Charles Bender
Charles Albert Bender
Born: May 5, 1884
Crow Wing County, MN USA
Deceased: 1954
Philadelphia, PA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, 2B, 3B, CF, LF, OF, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185
College: Dickinson College, Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Career: 1903-1925
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.
Minor League Statistics
Charles Bender compiled a career record of 212 wins and 127 losses in his 509-game career with the Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Terrapins, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1903 season and last took the field during the 1925 campaign. Bender was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 17 | 14 | .548 | 3.07 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 270.0 | 239 | 115 | 92 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 127 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1099 |
| 1904 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 10 | 11 | .476 | 2.87 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 203.7 | 167 | 90 | 65 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 149 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 806 |
| 1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 18 | 11 | .621 | 2.83 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 229.0 | 193 | 103 | 72 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 142 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 939 |
| 1906 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 15 | 10 | .600 | 2.53 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 238.3 | 208 | 98 | 67 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 159 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 931 |
| 1907 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 16 | 8 | .667 | 2.05 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 219.3 | 185 | 67 | 50 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 838 |
| 1908 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 8 | 9 | .471 | 1.75 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 138.7 | 121 | 48 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 537 |
| 1909 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 18 | 8 | .692 | 1.66 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 250.0 | 196 | 68 | 46 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 161 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 968 |
| 1910 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 23 | 5 | .821 | 1.58 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 250.0 | 182 | 63 | 44 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 155 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 936 |
| 1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 17 | 5 | .773 | 2.16 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 216.3 | 198 | 66 | 52 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 848 |
| 1912 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.74 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 171.0 | 169 | 63 | 52 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 645 |
| 1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 21 | 10 | .677 | 2.21 | 48 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 236.7 | 208 | 80 | 58 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 135 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 975 |
| 1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 17 | 3 | .850 | 2.26 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 179.0 | 159 | 49 | 45 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 718 |
| 1915 | FL | Baltimore Terrapins | 4 | 16 | .200 | 3.99 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 178.3 | 198 | 103 | 79 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 89 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 708 |
| 1916 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.74 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 122.7 | 137 | 71 | 51 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 539 |
| 1917 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.67 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 113.0 | 84 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 436 |
| 1925 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Totals | 212 | 127 | .625 | 2.46 | 459 | 334 | 109 | 255 | 40 | 34 | 3017.0 | 2645 | 1110 | 823 | 40 | 712 | 0 | 1711 | 102 | 5 | 72 | 11928 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 129 | 120 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .183 | .216 | .233 | .449 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 31 | 87 | 79 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .228 | .282 | .316 | .599 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 97 | 92 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .217 | .242 | .293 | .536 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 44 | 113 | 99 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .253 | .333 | .384 | .717 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 45 | 109 | 100 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .230 | .267 | .310 | .577 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 20 | 61 | 50 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | .220 | .350 | .240 | .590 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 40 | 103 | 93 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .215 | .255 | .269 | .524 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 106 | 93 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .269 | .333 | .344 | .677 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 32 | 87 | 79 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .165 | .195 | .165 | .360 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 27 | 69 | 60 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .150 | .227 | .200 | .427 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 48 | 89 | 78 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .154 | .214 | .218 | .432 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 28 | 70 | 62 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .145 | .197 | .210 | .407 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | FL | Baltimore Terrapins | 26 | 66 | 60 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .267 | .333 | .350 | .683 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 47 | 43 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .279 | .326 | .372 | .698 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 20 | 41 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .205 | .244 | .282 | .526 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 507 | 1274 | 1147 | 102 | 243 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 116 | 20 | 0 | 75 | 143 | .212 | .266 | .280 | .546 | 321 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 36 | 0 | 270.0 | 12 | 79 | 9 | 0 | .910 | 3.033 | 2.528 |
| 1903 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 1B | 3 | 0 | 21.0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 1.286 | 8.000 |
| 1903 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | OF | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
| 1904 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 29 | 20 | 204.0 | 13 | 48 | 7 | 0 | .897 | 2.691 | 2.103 |
| 1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 35 | 23 | 229.0 | 14 | 77 | 3 | 2 | .968 | 3.576 | 2.600 |
| 1906 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 36 | 27 | 238.0 | 25 | 54 | 8 | 1 | .908 | 2.987 | 2.194 |
| 1906 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | OF | 4 | 3 | 27.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 1.750 |
| 1907 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 33 | 24 | 219.0 | 14 | 57 | 5 | 2 | .934 | 2.918 | 2.152 |
| 1907 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 1B | 2 | 1 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.800 | 9.000 |
| 1907 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1908 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 18 | 17 | 139.0 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 2.590 | 2.222 |
| 1908 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 1B | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.091 | 16.000 |
| 1909 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 34 | 29 | 250.0 | 13 | 78 | 4 | 1 | .958 | 3.276 | 2.676 |
| 1910 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 30 | 28 | 250.0 | 13 | 85 | 3 | 3 | .970 | 3.528 | 3.267 |
| 1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.226 | |
| 1912 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.556 | |
| 1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 56 | 2 | 1 | .970 | 1.333 | |
| 1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 1.929 | |
| 1915 | FL | Baltimore Terrapins | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 45 | 4 | 3 | .934 | 2.192 | |
| 1916 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 1916 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 39 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.741 | |
| 1917 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 4 | .964 | 1.350 | |
| 1925 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Totals | 472 | 173 | 1884.0 | 237 | 814 | 59 | 27 | .947 | 5.021 | 2.227 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.06 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| 1910 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.93 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| 1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.04 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 104 |
| 1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| 1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Totals | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.44 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 85.0 | 65 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 331 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 10 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .094 | .121 | .094 | .215 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.118 | 2.000 |
| 1910 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 18.7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.446 | 1.500 |
| 1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 26.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.423 | 2.333 |
| 1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| 1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 4.000 |
| Totals | 10 | 10 | 85.0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.435 | 2.300 |
Awards
1910 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1911 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P4
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