How Charlie Root's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Charlie Root posted a career ERA of 3.59, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1933, posting 2.6, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.79 that year. The highest point came in 1923 at 5.7, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.97 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.03 in 1939 to 3.86 in 1940 and 5.4 in 1941. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 17 seasons.
Charlie Root Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Charlie Root
| Charlie Root
ERA | Charlie Root
Component ERA | Charlie Root
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.59 | 3.51 | 3.76 |
| Season Avg. | 3.59 | 3.51 | 3.76 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.59 | 3.51 | 3.76 |
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Charlie Root ERA Per Season
Charlie Root's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Charlie Root ERA by Team
Charlie Root's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Charlie Root ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Charlie Root's career ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Charlie Root ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Charlie Root's seasonal ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Charlie Root ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Charlie Root's MLB career with ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
