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: 28-13 / in Starts: 21-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 4

1929 Pitching Game Log

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1929 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	158	1	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	7	4	2	6	1	0	1	2.57	5.51	35	46	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	2	1	2.17	-0.10%
2	159	7	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-6		7	6.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	1	4.15	4.56	26	42	3	0	0	24	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.97	-0.16%
3	160	11	Apr 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	9	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.68	3.38	36	63	0	2	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	1	4.38	0.68%
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
4	161	13	May 1	CHC	@	CIN	T,4-4	12-GF(13)		1	2.0	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	3.38	3.67	12		0	0	0	7	1	1	4	0	0	0	12.01	0.51%
5	162	15	May 4(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	12	7	7	5	7	2	0	4.36	4.25	43	37	0	0	0	36	3	1	0	1	2	0	1.41	0.05%
6	163	20	May 10	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-4	GS-6	W(3-1)	5	5.2	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.66	4.22	26	39	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.61	-0.28%
7	164	23	May 13	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-4	1-GF	W(4-1)	2	8.1	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.83	3.84	29		1	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	2	0	5.87	1.68%
8	165	27	May 18	CHC		CIN	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-1)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.21	3.70	34	75	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	0.81%
9	166	30	May 21	CHC		PIT	W,8-6	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.05	3.71	11		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.00	0.99%
10	167	33	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-9		3	8.0	11	6	5	4	3	0	0	3.36	3.69	39	37	0	0	0	34	3	0	1	0	0	1	8.06	-0.41%
11	168	35	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-8	8-8		1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.63	3.69	2		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.72	-0.35%
12	169	38	May 30(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(5-2)	2	8.0	10	4	3	2	3	1	0	3.60	3.77	37	49	3	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	1	0	6.06	0.43%
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
13	170	42	Jun 4	CHC		NYG	W,10-9	6-GF	S(2)	4	3.1	4	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.79	3.85	15		0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.86	0.30%
14	171	45	Jun 7	CHC		BRO	W,11-2	CG	W(6-2)	2	9.0	4	2	2	4	2	1	0	3.61	3.98	36	69	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.25%
15	172	50	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	T,0-0	SHO(5)		5	5.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.41	3.93	17	59	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.66	0.76%
16	173	53	Jun 17	CHC		STL	L,3-13	GS-6	L(6-3)	3	5.1	10	7	5	0	0	0	0	3.69	3.87	26	24	0	1	0	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	4.37	-0.78%
17	174	57	Jun 20	CHC		STL	W,7-6	6-GF	S(3)	2	4.0	3	1	1	0	7	0	0	3.63	3.69	15		0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.46	1.35%
18	175	59	Jun 22	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	6-GF		1	3.1	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.69	3.67	14		0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.54	-0.30%
19	176	61	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	W(7-3)	1	9.0	10	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.63	3.72	37	56	1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.82	0.86%
20	177	65	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	W,14-8	GS-2		5	1.2	4	6	2	4	0	0	0	3.73	3.81	13	27	1	0	0	9	1	1	1	1	0	1	7.26	-1.13%
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
21	178	67	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	GS-9		1	9.0	7	4	3	0	4	1	0	3.68	3.77	35	63	0	1	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	2	5.39	-0.13%
22	179	69	Jul 4(1)	CHC		CIN	L,8-9			1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.65	3.75	3					2					0
23	180	72	Jul 7	CHC	@	BSN	W,15-4	CG	W(8-3)	2	9.0	8	4	4	2	9	0	0	3.68	3.60	36	62	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	2.76	0.23%
24	181	78	Jul 12	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	10	2	1	1	2	1	1	3.58	3.67	28	47	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	1	1	6.49	0.27%
25	182	81	Jul 15(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.56	3.65	4		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	20.65	0.71%
26	183	83	Jul 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,16-3	CG	W(9-3)	1	9.0	11	3	3	1	6	0	0	3.52	3.54	38	58	0	1	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.69%
27	184	87	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	8-8		3	0.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.58	3.54	4		0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.97	-0.18%
28	185	88	Jul 23	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-3)	1	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.38	3.53	31	78	0	2	1	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	7.00	2.31%
29	186	89	Jul 24	CHC		NYG	W,8-7	8-GF	S(5)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	3.52	7		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	13.62	1.15%
30	187	93	Jul 27(2)	CHC		PHI	W,10-7	CG	W(11-3)	2	9.0	8	7	5	7	3	0	1	3.42	3.59	44	43	0	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	1	1	5.91	-0.39%
31	188	97	Jul 31(1)	CHC		BSN	L,1-7	GS-7	L(11-4)	3	7.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.54	3.57	32	39	0	0	0	27	2	3	0	0	2	0	3.40	-0.39%
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
32	189	102	Aug 5	CHC		BRO	W,9-8	GS-8		4	7.0	8	5	3	2	3	0	0	3.55	3.54	30	46	0	1	0	27	3	0	1	1	1	1	4.20	-0.11%
33	190	106	Aug 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(12-4)	5	9.0	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.43	3.51	34	67	0	2	0	31	2	0	0	1	1	1	4.45	1.08%
34	191	111	Aug 16	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(12-5)	4	8.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	3.52	3.57	30	47	0	2	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.04%
35	192	116	Aug 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	W(13-5)	4	9.0	10	2	2	1	8	0	0	3.45	3.47	37	66	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.12%
36	193	122	Aug 26	CHC		CIN	W,9-5	GS-8	W(14-5)	4	8.0	10	5	5	2	3	0	0	3.53	3.45	32	43	0	2	1	29	3	1	0	0	1	0	.13	-0.01%
37	194	128	Aug 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-6	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.56	3.44	29	49	0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	.47	-0.01%
Sep/Oct				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
38	195	133	Sep 4(2)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-3	CG(8)	W(15-5)	3	8.0	11	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.55	3.48	35	48	0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
39	196	137	Sep 9	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	W(16-5)	4	9.0	11	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.53	3.46	39	53	0	0	0	36	2	1	1	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
40	197	142	Sep 15	CHC		BRO	W,13-4	CG	W(17-5)	5	9.0	12	4	4	2	8	1	0	3.55	3.45	40	53	0	0	0	38	4	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
41	198	147	Sep 21	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	L(17-6)	5	9.0	13	4	4	2	7	1	0	3.57	3.45	42	50	0	0	0	39	1	0	0	1	1	1	.00	0.00%
42	199	150	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(18-6)	7	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.45	3.41	34	78	0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
43	200	154	Oct 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-3	8-GF(10)	BW(19-6)	4	3.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.44	3.40	12		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							28-13		W-L:19-6,Sv:5,BSv:1	3.1	272.0	288	120	104	82	125	12	4	3.44	3.40	1159	52	9	16	3	1040	51	16	11	19	19	14	3.57	10.58%

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