Charlie Root
Bats R · Throws R · b. 1899, Middletown, USA · d. 1970 · MLB debut 1923-04-18, final game 1941-09-02
Batting
| Year | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | SLA | AL | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .077 | .143 | .077 |
| 1926 | CHN | NL | 42 | 91 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .143 | .179 | .187 |
| 1927 | CHN | NL | 48 | 122 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 35 | .221 | .252 | .287 |
| 1928 | CHN | NL | 40 | 73 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .178 | .200 | .247 |
| 1929 | CHN | NL | 43 | 96 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .156 | .190 | .302 |
| 1930 | CHN | NL | 37 | 80 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .263 | .306 | .400 |
| 1931 | CHN | NL | 39 | 90 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 31 | .222 | .255 | .311 |
| 1932 | CHN | NL | 39 | 76 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .171 | .171 | .224 |
| 1933 | CHN | NL | 35 | 85 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .094 | .135 | .129 |
| 1934 | CHN | NL | 34 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .175 | .175 | .400 |
| 1935 | CHN | NL | 38 | 69 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .203 | .236 | .304 |
| 1936 | CHN | NL | 33 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .333 | .412 | .333 |
| 1937 | CHN | NL | 43 | 67 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .179 | .203 | .254 |
| 1938 | CHN | NL | 44 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .167 | .231 | .188 |
| 1939 | CHN | NL | 35 | 57 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .175 | .217 | .351 |
| 1940 | CHN | NL | 36 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .129 | .206 | .129 |
| 1941 | CHN | NL | 19 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .152 | .263 | .273 |
| 1923–1941 | 632 | 1086 | 86 | 196 | 46 | 7 | 11 | 93 | 1 | 44 | 329 | .180 | .217 | .266 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | SLA | AL | 0 | 4 | 5.70 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 68 | 38 | 4 | 18 | 27 |
| 1926 | CHN | NL | 18 | 17 | 2.82 | 42 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 271.1 | 267 | 85 | 10 | 62 | 127 |
| 1927 | CHN | NL | 26 | 15 | 3.76 | 48 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 309.0 | 296 | 129 | 16 | 117 | 145 |
| 1928 | CHN | NL | 14 | 18 | 3.57 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 237.0 | 214 | 94 | 15 | 73 | 122 |
| 1929 | CHN | NL | 19 | 6 | 3.47 | 43 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 272.0 | 286 | 105 | 12 | 83 | 124 |
| 1930 | CHN | NL | 16 | 14 | 4.33 | 37 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 220.1 | 247 | 106 | 17 | 63 | 124 |
| 1931 | CHN | NL | 17 | 14 | 3.48 | 39 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 251.0 | 240 | 97 | 7 | 71 | 131 |
| 1932 | CHN | NL | 15 | 10 | 3.58 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 216.1 | 211 | 86 | 10 | 55 | 96 |
| 1933 | CHN | NL | 15 | 10 | 2.60 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 242.1 | 232 | 70 | 14 | 61 | 86 |
| 1934 | CHN | NL | 4 | 7 | 4.28 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117.2 | 141 | 56 | 8 | 53 | 46 |
| 1935 | CHN | NL | 15 | 8 | 3.08 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 201.1 | 193 | 69 | 15 | 47 | 94 |
| 1936 | CHN | NL | 3 | 6 | 4.15 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73.2 | 81 | 34 | 3 | 20 | 32 |
| 1937 | CHN | NL | 13 | 5 | 3.38 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 178.2 | 173 | 67 | 18 | 32 | 74 |
| 1938 | CHN | NL | 8 | 7 | 2.86 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 160.2 | 163 | 51 | 10 | 30 | 70 |
| 1939 | CHN | NL | 8 | 8 | 4.03 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 167.1 | 189 | 75 | 11 | 34 | 65 |
| 1940 | CHN | NL | 2 | 4 | 3.86 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 112.0 | 118 | 48 | 9 | 33 | 50 |
| 1941 | CHN | NL | 8 | 7 | 5.40 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 106.2 | 133 | 64 | 8 | 37 | 46 |
| 1923–1941 | 201 | 160 | 3.59 | 632 | 341 | 177 | 21 | 40 | 3197.1 | 3252 | 1274 | 187 | 889 | 1459 |
Awards
- 1927 Baseball Magazine All-Star (ML)
- 1927 Baseball Magazine All-Star (NL)
- 1927 TSN All-Star (ML)
Hall of Fame voting
| Year | Voted by | Votes | Ballots | Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | BBWAA | 1 | 247 | 186 | |
| 1948 | BBWAA | 3 | 121 | 91 | |
| 1949 | BBWAA | 1 | 153 | 115 | |
| 1950 | BBWAA | 1 | 168 | 126 | |
| 1958 | BBWAA | 6 | 266 | 200 | |
| 1960 | BBWAA | 2 | 269 | 202 | |
| 2003 | Veterans - Players | ||||
| 2005 | Veterans - Players | ||||
| 2007 | Veterans - Players |