Chief Bender
Charles Albert Bender
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 5, 1884 in Crow Wing County, MN
High School: Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA)
School: Dickinson College
Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1902. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1903
Final Game: July 21, 1925
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1953.
Died: May 22, 1954 in Philadelphia, PA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1903 19 PHA AL 17 14 .548 3.07 36 33 2 29 2 0 270.0 239 115 92 6 65 127 25 2 6 1084 99 1.126 8.0 0.2 2.2 4.2 1.95
1904 20 PHA AL 10 11 .476 2.87 29 20 8 18 4 0 203.2 167 90 65 1 59 149 4 0 5 834 93 1.110 7.4 0.0 2.6 6.6 2.53
1905 21 PHA AL 18 11 .621 2.83 35 23 12 18 4 0 229.0 193 103 72 5 90 142 11 0 12 0 94 1.236 7.6 0.2 3.5 5.6 1.58
1906 22 PHA AL 15 10 .600 2.53 36 27 9 24 0 3 238.1 208 98 67 5 48 159 8 0 3 0 107 1.074 7.9 0.2 1.8 6.0 3.31
1907 23 PHA AL 16 8 .667 2.05 33 24 8 20 4 3 219.1 185 67 50 1 34 112 3 0 5 891 126 0.998 7.6 0.0 1.4 4.6 3.29
1908 24 PHA AL 8 9 .471 1.75 18 17 1 14 2 1 138.2 121 48 27 1 21 85 3 0 2 537 146 1.024 7.9 0.1 1.4 5.5 4.05
1909 25 PHA AL 18 8 .692 1.66 34 29 5 24 5 1 250.0 196 68 46 1 45 161 5 1 5 968 145 0.964 7.1 0.0 1.6 5.8 3.58
1910 26 PHA AL 23 5 .821 1.58 30 28 2 25 3 0 250.0 182 63 44 1 47 155 10 0 7 936 149 0.916 6.6 0.0 1.7 5.6 3.30
1911 27 PHA AL 17 5 .773 2.16 31 24 6 16 2 3 216.1 198 66 52 2 58 114 4 0 4 848 147 1.183 8.2 0.1 2.4 4.7 1.97
1912 28 PHA AL 13 8 .619 2.74 27 19 6 12 1 2 171.0 169 63 52 1 33 90 1 0 2 645 113 1.181 8.9 0.1 1.7 4.7 2.73
1913 29 PHA AL 21 10 .677 2.21 48 21 21 14 2 13 236.2 208 80 58 2 59 135 3 0 7 975 125 1.128 7.9 0.1 2.2 5.1 2.29 MVP-22
1914 30 PHA AL 17 3 .850 2.26 28 23 4 14 7 2 179.0 159 49 45 4 55 107 1 0 3 718 115 1.196 8.0 0.2 2.8 5.4 1.95
1915 31 BAL FL 4 16 .200 3.99 26 23 3 15 0 1 178.1 198 103 79 5 37 89 7 0 3 708 80 1.318 10.0 0.3 1.9 4.5 2.41
1916 32 PHI NL 7 7 .500 3.74 27 13 12 4 0 3 122.2 137 71 51 3 34 43 10 0 5 539 71 1.394 10.1 0.2 2.5 3.2 1.26
1917 33 PHI NL 8 2 .800 1.67 20 10 9 8 4 2 113.0 84 24 21 1 26 43 7 0 3 436 168 0.973 6.7 0.1 2.1 3.4 1.65
1925 41 CHW AL 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 23 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
16 Seasons 212 127 .625 2.46 459 334 109 255 40 34 3017.0 2645 1110 823 40 712 1711 102 3 72 10124 112 1.113 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.40
162 Game Avg. 18 11 .625 2.46 39 29 9 22 3 3 259 227 95 71 3 61 147 9 0 6 868 112 1.113 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.40
PHA (12 yrs) 193 102 .654 2.32 385 288 84 228 36 28 2602.0 2225 910 670 30 614 1536 78 3 61 8436 117 1.091 7.7 0.1 2.1 5.3 2.50
PHI (2 yrs) 15 9 .625 2.75 47 23 21 12 4 5 235.2 221 95 72 4 60 86 17 0 8 975 99 1.192 8.4 0.2 2.3 3.3 1.43
BAL (1 yr) 4 16 .200 3.99 26 23 3 15 0 1 178.1 198 103 79 5 37 89 7 0 3 708 80 1.318 10.0 0.3 1.9 4.5 2.41
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 23 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
AL (13 yrs) 193 102 .654 2.32 386 288 85 228 36 28 2603.0 2226 912 672 31 615 1536 78 3 61 8441 117 1.091 7.7 0.1 2.1 5.3 2.50
NL (2 yrs) 15 9 .625 2.75 47 23 21 12 4 5 235.2 221 95 72 4 60 86 17 0 8 975 99 1.192 8.4 0.2 2.3 3.3 1.43
FL (1 yr) 4 16 .200 3.99 26 23 3 15 0 1 178.1 198 103 79 5 37 89 7 0 3 708 80 1.318 10.0 0.3 1.9 4.5 2.41

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1905 21 PHA AL WS L NYG 1 1 .500 1.06 2 2 0 2 1 0 17.0 9 2 2 0 6 0 13 0 0 0 64 0.882 4.8 0.0 3.2 6.9 2.17
1910 26 PHA AL WS W CHC 1 1 .500 1.93 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.2 13 5 4 0 4 0 14 0 0 0 67 0.911 6.3 0.0 1.9 6.8 3.50
1911 27 PHA AL WS W NYG 2 1 .667 1.04 3 3 0 3 0 0 26.0 16 6 3 0 8 0 20 1 0 1 104 0.923 5.5 0.0 2.8 6.9 2.50
1913 29 PHA AL WS W NYG 2 0 1.000 4.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 19 9 8 1 1 0 9 1 0 0 73 1.111 9.5 0.5 0.5 4.5 9.00
1914 30 PHA AL WS L BSN 0 1 .000 10.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 6 6 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.875 13.5 0.0 3.4 5.1 1.50
5 Seasons (5 Series) 6 4 .600 2.44 10 10 0 9 1 0 85.0 65 28 23 1 21 0 59 2 0 1 331 1.012 6.9 0.1 2.2 6.2 2.81
5 WS 6 4 .600 2.44 10 10 0 9 1 0 85.0 65 28 23 1 21 0 59 2 0 1 331 1.012 6.9 0.1 2.2 6.2 2.81

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1903 19 17 14 .548 3.07 36 33 2 29 2 0 270.0 239 115 92 6 65 127 25 2 6 1084 99 1.126 8.0 0.2 2.2 4.2 1.95 99
1904 20 27 25 .519 2.98 65 53 10 47 6 0 473.2 406 205 157 7 124 276 29 2 11 1918 97 1.119 7.7 0.1 2.4 5.2 2.23 97
1905 21 45 36 .556 2.93 100 76 22 65 10 0 702.2 599 308 229 12 214 418 40 2 23 1918 96 1.157 7.7 0.2 2.7 5.4 1.95 96
1906 22 60 46 .566 2.83 136 103 31 89 10 3 941.0 807 406 296 17 262 577 48 2 26 1918 98 1.136 7.7 0.2 2.5 5.5 2.20 98
1907 23 76 54 .585 2.68 169 127 39 109 14 6 1160.1 992 473 346 18 296 689 51 2 31 2809 102 1.110 7.7 0.1 2.3 5.3 2.33 102
1908 24 84 63 .571 2.58 187 144 40 123 16 7 1299.0 1113 521 373 19 317 774 54 2 33 3346 106 1.101 7.7 0.1 2.2 5.4 2.44 106
1909 25 102 71 .590 2.43 221 173 45 147 21 8 1549.0 1309 589 419 20 362 935 59 3 38 4314 110 1.079 7.6 0.1 2.1 5.4 2.58 110
1910 26 125 76 .622 2.32 251 201 47 172 24 8 1799.0 1491 652 463 21 409 1090 69 3 45 5250 114 1.056 7.5 0.1 2.0 5.5 2.67 114
1911 27 142 81 .637 2.30 282 225 53 188 26 11 2015.1 1689 718 515 23 467 1204 73 3 49 6098 117 1.070 7.5 0.1 2.1 5.4 2.58 117
1912 28 155 89 .635 2.33 309 244 59 200 27 13 2186.1 1858 781 567 24 500 1294 74 3 51 6743 117 1.079 7.6 0.1 2.1 5.3 2.59 117
1913 29 176 99 .640 2.32 357 265 80 214 29 26 2423.0 2066 861 625 26 559 1429 77 3 58 7718 117 1.083 7.7 0.1 2.1 5.3 2.56 117
1914 30 193 102 .654 2.32 385 288 84 228 36 28 2602.0 2225 910 670 30 614 1536 78 3 61 8436 117 1.091 7.7 0.1 2.1 5.3 2.50 117
1915 31 197 118 .625 2.42 411 311 87 243 36 29 2780.1 2423 1013 749 35 651 1625 85 3 64 9144 113 1.106 7.8 0.1 2.1 5.3 2.50 113
1916 32 204 125 .620 2.48 438 324 99 247 36 32 2903.0 2560 1084 800 38 685 1668 95 3 69 9683 111 1.118 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.2 2.44 111
1917 33 212 127 .625 2.45 458 334 108 255 40 34 3016.0 2644 1108 821 39 711 1711 102 3 72 10119 112 1.112 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.41 112
1918 34 212 127 .625 2.45 458 334 108 255 40 34 3016.0 2644 1108 821 39 711 1711 102 3 72 10119 112 1.112 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.41 112
1919 35 212 127 .625 2.45 458 334 108 255 40 34 3016.0 2644 1108 821 39 711 1711 102 3 72 10119 112 1.112 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.41 112
1920 36 212 127 .625 2.45 458 334 108 255 40 34 3016.0 2644 1108 821 39 711 1711 102 3 72 10119 112 1.112 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.41 112
1921 37 212 127 .625 2.45 458 334 108 255 40 34 3016.0 2644 1108 821 39 711 1711 102 3 72 10119 112 1.112 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.41 112
1922 38 212 127 .625 2.45 458 334 108 255 40 34 3016.0 2644 1108 821 39 711 1711 102 3 72 10119 112 1.112 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.41 112
1923 39 212 127 .625 2.45 458 334 108 255 40 34 3016.0 2644 1108 821 39 711 1711 102 3 72 10119 112 1.112 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.41 112
1924 40 212 127 .625 2.45 458 334 108 255 40 34 3016.0 2644 1108 821 39 711 1711 102 3 72 10119 112 1.112 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.41 112
1925 41 212 127 .625 2.46 459 334 109 255 40 34 3017.0 2645 1110 823 40 712 1711 102 3 72 10124 112 1.113 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.40 112

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1903 19 18 14 .563 3.44 293.0 279 124 112 7 76 138 29 1.212 8.6 2.3 4.2 1.82 0.2 36
1904 20 12 10 .545 3.69 200.0 189 91 82 1 67 146 5 1.280 8.5 3.0 6.6 2.18 0.0 29
1905 21 0.00 0.0 0 101 91 0 0 0 0 35
1906 22 0.00 0.0 0 93 84 0 0 0 0 36
1907 23 18 7 .720 2.50 227.0 214 70 63 1 39 116 3 1.115 8.5 1.5 4.6 2.97 0.0 33
1908 24 10 4 .714 2.32 132.0 135 38 34 1 23 81 3 1.197 9.2 1.6 5.5 3.52 0.1 18
1909 25 19 7 .731 2.40 240.0 233 71 64 1 53 155 6 1.192 8.7 2.0 5.8 2.92 0.0 34
1910 26 19 6 .760 2.25 232.0 207 64 58 1 53 144 11 1.121 8.0 2.1 5.6 2.72 0.0 30
1911 27 17 6 .739 2.41 209.0 203 62 56 2 59 110 4 1.254 8.7 2.5 4.7 1.86 0.1 31
1912 28 10 7 .588 3.37 155.0 173 64 58 1 34 82 1 1.335 10.0 2.0 4.8 2.41 0.1 27
1913 29 18 8 .692 2.76 238.0 240 81 73 2 68 136 3 1.294 9.1 2.6 5.1 2.00 0.1 48
1914 30 11 7 .611 3.24 164.0 181 66 59 5 63 98 1 1.488 9.9 3.5 5.4 1.56 0.3 28
1915 31 7 11 .389 5.00 162.0 207 100 90 5 39 81 7 1.519 11.5 2.2 4.5 2.08 0.3 26
1916 32 4 8 .333 5.28 116.0 160 76 68 4 40 41 12 1.724 12.4 3.1 3.2 1.03 0.3 27
1917 33 8 3 .727 2.19 107.0 94 29 26 1 29 41 8 1.150 7.9 2.4 3.4 1.41 0.1 20
1925 41 0 0 9.00 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 9.0 1
16 Seasons 171 98 .636 3.70 2476.0 2516 1131 1019 33 644 1369 93 1.276 9.1 5.0 2.13 0.1 459

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1913-AL-22-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1907 AL--2.052--6th
1909 AL--1.656--3rd
1910 AL--1.584--5th
1911 AL--2.163--5th
1912 AL--2.737--9th
1913 AL--2.206--7th
1914 AL--2.263--8th
Career--2.455--36th

Wins s c a p y
1909 AL--18--7th
1910 AL--23--4th
1911 AL--17--9th
1913 AL--21--4th
1914 AL--17--7th
Career--212--89th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1905 AL--.621--9th
1906 AL--.600--9th
1907 AL--.667--6th
1909 AL--.692--3rd
1910 AL--.821--1st
1911 AL--.773--1st
1912 AL--.619--10th
1913 AL--.677--8th
1914 AL--.850--1st
Career--.625--58th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1906 AL--1.074--9th
1907 AL--.999--3rd
1909 AL--.964--5th
1910 AL--.916--4th
1911 AL--1.183--7th
1912 AL--1.181--6th
1913 AL--1.128--7th
Career--1.113--27th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1903 AL--7.967--8th
1904 AL--7.380--7th
1909 AL--7.056--9th
1910 AL--6.552--6th
1911 AL--8.237--9th
Career--7.890--86th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1907 AL--1.395--4th
1909 AL--1.620--4th
1910 AL--1.692--4th
1912 AL--1.737--1st
1913 AL--2.244--7th
1915 FL--1.867--2nd
Career--2.124--126th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1903 AL--4.233--10th
1904 AL--6.584--2nd
1905 AL--5.581--3rd
1906 AL--6.004--2nd
1907 AL--4.596--4th
1909 AL--5.796--3rd
1910 AL--5.580--6th
1913 AL--5.134--7th
1914 AL--5.380--5th
1915 FL--4.492--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1913 AL--48--2nd

Saves s c a p y
1906 AL--3--1st
1907 AL--3--4th
1908 AL--1--10th
1909 AL--1--9th
1911 AL--3--4th
1912 AL--2--6th
1913 AL--13--1st
1916 NL--3--5th
1917 NL--2--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
Career--3017.0--127th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1904 AL--149--10th
1905 AL--142--10th
1906 AL--159--5th
1909 AL--161--4th
1910 AL--155--5th
1913 AL--135--9th
Career--1711--104th

Games Started s c a p y
1909 AL--29--10th
Career--334--207th

Complete Games s c a p y
1909 AL--24--7th
1910 AL--25--6th
Career--255--73rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1905 AL--4--7th
1909 AL--5--5th
1911 AL--2--9th
1914 AL--7--2nd
Career--40--44th

Home Runs s c a p y
1903 AL--6--8th
1905 AL--5--8th
1906 AL--5--4th
1914 AL--4--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1905 AL--90--8th

Hits s c a p y
Career--2645--192nd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1904 AL--2.525--9th
1906 AL--3.313--2nd
1907 AL--3.294--2nd
1909 AL--3.578--1st
1910 AL--3.298--3rd
1911 AL--1.966--7th
1912 AL--2.727--3rd
1913 AL--2.288--4th
1914 AL--1.945--8th
1915 FL--2.405--2nd
Career--2.403--105th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1904 AL--.044--6th
1907 AL--.041--9th
1909 AL--.036--9th
1910 AL--.036--5th
1911 AL--.083--10th
1912 AL--.053--10th
Career--.119--54th

Losses s c a p y
1915 FL--16--9th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1903 AL--92--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1903 AL--6--9th
1905 AL--12--4th
Career--72--209th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1903 AL--25--1st
1910 AL--10--9th
1916 NL--10--4th
1917 NL--7--7th
Career--102--58th

Batters Faced s c a p y
Career--10124--225th

Games Finished s c a p y
1904 AL--8--3rd
1905 AL--12--3rd
1906 AL--9--4th
1907 AL--8--8th
1913 AL--21--2nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1907 AL--126--6th
1909 AL--145--5th
1910 AL--149--8th
1911 AL--147--6th
1913 AL--125--9th
1914 AL--115--10th

Oldest s c a p y
1925 AL--born 1884-05-05--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1903 AL--born 1884-05-05--1st
1904 AL--born 1884-05-05--3rd
1905 AL--born 1884-05-05--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 81 (141), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 116 (73), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 51 (34), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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