Editing Charlie Root (section)

==Early life==
Born on [[Saint Patrick's Day]], Root was the eighth of nine children born to Jacob and Mary Root in Middletown, Ohio. He left school at 13 due to being reprimanded by his teacher for his behavior. His 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. 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. By the time he was twenty, he was playing semipro ball with the Middletown Eagles, making $5 for each game (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|5|1919}}}} in current dollar terms) on Sundays before leaving for the Hamilton Engine Works, who offered $35 a game (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|35|1919}}}} in current dollar terms) and a job for $50 a week (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|50|1919}}}} in current dollar terms). [[Carl Weilman]] of the [[History of the St. Louis Browns|St. Louis Browns]] noticed his play (in which he led them to the Southern Ohio industrial league championship) and signed him to a contract.<ref name=sabr>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/charlie-root/ |title=Charlie Root |first1=Gregory H. |last1=Wolf |website=sabr.org |publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> Root reported to spring training camp for the Browns in [[Bogalusa, Louisiana]] in 1921.