Chief Bender
Chief Bender
Full name: Charles Albert Bender
Born: May 5, 1884, Crow Wing County, Minnesota
Died May 22, 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buried at Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn, Pennsylvania
First Game: April 20, 1903; Final Game: July 21, 1925
Umpired First Game: April 29, 1907; Umpired Final Game: April 29, 1907
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 185
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1953
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Chief Bender
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1903 PHI A 43 120 10 22 4 1 0 8 3 2 4 3 .183 .216 .233 -0.2 1903 PHI A
1904 PHI A 31 79 8 18 3 2 0 5 5 1 2 3 .228 .282 .316 0.0 1904 PHI A
1905 PHI A 38 92 11 20 3 2 0 14 3 0 2 3 .217 .242 .293 0.0 1905 PHI A
1906 PHI A 44 99 9 25 4 0 3 13 9 3 2 2 .253 .333 .384 -0.1 1906 PHI A
1907 PHI A 45 100 10 23 6 1 0 8 5 0 4 2 .230 .267 .310 -0.3 1907 PHI A
1908 PHI A 20 50 5 11 1 0 0 2 10 0 1 1 .220 .350 .240 0.0 1908 PHI A
1909 PHI A 40 93 6 20 5 0 0 9 5 0 5 1 .215 .255 .269 0.0 1909 PHI A
1910 PHI A 36 93 6 25 3 2 0 16 6 3 4 0 .269 .333 .344 0.0 1910 PHI A
1911 PHI A 32 79 9 13 0 0 0 8 2 1 5 2 .165 .195 .165 0.0 1911 PHI A
1912 PHI A 27 60 5 9 1 1 0 4 6 0 3 2 .150 .227 .200 0.0 1912 PHI A
1913 PHI A 48 78 7 12 3 1 0 10 6 17 0 5 1 .154 .214 .218 0.0 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A 28 62 4 9 1 0 1 8 4 13 0 4 0 0 .145 .197 .210 0.0 1914 PHI A
1915 BAL F 26 60 7 16 2 0 1 2 6 6 0 0 0 .267 .333 .350 0.0 1915 BAL F
1916 PHI N 28 43 2 12 4 0 0 5 3 9 0 1 0 .279 .326 .372 0.1 1916 PHI N
1917 PHI N 20 39 3 8 0 0 1 4 2 3 0 0 0 .205 .244 .282 0.0 1917 PHI N
1925 CHI A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1925 CHI A
Total NL 48 82 5 20 4 0 1 9 5 12 0 1 0 .244 .287 .329 0.1 Total NL
Total AL 433 1005 90 207 34 10 4 105 64 30i 10 41 20 0i .206 .260 .272 -0.6 Total AL
Total FL 26 60 7 16 2 0 1 2 6 6 0 0 0 .267 .333 .350 0.0 Total FL
Total 507 1147 102 243 40 10 6 116 75 48i 10 42 20 0i .212 .266 .280 -0.5 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1905 PHI A Daily Splits 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1905 PHI A
1910 PHI A Daily Splits 2 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .429 .333 1910 PHI A
1911 PHI A Daily Splits 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 1911 PHI A
1913 PHI A Daily Splits 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1914 PHI A
Total Splits 10 32 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .094 .121 .094 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
1903 PHI A 36 33 29 2 2 0 270 239 1084 6 115 92 65 127 19 6 25 2 17 14 3.07 0.0 1903 PHI A
1904 PHI A 29 20 18 4 8 0 203.2 167 834 1 90 65 59 149 15 5 4 0 10 11 2.87 -0.2 1904 PHI A
1905 PHI A 35 23 18 4 12 0 229 193 0 5 103 72 90 142 0 12 11 0 18 11 2.83 -0.2 1905 PHI A
1906 PHI A 36 27 24 0 9 3 238.1 208 0 5 98 67 48 159 0 3 8 0 15 10 2.53 1.2 1906 PHI A
1907 PHI A 33 24 20 4 8 3 219.1 185 891 1 67 50 34 112 18 5 3 0 16 8 2.05 2.0 1907 PHI A
1908 PHI A 18 17 14 2 1 1 138.2 121 537 1 48 27 21 85 0 2 3 0 8 9 1.75 1.3 1908 PHI A
1909 PHI A 34 29 24 5 5 1 250 196 968 1 68 46 45 161 0 5 5 1 18 8 1.66 2.7 1909 PHI A
1910 PHI A 30 28 25 3 2 0 250 182 936 1 63 44 47 155 0 7 10 0 23 5 1.58 4.1 1910 PHI A
1911 PHI A 31 24 16 2 6 3 216.1 198 848 2 66 52 58 114 0 4 4 0 17 5 2.16 2.2 1911 PHI A
1912 PHI A 27 19 12 1 6 2 171 169 645 1 63 52 33 90 0 2 1 0 13 8 2.74 0.9 1912 PHI A
1913 PHI A 48 21 14 2 21 13 236.2 208 975 2 80 58 59 135 0 7 3 0 21 10 2.21 1.7 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A 28 23 14 7 4 2 179 159 718 4 49 45 55 107 0 3 1 0 17 3 2.26 1.2 1914 PHI A
1915 BAL F 26 23 15 0 3 1 178.1 198 708 5 103 79 37 89 0 3 7 0 4 16 3.99 -2.0 1915 BAL F
1916 PHI N 27 13 4 0 12 3 122.2 137 539 3 71 51 34 43 17 5 10 0 7 7 3.74 -1.4 1916 PHI N
1917 PHI N 20 10 8 4 9 2 113 84 436 1 24 21 26 43 13 3 7 0 8 2 1.67 1.5 1917 PHI N
1925 CHI A 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 -0.1 1925 CHI A
Total NL 47 23 12 4 21 5 235.2 221 975 4 95 72 60 86 30 8 17 0 15 9 2.75 0.1 Total NL
Total AL 386 288 228 36 85 28 2603 2226 8441 31 912 672 615 1536 53 61 78 3 193 102 2.32 16.8 Total AL
Total FL 26 23 15 0 3 1 178.1 198 708 5 103 79 37 89 0 3 7 0 4 16 3.99 -2.0 Total FL
Total 459 334 255 40 109 34 3017 2645 10124 40 1110 823 712 1711 83 72 102 3 212 127 2.46 14.9 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1905 PHI A Daily Splits 2 2 2 1 0 0 17 9 64 0 2 2 6 0 13 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 1.06 1905 PHI A
1910 PHI A Daily Splits 2 2 2 0 0 0 18.2 13 67 0 5 4 4 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1.93 1910 PHI A
1911 PHI A Daily Splits 3 3 3 0 0 0 26 16 104 0 6 3 8 0 20 1 1 1 1 0 5 1 0 6 2 1 1.04 1911 PHI A
1913 PHI A Daily Splits 2 2 2 0 0 0 18 19 73 1 9 8 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 4.00 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 23 0 6 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 10.12 1914 PHI A
Total Splits 10 10 9 1 0 0 85 65 331 1 28 23 21 0 59 5 2 1 2 0 13 5 4 10 6 4 2.44 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1903 PHI A P 36 12 79 9 0 .910
1903 PHI A 1B 3 23 1 1 2 .960
1903 PHI A OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
1904 PHI A P 29 13 48 7 0 .897
1905 PHI A P 35 14 77 3 2 .968
1906 PHI A P 36 25 54 8 1 .908
1906 PHI A OF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 0
1907 PHI A P 33 14 57 5 2 .934
1907 PHI A 1B 2 18 0 3 0 .857
1907 PHI A 2B 1 0 0 0 0 -
1908 PHI A P 18 12 28 3 0 .930
1908 PHI A 1B 1 13 3 0 1 1.000
1909 PHI A P 34 13 78 4 1 .958
1910 PHI A P 30 13 85 3 3 .970
1911 PHI A P 31 11 58 0 4 1.000
1912 PHI A P 27 6 36 2 2 .955
1913 PHI A P 48 8 56 2 1 .970
1914 PHI A P 28 7 47 2 0 .964
1915 BAL F P 26 12 45 4 3 .934
1916 PHI N P 27 8 39 2 1 .959
1916 PHI N 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
1917 PHI N P 20 5 22 1 4 .964
1925 CHI A P 1 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 459 173 809 55 24 .947
Total 1B 6 54 4 4 3 .935
Total OF 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 4 0
Total 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 1 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1905 PHI A Daily P 2 2 2 17 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.000
1910 PHI A Daily P 2 2 2 18.2 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 1.000
1911 PHI A Daily P 3 3 3 26 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1.000
1913 PHI A Daily P 2 2 2 18 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.000
1914 PHI A Daily P 1 1 0 5.1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 10 10 9 85 3 20 0 3 0 0 12 6 1 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Umpiring Record
Year LG
1907 AL
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Sold by Baltimore Terrapins to Philadelphia Phillies (February 10, 1916 ).
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