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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.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 15	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	22	4.2	0	2	0	2	1
3	8 (2)	Apr 18	CHC		CIN	L,6-9		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
4	10 (1)	Apr 20	CHC		CIN	L,0-6	GS	27	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
5	15 (4)	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	L,0-10	GS	32	6.2	0	6	0	6	0
6	18 (2)	Apr 29	CHC		STL	W,6-5	GF	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	22 (3)	May 5	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	26 (3)	May 9	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	48	12.0	0	7	0	7	0
9	30 (3)	May 14	CHC		NYG	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	34 (3)	May 19	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
11	36 (1)	May 21	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
12	39 (2)	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	44 (4)	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-6	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	47 (2)	Jun 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	50 (2)	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	29	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
16	52 (1)	Jun 9	CHC	@	PHI	W,13-11	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	54 (1)	Jun 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-13	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	59 (4)	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	64 (4)	Jun 21 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	70 (5)	Jun 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	75 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	GS	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	78 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	80 (1)	Jul 8	CHC		BRO	L,2-6		0	3.2	0	2	0	2	0
24	84 (3)	Jul 12	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	89 (4)	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	93 (3)	Jul 22	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	95 (1)	Jul 26	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	GF	41	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
28	102 (6)	Jul 31 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	108 (5)	Aug 6 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	113 (4)	Aug 14	CHC		NYG	L,2-10	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	118 (4)	Aug 19	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	123 (4)	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	126 (2)	Aug 27	CHC		STL	L,3-11	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	128 (1)	Aug 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	132 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-16	GS	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
36	135 (2)	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	138 (2)	Sep 10	CHC		PIT	L,5-7		12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	141 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	146 (4)	Sep 22	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	GS	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	151 (4)	Sep 27 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
							40gm		237.0	6	39	1	46	2