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Charlie Root

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Full name Charles Henry Root
Born March 17, 1899, Middletown, Ohio
Died November 5, 1970, Hollister, California
Buried at Garden of Memories Memorial Park, Salinas, California (Cremated; ashes scattered in cemetery)
First Game: April 18, 1923; Final Game: September 2, 1941
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10.5" Weight: 190
Named pitcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1927)
Ejections as coach: 1951 (1)
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP 1923 STL A 1926 CHI N 1927 CHI N 1928 CHI N 1929 CHI N 1930 CHI N 1931 CHI N 1932 CHI N 1933 CHI N 1934 CHI N 1935 CHI N 1936 CHI N 1937 CHI N 1938 CHI N 1939 CHI N 1940 CHI N 1941 CHI N Total NL (16 Years) 605 1073 85 195 46 7 11 93 43 0 324 7 54 0 0 18 22 1 1 .182 .218 .268 Total AL ( 1 Year ) 27 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .077 .143 .077 Total (17 Years) Splits 632 1086 86 196 46 7 11 93 Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Daily Splits 27 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .077 .143 .077 0.0 1923 STL A Daily Splits 42 91 8 13 1 0 1 7 2 0 25 2 4 0 2 3 0 0 .143 .179 .187 0.0 1926 CHI N Daily Splits 48 122 15 27 6 1 0 8 4 0 35 1 5 0 2 2 0 0 .221 .252 .287 0.0 1927 CHI N Daily Splits 40 73 5 13 5 0 0 5 2 0 18 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 .178 .200 .247 0.0 1928 CHI N Daily Splits 43 96 8 15 3 4 1 15 4 0 28 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 .156 .190 .302 0.0 1929 CHI N Daily Splits 37 80 4 21 8 0 1 6 4 0 21 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 .263 .306 .400 0.0 1930 CHI N Daily Splits 39 90 7 20 8 0 0 8 4 0 31 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 .222 .255 .311 0.0 1931 CHI N Daily Splits 39 76 4 13 1 0 1 10 0 0 29 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .171 .171 .224 0.0 1932 CHI N Daily Splits 35 85 1 8 3 0 0 0 4 0 22 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 .094 .135 .129 0.0 1933 CHI N Daily Splits 34 40 3 7 3 0 2 4 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .175 .175 .400 0.0 1934 CHI N Daily Splits 38 69 8 14 2 1 1 7 3 0 22 0 12 0 5 1 0 1 .203 .236 .304 0.0 1935 CHI N Daily Splits 33 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .412 .333 0.0 1936 CHI N Daily Splits 43 67 7 12 2 0 1 9 1 0 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .179 .203 .254 0.0 1937 CHI N Daily Splits 44 48 2 8 1 0 0 3 4 0 16 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .231 .188 0.0 1938 CHI N Daily Splits 35 57 4 10 2 1 2 6 2 0 21 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .175 .217 .351 0.0 1939 CHI N Daily Splits 36 31 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 10 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .129 .206 .129 0.0 1940 CHI N Daily Splits 19 33 4 5 1 0 1 4 5 0 10 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .152 .263 .273 0.0 1941 CHI N 0.0 Total NL 0.0 Total AL 44 0 329 7 54 0 0 19 22 1 1 .180 .217 .266 0.0 Total SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1929 CHI N Daily Splits 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1929 CHI N 1932 CHI N Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1932 CHI N 1935 CHI N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1935 CHI N 1938 CHI N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1938 CHI N Total ( 4 Years) Splits 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1923 STL A Daily Splits 27 2 0 0 15 0 60 68 263 4 45 38 18 0 27 14 1 6 0 15 2 5 4 0 4 5.70 2.50 -0.7 1923 STL A 1926 CHI N Daily Splits 42 32 21 2 7 2 271.1 267 1110 10 104 85 62 4 127 29 1 6 1 37 12 25 17 18 17 2.82 4.31 3.1 1926 CHI N 1927 CHI N Daily Splits 48 36 21 4 12 2 309 296 1316 16 148 129 117 3 145 23 3 9 1 63 12 17 17 26 15 3.76 5.75 0.7 1927 CHI N 1928 CHI N Daily Splits 40 30 13 1 6 2 237 214 992 15 109 94 73 2 122 29 0 7 0 36 3 14 20 14 18 3.57 3.07 0.9 1928 CHI N 1929 CHI N Daily Splits 43 31 19 4 9 5 272 286 1158 12 120 105 83 11 124 32 1 3 0 51 16 19 16 19 6 3.47 6.26 2.7 1929 CHI N 1930 CHI N Daily Splits 37 30 15 4 6 4 220.1 247 967 18 122 106 63 6 124 18 1 7 0 41 7 22 24 16 14 4.33 5.70 1.9 1930 CHI N 1931 CHI N Daily Splits 39 31 19 3 6 2 251 240 1043 7 109 97 71 3 131 14 1 7 0 53 13 17 16 17 14 3.48 4.55 1.6 1931 CHI N 1932 CHI N Daily Splits 39 24 11 0 10 3 216.1 211 908 10 99 86 55 6 96 15 4 5 0 44 9 11 16 15 10 3.58 4.62 0.3 1932 CHI N 1933 CHI N Daily Splits 35 30 20 2 4 0 242.1 232 1008 14 85 70 61 2 86 18 3 10 0 39 8 24 22 15 10 2.60 4.00 1.2 1933 CHI N 1934 CHI N Daily Splits 34 9 2 0 14 0 117.2 141 538 8 62 56 53 7 46 7 2 5 0 21 5 6 7 4 7 4.28 4.22 -0.3 1934 CHI N 1935 CHI N Daily Splits 38 18 11 1 16 2 201.1 193 826 15 85 69 47 3 94 10 2 3 0 22 12 20 22 15 8 3.08 6.06 1.9 1935 CHI N 1936 CHI N Daily Splits 33 3 0 0 15 1 73.2 81 315 3 34 34 20 3 32 4 0 2 0 14 4 4 7 3 6 4.15 7.00 0.1 1936 CHI N 1937 CHI N Daily Splits 43 15 5 0 20 5 178.2 173 729 18 71 67 32 2 74 8 2 4 0 21 6 14 8 13 5 3.38 6.13 1.3 1937 CHI N 1938 CHI N Daily Splits 44 11 5 0 20 9 160.2 163 673 10 62 51 30 7 70 9 0 2 0 28 3 8 10 8 7 2.86 3.27 1.4 1938 CHI N 1939 CHI N Daily Splits 35 16 8 0 12 4 167.1 189 709 11 83 75 34 6 65 6 0 0 2 1 46 6 12 8 8 8 4.03 4.44 0.0 1939 CHI N 1940 CHI N Daily Splits 36 8 1 0 10 1 112 118 490 9 61 48 33 7 50 10 0 1 0 19 4 7 15 2 4 3.86 5.38 -0.3 1940 CHI N 1941 CHI N Daily Splits 19 15 6 0 4 0 106.2 133 484 9 68 64 37 7 46 12 1 0 0 23 6 6 7 8 7 5.40 4.67 -2.3 1941 CHI N Total NL (16 Years) 605 339 177 21 171 42 3137.1 3184 13266 185 1422 1236 871 79 1432 244 0 21 73 3 558 126 226 232 201 156 3.55 4.88 14.2 Total NL Total AL ( 1 Year ) 27 2 0 0 15 0 60 68 263 4 45 38 18 0 27 14 1 6 0 15 2 5 4 0 4 5.70 2.50 -0.7 Total AL Total (17 Years) Splits 632 341 177 21 186 42 3197.1 3252 13529 189 1467 1274 889 79 1459 258 0 22 79 3 573 128 231 236 201 160 3.59 4.87 13.5 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

            World Series Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1929 CHI N Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 12 53 2 7 7 2 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4.72 4.50 1929 CHI N 1932 CHI N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 22 4 6 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10.38 5.00 1932 CHI N 1935 CHI N Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 12 1 4 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 3.00 1935 CHI N 1938 CHI N Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 12 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 - 1938 CHI N Total ( 4 Years) Splits 6 4 0 0 1 0 22.2 26 99 8 18 17 6 1 15 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 6.75 4.25 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1923 STL A Daily Splits P 27 2 0 59.2 1 13 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1.000 1926 CHI N Daily Splits P 42 32 21 271.1 8 58 4 4 0 2 5 8 0 .943 1927 CHI N Daily Splits P 48 36 21 309 6 49 2 2 0 1 10 11 0 .965 1928 CHI N Daily Splits P 40 30 13 238 6 39 1 2 0 0 7 10 1 .978 1929 CHI N Daily Splits P 43 31 19 272 12 35 1 2 0 3 9 16 3 .979 1930 CHI N Daily Splits P 37 30 15 220.1 9 27 0 1 0 0 7 9 0 1.000 1931 CHI N Daily Splits P 39 31 19 250.2 3 38 1 0 0 2 13 10 0 .976 1932 CHI N Daily Splits P 39 24 11 216.1 8 32 0 0 0 2 5 7 1 1.000 1933 CHI N Daily Splits P 35 30 20 242.2 11 36 1 4 0 2 4 11 0 .979 1934 CHI N Daily Splits P 34 9 2 118.2 2 23 0 1 0 2 2 6 1 1.000 1935 CHI N Daily Splits P 38 18 11 201.1 7 27 1 0 0 0 10 11 0 .971 1936 CHI N Daily Splits P 33 3 0 73.2 2 10 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 1.000 1937 CHI N Daily Splits P 43 15 5 178.2 8 36 1 2 0 1 3 7 0 .978 1938 CHI N Daily Splits P 44 11 5 160.2 5 23 1 0 0 0 6 5 0 .966 1939 CHI N Daily Splits P 35 16 8 167 2 22 2 0 0 0 2 6 0 .923 1940 CHI N Daily Splits P 36 8 1 112 3 22 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1.000 1941 CHI N Daily Splits P 19 15 6 106.2 2 16 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 1.000 Total (17 Years) Splits P 632 341 177 3198.2 95 506 15 21 0 16 98 132 7 .976 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1929 CHI N Daily Splits P 2 2 0 13.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1932 CHI N Daily Splits P 1 1 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1935 CHI N Daily Splits P 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1938 CHI N Daily Splits P 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 4 Years) Splits P 6 4 0 22.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

              Coaching Record

Year Team Position START END 1951 CHI N Pitching 4-17 9-30 1952 CHI N Pitching 4-15 9-28 1953 CHI N Pitching 4-14 9-27 1956 MIL N Coach 4-17 9-30 1957 MIL N Coach 4-16 10-10 1960 CHI N Pitching 4-12 5- 4 Total ( 6 Years)

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 4-28-1951 BOX CHI N Bill Stewart Call at 1B

Transaction Information

Released by Chicago Cubs (October 8, 1941).

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