Chief Bender Stats

Chief Bender was born on Monday, May 5, 1884, in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Bender was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 20, 1903, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Chief Bender baseball stats page.
"You ignorant ill-bred foreigners. If you don't like the way I'm doing things out there, why don't you just pack up and go back to your own countries." - Chief Bender (1910)

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Chief Bender
 
 
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Birth Name:   Charles Albert Bender
Nickname:   Chief
Born On:   05-05-1884
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Crow Wing County, Minnesota
Zodiac:   Taurus
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-22-1954
Place of Death Data Died In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn, Pennsylvania Click For Grave Photo
College:   Dickinson College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-20-1903 (Age 18)
Last Game:   07-21-1925
Draft:   Not Applicable
Chief Bender

Chief Bender Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1903 Athletics 36 33 2 17 14 .548 3.07 29 2 0 270.0 1,084 239 92 115 6 65 - 127 6 25 2 -
1904 Athletics 29 20 8 10 11 .476 2.87 18 4 0 203.2 834 167 65 90 1 59 - 149 5 4 0 -
1905 Athletics 35 23 12 18 11 .621 2.83 18 4 0 229.0 0 193 72 103 5 90 - 142 12 11 0 -
1906 Athletics 36 27 9 15 10 .600 2.53 24 0 3 238.1 0 208 67 98 5 48 - 159 3 8 0 -
1907 Athletics 33 24 8 16 8 .667 2.05 20 4 3 219.1 891 185 50 67 1 34 - 112 5 3 0 -
1908 Athletics 18 17 1 8 9 .471 1.75 14 2 1 138.2 537 121 27 48 1 21 - 85 2 3 0 -
1909 Athletics 34 29 5 18 8 .692 1.66 24 5 1 250.0 968 196 46 68 1 45 - 161 5 5 1 -
1910 Athletics 30 28 2 23 5 .821 1.58 25 3 0 250.0 936 182 44 63 1 47 - 155 7 10 0 -
1911 Athletics 31 24 6 17 5 .773 2.16 16 2 3 216.1 848 198 52 66 2 58 - 114 4 4 0 -
1912 Athletics 27 19 6 13 8 .619 2.74 12 1 2 171.0 645 169 52 63 1 33 - 90 2 1 0 -
1913 Athletics 48 21 21 21 10 .677 2.21 14 2 13 236.2 975 208 58 80 2 59 - 135 7 3 0 -
1914 Athletics 28 23 4 17 3 .850 2.26 14 7 2 179.0 718 159 45 49 4 55 - 107 3 1 0 -
1915 Terrapins 26 23 3 4 16 .200 3.99 15 0 1 178.1 708 198 79 103 5 37 - 89 3 7 0 -
1916 Phillies 27 13 12 7 7 .500 3.74 4 0 3 122.2 539 137 51 71 3 34 - 43 5 10 0 -
1917 Phillies 20 10 9 8 2 .800 1.67 8 4 2 113.0 436 84 21 24 1 26 - 43 3 7 0 -
1925 White Sox 1 0 1 0 0 .000 18.00 0 0 0 1.0 5 1 2 2 1 1 - 0 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
16 Years 459 334 109 212 127 .625 2.46 255 40 34 3,017.0 10,124 2,645 823 1,110 40 712 - 1,711 72 102 3 -
Chief Bender

Chief Bender Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1903 Athletics 43 120 10 22 4 1 0 0 8 3 - - 4 - 2 - .183 .216 .233
1904 Athletics 31 79 8 18 3 2 0 0 5 5 - - 2 - 1 - .228 .282 .316
1905 Athletics 38 92 11 20 3 2 0 0 14 3 - - 2 - 0 - .217 .242 .293
1906 Athletics 44 99 9 25 4 0 3 0 13 9 - - 2 - 3 - .253 .333 .384
1907 Athletics 45 100 10 23 6 1 0 0 8 5 - - 4 - 0 - .230 .267 .310
1908 Athletics 20 50 5 11 1 0 0 0 2 10 - - 1 - 0 - .220 .350 .240
1909 Athletics 40 93 6 20 5 0 0 0 9 5 - - 5 - 0 - .215 .255 .269
1910 Athletics 36 93 6 25 3 2 0 0 16 6 - - 4 - 3 - .269 .333 .344
1911 Athletics 32 79 9 13 0 0 0 0 8 2 - - 5 - 1 - .165 .195 .165
1912 Athletics 27 60 5 9 1 1 0 0 4 6 - - 3 - 0 - .150 .227 .200
1913 Athletics 48 78 7 12 3 1 0 0 10 6 - 17 5 - 0 - .154 .214 .218
1914 Athletics 28 62 4 9 1 0 1 0 8 4 - 13 4 - 0 - .145 .197 .210
1915 Terrapins 26 60 7 16 2 0 1 0 2 6 - 6 0 - 0 - .267 .333 .350
1916 Phillies 28 43 2 12 4 0 0 0 5 3 - 9 1 - 0 - .279 .326 .372
1917 Phillies 20 39 3 8 0 0 1 0 4 2 - 3 0 - 0 - .205 .244 .282
1925 White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
16 Years 507 1,147 102 243 40 10 6 0 116 75 - 48 42 - 10 0 .212 .266 .280
Chief Bender

Chief Bender Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1903 Athletics 1B 3 - - 25 8.3 24 23 1 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .960 0.00 -
1903 Athletics LF 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1903 Athletics P 36 33 810 100 2.8 91 12 79 9 0 n/a n/a n/a .910 3.03 -
1904 Athletics P 29 20 611 68 2.3 61 13 48 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .897 2.70 -
1905 Athletics P 35 23 687 94 2.7 91 14 77 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .968 3.58 -
1906 Athletics CF 4 - - 7 1.8 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1906 Athletics P 36 27 715 87 2.4 79 25 54 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .908 2.98 -
1907 Athletics 1B 2 - - 21 10.5 18 18 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00 -
1907 Athletics 2B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1907 Athletics P 33 24 658 76 2.3 71 14 57 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .934 2.91 -
1908 Athletics 1B 1 - - 16 16.0 16 13 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1908 Athletics P 18 17 416 43 2.4 40 12 28 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .930 2.60 -
1909 Athletics P 34 29 750 95 2.8 91 13 78 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .958 3.28 -
1910 Athletics P 30 28 750 101 3.4 98 13 85 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .970 3.53 -
1911 Athletics P 31 24 649 69 2.2 69 11 58 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.87 -
1912 Athletics P 27 19 513 44 1.6 42 6 36 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.21 -
1913 Athletics P 48 21 710 66 1.4 64 8 56 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.43 -
1914 Athletics P 28 23 537 56 2.0 54 7 47 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.72 -
1915 Terrapins P 26 23 535 61 2.3 57 12 45 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .934 2.88 -
1916 Phillies 3B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1916 Phillies P 27 13 368 49 1.8 47 8 39 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .959 3.45 -
1917 Phillies P 20 10 339 28 1.4 27 5 22 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.15 -
1925 White Sox P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 459 334 9,051 1,037 2.3 982 173 809 55 24 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.93 --
1B Totals 6 0 0 62 10.3 58 54 4 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .935 0.00 --
CF Totals 4 0 0 7 1.8 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
3B Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
2B Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
LF Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
16 Years 472 334 9,051 1,110 2.4 1,051 237 814 59 27 n/a n/a n/a .947 3.14 --
Chief Bender

Chief Bender Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1903 Athletics 3 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 15.0 1.95 4.23 2.17
1904 Athletics 3 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 15.8 2.53 6.58 2.61
1905 Athletics 3 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 6.6 1.58 5.58 3.54
1906 Athletics 2 - - - - n/a 33.0 0.0 7.6 3.31 6.00 1.81
1907 Athletics 2 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 12.5 3.29 4.60 1.40
1908 Athletics 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 25.0 4.05 5.52 1.36
1909 Athletics 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 10.3 3.58 5.80 1.62
1910 Athletics 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 5.8 3.30 5.58 1.69
1911 Athletics 2 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 9.9 1.97 4.74 2.41
1912 Athletics 2 2 .500 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 15.0 2.73 4.74 1.74
1913 Athletics 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 4.6 7.8 2.29 5.13 2.24
1914 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - n/a 62.0 4.8 7.8 1.95 5.38 2.77
1915 Terrapins 0 - - - - n/a 60.0 10.0 30.0 2.41 4.49 1.87
1916 Phillies 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 4.8 8.6 1.26 3.15 2.49
1917 Phillies 0 - - - - n/a 39.0 13.0 9.8 1.65 3.42 2.07
1925 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.00
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
16 Years 20 2 .909 - - n/a 191.2 23.9 9.9 2.40 5.10 2.12
Chief Bender

Chief Bender Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1903 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1904 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1905 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1906 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1907 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1909 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1910 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1911 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $5,000.00 n/a Stats
1912 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1914 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $5,000.00 n/a Stats
1915 Baltimore Terrapins n/a $8,500.00 n/a -
1916 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -




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