Charlie Root Stats

Charlie Root was born on Friday, March 17, 1899, in Middletown, Ohio. Root was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1923, with the St. Louis Browns. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Charlie Root baseball stats page.
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Charlie Root
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Charles Henry Root
Nickname:   Charlie or Chinski
Born On:   03-17-1899
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Middletown, Ohio
Zodiac:   Pisces
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-05-1970
Place of Death Data Died In:   Hollister, California
Cemetery:   Cremated
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½
Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   04-18-1923 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-02-1941
Draft:   Not Applicable
Charlie Root

Charlie Root Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1923 Browns 27 2 15 0 4 .000 5.70 0 0 0 60.0 263 68 38 45 4 18 - 27 1 6 0 -
1926 Cubs 42 32 7 18 17 .514 2.82 21 2 2 271.1 1,110 267 85 104 10 62 - 127 1 6 1 -
1927 Cubs 48 36 12 26 15 .634 3.76 21 4 2 309.0 1,316 296 129 148 16 117 - 145 3 9 1 -
1928 Cubs 40 30 6 14 18 .438 3.57 13 1 2 237.0 992 214 94 109 15 73 - 122 0 7 0 -
1929 Cubs 43 31 9 19 6 .760 3.47 19 4 5 272.0 1,158 286 105 120 12 83 - 124 1 3 0 -
1930 Cubs 37 30 6 16 14 .533 4.33 15 4 3 220.1 967 247 106 122 17 63 - 124 1 7 0 -
1931 Cubs 39 31 6 17 14 .548 3.48 19 3 2 251.0 1,043 240 97 109 7 71 - 131 1 7 0 -
1932 Cubs 39 23 9 15 10 .600 3.58 11 0 3 216.1 908 211 86 99 10 55 - 96 4 5 0 -
1933 Cubs 35 30 4 15 10 .600 2.60 20 2 0 242.1 1,008 232 70 85 14 61 - 86 3 10 0 -
1934 Cubs 34 9 14 4 7 .364 4.28 2 0 0 117.2 538 141 56 62 8 53 - 46 2 5 0 -
1935 Cubs 38 18 16 15 8 .652 3.08 11 1 2 201.1 826 193 69 85 15 47 - 94 2 3 0 -
1936 Cubs 33 4 15 3 6 .333 4.15 0 0 1 73.2 315 81 34 34 3 20 - 32 0 2 0 -
1937 Cubs 43 15 20 13 5 .722 3.37 5 0 5 178.2 729 173 67 71 18 32 - 74 2 4 0 -
1938 Cubs 44 11 20 8 7 .533 2.86 5 0 8 160.2 673 163 51 62 10 30 - 70 0 2 0 -
1939 Cubs 35 16 12 8 8 .500 4.03 8 0 4 167.1 709 189 75 83 11 34 - 65 0 2 1 -
1940 Cubs 36 8 10 2 4 .333 3.86 1 0 1 112.0 490 118 48 61 9 33 - 50 0 1 0 -
1941 Cubs 19 15 4 8 7 .533 5.40 6 0 0 106.2 484 133 64 68 8 37 - 46 1 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
17 Years 632 341 185 201 160 .557 3.59 177 21 40 3,197.1 13,529 3,252 1,274 1,467 187 889 - 1,459 22 79 3 -
Charlie Root

Charlie Root Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1923 Browns 27 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 0 - 0 - .077 .143 .077
1926 Cubs 42 91 8 13 1 0 1 0 7 2 - 25 4 - 2 - .143 .179 .187
1927 Cubs 48 122 15 27 6 1 0 0 8 4 - 35 5 - 1 - .221 .252 .287
1928 Cubs 40 73 5 13 5 0 0 0 5 2 - 18 8 - 0 - .178 .200 .247
1929 Cubs 43 96 8 15 3 4 1 0 15 4 - 28 5 - 0 - .156 .190 .302
1930 Cubs 37 80 4 21 8 0 1 0 6 4 - 21 2 - 1 - .263 .306 .400
1931 Cubs 39 90 7 20 8 0 0 0 8 4 - 31 1 - 0 - .222 .255 .311
1932 Cubs 39 76 4 13 1 0 1 0 10 0 - 29 2 - 0 - .171 .171 .224
1933 Cubs 35 85 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 4 - 22 4 - 0 2 .094 .135 .129
1934 Cubs 34 40 3 7 3 0 2 0 4 0 - 13 1 - 0 0 .175 .175 .400
1935 Cubs 38 69 8 14 2 1 1 0 7 3 - 22 12 - 0 1 .203 .236 .304
1936 Cubs 33 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 0 - 0 1 .333 .412 .333
1937 Cubs 43 67 7 12 2 0 1 0 9 1 - 19 2 - 1 0 .179 .203 .254
1938 Cubs 44 48 2 8 1 0 0 0 3 4 - 16 1 - 0 2 .167 .231 .188
1939 Cubs 35 57 4 10 2 1 2 0 6 2 - 21 3 - 1 0 .175 .217 .351
1940 Cubs 36 31 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 10 0 - 1 2 .129 .206 .129
1941 Cubs 19 33 4 5 1 0 1 0 4 5 - 10 4 - 0 1 .152 .263 .273
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
17 Years 632 1,086 86 196 46 7 11 0 93 44 - 329 54 - 7 9 .180 .217 .266
Charlie Root

Charlie Root Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1923 Browns P 27 2 180 14 0.5 14 1 13 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.10 -
1926 Cubs P 42 32 814 70 1.7 66 8 58 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .943 2.19 -
1927 Cubs P 48 36 927 57 1.2 55 6 49 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .965 1.60 -
1928 Cubs P 40 30 711 46 1.2 45 6 39 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .978 1.71 -
1929 Cubs P 43 31 816 48 1.1 47 12 35 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .979 1.56 -
1930 Cubs P 37 30 661 36 1.0 36 9 27 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.47 -
1931 Cubs P 39 31 753 42 1.1 41 3 38 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.47 -
1932 Cubs P 39 23 649 40 1.0 40 8 32 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.66 -
1933 Cubs P 35 30 727 48 1.4 47 11 36 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .979 1.75 -
1934 Cubs P 34 9 353 25 0.7 25 2 23 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.91 -
1935 Cubs P 38 18 604 35 0.9 34 7 27 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.52 -
1936 Cubs P 33 4 221 12 0.4 12 2 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.47 -
1937 Cubs P 43 15 536 45 1.0 44 8 36 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.22 -
1938 Cubs P 44 11 482 29 0.7 28 5 23 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 1.57 -
1939 Cubs P 35 16 502 26 0.7 24 2 22 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.29 -
1940 Cubs P 36 8 336 25 0.7 25 3 22 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.01 -
1941 Cubs P 19 15 320 18 0.9 18 2 16 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.52 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 632 341 9,592 616 1.0 601 95 506 15 21 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.69 --
17 Years 632 341 9,592 616 1.0 601 95 506 15 21 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.69 --
Charlie Root

Charlie Root Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1923 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.6 0.0 1.50 4.05 2.70
1926 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 91.0 3.6 13.0 2.05 4.21 2.06
1927 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.5 15.3 1.24 4.22 3.41
1928 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 4.1 14.6 1.67 4.63 2.77
1929 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 96.0 3.4 6.4 1.49 4.10 2.75
1930 Cubs 1 - - - - n/a 80.0 3.8 13.3 1.97 5.07 2.57
1931 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 2.9 11.3 1.85 4.70 2.55
1932 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 76.0 2.6 7.6 1.75 3.99 2.29
1933 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.9 0.0 1.41 3.19 2.27
1934 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 20.0 3.1 10.0 0.87 3.52 4.05
1935 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 69.0 3.1 9.9 2.00 4.20 2.10
1936 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.8 0.0 1.60 3.91 2.44
1937 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 67.0 3.5 7.4 2.31 3.73 1.61
1938 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.0 16.0 2.33 3.92 1.68
1939 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 28.5 2.7 9.5 1.91 3.50 1.83
1940 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.1 31.0 1.52 4.02 2.65
1941 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 33.0 3.3 8.3 1.24 3.88 3.12
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
17 Years 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 98.7 3.3 11.7 1.64 4.11 2.50
Charlie Root

Charlie Root Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1923 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1928 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1929 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1930 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1931 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1932 Chicago Cubs 12 Undetermined n/a Stats
1933 Chicago Cubs 19 Undetermined - -
1934 Chicago Cubs 14 Undetermined - -
1935 Chicago Cubs 17 Undetermined - Stats
1936 Chicago Cubs 17 Undetermined - -
1937 Chicago Cubs 17 Undetermined - -
1938 Chicago Cubs 17 Undetermined - Stats
1939 Chicago Cubs 17 Undetermined - -
1940 Chicago Cubs 17 Undetermined - -
1941 Chicago Cubs 17 Undetermined - -




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