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: 21-16 / in Starts: 17-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 2

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 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	201	2	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	L,3-13	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.0	7	5	5	1	0	1	0	22.50	10.86	13	2	3	0	0	7	21			0	1	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.251	1.95	-0.39%	-3.65	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d5
2	202	5	Apr 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-2)	2	8.0	8	2	1	2	7	0	0	5.40	3.66	35	5	13	2	1	8	65			1	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	2	1.05	0.195	2.60	0.29%	2.82	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
3	203	9	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	10	5	5	6	4	1	0	5.21	4.49	43	11	12	3	0	10	45			1	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	0.206	3.73	0.30%	0.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	204	14	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	W,7-4	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	11	4	4	1	9	0	0	4.82	3.43	37	8	10	2	2	9	57			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.34	0.153	2.86	0.20%	1.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
5	205	18	May 3	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(3-2)	4	10.0	9	0	0	1	5	0	1	3.55	3.17	38	12	11	2	0	8	78			0	2	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.57	0.952	3.90	1.42%	6.48	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
6	206	21	May 7	CHC		BRO	W,9-5	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	12	5	5	2	9	3	0	3.83	3.68	41	5	13	1	0	12	50			0	0	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.026	2.89	0.05%	0.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	207	25	May 11	CHC		NYG	L,7-9	GS-5	L(4-3)	3	4.2	12	6	4	2	3	0	0	4.18	3.61	29	3	9	1	2	12	21			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.14	-0.259	4.50	-0.61%	-3.27	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d5
8	208	28	May 15	CHC		BSN	L,8-10	7-7	BS(1)	3	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.67	3.61	5	1	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.23	-0.487	7.28	-0.95%	-3.40	7t --- 0 out a1	7t --3 1 out d2
9	209	30	May 18(1)	CHC	@	STL	W,9-6	GS-	W(5-3)	2	7.0	6	6	6	2	4	1	0	5.03	3.70	30						43						28	0	0	0		0
10	210	37	May 25	CHC		STL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(5-4)	6	6.1	8	5	4	1	3	0	0	5.10	3.57	29	13	8	1	1	4	41			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.25	-0.280	3.49	-0.47%	-1.11	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
11	211	40	May 30(1)	CHC		STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.48	3.47	30	14	9	2	2	4	78			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.14	0.654	2.80	0.96%	5.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
12	212	47	Jun 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,13-0	SHO	W(7-4)	6	9.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.00	3.34	30	8	12	1	5	2	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.296	2.71	0.93%	5.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a13
13	213	51	Jun 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.80	3.21	35	10	12	1	0	7	67			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.435	4.10	0.86%	4.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
14	214	56	Jun 16	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-5	GS-8	W(9-4)	4	8.0	8	4	4	2	0	4	1	3.86	3.79	33	11	11	1	2	8	48			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.022	2.69	-0.06%	1.02	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
15	215	61	Jun 22	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	GS-8	L(9-5)	5	8.0	10	3	2	1	5	0	0	3.74	3.66	34	12	7	1	0	9	56			2	1	0	32	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.13	0.207	5.04	0.55%	2.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
16	216	65	Jun 26	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	GS-2	L(9-6)	3	1.2	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	3.76	3.67	12	2	4	0	1	5	33			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.304	8.36	-1.35%	-4.22	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d5
17	217	68	Jun 29	CHC		BRO	W,5-1	CG	W(10-6)	2	9.0	7	1	1	4	7	0	0	3.55	3.59	35	13	4	0	1	7	72			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	0	.81	0.391	6.26	1.81%	4.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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	218	73	Jul 4(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(10-7)	4	7.0	11	5	5	3	3	1	1	3.71	3.70	35	9	12	1	2	7	35			0	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	1	1	.92	-0.014	4.83	-0.04%	-0.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
19	219	76	Jul 6(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,7-8	8-GF(8)	L(10-8)	1	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.76	3.74	6	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2.56	-0.197	12.95	-0.60%	-0.40	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
20	220	78	Jul 9	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(10-9)	2	9.1	9	4	4	3	7	0	0	3.76	3.65	43	12	12	0	0	9	58			0	0	0	38	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.84	-0.121	8.66	-0.34%	0.34	1b start tie	10b 123 1 out d1
21	221	84	Jul 16(2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS-7	L(10-10)	6	7.0	11	5	5	3	2	1	1	3.89	3.76	35	12	6	0	1	11	34			0	0	0	31	2	1	1	1	0	0	.90	-0.132	6.94	-0.61%	-0.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
22	222	87	Jul 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.87	3.72	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	0.247	26.44	1.30%	0.64	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
23	223	89	Jul 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.84	3.72	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.005	.61	0.02%	0.63	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
24	224	90	Jul 22(1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-4	GS-9	W(11-10)	0	8.2	9	4	4	2	7	1	0	3.86	3.70	37	11	9	0	0	8	55			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.28	0.111	9.89	0.51%	1.15	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a1
25	225	94	Jul 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	9-GF	S(3)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.84	3.70	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.059	6.71	0.21%	1.09	9b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
26	226	97	Jul 28(1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(12-10)	2	9.0	7	2	2	1	12	0	0	3.74	3.52	36	7	9	2	1	7	76			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	0	1	1	1.43	0.619	8.70	2.25%	3.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
27	227	102	Aug 3	CHC		PIT	L,8-12	GS-8	L(12-11)	5	7.2	14	10	8	3	4	1	0	3.99	3.57	40	6	13	1	3	14	16			1	1	0	36	3	0	1	2	1	2	1.56	-0.545	9.32	-1.95%	-3.40	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d1
28	228	105	Aug 7	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	8-GF	S(4)	3	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.95	3.56	7	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.09	0.760	22.09	2.46%	2.86	8b -23 0 out a1	9b end a 1
29	229	107	Aug 10(1)	CHC		BSN	W,6-0	SHO	W(13-11)	2	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.75	3.51	31	8	16	0	0	3	83			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.59	0.378	3.37	1.30%	5.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
30	230	113	Aug 15	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(14-11)	4	10.0	8	3	3	6	4	0	0	3.70	3.53	41	16	8	3	1	7	62			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.67	0.393	21.25	2.99%	3.48	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
31	231	118	Aug 19(1)	CHC		PHI	L,8-9	GS-6	L(14-12)	3	5.1	9	8	8	4	0	1	1	3.96	3.65	29	9	6	0	0	9	14			0	1	0	23	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.25	-0.465	9.10	-2.04%	-3.91	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d2
32	232	122	Aug 22	CHC		NYG	W,12-4	CG	W(15-12)	2	9.0	10	4	3	2	6	1	0	3.92	3.65	39	7	14	1	0	10	57			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	1	.65	0.179	8.68	1.45%	1.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
33	233	126	Aug 27	CHC		PIT	L,8-10	GS-1	L(15-13)	4	0.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.09	3.66	5	0	0	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.309	8.50	-1.20%	-4.34	1t start tie	1t 1-3 0 out d3
Sept				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
34	234	133	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	W(16-13)	5	9.0	3	2	1	0	3	1	0	3.96	3.66	31	11	15	2	1	2	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	1	.50	0.263	4.78	1.52%	3.42	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
35	235	137	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,19-14	GS-4		3	3.2	9	8	3	2	0	0	1	4.02	3.69	25	7	9	0	1	6	19			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.57	-0.513	15.02	-2.94%	-6.02	1b start a 5	4b 1-3 2 out d2
36	236	138	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,7-9	9-GF		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.04	3.74	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.070	5.82	-0.43%	-0.35	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
37	237	140	Sep 10	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-6	GS-1	L(16-14)	2	0.0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.25	3.74	5	0	0	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.304	19.99	-3.26%	-4.51	1b start tie	1b -23 0 out d3
							21-16		W-L:16-14,Sv:4,BSv:1	3.1	220.1	247	122	104	63	124	18	7	4.25	3.74	967	0.92		5%	5%	221	50	4	0%	7	9	0	879	41	7	6	22	12	18	1.19	2.256	6.63	4.14%	22.10

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