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: 5-28 / in Starts: 2-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 8

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 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	351	4	Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	1	1	4	1	0	0	1.00	4.29	40	8	18	2	7	9	62			0	0	0	35	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.72	0.669	5.51	1.28%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
2	352	8	Apr 26	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	GS-2		4	1.0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.60	5.08	9	0	4	1	1	2	32			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.233	5.56	-0.57%	-2.33	1t start tie	2t 123 0 out a1
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	353	13	May 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS-4	L(1-1)	4	3.1	4	3	3	4	0	0	0	4.73	5.51	18	3	7	1	2	4	36			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.172	4.11	-0.47%	-2.06	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d3
4	354	17	May 5	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	GS-8	L(1-2)	3	7.2	11	5	4	3	5	0	1	4.71	4.75	37	8	9	2	3	11	41			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.006	6.27	-0.02%	-0.38	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out tie
5	355	21	May 9	CHC		BRO	W,10-9	3-GF	W(2-2)	3	6.1	9	4	4	2	8	2	0	4.94	4.98	28	3	6	0	4	9		0	0	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.253	4.11	0.54%	-0.79	3t --- 2 out d2	9t end a 1
6	356	27	May 15	CHC		NYG	L,3-10	GS-4	L(2-3)	5	4.0	8	6	6	2	0	1	1	6.03	5.45	23	6	6	0	3	8	20			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	-0.391	6.37	-1.12%	-3.93	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
7	357	33	May 22	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-8		6	7.1	9	3	1	4	0	0	0	5.12	5.33	32	9	10	0	2	9	48			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.53	-0.062	6.91	-0.17%	0.32	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out a1
8	358	36	May 26	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-4	6-7	W(3-3)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.87	5.17	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.050	2.14	0.12%	0.97	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
9	359	40	May 30(2)	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	8-GF(11)	W(4-3)	3	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	4.43	5.11	18	11	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.08	0.599	13.09	1.53%	2.46	8t 1-- 0 out tie	11t end tie
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
10	360	43	Jun 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.24	5.05	8	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.35	0.038	1.38	0.09%	1.01	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
11	361	46	Jun 6	CHC	@	STL	W,12-6	GS-7		3	6.2	7	5	4	3	1	1	0	4.39	5.19	29	9	9	2	1	7	40			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.328	5.93	-0.96%	-1.40	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out tie
12	362	52	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	L(4-4)	6	9.0	8	2	2	2	4	1	1	4.04	5.12	35	11	9	1	1	8	65			1	2	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.071	5.16	0.16%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	363	55	Jun 16	CHC		BSN	L,6-7	3-9	L(4-5)	2	5.2	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.10	4.99	26	5	11	0	1	6		2	0	0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.93	-0.399	7.67	-0.95%	-0.59	3t 1-3 2 out d3	9t 1-3 1 out d1
14	364	59	Jun 20	CHC		NYG	L,7-12	GS-3	L(4-6)	3	2.0	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	4.50	5.13	11	2	3	2	1	6	28			0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.212	3.53	-0.51%	-2.35	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d3
15	365	67	Jun 29	CHC	@	PIT	T,8-8	3-6		8	2.2	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	4.58	5.11	16	3	5	1	2	5		2	0	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.001	5.29	0.00%	-0.70	3b 1-3 1 out a2	6b 12- 0 out a3
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
16	366	71	Jul 3	CHC		STL	L,3-7	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.52	5.06	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.28	0.01%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
17	367	72	Jul 4(1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.52	4.98	9	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.019	1.19	-0.06%	0.13	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
18	368	76	Jul 8(1)	CHC		PIT	L,4-11			3	1.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.44	4.96	7												6					0
19	369	83	Jul 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.33	4.96	9	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.039	2.95	0.22%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
20	370	86	Jul 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-8	3-6		2	3.2	6	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.46	5.07	18	1	10	1	3	6		1	1	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.109	1.46	-0.60%	-1.91	3b 1-- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d6
21	371	90	Jul 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6		L(4-7)	3	5.1	4	3	3	2	1	0	1	4.50	5.04	22												19					0
22	372	93	Jul 26	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.45	4.99	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.006	.97	0.02%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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	373	104	Aug 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	5-GF(8)		11	4.0	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.35	5.01	19	5	7	2	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	1	.50	0.010	2.90	0.04%	1.17	5b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
24	374	111	Aug 14	CHC		BSN	L,2-15	9-GF		6	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.42	5.00	4	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-2.07	9t 12- 1 out d11	9t end d14
25	375	113	Aug 16(2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-6	8-GF		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.42	5.03	8	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.013	.34	-0.05%	0.03	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
26	376	114	Aug 17	CHC		BSN	L,2-5	8-GF		0	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.33	5.03	10	5	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.025	1.46	0.08%	1.03	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
27	377	118	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.29	4.97	3	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.07	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
28	378	119	Aug 23	CHC		BRO	L,4-9	2-7		1	5.2	4	1	1	5	5	0	0	4.14	4.92	25	4	7	3	1	4		2	2	0	0	0	20	1	0	2	0	0	0	.81	-0.008	2.90	-0.02%	0.79	2t 1-3 1 out d3	7t 3 out d2
29	379	120	Aug 24	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	4.90	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.019	.61	0.03%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
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	380	127	Sep 1	CHC		STL	L,1-7	3-8		7	6.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.96	4.83	25	8	7	1	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.10	0.021	.24	0.03%	2.10	3t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d7
31	381	134	Sep 9(2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-11	6-6		7	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.09	4.81	6	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.009	.02	0.00%	-1.52	6b --- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d8
32	382	138	Sep 16(1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-11	4-6		6	2.2	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.23	4.80	15	2	3	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.006	.05	0.00%	-1.09	4b 12- 1 out d5	6b 3 out d8
33	383	141	Sep 18(2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-8	6-GF(8)		1	3.0	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	4.19	4.74	13	5	4	0	1	3		0	0	0	1	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	.07	-0.025	.05	-0.01%	-1.21	6b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 8
34	384	145	Sep 22(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-11	7-7		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	4.73	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-1.38	7b 123 1 out d4	7b 3 out d7
							5-28		W-L:4-7	3.4	118.2	141	62	55	53	47	8	5	4.17	4.73	541	0.91		7%	13%	132	41	15	53%	2	6	0	476	20	5	6	6	0	7	1.05	-0.202	4.29	-1.33%	-3.89

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