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: 36-12 / in Starts: 16-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 9

1913 Pitching Game Log

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1913 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	310	1	Apr 10	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-9			99	0.2	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	13.50	7.06	6					5
2	311	3	Apr 17	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	GS-3		6	2.0	5	4	4	2	1	0	1	16.88	6.31	13	29	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.80	-0.68%
3	312	4	Apr 18	PHA		BOS	L,5-8	8-GF	BL(0-1)	0	2.0	6	4	4	0	3	0	0	17.36	3.41	12		0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.49	-1.36%
4	313	9	Apr 24	PHA		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	11	1	1	3	8	0	0	6.59	2.34	38	66	0	3	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.85	0.76%
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
5	314	13	May 1	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-2	9-GF	S(1)	6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.14	2.22	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.80	0.16%
6	315	14	May 2	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-5		W(2-1)	0	5.1	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.95	2.16	18					16
7	316	18	May 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	8	3	3	3	9	0	0	4.34	1.97	38	65				35	1	0
8	317	22	May 12	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.32	1.98	33	78	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.85	1.26%
9	318	24	May 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-5		S(2)	3	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.38	1.96	10					10
10	319	26	May 18	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2		W(5-1)	1	7.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.87	1.90	27					26
11	320	30	May 24	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	9-GF	S(3)	5	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.83	1.93	3		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27.88	0.52%
12	321	34	May 27(2)	PHA		WSH	W,7-1	CG	W(6-1)	2	9.0	7	1	1	2	10	0	0	2.54	1.78	37	77	2	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	2	3.59	0.53%
13	322	37	May 30(2)	PHA		NYY	W,7-4	9-GF	S(4)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	1.79	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.61	0.23%
14	323	38	May 31	PHA		NYY	W,12-2	GS-6	W(7-1)	0	6.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.27	1.81	23	64	0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.30%
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
15	324	39	Jun 2(1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-4		W(8-1)	1	5.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.11	1.85	20					19
16	325	44	Jun 6	PHA		DET	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	W(9-1)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	1.86	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.46	0.36%
17	326	46	Jun 9	PHA		SLB	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-1)	2	9.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.85	1.85	30	87				29	0	0
18	327	48	Jun 11	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	8-8		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.83	1.81	3		2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.27	-0.19%
19	328	50	Jun 13	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG(13)	W(11-1)	1	13.0	6	1	0	4	4	0	0	1.57	1.96	46	93	0	3	0	42	1	0	0	0	0	1	13.55	3.57%
20	329	54	Jun 18	PHA		CHW	L,5-9	GS-3	L(11-2)	4	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	1.90	1.99	16	31	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.25	-0.71%
21	330	57	Jun 21	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	L(11-3)	2	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	1.99	6		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	11.08	-0.93%
22	331	59	Jun 25	PHA	@	WSH	W,14-2		S(5)	3	3.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.81	2.00	13					12
23	332	61	Jun 26(2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-3		W(12-3)	0	6.1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.70	2.00	22					22
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
24	333	67	Jul 2	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS-9	W(13-3)	5	8.0	12	5	3	2	1	0	0	1.82	2.07	38	41	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	2	3.38	0.19%
25	334	71	Jul 5	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-6		S(6)	2	3.0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	2.09	12					12
26	335	72	Jul 7(1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-4		S(7)	1	0.2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.84	2.09	2					2
27	336	76	Jul 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	W(14-3)	3	9.0	8	5	5	2	2	0	0	2.07	2.14	37	51				35	3	1
28	337	79	Jul 13(2)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5		L(14-4)	1	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.10	2.13	8					7
29	338	80	Jul 14	PHA	@	DET	L,8-9	GS-7	L(14-5)	0	7.0	8	7	4	2	2	0	0	2.26	2.17	31	39	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.71	-0.75%
30	339	82	Jul 16(1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	10-GF(10)	S(8)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.24	2.19	4		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.17	0.26%
31	340	83	Jul 16(2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-5		L(14-6)	-1	1.0	2	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.35	2.19	7					6
32	341	85	Jul 18	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(15-6)	1	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.27	2.14	29	78	0	2	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	1	2.41	0.54%
33	342	91	Jul 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	9	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.20	2.13	37	69				34	1	0
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
34	343	97	Aug 1	PHA		SLB	L,3-5	1-GF(7)	L(16-7)	8	7.0	5	5	1	2	4	0	1	2.16	2.16	29		4	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.43%
35	344	102	Aug 7	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(17-7)	5	9.0	9	3	2	1	7	0	0	2.15	2.11	35	65	0	2	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38	0.47%
36	345	106	Aug 12	PHA		CHW	L,2-4	4-GF		4	6.0	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.23	2.13	24		0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.70	-0.09%
37	346	110	Aug 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-	L(17-8)	4	7.0	11	6	6	2	1	0	0	2.44	2.17	31	30				28
38	347	112	Aug 19	PHA	@	DET	W,4-3	9-GF	S(9)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.42	2.16	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.95	0.63%
39	348	113	Aug 20	PHA	@	DET	W,5-2	9-GF	S(10)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	2.16	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.83	0.25%
40	349	117	Aug 24	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	W(18-8)	3	9.0	7	1	0	3	6	0	0	2.30	2.16	35	74				32	0	0
41	350	120	Aug 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	W(19-8)	3	9.0	10	3	1	6	5	0	0	2.24	2.22	41	58	1	1	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.11%
Sept				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
42	351	123	Sep 1(1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(20-8)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.19	2.21	32	76	0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.25%
43	352	126	Sep 3	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	7-GF	S(11)	1	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.20	2.21	11		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.68	0.06%
44	353	131	Sep 9	PHA		CHW	L,0-2	CG	L(20-9)	5	9.0	7	2	1	1	6	1	1	2.15	2.25	36	72	1	2	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.17	0.06%
45	354	133	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	8-GF	S(12)	1	2.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.13	2.23	9		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.06%
46	355	135	Sep 13	PHA		CLE	L,1-3	GS-7	L(20-10)	1	7.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.19	2.23	27	51	2	3	1	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.46	-0.04%
47	356	136	Sep 15	PHA		CLE	W,8-6	7-GF	W(21-10)	1	2.2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.16	2.19	8		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.17%
48	357	140	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,4-2	9-GF	S(13)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	2.19	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
							36-12		W-L:21-10,Sv:13,BSv:2	2.5	237.2	208	78	57	55	137	1	3	2.16	2.19	950	62	12	21	1	873	16	3	0	8	3	12	3.87	5.54%

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