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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-23 / in Starts: 18-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games

RBI Opportunities

1903 Batting Game Log

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1903 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	1	2 (1)	Apr 20 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-7	0-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	0	0				0		.333	.333	.333	.667	9			P
2	2	7 (4)	Apr 27	PHA		NYY	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.143	.143	.143	.286	9			P
3	3	9 (1)	Apr 29	PHA		NYY	L,4-5	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9			PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
4	4	11 (1)	May 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9			P
5	5	13 (1)	May 4	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.214	.214	.286	.500	9			P
6	6	16 (2)	May 7	PHA		WSH	W,19-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.211	.211	.263	.474	9			P
7	7	20 (3)	May 12	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.182	.182	.227	.409	9			P
8	8	24 (3)	May 16	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.160	.160	.200	.360	9			P
9	9	28 (3)	May 21	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.148	.179	.185	.364	9			P
10	10	33 (4)	May 29	PHA		NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.138	.167	.172	.339	9			P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
11	11	37 (3)	Jun 2	PHA	@	WSH	W,12-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.152	.176	.182	.358	9			P
12	12	39 (1)	Jun 4	PHA		DET	L,4-6	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.176	.200	.265	.465	9			PH
13	13	42 (2)	Jun 8	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.189	.211	.270	.481	9			P
14	14	44 (1)	Jun 11	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.189	.211	.270	.481	9			P
15	15	46 (1)	Jun 13	PHA		CLE	W,12-1	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.220	.256	.293	.548	9			P
16	16	49 (2)	Jun 17	PHA		SLB	W,11-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.200	.234	.267	.501	9			P
17	17	51 (1)	Jun 20	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				1		.188	.235	.250	.485	9			P
18	18	53 (1)	Jun 23	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.180	.226	.240	.466	9			P
19	19	58 (4)	Jun 28	PHA	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.167	.211	.222	.433	9			P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
20	20	62 (3)	Jul 2	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-11	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.161	.203	.214	.418	9			P
21	21	66 (3)	Jul 7	PHA		DET	L,7-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.158	.200	.211	.411	9			PH
22	22	67	Jul 8	PHA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.164	.203	.213	.416	9			P
23	23	69 (1)	Jul 10	PHA		CLE	L,1-4	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.159	.197	.206	.403	3			1B
24	24	70	Jul 11	PHA		CLE	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.164	.200	.209	.409	3			1B
25	25	72 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,11-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.183	.216	.225	.442	9			P
26	26	75 (2)	Jul 17	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.189	.231	.243	.474	8			LF
27	27	77 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.182	.222	.234	.456	9			P
28	28	81 (3)	Jul 24	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.173	.212	.222	.434	9			P
29	29	88 (6)	Jul 31	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.167	.205	.214	.419	9			P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
30	30	92 (3)	Aug 6	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG(8)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.172	.209	.218	.427	9			P
31	31	97 (4)	Aug 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.176	.211	.231	.441	9			P
32	32	100 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.179	.212	.242	.454	9			P
33	33	104 (3)	Aug 20 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.173	.206	.235	.441	9			P
34	34	108 (3)	Aug 22	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-11	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.172	.204	.232	.436	9			P
35	35	111 (2)	Aug 26	PHA		BOS	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.167	.198	.225	.424	9			P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
36	36	114 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	PHA		NYY	T,1-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.162	.193	.219	.412	9			P
37	37	119 (4)	Sep 9 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.167	.196	.222	.419	9			P
38	38	123 (3)	Sep 12	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.161	.190	.214	.404	9			P
39	39	126 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-5	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.161	.190	.214	.404	9			P
40	40	127	Sep 18 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,2-9	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.161	.190	.214	.404	9			P
41	41	131 (3)	Sep 23	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG(10)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1				0		.168	.203	.221	.425	9			P
42	42	134 (2)	Sep 25	PHA		CHW	W,10-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.179	.213	.231	.444	9			P
43	43	137 (2)	Sep 29	PHA		CLE	L,5-7	0-GF(10)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.183	.216	.233	.449	4			1B
							19-23		128	120	10	22	4	1	0	8	3		12	2	3		0		3		.183	.216	.233	.449

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