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 BenderChief Bender Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| 1903 | 19 | 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 | 20 | 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 | 21 | 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 | 22 | 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 | 23 | 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 | 24 | 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 | 25 | 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 | 26 | 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 | 27 | 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 | 28 | 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 | 29 | 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 | 30 | 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 | 31 | 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 | 32 | 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 | 33 | 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 | 41 | 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 | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | 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 BenderChief Bender Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1903 | 19 | Athletics | 43 | 120 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | .183 | .216 | .233 |
| 1904 | 20 | Athletics | 31 | 79 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | .228 | .282 | .316 |
| 1905 | 21 | Athletics | 38 | 92 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 0 | - | .217 | .242 | .293 |
| 1906 | 22 | Athletics | 44 | 99 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | .253 | .333 | .384 |
| 1907 | 23 | Athletics | 45 | 100 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | - | - | 4 | - | 0 | - | .230 | .267 | .310 |
| 1908 | 24 | Athletics | 20 | 50 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | .220 | .350 | .240 |
| 1909 | 25 | Athletics | 40 | 93 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | 0 | - | .215 | .255 | .269 |
| 1910 | 26 | Athletics | 36 | 93 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | .269 | .333 | .344 |
| 1911 | 27 | Athletics | 32 | 79 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | .165 | .195 | .165 |
| 1912 | 28 | Athletics | 27 | 60 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 3 | - | 0 | - | .150 | .227 | .200 |
| 1913 | 29 | Athletics | 48 | 78 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | - | 17 | 5 | - | 0 | - | .154 | .214 | .218 |
| 1914 | 30 | Athletics | 28 | 62 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | - | 13 | 4 | - | 0 | - | .145 | .197 | .210 |
| 1915 | 31 | Terrapins | 26 | 60 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | 6 | 0 | - | 0 | - | .267 | .333 | .350 |
| 1916 | 32 | Phillies | 28 | 43 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | - | 0 | - | .279 | .326 | .372 |
| 1917 | 33 | Phillies | 20 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | .205 | .244 | .282 |
| 1925 | 41 | White Sox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 16 Years | 507 | 1,147 | 102 | 243 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 116 | 75 | 0 | 48 | 42 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .212 | .266 | .280 | ||
Chief BenderChief Bender Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1903 Athletics | 1B | 3 | - | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 216.00 |
| 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 | - | 9 | 21 | 10.5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .857 | 54.00 |
| 1907 Athletics | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | - | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 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 | 12 | 62 | 10.3 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 4 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .935 | 130.50 | |
| CF Totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 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 | |
| 2B Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
| 3B Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 | |
| 16 Years | 472 | 335 | 9,063 | 1,110 | 2.4 | 1,051 | 237 | 814 | 59 | 27 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .947 | 3.13 | |
Chief BenderChief Bender Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1903 Athletics | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 1.95 | 4.23 | 2.17 |
| 1904 Athletics | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 2.53 | 6.58 | 2.61 |
| 1905 Athletics | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 1.58 | 5.58 | 3.54 |
| 1906 Athletics | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 33.0 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 3.31 | 6.00 | 1.81 |
| 1907 Athletics | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 3.29 | 4.60 | 1.40 |
| 1908 Athletics | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 4.05 | 5.52 | 1.36 |
| 1909 Athletics | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 3.58 | 5.80 | 1.62 |
| 1910 Athletics | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 3.30 | 5.58 | 1.69 |
| 1911 Athletics | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.9 | 1.97 | 4.74 | 2.41 |
| 1912 Athletics | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 2.73 | 4.74 | 1.74 |
| 1913 Athletics | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 2.29 | 5.13 | 2.24 |
| 1914 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 62.0 | 4.8 | 7.8 | 1.95 | 5.38 | 2.77 |
| 1915 Terrapins | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 60.0 | 10.0 | 30.0 | 2.41 | 4.49 | 1.87 |
| 1916 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.8 | 8.6 | 1.26 | 3.15 | 2.49 |
| 1917 Phillies | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 39.0 | 13.0 | 9.8 | 1.65 | 3.42 | 2.07 |
| 1925 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 16 Years | 20 | 2 | .909 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 191.2 | 23.9 | 9.9 | 2.40 | 5.10 | 2.12 |
Chief BenderChief Bender Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1903 Philadelphia Athletics | n/a | $1,200.00 | 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 | $4,000.00 | 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 | $3,000.00 | n/a | - |
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