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: 20-24 / in Starts: 5-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 17

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	499	1	Apr 19	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-7	4-7	W(1-0)	99	3.0	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.38	15	5	3	1	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.79	-0.164	4.49	-0.25%	0.07	4b 1-3 1 out d2	7b 123 1 out a1
2	500	9	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.25	3.55	5	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.058	1.70	-0.11%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
3	501	12	Apr 30	CHC	@	STL	W,11-5	6-GF	S(1)	2	4.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.25	2.80	15	7	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.089	1.07	0.16%	1.08	6b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 6
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	502	15	May 3	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	2.85	6	1	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.155	3.01	0.28%	1.02	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
5	503	18	May 6	CHC		BSN	W,13-9	6-GF	S(3)	2	3.2	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	2.63	4.29	16	7	4	0	2	3		3	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.185	3.81	0.36%	0.11	6t 123 1 out a3	9t end a 4
6	504	21	May 10	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	1-7		3	6.1	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.70	3.70	25	5	11	0	4	7		3	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.050	2.89	0.13%	1.83	1t 123 2 out d3	7t 3 out d4
7	505	24	May 13	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	10-GF(10)		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.66	3.59	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.036	1.28	-0.07%	-0.56	10t 12- 2 out d2	10t end d 3
8	506	25	May 15	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	10-GF(11)	L(1-1)	1	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.82	3.54	9	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	-0.158	5.87	-0.26%	0.02	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
9	507	27	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	8-GF	W(2-1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.59	3.34	6	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.197	3.67	0.33%	1.00	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 2
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	508	40	Jun 2	CHC		BSN	L,2-6	7-GF		14	3.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.96	3.38	16	6	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	.47	0.008	2.14	0.02%	-0.47	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
11	509	44	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	W,10-8	2-6	W(3-1)	3	4.1	5	5	5	2	1	2	0	3.98	4.28	20	5	8	2	3	4		2	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.046	2.24	0.12%	-2.36	2t -23 2 out a1	6t 3 out a3
12	510	50	Jun 12(2)	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	6-8		5	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.63	4.06	10	2	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.020	.36	0.05%	1.53	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
13	511	52	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	4.03	3	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.012	.71	0.03%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
14	512	54	Jun 17(2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	1-5		1	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.10	3.81	16	4	8	0	5	2		2	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.169	1.67	0.44%	3.56	1b 1-3 0 out d3	5b 3 out d3
15	513	59	Jun 21	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	6-GF	S(4)	3	4.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.02	3.75	17	2	8	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.88	0.434	10.27	0.93%	1.36	6b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
16	514	62	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.96	3.80	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.32	0.01%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
17	515	63	Jun 28	CHC		STL	L,3-9	3-5		1	2.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.00	3.68	9	3	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.002	.51	0.00%	0.34	3t -2- 2 out d7	5t 3 out d7
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	516	66	Jul 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	9-GF	S(5)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	3.66	4	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	0.210	11.60	0.41%	-0.04	9b -23 0 out a3	9b end a 1
19	517	67	Jul 4(1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	8-GF	S(6)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.82	3.56	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.351	6.84	0.63%	1.04	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
20	518	68	Jul 4(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	8-8	BS(1)	-1	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	3.56	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	-0.551	14.49	-1.11%	-1.94	8b 1-3 2 out a1	8b 12- 2 out d1
21	519	69	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	L,6-7	1-5		3	5.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.89	3.73	22	3	10	3	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.010	1.54	0.02%	0.55	1t --- 0 out d3	5t 3 out d5
22	520	71	Jul 10	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	8-GF		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.79	3.67	8	0	5	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.047	.90	0.06%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
23	521	73	Jul 12	CHC		PIT	L,6-14	1-6		1	5.1	6	4	4	0	6	1	0	3.13	3.64	22	8	2	0	1	6		2	1	0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.040	1.09	-0.04%	0.13	1t 1-3 1 out d3	6t -23 2 out d3
24	522	77	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	1-4		3	3.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.96	3.62	12	6	3	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.129	1.14	0.12%	1.72	1t 1-3 1 out d3	4t 3 out d1
25	523	83	Jul 21(2)	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	CG	L(3-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	4	1	0	2.72	3.77	34	11	10	0	5	5	73			1	2	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	1	.93	0.347	2.37	0.53%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
26	524	87	Jul 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-8	GS-1		4	0.1	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.07	3.77	6	0	1	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.278	3.00	-0.48%	-3.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d3
27	525	89	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	9-9	BS(2)	2	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	3.77	3	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.75	-0.427	13.29	-0.72%	-1.08	9b 1-- 1 out a1	9b -23 2 out tie
28	526	92	Jul 31(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(4-2)	1	7.0	8	3	0	1	3	0	0	2.80	3.67	32						57						29	1	0			0
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
29	527	97	Aug 7(1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-4		S(7)	6	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.77	3.68	4												3					0
30	528	100	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-3	9-GF	S(8)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.74	3.68	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.89	0.091	3.95	0.12%	1.10	9b -2- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
31	529	104	Aug 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS-7	L(4-3)	3	7.0	10	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.73	3.74	31	13	5	1	1	9	51			2	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.87	0.093	4.99	0.32%	1.46	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
32	530	109	Aug 18	CHC		CIN	L,1-9	GS-6	L(4-4)	3	5.1	11	7	6	1	2	1	0	3.13	3.83	28	6	8	2	0	11	21			0	0	0	26	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.304	2.02	-0.33%	-3.63	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d5
33	531	113	Aug 22	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	3.82	5	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.12	0.008	.35	0.01%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
34	532	114	Aug 23	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	1-GF		0	8.2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.85	3.77	32	18	8	0	3	4		2	0	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.18	0.096	.24	0.08%	4.99	1t 12- 1 out d6	9t end d 4
35	533	119	Aug 27	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	GS-8	L(4-5)	3	7.0	7	4	3	0	3	0	0	2.91	3.67	28	10	8	0	2	7	52			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.027	1.85	-0.04%	-0.44	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out d2
36	534	122	Aug 30	CHC		BSN	L,1-8	5-7		2	3.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	2.99	3.66	15	2	6	2	2	5		2	2	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.054	1.04	-0.09%	-1.13	5t 1-3 0 out d2	7t 3 out d6
Sep/Oct				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
37	535	127	Sep 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(5-5)	4	11.0	6	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.81	3.71	41	8	22	3	0	6	82			0	1	0	39	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.81	0.646	2.92	0.63%	4.33	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
38	536	133	Sep 10	CHC		CIN	L,1-9	GS-5	L(5-6)	5	5.0	10	6	1	2	4	1	1	2.77	3.79	29	5	7	0	2	10	35			0	0	0	25	1	0	2	0	0	1	.67	-0.308	4.77	-1.32%	-3.46	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
39	537	136	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	11	3	3	1	6	0	0	2.78	3.68	38	11	9	0	4	11	58			0	0	0	37	3	0	1	1	0	0	.99	0.138	4.94	0.41%	1.01	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
40	538	139	Sep 18(1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	GS-3	L(6-7)	3	2.2	5	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.98	3.69	15	6	3	2	0	2	32			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.238	7.84	-1.07%	-2.92	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d4
41	539	144	Sep 23(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	6-7		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	3.68	6	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.029	1.68	0.13%	0.99	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
42	540	145	Sep 24	CHC		STL	W,9-3	6-GF	S(9)	0	3.2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.87	3.67	16	5	6	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.099	3.24	0.63%	2.48	6t --3 1 out a3	9t end a 6
43	541	149	Sep 28	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	9-GF	W(7-7)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	3.66	3	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.139	74.27	2.91%	0.51	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
44	542	153	Oct 1(2)	CHC	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	W(8-7)	2	9.0	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	2.86	3.60	34	8	17	3	4	7	61			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.68	0.058	20.71	1.06%	1.67	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
							20-24		W-L:8-7,Sv:9,BSv:2	2.6	160.2	163	62	51	31	70	10	2	2.86	3.60	673	0.89		6%	11%	142	50	31	35%	5	5	0	632	28	3	7	8	0	7	.92	1.214	4.48	5.03%	18.02

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