Charles Henry "Chinski" Root was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St Louis Browns and the Chicago Cubs between 1923 and 1941.
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26 Facts About Charlie Root
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Charlie Root holds the club record for games, innings pitched, and career wins with 201.
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Charlie Root left school at 13 due to being reprimanded by his teacher for his behavior.
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Charlie Root's father envisioned his son working in the local steel mill; although he did not get in his son's interest in baseball, he demanded that his son find a job to help the family.
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Charlie Root had numerous jobs, such as driver of a grocery wagon, working in a box factory, and being a pattern-maker at the Armco mill.
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Charlie Root reported to spring training camp for the Browns in Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1921.
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Charlie Root began his professional career on April 18,1923 with the St Louis Browns.
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Charlie Root pitched in relief for the final inning against the Detroit Tigers, striking out one while allowing no hits.
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Charlie Root was traded after the 1923 season by manager George Sisler along Cedric Durst, Rasty Wright, and Josh Billings to the Los Angeles Angels in the Pacific Coast League for George Lyons and Tony Rego.
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Charlie Root's contract was purchased by the Cubs after the season for $30,000 and two players.
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Charlie Root was sent back to the Angels for more seasoning after spring training with the team, winning 25 games with the Angels.
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Charlie Root had 62 walks and 127 strikeouts, beginning six consecutive seasons with over a hundred strikeouts.
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Charlie Root finished fourth in the MVP voting that year, receiving 46 vote points as Paul Waner received the award with 72.
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That year the Cubs won the National League pennant, and Charlie Root started Game 1 and Game 4 of the World Series against the Philadelphia Athletics.
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Charlie Root was scoreless until the seventh inning, where Jimmie Foxx hit a home run off him to give the Athletics their first run.
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Charlie Root started the pivotal fourth game of the Series, facing off against Jack Quinn.
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Charlie Root threw the pitch that Babe Ruth allegedly predicted he would hit into the seats in the 1932 World Series at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
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Charlie Root insisted that Ruth had not pointed to the bleachers and the account of the supposed shot is disputed.
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Charlie Root appeared in Game 2 and 4 of the World Series, starting in the former while closing the last two innings of the latter.
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Charlie Root stepped in for Bill Lee in the ninth inning, allowing one hit with no runs to keep the score at 5 even in the last scheduled inning to play before darkness was set to hit Wrigley Field, which would mean a re-playing of the game the following day.
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Charlie Root allowed more hits and runs than the year before despite a reduced workload while having 46 strikeouts and 37 walks.
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Charlie Root, who had a Diamond-R Ranch of 1,000 acres in Paicines, became a cattle rancher who liked hunting and fishing.
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Charlie Root died at age 71 in Hollister, California after an extended illness.
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Charlie Root's ashes were scattered at Garden of Memories Memorial Park in Salinas, California.
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