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	21-18 / in Starts: 16-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 95 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	70 (35-25-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 95 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (32-20-11)

Most Driven In
G Hartnett	4
D Taylor	1
C Grimm	1
B Jurges	1
R Hemsley	0

Most Driven In By
W English	3
K Cuyler	2
J Adair	1
B Herman	1

1931 Batting Game Log

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1931 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	238	1	Apr 14	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	9	.33	0.042	.80	0.06%	0.40	P
2	239	6 (4)	Apr 19	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	9	.49	-0.002	1.28	0.00%	-0.23	P
3	240	10 (3)	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	9	1.17	-0.123	3.15	-0.20%	-1.63	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
4	241	13 (2)	May 2	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.357	.643	9	1.00	0.003	3.39	0.01%	0.04	P
5	242	18 (4)	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.235	.294	.529	9	.44	-0.035	1.49	-0.07%	-0.49	P
6	243	21 (2)	May 16 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.316	.579	9	1.31	0.008	3.13	0.01%	0.02	P
7	244	27 (5)	May 24	CHC		PIT	L,7-10	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.316	.579	9						P
8	245	30 (2)	May 26 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-6	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.286	.300	.586	9	.23	-0.003	.41	0.00%	0.28	P
9	246	33 (2)	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.273	.286	.558	9	3.27	-0.092	7.89	-0.13%	-0.36	P
10	247	35 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.273	.534	9	.26	-0.007	.72	-0.01%	-0.23	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
11	248	40 (4)	Jun 5	CHC		BRO	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.269	.320	.589	9	1.60	-0.093	5.36	-0.19%	-0.67	P
12	249	45 (4)	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.276	.357	.633	9	1.78	0.107	4.67	0.17%	0.35	P
13	250	49 (3)	Jun 14	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.267	.290	.367	.657	9						P
14	251	51 (1)	Jun 16	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.281	.355	.636	9	.41	-0.010	1.24	-0.02%	-0.17	P
15	252	55 (3)	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.286	.333	.619	9	.78	-0.041	2.29	-0.07%	-0.44	P
16	253	58 (2)	Jun 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.286	.333	.619	9						P
17	254	59	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,14-10	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.324	.601	9	1.51	-0.036	5.64	-0.08%	-0.29	P
18	255	63 (3)	Jun 28 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-9	GS-0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.250	.289	.361	.651	9						P
19	256	65 (1)	Jun 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,10-11	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.289	.361	.651	9						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
20	257	69 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.293	.359	.652	9	1.70	0.087	4.51	0.14%	-0.10	P
21	258	73 (3)	Jul 7 (1)	CHC		STL	W,14-2	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.386	.691	9	.35	-0.015	1.44	-0.04%	0.69	P
22	259	79 (5)	Jul 12 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.298	.378	.676	9	.88	-0.023	4.00	-0.06%	-0.25	P
23	260	80	Jul 12 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,13-17	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.298	.378	.676	9						P
24	261	84 (3)	Jul 16	CHC		NYG	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.280	.354	.634	9	1.04	-0.053	3.53	-0.11%	-0.22	P
25	262	88 (3)	Jul 20	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.264	.333	.597	9	1.57	-0.202	3.58	-0.28%	-2.18	P
26	263	92 (3)	Jul 24	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.226	.255	.321	.575	9	1.48	-0.065	2.58	-0.07%	-0.73	P
27	264	96 (3)	Jul 28	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.254	.304	.558	9	1.38	-0.091	2.22	-0.09%	-0.83	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
28	265	101 (4)	Aug 2	CHC		STL	L,2-6	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.262	.298	.561	9	.66	-0.013	2.36	-0.03%	-0.25	P
29	266	107 (5)	Aug 8	CHC	@	STL	L,7-14	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.262	.298	.561	9						P
30	267	110 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.242	.274	.517	9	1.79	-0.233	2.65	-0.21%	-1.77	P
31	268	114 (3)	Aug 16 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.212	.257	.303	.560	9						P
32	269	121 (6)	Aug 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.247	.290	.536	9	1.33	-0.130	1.23	-0.07%	-0.93	P
33	270	126 (4)	Aug 25 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.240	.282	.522	9	.67	-0.034	.11	0.00%	-0.34	P
34	271	132 (5)	Aug 29	CHC		CIN	W,14-5	CG	4	4	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.266	.333	.599	9	.26	0.001	.00	0.00%	2.37	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
35	272	134 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.259	.325	.584	9	1.36	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.64	P
36	273	139 (4)	Sep 6	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.262	.325	.587	9	1.75	0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
37	274	145 (5)	Sep 13 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,11-7	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.258	.318	.576	9	1.47	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-1.03	P
38	275	150 (4)	Sep 18	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.318	.579	9	1.32	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
39	276	155 (4)	Sep 27 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.222	.255	.311	.566	9						P
							21-18		95	90	7	20	8	0	0	8	4	0	31	0	1		1		0	0	.222	.255	.311	.566		1.11	-1.234	2.10	-1.34%	-10.00

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