Born on May 5, 1884 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, Chief Bender (Charles Albert Bender) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Terrapins, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 16 year career. Bender broke into the bigs on April 20, 1903 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.07 ERA in 270 innings pitched in 1903, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Chief Bender's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1913, when he posted a 2.21 ERA, won 21 games, notched 13 saves and struck out 135 batters. However, others believe that it was 1910, when he posted a 1.58 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 155 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1903
PHI
A
36
33
17
14
3.07
127
115
92
29
2
0
270
239
6
65
0
6
25
1904
PHI
A
29
20
10
11
2.87
149
90
65
18
4
0
203.2
167
1
59
0
5
4
1905
PHI
A
35
23
18
11
2.83
142
103
72
18
4
0
229
193
5
90
0
12
11
1906
PHI
A
36
27
15
10
2.53
159
98
67
24
0
3
238.1
208
5
48
0
3
8
1907
PHI
A
33
24
16
8
2.05
112
67
50
20
4
3
219.1
185
1
34
0
5
3
1908
PHI
A
18
17
8
9
1.75
85
48
27
14
2
1
138.2
121
1
21
0
2
3
1909
PHI
A
34
29
18
8
1.66
161
68
46
24
5
1
250
196
1
45
0
5
5
1910
PHI
A
30
28
23
5
1.58
155
63
44
25
3
0
250
182
1
47
0
7
10
1911
PHI
A
31
24
17
5
2.16
114
66
52
16
2
3
216.1
198
2
58
0
4
4
1912
PHI
A
27
19
13
8
2.74
90
63
52
12
1
2
171
169
1
33
0
2
1
1913
PHI
A
48
21
21
10
2.21
135
80
58
14
2
13
236.2
208
2
59
0
7
3
1914
PHI
A
28
23
17
3
2.26
107
49
45
14
7
2
179
159
4
55
0
3
1
1915
BAL
F
26
23
4
16
3.99
89
103
79
15
0
1
178.1
198
5
37
0
3
7
1916
PHI
N
27
13
7
7
3.74
43
71
51
4
0
3
122.2
137
3
34
0
5
10
1917
PHI
N
20
10
8
2
1.67
43
24
21
8
4
2
113
84
1
26
0
3
7
1925
CHI
A
1
0
0
0
18.00
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Total
NL
47
23
15
9
2.75
86
95
72
12
4
5
235.2
221
4
60
0
8
17
Total
FL
26
23
4
16
3.99
89
103
79
15
0
1
178.1
198
5
37
0
3
7
Total
AL
386
288
193
102
2.32
1536
912
672
228
36
28
2603
2226
31
615
0
61
78
Total
459
334
212
127
2.46
1711
1110
823
255
40
34
3017
2645
40
712
0
72
102
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1903
PHI
A
1B
3
0
0
23
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.960
1903
PHI
A
OF
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1903
PHI
A
P
36
0
0
12
79
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
.910
1904
PHI
A
P
29
0
0
13
48
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
.897
1905
PHI
A
P
35
0
0
14
77
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.968
1906
PHI
A
OF
4
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1906
PHI
A
P
36
0
0
25
54
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
.908
1907
PHI
A
2B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1907
PHI
A
P
33
0
0
14
57
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
.934
1907
PHI
A
1B
2
0
0
18
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.857
1908
PHI
A
P
18
0
0
12
28
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.930
1908
PHI
A
1B
1
0
0
13
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1909
PHI
A
P
34
0
0
13
78
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
.958
1910
PHI
A
P
30
0
0
13
85
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1911
PHI
A
P
31
0
0
11
58
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1912
PHI
A
P
27
0
0
6
36
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.955
1913
PHI
A
P
48
0
0
8
56
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1914
PHI
A
P
28
0
0
7
47
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.964
1915
BAL
F
P
26
0
0
12
45
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
.934
1916
PHI
N
P
27
0
0
8
39
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.959
1916
PHI
N
3B
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1917
PHI
N
P
20
0
0
5
22
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
.964
1925
CHI
A
P
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
2B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
P
459
0
0
173
809
55
24
0
0
0
0
0
.947
Total
3B
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
1B
6
0
0
54
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
.935
Total
OF
5
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1903
PHI
A
43
120
10
22
0
8
.183
.216
.233
4
1
3
0
2
4
3
0
0
1904
PHI
A
31
79
8
18
0
5
.228
.282
.316
3
2
5
0
1
2
3
0
0
1905
PHI
A
38
92
11
20
0
14
.217
.242
.293
3
2
3
0
0
2
3
0
0
1906
PHI
A
44
99
9
25
3
13
.253
.333
.384
4
0
9
0
3
2
2
0
0
1907
PHI
A
45
100
10
23
0
8
.230
.267
.310
6
1
5
0
0
4
2
0
0
1908
PHI
A
20
50
5
11
0
2
.220
.350
.240
1
0
10
0
0
1
1
0
0
1909
PHI
A
40
93
6
20
0
9
.215
.255
.269
5
0
5
0
0
5
1
0
0
1910
PHI
A
36
93
6
25
0
16
.269
.333
.344
3
2
6
0
3
4
0
0
0
1911
PHI
A
32
79
9
13
0
8
.165
.195
.165
0
0
2
0
1
5
2
0
0
1912
PHI
A
27
60
5
9
0
4
.150
.227
.200
1
1
6
0
0
3
2
0
0
1913
PHI
A
48
78
7
12
0
10
.154
.214
.218
3
1
6
17
0
5
1
0
0
1914
PHI
A
28
62
4
9
1
8
.145
.197
.210
1
0
4
13
0
4
0
0
0
1915
BAL
F
26
60
7
16
1
2
.267
.333
.350
2
0
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
1916
PHI
N
28
43
2
12
0
5
.279
.326
.372
4
0
3
9
0
1
0
0
0
1917
PHI
N
20
39
3
8
1
4
.205
.244
.282
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
1925
CHI
A
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
NL
48
82
5
20
1
9
.244
.287
.329
4
0
5
12
0
1
0
0
0
Total
FL
26
60
7
16
1
2
.267
.333
.350
2
0
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
Total
AL
433
1005
90
207
4
105
.206
.260
.272
34
10
64
30
10
41
20
0
0
Total
507
1147
102
243
6
116
.212
.266
.280
40
10
75
48
10
42
20
0
0
Transactions[]
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (@January, 1902).
Sold by Baltimore Terrapins to Philadelphia Phillies (February 10, 1916).
