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: 29-19 / in Starts: 22-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 5

1927 Pitching Game Log

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1927 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	70	1	Apr 12	CHC		STL	W,10-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	1	0	5	7	0	0	0.00	2.61	38	73	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.27%
2	71	5	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	7.1	9	7	6	4	7	0	0	3.31	2.44	34	37	0	1	0	29	6	0	0	0	1	1	3.65	-0.91%
3	72	9	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	W(2-1)	6	9.0	7	3	1	4	3	0	0	2.49	2.70	38	64	0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	2	1	2.48	0.33%
4	73	13	Apr 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,16-4	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	9	4	4	4	4	1	1	2.88	3.23	41	53	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	1	0	.33	0.08%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	74	15	May 1	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	8-GF	BL(3-2)	2	2.0	1	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.22	3.41	10		1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.14	-0.81%
6	75	17	May 4	CHC		CIN	W,13-9	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.19	3.35	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.02%
7	76	18	May 7	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	W(4-2)	2	9.0	8	4	4	5	4	2	0	3.35	3.90	38	54	0	0	0	33	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.34	0.32%
8	77	22	May 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	8	1	0	4	5	0	1	2.80	3.77	40	70	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	3.12	0.70%
9	78	26	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	6	4	4	4	5	1	0	2.97	3.82	36	60	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	0.12%
10	79	29	May 21(2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-6	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.92	3.77	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.02%
11	80	30	May 22	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-4	L(6-3)	0	3.2	8	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.42	3.72	20	25	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	2	0	5.01	-0.90%
12	81	33	May 26	CHC		CIN	W,11-2	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.26	3.51	36	66	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.23%
13	82	34	May 27	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	8-GF(11)	W(8-3)	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.11	3.39	12		0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.01	1.48%
14	83	36	May 29	CHC		PIT	L,5-8	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	3.18	3.58	6		0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.11%
15	84	38	May 30(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-6		0	5.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.31	3.50	22	42	0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.83	-0.01%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
16	85	41	Jun 4	CHC		BSN	L,8-10	GS-7	L(8-4)	4	6.0	10	8	6	1	2	1	1	3.68	3.60	30	25	1	1	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	2	2.55	-0.78%
17	86	44	Jun 7	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	GS-5		2	4.2	9	6	5	3	2	1	0	3.96	3.73	26	23	0	0	0	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.66	-0.77%
18	87	48	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	8	1	1	3	5	1	0	3.71	3.74	36	69	0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.69	1.61%
19	88	49	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	W,7-6		W(10-4)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.67	3.71	5					5					0
20	89	52	Jun 15	CHC		PHI	W,12-5	CG	W(11-4)	2	9.0	11	5	5	0	5	0	0	3.77	3.53	37	50	0	1	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	.84	0.32%
21	90	56	Jun 19	CHC		PIT	W,14-7	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	9	7	7	7	5	0	1	4.00	3.57	45	39	0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	1	4.35	0.08%
22	91	58	Jun 21(1)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	10-GF(13)	L(12-5)	1	3.2	5	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.10	3.66	16		0	0	0	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	15.39	-2.58%
23	92	61	Jun 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(13-5)	2	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.96	3.64	36	69	0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	2	0	6.35	1.36%
24	93	65	Jun 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	GS-7	L(13-6)	3	6.0	10	8	6	1	1	0	1	4.17	3.62	30	24	0	1	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	-0.54%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
25	94	69	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,7-4	CG	W(14-6)	4	9.0	6	4	4	6	3	1	0	4.16	3.72	38	56	0	0	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	0	6.49	-0.21%
26	95	74	Jul 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(15-6)	4	9.0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.93	3.68	31	84	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.14	4.76%
27	96	79	Jul 13(2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.77	3.63	36	70	1	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	2	6.85	1.33%
28	97	85	Jul 18(2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-7	L(16-7)	4	7.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.78	3.66	26	56	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.44	-0.33%
29	98	89	Jul 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(16-8)	3	8.0	6	6	3	1	7	1	0	3.76	3.62	33	58	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	8.91	-2.41%
30	99	92	Jul 27	CHC		NYG	L,4-6	GS-9	L(16-9)	4	8.2	12	6	6	3	4	0	0	3.87	3.57	41	37	1	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	11.99	-1.91%
31	100	94	Jul 29	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	W(17-9)	1	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.90	3.57	3		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	11.64	0.16%
32	101	96	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	W,12-5	CG	W(18-9)	1	9.0	10	5	4	3	2	0	0	3.90	3.55	41	48	0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.69	0.54%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
33	102	100	Aug 4	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	GS-8	W(19-9)	3	8.0	9	4	4	5	2	0	0	3.92	3.56	37	45	0	0	0	30	1	2	1	0	0	0	9.20	-0.28%
34	103	103	Aug 7	CHC		BRO	W,6-5		W(20-9)	2	7.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.84	3.54	27					22					0
35	104	106	Aug 11	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(21-9)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.69	3.49	33	77	0	0	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	0	7.86	2.16%
36	105	109	Aug 16	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-0	SHO	W(22-9)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	9	0	1	3.55	3.41	35	84	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.54	1.53%
37	106	113	Aug 20(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-6	GS-9	L(22-10)	3	8.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	1	3.54	3.41	33	54	0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	7.89	-0.93%
38	107	118	Aug 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-0	SHO	W(23-10)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.42	3.38	34	82	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	6.65	2.14%
39	108	119	Aug 27(1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.41	3.37	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.06	0.36%
40	109	120	Aug 27(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-6	7-GF(10)	BW(24-10)	-1	4.0	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.43	3.38	18		1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	15.68	0.59%
41	110	122	Aug 29(2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG(7)	L(24-11)	1	7.0	10	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.47	3.35	30	43	1	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	12.57	-0.89%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
42	111	127	Sep 4	CHC		STL	L,1-2	GS-8	L(24-12)	5	8.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.44	3.31	28	66	0	0	0	27	3	0	0	2	0	0	7.18	0.80%
43	112	133	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,11-7	GS-9	W(25-12)	3	8.0	9	7	7	4	1	1	0	3.56	3.37	36	33	0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.43	0.58%
44	113	137	Sep 12	CHC		NYG	L,5-7	GS-5	L(25-13)	3	4.0	9	6	5	1	3	1	0	3.67	3.39	20	24	0	1	0	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.25	-1.93%
45	114	140	Sep 16	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	GS-7	L(25-14)	3	7.0	6	4	2	1	1	0	0	3.64	3.37	28	53	2	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.06%
46	115	143	Sep 18	CHC		BSN	L,7-11	9-GF		1	1.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.72	3.37	7		0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.02%
47	116	146	Sep 22	CHC		PHI	W,8-4	CG	W(26-14)	3	9.0	7	4	4	6	1	0	0	3.73	3.40	37	52	2	2	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.01%
48	117	150	Sep 25(2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	GS-5	L(26-15)	2	5.0	8	5	4	3	3	1	1	3.79	3.45	26	33	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	2	0	.00	0.00%
							29-19		W-L:26-15,Sv:2,BSv:2	2.5	309.0	296	148	130	117	147	16	9	3.79	3.45	1316	53	10	11	0	1167	60	12	3	15	15	14	5.39	5.52%

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