
7	322	37	May 26	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(2-3)	4	10.0	10	3	2	0	4	1	0	2.72	3.73	39	12	13	2	2	10	66			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.48	0.241	2.69	0.26%	1.46	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
8	323	42	May 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	10	1	1	4	1	0	0	2.47	3.77	41	13	14	1	2	9	60			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.306	2.56	0.55%	3.02	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
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
9	324	47	Jun 6	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	GS-7		5	7.0	8	3	3	4	4	1	1	2.61	3.97	34	8	9	0	3	8	49			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.050	2.56	-0.08%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
10	325	51	Jun 10	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	8	3	2	6	4	0	0	2.54	3.98	40	12	10	3	0	8	59			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.64	0.466	4.59	0.78%	1.26	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a1
11	326	56	Jun 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.28	3.86	30	6	19	4	0	2	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.196	.83	0.26%	3.90	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
12	327	61	Jun 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(5-4)	4	8.0	7	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.37	3.84	33	10	15	2	1	6	54			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.085	2.29	0.14%	0.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
13	328	67	Jun 25(2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	L(5-5)	5	8.1	10	4	4	1	4	2	0	2.53	3.97	35	7	13	0	0	10	50			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.303	2.82	-0.32%	-0.75	1b start a 3	9b 1-- 1 out d1
14	329	71	Jun 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	GS-3		4	2.1	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.73	3.94	12	5	2	0	0	5	31			0	1	0	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.167	3.46	-0.25%	-1.35	1b start a 2	3b -2- 1 out tie
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
15	330	74	Jul 2(2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	9-GF	BL(5-6)	1	0.2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.88	3.94	6	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.97	-0.826	14.31	-1.19%	-1.97	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
16	331	76	Jul 4(2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-8	GS-6	L(5-7)	1	5.0	5	5	3	1	3	2	0	2.99	4.10	22	6	7	1	1	5	43			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.164	1.64	-0.21%	-2.14	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d4
17	332	78	Jul 7	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	9-GF(10)	W(6-7)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.94	4.09	7	2	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	0.334	10.95	0.67%	1.26	9t 1-- 0 out tie	10t end tie
18	333	82	Jul 11	CHC		BRO	W,6-2	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	5	0	3	2.87	4.00	36	11	11	4	0	6	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.264	3.11	0.62%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	334	86	Jul 15	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-7)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	2.67	3.95	32	9	15	1	3	5	75			0	2	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.488	4.32	1.30%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	335	91	Jul 22	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(9-7)	6	9.0	10	1	1	4	7	0	0	2.57	3.87	39	8	10	0	2	10	66			0	2	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.438	6.46	1.26%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	336	96	Jul 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(9-8)	4	8.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.55	3.79	33	5	14	2	3	7	61			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.049	5.06	0.16%	1.57	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
22	337	99	Jul 30(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	6-GF(8)		2	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	3.76	10	7	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.025	2.87	0.05%	0.87	6b --3 1 out tie	8b end d 1
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
23	338	101	Aug 2	CHC		CIN	W,10-6	GS-3		2	2.1	4	2	2	2	2	0	1	2.58	3.78	13	3	1	0	0	4	41			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.092	3.95	-0.17%	-1.14	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out a3
24	339	105	Aug 8	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	W(10-8)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	0	0	0	2.55	3.79	36	14	12	2	5	7	62			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	0.321	5.06	0.70%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	340	109	Aug 12(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(10-9)	3	8.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.59	3.71	34	12	10	2	2	6	60			0	0	0	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.068	3.85	-0.23%	0.57	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
26	341	113	Aug 18	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-3	GS-3		5	2.0	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.72	3.73	12	1	4	0	0	5	32			0	1	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.271	4.40	-0.51%	-2.54	1b start a 3	3b 1-- 0 out a1
27	342	115	Aug 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-6	7-7		1	0.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.77	3.73	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	.22	-0.039	.95	-0.10%	-2.46	7b --- 0 out d3	7b -23 0 out d4
28	343	120	Aug 26(1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	W(11-9)	5	10.0	12	4	3	6	3	0	0	2.76	3.75	45						51						38	2	0			0
29	344	126	Aug 30(1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(12-9)	3	9.0	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.68	3.73	35	16	11	3	3	7	62			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.647	5.89	1.29%	2.82	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
30	345	132	Sep 4(2)	CHC		STL	W,5-2	CG	W(13-9)	4	9.0	4	2	2	0	8	2	2	2.65	3.77	34	15	5	1	1	4	79			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	.93	0.203	.90	0.12%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	346	136	Sep 9	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG(13)	L(13-10)	4	13.0	11	3	1	2	3	0	0	2.53	3.72	52	16	20	6	4	11	78			0	1	0	48	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.31	0.288	3.20	0.42%	2.80	1t start tie	13t 3 out d1
32	347	141	Sep 14	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	7	3	1	2	0	0	0	2.48	3.71	30	23	2	1	0	3	58			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	4	0	1	1.39	-0.087	3.28	-0.12%	0.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
33	348	146	Sep 17(1)	CHC		BRO	W,6-5	CG	W(14-10)	2	9.0	13	5	5	3	6	1	0	2.58	3.73	42	12	8	0	1	13	44			1	1	0	39	0	2	0	1	0	1	1.46	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	349	149	Sep 19	CHC		BRO	L,3-12	6-GF		1	3.1	4	2	2	2	2	1	0	2.62	3.78	16	6	2	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	.01	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-1.36	6t -2- 2 out d8	9t end d 9
35	350	151	Sep 24(1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-1	CG	W(15-10)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.56	3.81	31	11	14	2	0	5	72			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	3	0	1	.58	0.271	.00	0.00%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
							20-15		W-L:15-10,BSv:1	3.8	242.2	232	85	69	61	87	14	10	2.56	3.81	1008	0.98		7%	7%	203	58	3	67%	4	11	0	919	39	8	2	20	0	18	1.13	2.083	3.01	4.95%	20.25

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