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.

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-9		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	4	Apr 18	PHA		BOS	L,5-8	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	9 (4)	Apr 24	PHA		NYY	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (3)	May 1	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	14	May 2	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-5	GF	0	5.1	1	1	0	2	0
7	18 (3)	May 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
8	22 (3)	May 12	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	24 (1)	May 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-5	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	26 (1)	May 18	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	30 (3)	May 24	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
12	34 (3)	May 27 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	37 (2)	May 30 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,7-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	38	May 31	PHA		NYY	W,12-2	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	39	Jun 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-4	GF	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	44 (4)	Jun 6	PHA		DET	W,8-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	46 (1)	Jun 9	PHA		SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	48 (1)	Jun 11	PHA		SLB	L,2-5		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	50 (1)	Jun 13	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	46	13.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	54 (3)	Jun 18	PHA		CHW	L,5-9	GS	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	57 (2)	Jun 21	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	59 (1)	Jun 25	PHA	@	WSH	W,14-2	GF	0	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
23	61 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-3	GF	0	6.1	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	67 (5)	Jul 2	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
25	71 (3)	Jul 5	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	72	Jul 7 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-4	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	76 (3)	Jul 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	79 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	80	Jul 14	PHA	@	DET	L,8-9	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	82 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	83	Jul 16 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	85 (1)	Jul 18	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	91 (5)	Jul 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	97 (5)	Aug 1	PHA		SLB	L,3-5	GF	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	102 (4)	Aug 7	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
36	106 (3)	Aug 12	PHA		CHW	L,2-4	GF	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	110 (3)	Aug 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
38	112 (1)	Aug 19	PHA	@	DET	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	113	Aug 20	PHA	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	117 (3)	Aug 24	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
41	120 (2)	Aug 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	123 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	126 (2)	Sep 3	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	131 (4)	Sep 9	PHA		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	133 (1)	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	135 (1)	Sep 13	PHA		CLE	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	136	Sep 15	PHA		CLE	W,8-6	GF	8	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
48	140 (3)	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
							48gm		237.0	8	55	2	65	1