Charlie Root Charles Henry Root Bats Right Throws Right Height 5'10.5 Weight 190 Born March 17, 1899 Middletown, OH Died Novmeber 5, 1970 Hollister, CA

Pitching  

 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 1928 29 NDA   9   9  .500   0  30  30   2      206.1             69   76   97      3.01  4.08  136  
 1929 30 NDA  14  10  .583   0  31  31   4      219.0             89   85   68      3.66  3.64  100  
 1930 31 NDA  13   8  .619   0  31  31   3      193.2            111   79   94      5.16  4.27   83  
 1931 32 NDA  14  10  .583   0  31  31   3   2  199.2  216   86   83   89  100      3.74  3.62   97  
 1932 33 FRE   8  14  .364   0  34  34   1   0  202.1  195   89   84   64   67      3.74  3.20   86  

 1933 34 FRE  17  12  .586   0  37  37  10   1  259.1  282  139  119   77  120  24  4.13  4.15  100  
 1935 36 FRE  11  11  .500   0  30  29   6   0  188.2  243  124  108   62   92  24  5.15  4.16   81  
 1937 38 FRE   6   6  .500   3  36  10   3   0   94.1   87   59   53   22   48  21  5.06  4.28   85  
 1938 39 FRE  14   9  .609  13  89   0   0   0  136.1  137   51   44   30   81   9  2.90  4.28  147  
 1939 40 FRE   8   7  .533   9 113   0   0   0  145.0  180   87   71   49   42  15  4.41  4.19   95  

 1940 41 FRE   2   5  .286   2  24   0   0   0   30.1   48   28   17   10   12   8  5.04  4.26   84  
 1941 42 FRE   0   1  .000   0  12   0   0   0   12.1   16    9    9    6    8   3  6.57  4.22   64  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons  116 102  .532  27 498 233  32   3 1887.1 1404  941  857  649  829 104  4.09  4.01   98
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  10   9  .532   2  44  21   3   0  168.0  167   84   76   58   74   9  4.09 
 Career High  17  14  .619  13 113  37  10   2  259.1  282  139  119   85  120  24  2.90            
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 4 Yrs.  NDA  50  37  .575   0 123 123  12   2  818.2  216  355  352  329  359      3.87  3.90  101  
 8 Yrs.  FRE  66  65  .504  27 375 110  20   1 1068.2 1188  586  505  320  470 104  4.25  3.67   86  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

All-Star 1933

ERA 1928-3.01-5 1931-3.04-10

Wins 1929-14-9 1931-14-9 1933-17-5 1938-14-9

Strikeouts 1928-97-8 1929-68-10 1930-94-9 1931-100-4 1933-120-6

Innings Pitched 1929-219.0-10 1933-259.1-3

Complete Games 1933-10-8

Games 1938-89-4 1939-113-1

Walks 1933-77-5

Saves 1938-13-6 1939-9-7

Losses 1932-14-6

Pitcher of the Month, May 1933
Player of the Week, Week 12, 1933

Transactions January 1, 1928: Drafted 4th round (27th overall) by North Dallas. March 31, 1932: Traded with Tony Cuccinello, Ed Brandt, Jackie Hayes and Gee Walker by North Dallas to Fremont for Charlie Gehringer and their Second Round pick in 1933.

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