Charles Bender

Name Note: Name presented as Chief Bender in some sources

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: May 5, 1884 in Crow Wing County, MN us

Died: May 22, 1954 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn, PA

High School: Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA)

School: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)

Debut: April 20, 1903 (Age 18-350d, 2,506th in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.0 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER, W

Last Game: July 21, 1925 (Age 41-077d)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1953. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Charles Bender's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1903 season

Full Name: Charles Albert Bender

Nicknames: Chief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.0

212

127

ERA

2.46

459

334

3017.0

1711

WHIP

1.113

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-4 / in Starts: 20-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 1

1914 Pitching Game Log

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1914 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	358	10	Apr 27	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	GS-7		99	7.0	8	4	4	4	5	0	0	5.14	2.72	29	46	0	2	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.52	-0.51%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
2	359	17	May 7	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-6		L(0-1)	9	6.0	13	6	6	1	6	0	0	6.92	1.90	31					30					0
3	360	20	May 11	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-4		S(1)	3	4.2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	5.09	2.32	17					13					0
4	361	25	May 18	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	4	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.71	2.36	35	77	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	1	4.10	0.75%
5	362	29	May 22	PHA		DET	W,9-6	9-GF	S(2)	3	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.23	2.87	7		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.01%
6	363	32	May 26	PHA		SLB	L,5-6	GS-	L(1-2)	3	4.0	10	5	4	0	1	0	0	4.83	2.75	19	25				19					0
7	364	36	May 29(2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-2)	2	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.76	2.44	31	87	0	2	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.80	1.09%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
8	365	39	Jun 1(1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-8	GS-6		2	5.2	6	5	5	6	4	0	0	4.27	2.65	28	35	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.54	-0.30%
9	366	64	Jun 26(2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(3-2)	24	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	2.65	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.35	0.44%
10	367	66	Jun 27	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(4-2)	0	9.0	10	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.83	2.69	41	59	1	0	1	36	1	0	0	1	1	2	7.73	0.79%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
11	368	72	Jul 3(1)	PHA		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-2)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.31	2.54	31	81	0	1	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.10	1.52%
12	369	76	Jul 6	PHA		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-2)	2	9.0	4	0	0	6	2	0	0	2.91	2.72	35	75	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.03	1.56%
13	370	80	Jul 10	PHA		DET	T,8-8	8-8	BS(1)	3	1.0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.99	2.73	7		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	25.70	-2.36%
14	371	83	Jul 16	PHA		CHW	W,10-6	GS-4		5	3.2	9	5	5	0	0	2	0	3.42	3.04	19	23	0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	8.18	-1.00%
15	372	85	Jul 18(2)	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(7-2)	1	9.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	3.07	2.90	33	79	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	1	1	5.24	0.86%
16	373	90	Jul 23	PHA		CLE	W,9-2	GS-2	W(8-2)	4	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.00	2.90	9	50	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.55	0.32%
17	374	95	Jul 29	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-2)	5	9.0	6	0	0	4	5	0	0	2.73	2.88	34	76				30	2	0			0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
18	375	101	Aug 4	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-2		5	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.94	2.87	11	34	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.01	-0.51%
19	376	103	Aug 7	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-2)	2	9.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.70	2.76	34	80				33	2	0			0
20	377	109	Aug 15	PHA		WSH	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-2)	7	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.50	2.70	33	80	0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.26%
21	378	116	Aug 22(2)	PHA		SLB	W,6-1	CG	W(12-2)	6	9.0	8	1	1	0	6	0	1	2.39	2.61	34	73	1	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.19%
22	379	122	Aug 27	PHA		CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(13-2)	4	9.0	12	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.30	2.55	40	63	1	1	1	39	3	0	0	0	0	1	.29	0.04%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
23	380	126	Sep 1	PHA		CLE	W,16-3	GS-	W(14-2)	4	7.0	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.31	2.49	28	60				26					0
24	381	132	Sep 7(2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS-	W(15-2)	5	6.0	8	5	5	0	4	0	0	2.52	2.43	25	40				24					0
25	382	138	Sep 12	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	L(15-3)	4	8.0	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.51	2.49	34	63	3	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.54	-0.05%
26	383	144	Sep 20	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(16-3)	7	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.43	2.45	32	78				31	1	0			0
27	384	150	Sep 27	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-0	SHO	W(17-3)	6	9.0	4	0	0	6	6	0	0	2.30	2.49	36	79				30	0	1			0
28	385	157	Oct 6	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	GS-3		8	3.0	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	2.26	2.45	12	59	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
							23-4		W-L:17-3,Sv:2,BSv:1	4.3	179.0	159	49	45	55	109	4	1	2.26	2.45	728	62	7	11	2	662	19	1	0	7	4	11	4.16	3.08%

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