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Historical player · 1923–1941

Charlie Root

B/T R/R · HT 70 · WT 190 · Born 3/17/1899 · From Middletown, OH USA · Debut 1923-04-18 · Final 1941-09-02

Career · batting

632

1,086

196

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.181 · 0.483

Career · pitching

632

341

3,197.3

W-L

201-160

1,459

ERA

3.59

WHIP

1.30

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1926–1941

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#278 on the Cubs

↑ 1 C. Beck

↓ 1 P. Ward

Hits

195

#251 on the Cubs

↑ 1 J. Stewart

↓ 4 F. McGriff

RBI

#232 on the Cubs

↑ 1 D. Farrell

↓ 1 B. Dernier

#648 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Adams

Runs

#279 on the Cubs

↑ 1 J. Glenn

↓ 1 J. Burnitz

#346 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Browne

↓ 1 D. Bartell

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1923–1923

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Hits

#1,233 on the Browns

↑ 1 M. Adamson

Runs

#1,108 on the Browns

↑ 1 J. Aguilar

#1,047 on the Browns

↑ 1 B. Abstein

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#4,114 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Alcantara

↓ 1 B. Zipfel

Hits

196

#4,718 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Armour

↓ 1 J. Willard

RBI

#4,502 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Aaron

↓ 1 P. Valaika

#7,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Aase

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1923	Browns	AL	27	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.077	—	0.077
1926	Cubs	NL	42	91	8	13	1	0	1	7	0	2	25	0.143	—	0.187
1927	Cubs	NL	48	122	15	27	6	1	0	8	0	4	35	0.221	—	0.287
1928	Cubs	NL	40	73	5	13	5	0	0	5	0	2	18	0.178	—	0.247
1929	Cubs	NL	43	96	8	15	3	4	1	15	0	4	28	0.156	—	0.302
1930	Cubs	NL	37	80	4	21	8	0	1	6	1	4	21	0.263	—	0.400
1931	Cubs	NL	39	90	7	20	8	0	0	8	0	4	31	0.222	—	0.311
1932	Cubs	NL	39	76	4	13	1	0	1	10	0	0	29	0.171	—	0.224
1933	Cubs	NL	35	85	1	8	3	0	0	0	0	4	22	0.094	—	0.129
1934	Cubs	NL	34	40	3	7	3	0	2	4	0	0	13	0.175	—	0.400
1935	Cubs	NL	38	69	8	14	2	1	1	7	0	3	22	0.203	—	0.304
1936	Cubs	NL	33	15	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.333	—	0.333
1937	Cubs	NL	43	67	7	12	2	0	1	9	0	1	19	0.179	—	0.254
1938	Cubs	NL	44	48	2	8	1	0	0	3	0	4	16	0.167	—	0.188
1939	Cubs	NL	35	57	4	10	2	1	2	6	0	2	21	0.175	—	0.351
1940	Cubs	NL	36	31	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	0.129	—	0.129
1941	Cubs	NL	19	33	4	5	1	0	1	4	0	5	10	0.152	—	0.273
Career			632	1,086	86	196	46	7	11	93	1	44	329	0.181	0.217	0.266

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1923	Browns	AL	0	4	27	2	0	60.0	68	38	18	27	5.70	1.43
1926	Cubs	NL	18	17	42	32	2	271.3	267	85	62	127	2.82	1.21
1927	Cubs	NL	26	15	48	36	2	309.0	296	129	117	145	3.76	1.34
1928	Cubs	NL	14	18	40	30	2	237.0	214	94	73	122	3.57	1.21
1929	Cubs	NL	19	6	43	31	5	272.0	286	105	83	124	3.47	1.36
1930	Cubs	NL	16	14	37	30	3	220.3	247	106	63	124	4.33	1.41
1931	Cubs	NL	17	14	39	31	2	251.0	240	97	71	131	3.48	1.24
1932	Cubs	NL	15	10	39	23	3	216.3	211	86	55	96	3.58	1.23
1933	Cubs	NL	15	10	35	30	0	242.3	232	70	61	86	2.60	1.21
1934	Cubs	NL	4	7	34	9	0	117.7	141	56	53	46	4.28	1.65
1935	Cubs	NL	15	8	38	18	2	201.3	193	69	47	94	3.08	1.19
1936	Cubs	NL	3	6	33	4	1	73.7	81	34	20	32	4.15	1.37
1937	Cubs	NL	13	5	43	15	5	178.7	173	67	32	74	3.38	1.15
1938	Cubs	NL	8	7	44	11	8	160.7	163	51	30	70	2.86	1.20
1939	Cubs	NL	8	8	35	16	4	167.3	189	75	34	65	4.03	1.33
1940	Cubs	NL	2	4	36	8	1	112.0	118	48	33	50	3.86	1.35
1941	Cubs	NL	8	7	19	15	0	106.7	133	64	37	46	5.40	1.59
Career			201	160	632	341	40	3,197.3	3,252	1,274	889	1,459	3.59	1.30

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	632	0	0.0	95	506	15	21

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2007	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2003	Veterans - Players			Ballot
1960	BBWAA	2	202	Ballot
1958	BBWAA	6	200	Ballot
1950	BBWAA	1	126	Ballot
1949	BBWAA	1	115	Ballot
1948	BBWAA	3	91	Ballot
1945	BBWAA	1	186	Ballot