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: 17-10 / in Starts: 13-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 1

1912 Pitching Game Log

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1912 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	283	9	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG(13)	W(1-0)	99	13.0	10	4	3	1	4	0	0	2.08	2.47	46	76	0	3	0	44	0	1	0	1	0	1	5.24	1.53%
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	284	14	May 1	PHA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(1-1)	5	9.0	8	3	1	3	10	0	0	1.64	2.12	37	70	1	2	0	34	2	0	1	0	0	1	3.39	-0.10%
3	285	27	May 23	PHA		SLB	W,9-3	CG	W(2-1)	21	9.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.03	2.17	37	60	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	.59	0.13%
4	286	30	May 27	PHA	@	BOS	W,12-6	8-GF	S(1)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.91	2.24	8		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.10%
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
5	287	34	Jun 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(2-2)	4	8.0	9	6	6	5	3	1	0	2.85	2.90	38	38	2	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	2.71	-0.53%
6	288	39	Jun 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.70	2.97	34	62	0	0	0	31	1	1	0	2	1	0	.92	0.23%
7	289	43	Jun 10	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	13	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.75	2.85	40	52	0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	1	3.57	0.30%
8	290	47	Jun 14	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	L(4-3)	3	8.1	8	4	3	1	7	0	0	2.81	2.69	34	59	1	1	0	31	2	1	0	0	1	1	3.61	-0.74%
9	291	52	Jun 19(2)	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	4	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.83	2.68	33	69	1	0	0	30	1	2	0	0	1	0	5.04	0.59%
10	292	57	Jun 24	PHA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.64	2.57	33	79	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.99	0.73%
11	293	58	Jun 26(1)	PHA		NYY	L,5-6	7-GF	L(6-4)	1	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.65	2.56	11		0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.29	-0.19%
12	294	61	Jun 28(1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-6		1	6.0	8	3	3	4	1	0	0	2.77	2.68	27	41	0	0	0	23	0	1	0	2	0	0	5.49	0.08%
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
13	295	68	Jul 4(2)	PHA		BOS	L,5-6	6-GF	L(6-5)	5	4.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.84	2.67	17		1	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	1	1	4.13	-0.46%
14	296	71	Jul 6	PHA		BOS	L,5-11	GS-6	L(6-6)	1	6.0	12	7	5	1	3	0	0	3.11	2.65	27	26	0	3	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	1	4.76	-1.27%
15	297	76	Jul 12(1)	PHA		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-6)	5	9.0	5	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.86	2.51	32	86	2	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.83	0.51%
16	298	84	Jul 17(2)	PHA		DET	W,5-4	GS-9		4	8.2	13	4	4	3	4	0	0	2.95	2.54	38	43	1	2	0	35	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.04%
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
17	299	98	Aug 3(2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG(6)	W(8-6)	16	6.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.95	2.49	24	56	0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	1	.41	0.02%
18	300	101	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(9-6)	2	9.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.82	2.42	31	78	2	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.83	0.14%
19	301	105	Aug 11(1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-6	GS-9	W(10-6)	4	8.0	10	5	5	2	5	0	0	2.98	2.42	36	45	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.03%
20	302	107	Aug 14(1)	PHA		CLE	W,8-3	GS-5	W(11-6)	2	4.2	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	3.01	2.45	23	35	3	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.04%
21	303	110	Aug 16	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	7-GF	W(12-6)	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.95	2.43	10		0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.10%
22	304	113	Aug 20(2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	GS-5	L(12-7)	3	5.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.03	2.41	21	44	1	1	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.04%
23	305	114	Aug 22(1)	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	7-GF	W(13-7)	1	2.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.98	2.42	7		0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.06%
24	306	120	Aug 28	PHA		DET	L,3-5	8-GF		5	2.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.94	2.43	9		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	.54	-0.04%
25	307	122	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-7	5-7	L(13-8)	1	3.0	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.95	2.44	14		0	1	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	1	.48	-0.02%
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
26	308	124	Sep 2(1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	7-GF	S(2)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.89	2.45	11		0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.01%
27	309	153	Oct 5	PHA		BOS	L,0-3	GS-3		32	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.84	2.46	10	57	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							17-10		W-L:13-8,Sv:2	3.0	171.0	169	63	54	33	91	1	1	2.84	2.46	688	57	15	21	0	641	23	12	2	10	5	14	2.46	1.07%

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