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Charlie Root

Cubs Career team 1926 to 1941
Position P
Born Mar 17, 1899

Key Insights

1941
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Erv Brame has hit .538/.571/.846 against Root over 14 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

7 for 13 with 1 home run and 1 strikeout, against a .678 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Root has struck Doug McWeeny out 16 times in 26 plate appearances, 61.5% of everything between them.

16 strikeouts in 26 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Root throws than Bob O'Farrell: 62.5% of the swings between them come up empty.

68 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 11 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Root has faced Paul Waner more than any other hitter: 181 plate appearances, and Paul Waner has hit .383/.403/.593 in them.

64 hits, 4 home runs and 1 strikeout across 181 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Virgil Barnes is 0 for 14 against Root, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

14 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Mel Ott has taken Root deep 10 times, once every 15.7 plate appearances between them.

157 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 17, 1899