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Charlie Root played 17 major-league seasons (1923-1941) as a P (632). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 24 | SLA | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .077 | .220 | -39 |
| 1926 | 27 | CHN | 42 | 91 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .143 | .366 | 1 |
| 1927 | 28 | CHN | 48 | 122 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 35 | .221 | .539 | 49 |
| 1928 | 29 | CHN | 40 | 73 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .178 | .447 | 20 |
| 1929 | 30 | CHN | 43 | 96 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .156 | .492 | 24 |
| 1930 | 31 | CHN | 37 | 80 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .263 | .706 | 74 |
| 1931 | 32 | CHN | 39 | 90 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 31 | .222 | .566 | 57 |
| 1932 | 33 | CHN | 39 | 76 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .171 | .395 | 9 |
| 1933 | 34 | CHN | 35 | 85 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .094 | .264 | -22 |
| 1934 | 35 | CHN | 34 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .175 | .575 | 54 |
| 1935 | 36 | CHN | 38 | 69 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .203 | .540 | 49 |
| 1936 | 37 | CHN | 33 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .333 | .745 | 109 |
| 1937 | 38 | CHN | 43 | 67 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .179 | .457 | 28 |
| 1938 | 39 | CHN | 44 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .167 | .418 | 20 |
| 1939 | 40 | CHN | 35 | 57 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .175 | .568 | 56 |
| 1940 | 41 | CHN | 36 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .129 | .335 | -3 |
| 1941 | 42 | CHN | 19 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .152 | .536 | 56 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 24 | SLA | 27 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 27 | 18 | 5.70 | 70 |
| 1926 | 27 | CHN | 42 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 271.1 | 127 | 62 | 2.82 | 136 |
| 1927 | 28 | CHN | 48 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 309 | 145 | 117 | 3.76 | 104 |
| 1928 | 29 | CHN | 40 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 237 | 122 | 73 | 3.57 | 112 |
| 1929 | 30 | CHN | 43 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 272 | 124 | 83 | 3.47 | 136 |
| 1930 | 31 | CHN | 37 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 220.1 | 124 | 63 | 4.33 | 115 |
| 1931 | 32 | CHN | 39 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 251 | 131 | 71 | 3.48 | 111 |
| 1932 | 33 | CHN | 39 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 216.1 | 96 | 55 | 3.58 | 108 |
| 1933 | 34 | CHN | 35 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 242.1 | 86 | 61 | 2.60 | 128 |
| 1934 | 35 | CHN | 34 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 117.2 | 46 | 53 | 4.28 | 95 |
| 1935 | 36 | CHN | 38 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 201.1 | 94 | 47 | 3.08 | 130 |
| 1936 | 37 | CHN | 33 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 73.2 | 32 | 20 | 4.15 | 97 |
| 1937 | 38 | CHN | 43 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 178.2 | 74 | 32 | 3.37 | 116 |
| 1938 | 39 | CHN | 44 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 160.2 | 70 | 30 | 2.86 | 132 |
| 1939 | 40 | CHN | 35 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 167.1 | 65 | 34 | 4.03 | 97 |
| 1940 | 41 | CHN | 36 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 112 | 50 | 33 | 3.86 | 100 |
| 1941 | 42 | CHN | 19 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 106.2 | 46 | 37 | 5.40 | 67 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | P | 27 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | P | 42 | 0 | 8 | 58 | 4 | 4 |
| 1927 | P | 48 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 2 | 2 |
| 1928 | P | 40 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 2 |
| 1929 | P | 43 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 2 |
| 1930 | P | 37 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 1931 | P | 39 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| 1932 | P | 39 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | P | 35 | 0 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 4 |
| 1934 | P | 34 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 1935 | P | 38 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 1936 | P | 33 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 1937 | P | 43 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 2 |
| 1938 | P | 44 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 1939 | P | 35 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 1940 | P | 36 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | P | 19 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Charlie Root won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1927 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1927 (NL), TSN All-Star 1927 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1938, 1937, 1931, 1927, 1926.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 8 / 80 | 0 |
| 1927 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 46 / 80 | 0 |
| 1931 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 22 | 3 / 80 | 0 |
| 1937 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 15 / 80 | 0 |
| 1938 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 28 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.