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	28-13 / in Starts: 21-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 105 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	79 (42-26-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 105 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	70 (35-22-13)

Most Driven In
C Grimm	5
Z Taylor	4
N McMillan	2
R Stephenson	1
C Tolson	1
E Grace	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
C Heathcote	2
K Cuyler	2
Self	1
H Wilson	1
R Hornsby	1

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 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	158	1	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.03	-0.055	2.48	-0.08%	-0.56	P
2	159	7 (5)	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.09	0.014	2.85	0.02%	0.15	P
3	160	11 (3)	Apr 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	9	.94	0.138	2.48	0.22%	1.48	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	161	13 (1)	May 1	CHC	@	CIN	T,4-4	12-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	9						P
5	162	15 (1)	May 4 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.417	.667	9	.32	-0.021	.94	-0.04%	-0.94	P
6	163	20 (4)	May 10	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-4	GS-6	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	9	1.28	0.165	5.01	0.39%	2.61	P
7	164	23 (2)	May 13	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-4	1-GF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.526	.789	9	.75	-0.079	3.18	-0.20%	-0.99	P
8	165	27 (3)	May 18	CHC		CIN	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.455	.715	9	.94	-0.039	4.15	-0.11%	-1.25	P
9	166	30 (2)	May 21	CHC		PIT	W,8-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.250	.435	.685	9	.62	-0.017	3.15	-0.05%	-0.28	P
10	167	33 (2)	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.192	.222	.385	.607	9	1.80	-0.182	10.91	-0.66%	-1.58	P
11	168	35 (1)	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-8	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.222	.385	.607	9						P
12	169	38 (2)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	GS-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.393	.634	9	1.12	0.036	6.28	0.12%	0.27	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
13	170	42 (3)	Jun 4	CHC		NYG	W,10-9	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.233	.379	.613	9	.16	-0.004	.55	-0.01%	-0.28	P
14	171	45 (2)	Jun 7	CHC		BRO	W,11-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.194	.242	.355	.597	9	.16	-0.008	.59	-0.02%	-0.44	P
15	172	50 (4)	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	T,0-0	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.229	.333	.562	9	.81	-0.044	3.41	-0.11%	-0.41	P
16	173	53 (2)	Jun 17	CHC		STL	L,3-13	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.216	.314	.531	9	1.55	-0.089	8.41	-0.29%	-0.89	P
17	174	57 (3)	Jun 20	CHC		STL	W,7-6	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.211	.306	.516	9	.50	-0.013	2.88	-0.05%	-0.20	P
18	175	59 (1)	Jun 22	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.205	.297	.502	9	1.63	-0.044	9.83	-0.16%	-0.28	P
19	176	61 (1)	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.214	.350	.564	9	1.20	-0.001	5.88	0.00%	0.01	P
20	177	65 (3)	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	W,14-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.214	.350	.564	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
21	178	67 (1)	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.200	.326	.526	9	1.25	-0.099	6.47	-0.31%	-1.08	P
22	179	69 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,8-9	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.200	.326	.526	9						P
23	180	72 (2)	Jul 7	CHC	@	BSN	W,15-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.170	.204	.319	.523	9	.52	-0.054	2.63	-0.16%	-0.68	P
24	181	78 (5)	Jul 12	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.196	.306	.502	9	1.66	-0.088	9.99	-0.32%	-0.83	P
25	182	81 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.196	.306	.502	9						P
26	183	83 (1)	Jul 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,16-3	CG	5	4	2	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.232	.377	.610	9	.59	0.108	2.93	0.32%	2.79	P
27	184	87 (3)	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.232	.377	.610	9						P
28	185	88	Jul 23	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.220	.357	.577	9	.53	-0.045	3.05	-0.16%	-0.60	P
29	186	89	Jul 24	CHC		NYG	W,8-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.220	.357	.577	9						P
30	187	93 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,10-7	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.254	.417	.671	9	1.07	0.287	6.20	0.99%	3.57	P
31	188	97 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.246	.403	.649	9	2.13	-0.131	9.91	-0.36%	-1.47	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
32	189	102 (4)	Aug 5	CHC		BRO	W,9-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.235	.385	.620	9	1.05	-0.084	3.70	-0.18%	-0.75	P
33	190	106 (3)	Aug 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.191	.225	.368	.593	9	1.32	-0.009	3.88	-0.02%	0.14	P
34	191	111 (4)	Aug 16	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.230	.366	.596	9	1.37	-0.055	2.41	-0.06%	-0.71	P
35	192	116 (4)	Aug 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.221	.351	.572	9	.50	-0.045	.51	-0.03%	-1.31	P
36	193	122 (5)	Aug 26	CHC		CIN	W,9-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.215	.342	.557	9	.88	-0.046	.12	0.00%	-0.40	P
37	194	128 (5)	Aug 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.210	.333	.543	9	1.39	-0.072	.55	-0.02%	-0.69	P
Sep/Oct		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
38	195	133 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-3	CG(8)	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.214	.325	.539	9	.89	0.040	.02	0.00%	0.22	P
39	196	137 (3)	Sep 9	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.207	.313	.520	9	1.67	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-0.97	P
40	197	142 (4)	Sep 15	CHC		BRO	W,13-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.207	.330	.536	9	.40	0.106	.00	0.00%	0.11	P
41	198	147 (4)	Sep 21	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.165	.200	.319	.519	9	.68	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.67	P
42	199	150 (2)	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.194	.309	.502	9	.64	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.52	P
43	200	154 (3)	Oct 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-3	8-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.190	.302	.492	9	1.39	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
							28-13		105	96	8	15	3	4	1	15	4	0	28	0	4		2		0	0	.156	.190	.302	.492		.94	-0.756	3.24	-1.32%	-8.28

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