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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 21	CHC		STL	L,4-5		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	17 (11)	May 6	CHC		PHI	W,5-4		8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
3	20 (2)	May 10	CHC		PIT	L,3-8		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	26 (5)	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	30 (3)	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	37 (6)	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,8-9	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	41 (3)	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	42	Jun 4	CHC		PHI	W,12-6	GF	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	48 (5)	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,15-8	GS	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	49	Jun 11 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	51 (1)	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	55 (3)	Jun 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	57 (1)	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6		9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
14	58	Jun 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	62 (3)	Jun 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-3		12	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
16	67 (4)	Jun 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	20	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	72 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	80 (7)	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,6-5		9	2.1	1	1	0	2	0
19	82 (1)	Jul 15	CHC		NYG	W,5-3		10	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
20	85 (2)	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,4-7		17	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
21	86	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	W,11-4		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	92 (5)	Jul 25	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-4	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	94 (1)	Jul 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	97 (2)	Jul 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7		13	3.1	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	105 (7)	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	107 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	109 (1)	Aug 13	CHC		STL	L,1-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	111 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,4-9	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	113 (1)	Aug 17	CHC		PIT	W,6-5		14	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
30	116 (2)	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	L,5-7		12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	121 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,8-12		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	122	Aug 26	CHC		NYG	L,5-10	GF	0	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
33	124 (1)	Aug 28	CHC		BSN	L,3-8		29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	129 (4)	Sep 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	29	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	133 (3)	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
36	138 (4)	Sep 13	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS	21	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
							36gm		112.0	3	22	0	25	0