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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1906 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1906 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	8 (3)	Apr 24	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
4	13 (4)	Apr 30	PHA		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (2)	May 4	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS	0	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
6	17	May 5	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
7	19 (1)	May 8	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-4	GF	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	21 (1)	May 10	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	24 (2)	May 16	PHA		DET	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	28 (3)	May 21	PHA		CLE	L,1-2	GF	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	29	May 22	PHA		CLE	L,5-8	GS	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	33 (3)	May 26	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
13	36 (2)	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	40 (3)	Jun 2 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	43 (2)	Jun 6	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
16	47 (3)	Jun 12	PHA	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	2	0	1	3	0
17	51 (3)	Jun 16	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
18	55 (3)	Jun 21	PHA	@	WSH	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	59 (3)	Jun 26	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	62 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-5	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	63	Jun 29 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	64	Jun 30	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-5	GF	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	66 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	68 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
25	79 (10)	Jul 18 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,10-5	GF	0	3.0	3	3	0	6	1
26	81 (1)	Jul 20	PHA		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
27	84 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,5-0	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	85	Jul 24	PHA		CHW	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
29	88 (2)	Jul 28	PHA	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	91 (2)	Aug 1	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-8	GS	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	95 (3)	Aug 5	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
32	100 (4)	Aug 10	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	101	Aug 11	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	102	Aug 12	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	107 (4)	Aug 16 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	112 (4)	Aug 21	PHA		SLB	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	123 (10)	Sep 4	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
38	147 (23)	Oct 2	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	148	Oct 3 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	149	Oct 3 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,3-0	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
							40gm		238.0	32	54	8	94	1