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Charlie Root

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American baseball player and coach

United StatesLived 1899 to 1970 · aged 71
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Charles Henry "Chinski" Root was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Browns and the Chicago Cubs between 1923 and 1941. Root batted and threw right-handed. He holds the club record for games, innings pitched, and career wins with 201.

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Root, circa 1941Root, circa 1941(L-R): Hollywood Stars manager Charlie Root, actress Jane Wyatt and Los Angeles Angels manager Bill Sweeney sit atop a pile of baseball equipment donated to members of the United States Armed Forces at military installations in Southern California in 1943(L-R): Hollywood Stars manager Charlie Root, actress Jane Wyatt and Los Angeles Angels manager Bill Sweeney sit atop a pile of baseball equipment donated to members of the United States Armed Forces at military installations in Southern California in 1943

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Charles Henry "Chinski" Root was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Browns and the Chicago Cubs between 1923 and 1941. Root batted and threw right-handed. He holds the club record for games, innings pitched, and career wins with 201. He is the last player born in the 19th Century to play in Major League Baseball.

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United States
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1970 · aged 71
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5 languages

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