Chief Bender
1903–1925 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Terrapins, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies
509G
.212AVG
.266OBP
.280SLG
More career statistics
243H
6HR
116RBI
20SB
212–127W–L
3,017.0IP
1,711K
2.46ERA
334GS
34SV
9Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,147 | 1,150 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 7 |
| Batting · Doubles | 40 | 41 |
| Batting · Hits | 243 | 242 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 48 | 145 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,274 | 1,285 |
| Batting · RBI | 116 | 105 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 20 | 19 |
| Batting · Walks | 75 | 83 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 11,928 | 11,348 |
| Pitching · p er | 823 | 667 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,645 | 2,660 |
| Pitching · p hr | 40 | 39 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 9,051 | 9,050 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,711 | 1,746 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,108 | 1,110 |
| Pitching · p w | 712 | 709 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 509 | 1,274 | 1,147 | 102 | 243 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 116 | 75 | 48 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 321 | .212 | .266 | .280 | .546 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,017.0 | 459 | 334 | 255 | 212 | 127 | 34 | 2,645 | 1,108 | 823 | 40 | 712 | 1,711 | 0 | 0 | 2.46 | 1.113 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1908-08-20 to 1909-05-06
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1910-05-12 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1910-05-12 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1911-07-28 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 273 | 636 | 119 | 2 | 48 | 46 | 66 | .214 | .259 | .284 |
| Away | 236 | 649 | 123 | 4 | 57 | 37 | 79 | .207 | .247 | .275 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 35 | 98 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 10 | .268 | .296 | .305 |
| May | 82 | 219 | 41 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 32 | .215 | .265 | .319 |
| June | 96 | 241 | 45 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 23 | .205 | .245 | .260 |
| July | 112 | 257 | 47 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 29 | .205 | .253 | .262 |
| August | 98 | 258 | 45 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 29 | .191 | .244 | .280 |
| September | 70 | 176 | 32 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 20 | .198 | .222 | .222 |
| October | 16 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .323 | .333 | .516 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 76 | 206 | 35 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 31 | .190 | .218 | .239 |
| st-louis-browns | 67 | 175 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 16 | .164 | .211 | .220 |
| chicago-white-sox | 62 | 163 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 13 | .182 | .245 | .224 |
| cleveland-guardians | 62 | 166 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 23 | .216 | .265 | .250 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 61 | 171 | 37 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 23 | .253 | .281 | .349 |
| boston-red-sox | 54 | 122 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | .231 | .287 | .380 |
| detroit-tigers | 53 | 128 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 15 | .217 | .234 | .283 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 12 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .238 | .238 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 120 | 22 | – | 8 | 3 | .183 | 270 | 127 |
| 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics | 31 | 79 | 18 | – | 5 | 3 | .228 | 203 | 149 |
| 1905 | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 92 | 20 | – | 13 | 3 | .217 | 229 | 147 |
| 1906 | Philadelphia Athletics | 44 | 99 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 2 | .253 | 239 | 165 |
| 1907 | Philadelphia Athletics | 46 | 100 | 23 | – | 7 | 1 | .230 | 218 | 125 |
| 1908 | Philadelphia Athletics | 21 | 51 | 11 | – | 2 | 1 | .216 | 138 | 88 |
| 1909 | Philadelphia Athletics | 40 | 93 | 20 | – | 7 | 1 | .215 | 249 | 162 |
| 1910 | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 93 | 25 | – | 17 | – | .269 | 250 | 155 |
| 1911 | Philadelphia Athletics | 32 | 79 | 13 | – | 6 | 2 | .165 | 215 | 114 |
| 1912 | Philadelphia Athletics | 27 | 61 | 9 | – | 4 | 2 | .148 | 171 | 91 |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Athletics | 48 | 79 | 12 | – | 9 | 1 | .152 | 237 | 138 |
| 1914 | Philadelphia Athletics | 28 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 8 | – | .145 | 179 | 109 |
| 1915 | BTBaltimore Terrapins | 26 | 60 | 15 | 1 | 2 | – | .250 | 178 | 90 |
| 1916 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 43 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .279 | 122 | 43 |
| 1917 | Philadelphia Phillies | 20 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 3 | – | .205 | 113 | 43 |
| 1925 |  Chicago White Sox | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |