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Charley Root
Charles Henry Root (Chinski)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 18, 1923
Final Game September 2, 1941
Born March 17, 1899 in Middletown, OH
Died November 5, 1970 in Hollister, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1923 24 SLB AL   0   4  27   2   0   0  15  0   60.0   68   45   38   4   18   27   6   1   263       0  5.70  4.18   73 1.433
 1926 27 CHC NL  18  17  42  32  21   2   7  2  271.3  267  104   85  10   62  127   6   1  1110       1  2.82  3.86  137 1.213 MVP-16
 1927 28 CHC NL  26  15  48  36  21   4  12  2  309.0  296  148  129  16  117  145   9   3  1316       1  3.76  3.87  103 1.337 MVP-4
 1928 29 CHC NL  14  18  40  30  13   1   6  2  237.0  214  109   94  15   73  122   7   0   992       0  3.57  3.86  108 1.211
 1929 30 CHC NL  19   6  43  31  19   4   9  5  272.0  286  120  105  12   83  124   3   1  1158       0  3.47  4.62  133 1.357
 1930 31 CHC NL  16  14  37  30  15   4   6  3  220.3  247  122  106  17   63  124   7   1   967       0  4.33  4.87  113 1.407
 1931 32 CHC NL  17  14  39  31  19   3   6  2  251.0  240  109   97   7   71  131   7   1  1043       0  3.48  3.86  111 1.239 MVP-20
 1932 33 CHC NL  15  10  39  23  11   0   9  3  216.3  211   99   86  10   55   96   5   4   908       0  3.58  3.76  105 1.230
 1933 34 CHC NL  15  10  35  30  20   2   4  0  242.3  232   85   70  14   61   86  10   3  1008       0  2.60  3.27  126 1.209
 1934 35 CHC NL   4   7  34   9   2   0  14  0  117.7  141   62   56   8   53   46   5   2   538       0  4.28  3.90   91 1.649
 1935 36 CHC NL  15   8  38  18  11   1  16  2  201.3  193   85   69  15   47   94   3   2   826       0  3.08  3.94  128 1.192
 1936 37 CHC NL   3   6  33   4   0   0  15  1   73.7   81   34   34   3   20   32   2   0   315       0  4.15  3.98   96 1.371
 1937 38 CHC NL  13   5  43  15   5   0  20  5  178.7  173   71   67  18   32   74   4   2   729       0  3.38  3.99  118 1.147 MVP-12
 1938 39 CHC NL   8   7  44  11   5   0  20  8  160.7  163   62   51  10   30   70   2   0   673       0  2.86  3.82  134 1.201 MVP-25
 1939 40 CHC NL   8   8  35  16   8   0  12  4  167.3  189   83   75  11   34   65   2   0   709       1  4.03  3.96   98 1.333
 1940 41 CHC NL   2   4  36   8   1   0  10  1  112.0  118   61   48   9   33   50   1   0   490       0  3.86  3.77   98 1.348
 1941 42 CHC NL   8   7  19  15   6   0   4  0  106.7  133   68   64   8   37   46   0   1   484       0  5.40  3.52   65 1.594
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 17 Yr WL% .557 201 160 632 341 177  21 185 40 3197.3 3252 1467 1274 187  889 1459  79  22 13529       3  3.59  3.96  110 1.295
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  11  44  23  12   1  12  2  223.3  227  102   89  13   62  101   5   1   945   0   0  3.59  3.96  110 1.295
 Career High     26  18  48  36  21   4  20  8  309.0  296  148  129  18  117  145  10   4  1316   0   1  2.60  4.87  137 1.147
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1923 24 SLB AL  27   13    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .077  .143  .077  -42    1   0           0    
 1926 27 CHC NL  42   91    8   13   1  0   1    7   0      2  25  .143  .179  .187   -2   17   4           2     MVP-16
 1927 28 CHC NL  48  122   15   27   6  1   0    8   0      4  35  .221  .252  .287   44   35   5           1     MVP-4
 1928 29 CHC NL  40   73    5   13   5  0   0    5   0      2  18  .178  .200  .247   17   18   8           0    
 1929 30 CHC NL  43   96    8   15   3  4   1   15   0      4  28  .156  .190  .302   20   29   5           0    
 1930 31 CHC NL  37   80    4   21   8  0   1    6   1      4  21  .263  .306  .400   68   32   2           1    
 1931 32 CHC NL  39   90    7   20   8  0   0    8   0      4  31  .222  .255  .311   50   28   1           0     MVP-20
 1932 33 CHC NL  39   76    4   13   1  0   1   10   0      0  29  .171  .171  .224    6   17   2           0    
 1933 34 CHC NL  35   85    1    8   3  0   0    0   0      4  22  .094  .135  .129  -24   11   4           0   2
 1934 35 CHC NL  34   40    3    7   3  0   2    4   0      0  13  .175  .175  .400   50   16   1           0   0
 1935 36 CHC NL  38   69    8   14   2  1   1    7   0      3  22  .203  .236  .304   43   21  12           0   1
 1936 37 CHC NL  33   15    1    5   0  0   0    0   0      2   4  .333  .412  .333  101    5   0           0   1
 1937 38 CHC NL  43   67    7   12   2  0   1    9   0      1  19  .179  .203  .254   21   17   2           1   0 MVP-12
 1938 39 CHC NL  44   48    2    8   1  0   0    3   0      4  16  .167  .231  .188   15    9   1           0   2 MVP-25
 1939 40 CHC NL  35   57    4   10   2  1   2    6   0      2  21  .175  .217  .351   49   20   3           1   0
 1940 41 CHC NL  36   31    4    4   0  0   0    1   0      2  10  .129  .206  .129   -5    4   0           1   2
 1941 42 CHC NL  19   33    4    5   1  0   1    4   0      5  10  .152  .263  .273   54    9   4           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     632 1086   86  196  46  7  11   93   1  0  44 329  .180  .217  .266   28  289  54   0   0   7   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        278   22   50  12  2   3   24   0  0  11  84  .180  .217  .266   28   74  14   0   0   2   2
 Career High     48  122   15   27   8  4   2   15   1  0   5  35                          35  12   0   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1923 24 SLB AL   14   12    0   0.0   113| .077  .297| .143  .368| .077  .411| .220  .779| -42  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1926 27 CHC NL   99   82    3   1.0   104| .143  .288| .179  .348| .187  .399| .366  .748|  -2  .056 -13.5  -1.4     
 1927 28 CHC NL  132  100    9   2.4   104| .221  .290| .252  .349| .287  .400| .539  .749|  44  .236  -9.9  -1.0     
 1928 29 CHC NL   83   68    4   1.6   108| .178  .289| .200  .354| .247  .411| .447  .764|  17  .115  -9.0  -0.9     
 1929 30 CHC NL  105   86    6   1.9   121| .156  .304| .190  .368| .302  .443| .492  .811|  20  .122 -13.3  -1.2     
 1930 31 CHC NL   87   61   10   4.4   127| .263  .313| .306  .372| .400  .466| .706  .837|  68  .367  -4.1  -0.4     
 1931 32 CHC NL   95   71    7   2.6   105| .222  .288| .255  .347| .311  .406| .566  .753|  50  .263  -6.3  -0.6     
 1932 33 CHC NL   78   65    3   1.2   103| .171  .283| .171  .336| .224  .410| .395  .745|   6  .081 -10.3  -1.0     
 1933 34 CHC NL   93   83    1   0.3    91| .094  .274| .135  .327| .129  .375| .264  .702| -24  .009 -13.8  -1.5     
 1934 35 CHC NL   41   34    3   2.4   103| .175  .285| .175  .340| .400  .405| .575  .744|  50  .217  -3.0  -0.3     
 1935 36 CHC NL   84   68    5   2.0   104| .203  .287| .236  .342| .304  .409| .540  .751|  43  .170  -5.8  -0.6     
 1936 37 CHC NL   17   11    2   4.9   105| .333  .288| .412  .348| .333  .403| .745  .751| 101  .519   0.1   0.0     
 1937 38 CHC NL   71   57    3   1.4   105| .179  .285| .203  .347| .254  .404| .457  .751|  21  .106  -7.7  -0.8     
 1938 39 CHC NL   53   43    2   1.2   101| .167  .278| .231  .343| .188  .396| .419  .739|  15  .091  -5.7  -0.6     
 1939 40 CHC NL   63   50    4   2.1   105| .175  .283| .217  .349| .351  .404| .568  .753|  49  .199  -4.7  -0.5     
 1940 41 CHC NL   34   29    1   0.9    96| .129  .269| .206  .334| .129  .388| .335  .721|  -5  .056  -4.4  -0.5     
 1941 42 CHC NL   42   33    2   1.6    91| .152  .261| .263  .331| .273  .368| .536  .699|  54  .152  -2.0  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     1191  953   65   1.8   106| .180  .288| .217  .348| .266  .408| .483  .756|  28  .149 -116.2 -11.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1923 24 SLB AL P 27 1 13 0 0 1.000 .959 0.52 1.49 2.10 2.72 2 60.0 1926 27 CHC NL P 42 8 58 4 4 .943 .958 1.57 1.39 2.19 2.57 32 271.3 1927 28 CHC NL P 48 6 49 2 2 .965 .958 1.15 1.29 1.60 2.33 36 309.0 1928 29 CHC NL P 40 6 39 1 2 .978 .966 1.12 1.27 1.71 2.42 30 237.0 1929 30 CHC NL P 43 12 35 1 2 .979 .963 1.09 1.23 1.56 2.39 31 272.0 1930 31 CHC NL P 37 9 27 0 1 1.000 .965 0.97 1.10 1.47 2.21 30 220.3 1931 32 CHC NL P 39 3 38 1 0 .976 .958 1.05 1.20 1.47 2.22 31 251.0 1932 33 CHC NL P 39 8 32 0 0 1.000 .957 1.03 1.21 1.66 2.29 23 216.3 1933 34 CHC NL P 35 11 36 1 4 .979 .963 1.34 1.28 1.75 2.36 30 242.3 1934 35 CHC NL P 34 2 23 0 1 1.000 .962 0.74 1.12 1.91 2.27 9 117.7 1935 36 CHC NL P 38 7 27 1 0 .971 .958 0.89 1.18 1.52 2.31 18 201.3 1936 37 CHC NL P 33 2 10 0 1 1.000 .952 0.36 1.16 1.47 2.32 4 73.7 1937 38 CHC NL P 43 8 36 1 2 .978 .959 1.02 1.20 2.22 2.39 15 178.7 1938 39 CHC NL P 44 5 23 1 0 .966 .966 0.64 1.13 1.57 2.21 11 160.7 1939 40 CHC NL P 35 2 22 2 0 .923 .960 0.69 1.09 1.29 2.19 16 167.3 1940 41 CHC NL P 36 3 22 0 0 1.000 .962 0.69 1.10 2.01 2.22 8 112.0 1941 42 CHC NL P 19 2 16 0 2 1.000 .963 0.95 1.09 1.52 2.23 15 106.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1923 24 SLB AL P 27 1 13 0 0 1.000 .959 0.52 1.49 2.10 2.72 2 60.0 1926 27 CHC NL P 42 8 58 4 4 .943 .958 1.57 1.39 2.19 2.57 32 271.3 1927 28 CHC NL P 48 6 49 2 2 .965 .958 1.15 1.29 1.60 2.33 36 309.0 1928 29 CHC NL P 40 6 39 1 2 .978 .966 1.12 1.27 1.71 2.42 30 237.0 1929 30 CHC NL P 43 12 35 1 2 .979 .963 1.09 1.23 1.56 2.39 31 272.0 1930 31 CHC NL P 37 9 27 0 1 1.000 .965 0.97 1.10 1.47 2.21 30 220.3 1931 32 CHC NL P 39 3 38 1 0 .976 .958 1.05 1.20 1.47 2.22 31 251.0 1932 33 CHC NL P 39 8 32 0 0 1.000 .957 1.03 1.21 1.66 2.29 23 216.3 1933 34 CHC NL P 35 11 36 1 4 .979 .963 1.34 1.28 1.75 2.36 30 242.3 1934 35 CHC NL P 34 2 23 0 1 1.000 .962 0.74 1.12 1.91 2.27 9 117.7 1935 36 CHC NL P 38 7 27 1 0 .971 .958 0.89 1.18 1.52 2.31 18 201.3 1936 37 CHC NL P 33 2 10 0 1 1.000 .952 0.36 1.16 1.47 2.32 4 73.7 1937 38 CHC NL P 43 8 36 1 2 .978 .959 1.02 1.20 2.22 2.39 15 178.7 1938 39 CHC NL P 44 5 23 1 0 .966 .966 0.64 1.13 1.57 2.21 11 160.7 1939 40 CHC NL P 35 2 22 2 0 .923 .960 0.69 1.09 1.29 2.19 16 167.3 1940 41 CHC NL P 36 3 22 0 0 1.000 .962 0.69 1.10 2.01 2.22 8 112.0 1941 42 CHC NL P 19 2 16 0 2 1.000 .963 0.95 1.09 1.52 2.23 15 106.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 632 95 506 15 21 .976 .961 0.95 1.21 1.69 2.33 341 3197.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 632 95 506 15 21 .976 .961 0.95 1.21 1.69 2.33 341 3197
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    CHC PHA     L   2   2   4.72  0  1  0  0  13.1  12   7   2   8 
 1932   WS    CHC NYY     L   1   1  10.38  0  1  0  0   4.1   6   5   3   4 
 1935   WS    CHC DET     L   2   1  18.00  0  1  0  0   2     5   4   1   2 
 1938   WS    CHC NYY     L   1   0   3.00  0  0  0  0   3     3   1   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        0-4   6   4   6.75  0  3  0  0  22.2  26  17   6  15 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    CHC PHA     L   2   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1932   WS    CHC NYY     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1935   WS    CHC DET     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1938   WS    CHC NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        0-4   6   7   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1926-NL-16-0.10
1927-NL-4-0.57
1931-NL-20-0.04
1937-NL-12-0.19
1938-NL-25-0.01
Car-262-0.91 shares

Sac. Hits
1935 NL-12-9

ERA
1926 NL-2.82-2
1929 NL-3.47-3
1933 NL-2.60-4
1935 NL-3.08-8
1938 NL-2.86-2

Wins
1926 NL-18-6
1927 NL-26-1
1929 NL-19-2
1930 NL-16-9
1931 NL-17-7
1932 NL-15-8

Won-Loss %
1927 NL-.634-9
1929 NL-.760-1
1932 NL-.600-10
1933 NL-.600-9
1935 NL-.652-7
1937 NL-.722-2

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1926 NL-1.213-6
1928 NL-1.211-4
1929 NL-1.357-9
1930 NL-1.407-10
1931 NL-1.239-6
1932 NL-1.230-8
1933 NL-1.209-10
1935 NL-1.192-7
1937 NL-1.147-4
1938 NL-1.201-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1926 NL-8.86-9
1927 NL-8.62-6
1928 NL-8.13-5
1929 NL-9.46-6
1931 NL-8.61-5
1932 NL-8.78-10
1935 NL-8.63-8
1937 NL-8.71-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1926 NL-2.06-9
1937 NL-1.61-2
1938 NL-1.68-4
1939 NL-1.83-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1926 NL-4.21-5
1927 NL-4.22-5
1928 NL-4.63-3
1929 NL-4.10-5
1930 NL-5.07-3
1931 NL-4.70-5
1932 NL-3.99-10
1935 NL-4.20-10

Games
1926 NL-42-8
1927 NL-48-1
1928 NL-40-9
1929 NL-43-3
1931 NL-39-4
1937 NL-43-8
1938 NL-44-5

Saves
1926 NL-2-9
1929 NL-5-4
1930 NL-3-10
1932 NL-3-8
1937 NL-5-4
1938 NL-8-2
1939 NL-4-7

Innings
1926 NL-271.3-4
1927 NL-309.0-1
1929 NL-272.0-2
1931 NL-251.0-5

Strikeouts
1926 NL-127-2
1927 NL-145-2
1928 NL-122-3
1929 NL-124-4
1930 NL-124-4
1931 NL-131-5
1935 NL-94-9

Games Started
1926 NL-32-6
1927 NL-36-2
1929 NL-31-5
1930 NL-30-9
1931 NL-31-5

Comp. Games
1926 NL-21-3
1927 NL-21-6
1929 NL-19-2
1931 NL-19-6
1933 NL-20-8

Shutouts
1926 NL-2-10
1927 NL-4-2
1929 NL-4-2
1930 NL-4-1
1931 NL-3-5

Home Runs Allow.
1926 NL-10-10
1927 NL-16-2
1928 NL-15-6
1933 NL-14-3
1935 NL-15-9
1937 NL-18-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1927 NL-117-1
1929 NL-83-8
1931 NL-71-8

Hits Allowed
1926 NL-267-4
1927 NL-296-4
1929 NL-286-3
Car-3252-95

SO to Walk
1926 NL-2.05-3
1928 NL-1.67-3
1929 NL-1.49-5
1930 NL-1.97-5
1931 NL-1.85-7
1932 NL-1.75-8
1935 NL-2.00-10
1937 NL-2.31-6
1938 NL-2.33-3
1939 NL-1.91-4

Losses
1926 NL-17-1
1927 NL-15-9
1928 NL-18-2
1931 NL-14-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1927 NL-129-2
1931 NL-97-7
Car-1274-86

Hit Batsmen
1926 NL-6-8
1927 NL-9-3
1928 NL-7-3
1930 NL-7-3
1931 NL-7-3
1933 NL-10-4
1934 NL-5-8

Batters Faced
1926 NL-1110-4
1927 NL-1316-1
1929 NL-1158-3
1931 NL-1043-9
Car-13529-88

Games Finished
1923 AL-15-6
1935 NL-16-9
1937 NL-20-4
1938 NL-20-9

Adjusted ERA+
1926 NL-137-2
1929 NL-133-3
1933 NL-126-4
1935 NL-128-8
1938 NL-134-2

Oldest Player
1936 NL-37-9
1937 NL-38-7
1938 NL-39-2
1939 NL-40-2
1940 NL-41-1
1941 NL-42-1

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 12 (182) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 174 (64) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 28.0 (164) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 61.0 (206) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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  9. Jesse Haines (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 8, 1941: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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