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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 (Cedar Lawn Section- Lot 516)
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
Ejections as player: 1905 (1), 1906 (1), 1909 (1), 1910 (1), 1911 (2). Total: 6
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1903 PHI A    Daily Splits   43   120   10   22   4   1   0    8    3       14   2   4   0            3      .183  .216  .233  -0.2 1903 PHI A
1904 PHI A    Daily Splits   31    79    8   18   3   2   0    5    5       12   1   2   0            3      .228  .282  .316   0.0 1904 PHI A
1905 PHI A    Daily Splits   38    92   11   20   3   2   0   14    3       19   0   2   0            3      .217  .242  .293   0.0 1905 PHI A
1906 PHI A    Daily Splits   44    99    9   25   4   0   3   13    9       13   3   2   0            2      .253  .333  .384  -0.1 1906 PHI A
1907 PHI A    Daily Splits   45   100   10   23   6   1   0    8    5        6   0   4   0            2      .230  .267  .310  -0.3 1907 PHI A
1908 PHI A    Daily Splits   20    50    5   11   1   0   0    2   10       13   0   1   0            1      .220  .350  .240   0.0 1908 PHI A
1909 PHI A    Daily Splits   40    93    6   20   5   0   0    9    5       10   0   5   0            1      .215  .255  .269   0.0 1909 PHI A
1910 PHI A    Daily Splits   36    93    6   25   3   2   0   16    6        8   3   4   0            0      .269  .333  .344   0.0 1910 PHI A
1911 PHI A    Daily Splits   32    79    9   13   0   0   0    8    2       14   1   5   0            2      .165  .195  .165   0.0 1911 PHI A
1912 PHI A    Daily Splits   27    60    5    9   1   1   0    4    6        3   0   3   0            2      .150  .227  .200   0.0 1912 PHI A
1913 PHI A    Daily Splits   48    78    7   12   3   1   0   10    6   0i  17   0   5   0   2i  0i   1   1i .154  .214  .218   0.0 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A    Daily Splits   28    62    4    9   1   0   1    8    4   0i  13   0   4   0   1i  0i   0   0  .145  .197  .210   0.0 1914 PHI A
1915 BAL F    Daily Splits   26    60    7   16   2   0   1    2    6   0i   6   0   0   0   0i  1i   0   0i .267  .333  .350   0.0 1915 BAL F
1916 PHI N    Daily Splits   28    43    2   12   4   0   0    5    3   0i   9   0   1   0i  0i  0i   0   0  .279  .326  .372   0.1 1916 PHI N
1917 PHI N    Daily Splits   20    39    3    8   0   0   1    4    2   0i   3   0   0   0i  0i  0i   0   0i .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    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1925 CHI A
Total NL ( 2 Years)          48    82    5   20   4   0   1    9    5   0i  12   0   1   0i  0i  0i   0   0i .244  .287  .329   0.1 Total NL
Total AL (13 Years)         433  1005   90  207  34  10   4  105   64   0i 142  10  41   0   3i  0i  20   3i .206  .260  .272  -0.6 Total AL
Total FL ( 1 Year )          26    60    7   16   2   0   1    2    6   0i   6   0   0   0   0i  1i   0   0i .267  .333  .350   0.0 Total FL
Total    (16 Years) Splits  507  1147  102  243  40  10   6  116   75   0i 160  10  42   0i  3i  1i  20   3i .212  .266  .280  -0.5 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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              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    ( 5 Years) 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
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1903 PHI A    Daily Splits   36  33  29   2   2   0  270    239  1025i  6  115   92   65      127  23i  6  25   2  26i  8i         17  14   3.07  4.85   0.0 1903 PHI A
1904 PHI A    Daily Splits   29  20  18   4   8   0  203.2  167   615i  1   90   65   59      149  14i  5   4   0  17i  7i         10  11   2.87  2.95  -0.2 1904 PHI A
1905 PHI A    Daily Splits   35  23  18   4  12   0  229    193   651i  5  103   72   90      142  15i 12  11   0  22i  6i         18  11   2.83  4.17  -0.2 1905 PHI A
1906 PHI A    Daily Splits   36  27  24   0   9   3  238.1  208   842i  5   98   67   48      159  15i  3   8   0  32i  6i         15  10   2.53  4.52   1.2 1906 PHI A
1907 PHI A    Daily Splits   33  24  20   4   8   3  219.1  185   702i  1   67   50   34      112  13i  5   3   0  19i  6i         16   8   2.05  4.33   2.0 1907 PHI A
1908 PHI A    Daily Splits   18  17  14   2   1   1  138.2  121   537   1   48   27   21       85  18i  2   3   2  13i  7i          8   9   1.75  3.18   1.3 1908 PHI A
1909 PHI A    Daily Splits   34  29  24   5   5   1  250    196   968   1   68   46   45      161  22i  5   5   1  12i 13i         18   8   1.66  4.45   2.7 1909 PHI A
1910 PHI A    Daily Splits   30  28  25   3   2   0  250    182   936   1   63   44   47      155  20i  7  10   0  23i  4i         23   5   1.58  4.61   4.1 1910 PHI A
1911 PHI A    Daily Splits   31  24  16   2   6   3  216.1  198   848   2   66   52   58      114  14i  4   4   0  22i  4i         17   5   2.16  5.12   2.2 1911 PHI A
1912 PHI A    Daily Splits   27  19  12   1   6   2  171    169   645   1   63   52   33       90  13  10   1   5  14i  6i         13   8   2.74  4.79   0.8 1912 PHI A
1913 PHI A    Daily Splits   48  21  14   2  24  13  236.2  208   948   2   78   58   59   0i 135  17i  6   3   0  15i  3i  7i 13i 21  10   2.21  5.76   1.7 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A    Daily Splits   28  23  14   7   4   2  179    159   718   4   49   45   55   0i 107  10i  3   1   0  19i  1i  7i 15i 17   3   2.26  5.43   1.2 1914 PHI A
1915 BAL F    Daily Splits   26  23  15   0   3   1  178.1  198   708   5  103   79   37   0i  89  35i  3   7   0  28i 10i 12i 18i  4  16   3.99  3.30  -2.0 1915 BAL F
1916 PHI N    Daily Splits   27  13   4   0  12   3  122.2  137   539   3   71   51   34   0i  43  17   5  10   0  12i  2i  6i 18i  7   7   3.74  5.08  -1.4 1916 PHI N
1917 PHI N    Daily Splits   20  10   8   4   9   2  113     84   436   1   24   21   26   0i  43  13   3   7   0  11i  1i  3i  3i  8   2   1.67  4.20   1.5 1917 PHI N
1925 CHI A    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    1      1     5   1    2    2    1   0    0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  18.00     -  -0.1 1925 CHI A
Total NL ( 2 Years)          47  23  12   4  21   5  235.2  221   975   4   95   72   60   0   86  30   8  17   0  23   3   9  21i 15   9   2.75  4.70   0.1 Total NL
Total AL (13 Years)         386 288 228  36  88  28 2603   2226  9440  31  910  672  615   0 1536 195  68  78  10 234  71  14  28i193 102   2.32  4.56  16.7 Total AL
Total FL ( 1 Year )          26  23  15   0   3   1  178.1  198   708   5  103   79   37   0   89  35   3   7   0  28  10  12  18i  4  16   3.99  3.30  -2.0 Total FL
Total    (16 Years) Splits  459 334 255  40 112  34 3017   2645 11123  40 1108  823  712   0 1711 260  79 102  10 285  84  35  67i212 127   2.46  4.48  14.8 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1905 PHI A    Daily Splits    2   2   2   1   0   0   17      9    64   0    2    2    6   0   13   2   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   2   1   1   1.06  1.50 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  3.50 1910 PHI A
1911 PHI A    Daily Splits    3   3   3   0   0   0   26     16   104   0    6    3    8   0   20   2   0   1   1   0   5   1   0   6   2   1   1.04  6.00 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  6.00 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  1.00 1914 PHI A
Total    ( 5 Years) Splits   10  10   9   1   0   0   85     65   331   1   28   23   21   0   59   6   0   1   2   0  13   5   4  10   6   4   2.44  4.10 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1903 PHI A Daily Splits   P   36   33   29   270      12   79    9    0   0    0   23i   0       .910
1903 PHI A               1B    3    1    1     9  i   23    1    1    2   0                      .960
1903 PHI A               OF    1    1    1     9       2    0    0    0   0                     1.000     1    0    0 
1903 PHI A               LF    1    1    1     9       2    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1904 PHI A Daily Splits   P   29   20   18   203.1    13   48    7    0   0    0   22i   0       .897
1905 PHI A Daily Splits   P   35   23   18   229      14   77    3    2   0    0   25i   0       .968
1906 PHI A Daily Splits   P   36   27   24   239.1    25   54    8    1   0    0   23i   0       .908
1906 PHI A               OF    4    3    3    27       7    0    0    0   0                     1.000     1    3    0 
1906 PHI A               CF    3    3    3    24       6    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1906 PHI A               LF    1    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1907 PHI A Daily Splits   P   33   24   20   219.1    14   57    5    2   0    0   11i   0       .934
1907 PHI A               1B    3    1    1    10  i   18    0    3    0   0                      .857
1907 PHI A               CF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                         -
1907 PHI A               OF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                         -     0    1    0 
1907 PHI A               2B    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                         -
1908 PHI A Daily Splits   P   18   17   14   138.2    12   28    3    0   0    0   17i   0       .930
1908 PHI A               1B    1    1    1    11.1    13    3    0    1   0                     1.000
1909 PHI A Daily Splits   P   34   29   24   249.2    13   78    4    1   0    0   13i   0       .958
1910 PHI A Daily Splits   P   30   28   25   250      13   85    3    3   0    0   29    0       .970
1911 PHI A Daily Splits   P   31   24   16   216.1    11   58    0    4   0    0   15i   0      1.000
1912 PHI A Daily Splits   P   27   19   12   171       6   36    2    2   0    0    8i   0       .955
1913 PHI A Daily Splits   P   48   21   14   237.2     8   55    2    1   0    2   15   21    1i .969
1914 PHI A Daily Splits   P   28   23   14   179       7   47    2    0   0    2   10i  11    2i .964
1915 BAL F Daily Splits   P   26   23   15   178.1    12   45    4    3   0    1   18i  22    2i .934
1916 PHI N Daily Splits   P   27   13    4   122.2     8   39    2    1   0    2   14i  13    1i .959
1916 PHI N               3B    1    0    0             1    1    0    0   0                     1.000
1917 PHI N Daily Splits   P   20   10    8   113       5   22    1    4   0    2    5i   8    0i .964
1925 CHI A Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total (16 Years) Splits   P  459  334  255  3018.1   173  808   55   24   0    9  248i  75    6i .947
Total ( 3 Years)         1B    7    3    3    30.1i   54    4    4    3   0                      .935
Total ( 3 Years)         OF    6    4    4    36  i    9    0    0    0   0                     1.000     2    4    0 
Total ( 2 Years)         CF    4    3    3    24  i    6    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total ( 2 Years)         LF    2    1    1    12       3    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         3B    1    0    0             1    1    0    0   0                     1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         2B    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                         -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1905 PHI A Daily Splits   P    2    2    2    17       1    5    0    0   0    0    2    2    0 1.000
1910 PHI A Daily Splits   P    2    2    2    18.2     1    2    0    1   0    0    1    5    0 1.000
1911 PHI A Daily Splits   P    3    3    3    26       1    6    0    0   0    0    2    3    1 1.000
1913 PHI A Daily Splits   P    2    2    2    18       0    5    0    0   0    0    2    2    0 1.000
1914 PHI A Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     5.1     1    3    0    2   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total ( 5 Years) Splits   P   10   10    9    85       4   21    0    3   0    0    7   12    1 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1925 CHI A   6-12  10- 4
1926 CHI A   6- 5   9-26
1931 NY  N   4-14   9-27
1944 PHI A   4-18  10- 1
1951 PHI A   4-17   9-30
1952 PHI A   4-16   9-28
1953 PHI A   4-14   9-27
1954 PHI A   4-13   5-22
Total ( 8 Years) 

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1907 AL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7- 8-1905(1)  BOX  PHI A  Silk O'Loughlin     Throwing dirt at umpire
 5- 4-1906     BOX  PHI A  Tim Hurst           Call at 2B
 7- 2-1909     BOX  PHI A  Silk O'Loughlin     Bench jockeying
10- 1-1910     BOX  PHI A  Tommy Connolly      Bench jockeying
 6-19-1911     BOX  PHI A  Jack Sheridan       Call at 1B
 6-22-1911     BOX  PHI A  Jack Egan           Balls and strikes (Threw ball)

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1903).

Released by Philadelphia Athletics (October, 1914).

Signed by Baltimore Terrapins (December 5, 1914).

Sold by Baltimore Terrapins to Philadelphia Phillies (February 10, 1916).
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