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Charles Bender

Name Note: Name presented as Chief Bender in some sources

Positions: Pitcher, Centerfielder and Leftfielder

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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1903	19	-7.6	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	17	14	.548	3.07	3.83	36	33	2	29	2	0	270.0	239	115	92	6	65		127	25	2	6	1099	1.126	8.0	0.2	2.2	4.2	1.95
1904	20	-7.3	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	10	11	.476	2.87	3.98	29	20	8	18	4	0	203.2	167	90	65	1	59		149	4	0	5	806	1.110	7.4	0.0	2.6	6.6	2.53
1905	21	-6.6	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	18	11	.621	2.83	4.05	35	23	12	18	4	0	229.0	193	103	72	5	90		142	11	0	12	939	1.236	7.6	0.2	3.5	5.6	1.58
1906	22	-6.2	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	15	10	.600	2.53	3.70	36	27	9	24	0	3	238.1	208	98	67	5	48		159	8	0	3	931	1.074	7.9	0.2	1.8	6.0	3.31
1907	23	-5.3	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	16	8	.667	2.05	2.75	33	24	8	20	4	3	219.1	185	67	50	1	34		112	3	0	5	838	0.998	7.6	0.0	1.4	4.6	3.29
1908	24	-4.0	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	8	9	.471	1.75	3.12	18	17	1	14	2	1	138.2	121	48	27	1	21		85	3	2	2	537	1.024	7.9	0.1	1.4	5.5	4.05
1909	25	-2.2	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	18	8	.692	1.66	2.45	34	29	5	24	5	1	250.0	196	68	46	1	45		161	5	1	5	968	0.964	7.1	0.0	1.6	5.8	3.58
1910	26	-0.8	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	23	5	.821	1.58	2.27	30	28	2	25	3	0	250.0	182	63	44	1	47		155	10	0	7	936	0.916	6.6	0.0	1.7	5.6	3.30
1911	27	0.5	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	17	5	.773	2.16	2.75	31	24	6	16	2	3	216.1	198	66	52	2	58		114	4	0	4	848	1.183	8.2	0.1	2.4	4.7	1.97
1912	28	1.8	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	13	8	.619	2.74	3.32	27	19	6	12	1	2	171.0	169	63	52	1	33		90	1	5	10	645	1.181	8.9	0.1	1.7	4.7	2.73
1913	29	3.4	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	21	10	.677	2.21	2.97	48	21	24	14	2	13	236.2	208	78	58	2	59		135	3	0	6	948	1.128	7.9	0.1	2.2	5.1	2.29
1914	30	5.0	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	17	3	.850	2.26	2.46	28	23	4	14	7	2	179.0	159	49	45	4	55		107	1	0	3	718	1.196	8.0	0.2	2.8	5.4	1.95
1915	31	2.6	BAL	FL	Maj	BAL	4	16	.200	3.99	5.20	26	23	3	15	0	1	178.1	198	103	79	5	37		89	7	0	3	708	1.318	10.0	0.3	1.9	4.5	2.41
1916	32	4.6	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	7	7	.500	3.74	5.21	27	13	12	4	0	3	122.2	137	71	51	3	34		43	10	0	5	539	1.394	10.1	0.2	2.5	3.2	1.26
1917	33	5.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	8	2	.800	1.67	1.91	20	10	9	8	4	2	113.0	84	24	21	1	26		43	7	0	3	436	0.973	6.7	0.1	2.1	3.4	1.65

1919	35	10.3	Richmond	VIRL	C		29	2	.935	1.06	1.70	34						280.0	209	53	33		22							0.825	6.7		0.7
1920	36	9.7	New Haven	EL	A		25	12	.676	1.94	2.89	47						324.0	256	104	70		71							1.009	7.1		2.0
1921	37	10.6	New Haven	EL	A		13	7	.650	1.93	3.21	36	18					196.0	168	70	42		59							1.158	7.7		2.7
1922	38	12.2	Reading	IL	AA		8	13	.381	2.41	3.74	30	18					183.0	172	76	49		33							1.120	8.5		1.6
1923	39	12.8	Baltimore	IL	AA		6	3	.667	5.03	6.29	18	9					93.0	109	65	52		30							1.495	10.5		2.9
1924	40	13.0	New Haven	EL	A		6	4	.600	3.07	3.76	12	12					91.0	94	38	31		18							1.231	9.3		1.8
1925	41	12.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1		0	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

1927	43	17.6	Johnstown	MATL	C		7	3	.700	1.33	1.50	18						108.0	74	18	16		13							0.806	6.2		1.1
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		212	127	.625	2.46	3.31	459	334	112	255	40	34	3017.0	2645	1108	823	40	712		1711	102	10	79	11901	1.113	7.9	0.1	2.1	5.1	2.40
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		94	44	.681	2.07	2.99	195	57					1275.0	1082	424	293		246							1.042	7.6		1.7
All Levels (23 Seasons)							306	171	.642	2.34	3.21	654	391	112	255	40	34	4292.0	3727	1532	1116	40	958		1711	102	10	79	11901	1.092	7.8		2.0

AA (2 seasons)					Minors		14	16	.467	3.29	4.60	48	27					276.0	281	141	101		63							1.246	9.2		2.1
A (3 seasons)					Minors		44	23	.657	2.11	3.12	95	30					611.0	518	212	143		148							1.090	7.6		2.2
C (2 seasons)					Minors		36	5	.878	1.14	1.65	52						388.0	283	71	49		35							0.820	6.6		0.8