What years did Charles Bender play?

Charles Bender played in Major League Baseball from 1903 to 1925.

Was Charles Bender a pitcher?

Yes. Charles Bender pitched in the major leagues, recording 212 wins and 1711 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Charles Bender hit?

Charles Bender hit 6 career home runs with 243 hits.

What was Charles Bender's career batting average?

Charles Bender batted .212 over his career, with 243 hits in 1,147 at bats.

How many RBI did Charles Bender have?

Charles Bender drove in 116 runs in his career.

Charles Bender

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1903-1925)

Charles Bender was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1903 to 1925 for 4 teams, including the Philadelphia Athletics, a span of 23 seasons. Across 459 career appearances, he went 212-127 with a 2.46 ERA, 1,711 strikeouts, and 34 saves. He also batted .212 with 6 home runs. Charles Bender was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 43118.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated September 8, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 1953

W–L 212–127

ERA 2.46

WHIP 1.11

SO 1,711

Pitcher PIV 43118.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 185 lb
Born: 5/5/1884 in Crow Wing County, MN, USA
Died: 5/22/1954 in Philadelphia, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1903-04-20
Last Game: 1925-07-21
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1953 (BBWAA)

Full name: Charles Albert Bender

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Career Pitching Statistics

Charles Bender — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
212	127	459	334	255	40	34	3017.0	2,645	823	40	712	1,711	2.46	43118.1

Career ERA 2.46 vs. league average 2.97 across their career seasons — 17.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Charles Bender Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1903	PHA	AL	17	14	36	33	29	2	0	270.0	239	92	65	127	3.07	3.10 (+1%)	41.4
1904	PHA	AL	10	11	29	20	18	4	0	203.7	167	65	59	149	2.87	2.66 (-8%)	3802.1
1905	PHA	AL	18	11	35	23	18	4	0	229.0	193	72	90	142	2.83	2.82 (avg)	-414.5
1906	PHA	AL	15	10	36	27	24	0	3	238.3	208	67	48	159	2.53	2.68 (+5%)	4133.4
1907	PHA	AL	16	8	33	24	20	4	3	219.3	185	50	34	112	2.05	2.50 (+18%)	4477.3
1908	PHA	AL	8	9	18	17	14	2	1	138.7	121	27	21	85	1.75	2.40 (+27%)	3159.7
1909	PHA	AL	18	8	34	29	24	5	1	250.0	196	46	45	161	1.66	2.55 (+35%)	6232.4
1910	PHA	AL	23	5	30	28	25	3	0	250.0	182	44	47	155	1.58	2.79 (+43%)	6228.4
1911	PHA	AL	17	5	31	24	16	2	3	216.3	198	52	58	114	2.16	3.37 (+36%)	3675.8
1912	PHA	AL	13	8	27	19	12	1	2	171.0	169	52	33	90	2.74	3.36 (+19%)	3890.7
1913	PHA	AL	21	10	48	21	14	2	13	236.7	208	58	59	135	2.21	3.07 (+28%)	4504.1
1914	PHA	AL	17	3	28	23	14	7	2	179.0	159	45	55	107	2.26	2.93 (+23%)	2018.8
1915	BLF	FL	4	16	26	23	15	0	1	178.3	198	79	37	89	3.99	2.90 (-38%)	1732.2
1916	PHI	NL	7	7	27	13	4	0	3	122.7	137	51	34	43	3.74	2.78 (-35%)	-881.9
1917	PHI	NL	8	2	20	10	8	4	2	113.0	84	21	26	43	1.67	2.69 (+38%)	518.5
1925	CHA	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	1	0	18.00	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			212	127	459	334	255	40	34	3,017.0	2,645	823	712	1,711	2.46	—	43,118

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Charles Bender — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
507	1,147	102	243	40	10	6	116	20	75	160	.212	.266	.280	.546	-2,504

Career AVG .212 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 17.0% below league average.

Career OBP .266 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 16.3% below league average.

Career SLG .280 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 16.8% below league average.

Career OPS .546 vs. league average .655 across their career seasons — 16.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Charles Bender Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1903	PHA	AL	43	120	10	22	4	1	0	8	3	3	14	.183	.261 (-30%)	.316 (-32%)	.345 (-33%)	.662 (-32%)	-580.5
1904	PHA	AL	31	79	8	18	3	2	0	5	3	5	12	.228	.246 (-8%)	.300 (-6%)	.321 (-2%)	.622 (-4%)	-51.5
1905	PHA	AL	38	92	11	20	3	2	0	14	3	3	19	.217	.248 (-12%)	.307 (-21%)	.322 (-9%)	.629 (-15%)	-226.3
1906	PHA	AL	44	99	9	25	4	0	3	13	2	9	13	.253	.247 (+2%)	.307 (+8%)	.315 (+22%)	.622 (+15%)	249.4
1907	PHA	AL	45	100	10	23	6	1	0	8	2	5	6	.230	.245 (-6%)	.304 (-12%)	.308 (avg)	.613 (-6%)	-113.3
1908	PHA	AL	20	50	5	11	1	0	0	2	1	10	13	.220	.240 (-9%)	.298 (+17%)	.306 (-22%)	.605 (-2%)	37.8
1909	PHA	AL	40	93	6	20	5	0	0	9	1	5	10	.215	.244 (-12%)	.306 (-17%)	.312 (-14%)	.618 (-15%)	-213.6
1910	PHA	AL	36	93	6	25	3	2	0	16	0	6	8	.269	.249 (+8%)	.317 (+5%)	.326 (+5%)	.644 (+5%)	74.3
1911	PHA	AL	32	79	9	13	0	0	0	8	2	2	14	.165	.266 (-38%)	.336 (-42%)	.356 (-54%)	.693 (-48%)	-584.2
1912	PHA	AL	27	60	5	9	1	1	0	4	2	6	3	.150	.268 (-44%)	.335 (-32%)	.358 (-44%)	.694 (-38%)	-360.3
1913	PHA	AL	48	78	7	12	3	1	0	10	1	6	17	.154	.259 (-41%)	.325 (-34%)	.345 (-37%)	.670 (-36%)	-428.2
1914	PHA	AL	28	62	4	9	1	0	1	8	0	4	13	.145	.255 (-43%)	.322 (-39%)	.339 (-38%)	.661 (-39%)	-359.4
1915	BLF	FL	26	60	7	16	2	0	1	2	0	6	6	.267	.250 (+6%)	.318 (+5%)	.332 (+5%)	.651 (+5%)	52.0
1916	PHI	NL	28	43	2	12	4	0	0	5	0	3	9	.279	—	—	—	—	0.0
1917	PHI	NL	20	39	3	8	0	0	1	4	0	2	3	.205	—	—	—	—	0.0
1925	CHA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			507	1,147	102	243	40	10	6	116	20	75	160	.212	—	—	—	—	-2,504

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Charles Bender — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	32	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	4	.094

Playoff Batting by Year

Charles Bender — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1914	WS	PHA	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1913	WS	PHA	2	8	0	0	1	0	1	.000
1911	WS	PHA	3	11	0	1	0	0	1	.091
1910	WS	PHA	2	6	1	2	1	1	1	.333
1905	WS	PHA	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Charles Bender — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
6	4	10	10	0	85.0	65	23	21	59	2.44

Playoff Pitching by Year

Charles Bender — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1914	WS	PHA	0	1	1	1	5.3	8	6	2	3	10.12
1913	WS	PHA	2	0	2	2	18.0	19	8	1	9	4.00
1911	WS	PHA	2	1	3	3	26.0	16	3	8	20	1.04
1910	WS	PHA	1	1	2	2	18.7	13	4	4	14	1.93
1905	WS	PHA	1	1	2	2	17.0	9	2	6	13	1.06

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Charles Bender — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	273	557	51	119	2	48	.214
Away	236	593	51	123	4	54	.207

Pitching — Home / Away

Charles Bender — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	238	1563.2	1315	292	363	919	1.68
Away	221	1453.2	1345	306	347	827	1.89

Last 10 Games — Batting

Charles Bender — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1925-07-21	CHW	BOS	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917-09-30	PHI	STL	W	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
1917-09-24	PHI	PIT	W	4	1	2	0	1	0	0
1917-09-05	PHI	NY1	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1917-08-30	PHI	BSN	W	3	1	2	1	1	0	0
1917-08-28	PHI	STL	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917-08-27	PHI	STL	W	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917-08-25	PHI	CIN	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917-08-24	PHI	CIN	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917-08-21	PHI	CHC	W	3	1	1	0	0	1	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Charles Bender — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1925-07-21	CHW	BOS	—	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	1
1917-09-30	PHI	STL	W	6.0	7	1	1	3	1	0
1917-09-24	PHI	PIT	W	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	0
1917-09-05	PHI	NY1	L	8.0	9	3	3	1	6	1
1917-08-30	PHI	BSN	W	9.0	9	3	3	1	3	0
1917-08-28	PHI	STL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917-08-27	PHI	STL	SV	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0
1917-08-25	PHI	CIN	W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	0
1917-08-24	PHI	CIN	SV	2.0	2	2	2	2	3	0
1917-08-21	PHI	CHC	W	9.0	1	0	0	2	5	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Charles Bender — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	6	2	54	4	4	3
2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
3B	1	0	1	1	0	0
OF	5	3	9	0	0	0
P	459	168	173	809	55	24

Season-by-Season Fielding

Charles Bender — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1903	PHA	1B	3	0	23	1	1	2
1903	PHA	OF	1	0	2	0	0	0
1903	PHA	P	36	0	12	79	9	0
1904	PHA	P	29	20	13	48	7	0
1905	PHA	P	35	23	14	77	3	2
1906	PHA	OF	4	3	7	0	0	0
1906	PHA	P	36	27	25	54	8	1
1907	PHA	1B	2	1	18	0	3	0
1907	PHA	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1907	PHA	P	33	24	14	57	5	2
1908	PHA	1B	1	1	13	3	0	1
1908	PHA	P	18	17	12	28	3	0
1909	PHA	P	34	29	13	78	4	1
1910	PHA	P	30	28	13	85	3	3
1911	PHA	P	31	0	11	58	0	4
1912	PHA	P	27	0	6	36	2	2
1913	PHA	P	48	0	8	56	2	1
1914	PHA	P	28	0	7	47	2	0
1915	BLF	P	26	0	12	45	4	3
1916	PHI	3B	1	0	1	1	0	0
1916	PHI	P	27	0	8	39	2	1
1917	PHI	P	20	0	5	22	1	4
1925	CHA	P	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Charles Bender Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	459
First Base	7
Second Base	1
Third Base	1
Left Field	2
Center Field	4

Awards & Honors

Charles Bender — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1911	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P4
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P4

College History

Charles Bender — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Dickinson College	Carlisle	PA	1902
Carlisle Indian Industrial School	Carlisle	PA	1901, 1902

Award Voting History

Charles Bender — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1913	Most Valuable Player	AL	22th	2.0	64	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Charles Bender

What years did Charles Bender play?: Charles Bender played in Major League Baseball from 1903 to 1925.
Was Charles Bender a pitcher?: Yes. Charles Bender pitched in the major leagues, recording 212 wins and 1711 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Charles Bender hit?: Charles Bender hit 6 career home runs with 243 hits.
Is Charles Bender in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Charles Bender was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.
What was Charles Bender's career batting average?: Charles Bender batted .212 over his career, with 243 hits in 1,147 at bats.
How many RBI did Charles Bender have?: Charles Bender drove in 116 runs in his career.