Chief Bender vs Russ Ford

Chief BenderRuss Ford

Chief Bender and Russ Ford compared on their MLB careers: Chief Bender played 16 seasons, 1903 to 1925, Russ Ford 7 seasons, 1909 to 1915. Chief Bender has 212 wins to Russ Ford's 99. Chief Bender won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Chief Bender and Russ Ford career totals
459GP199
212W99
127L71
2.5ERA2.6
3,017IP1487.1
1,711K710
712BB376
1.1WHIP1.1
34SV9

Where each stands all time

Chief Bender and Russ Ford all-time places
155th (1,711)Strikeouts (pitching)—
91st (212)Wins (pitching)—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Chief Bender: 3 championships; none on file
  • Russ Ford: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Chief Bender and Russ Ford season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st190317143.071909009.00
2nd190410112.8719102661.65
3rd190518112.83191122112.27
4th190615102.53191213213.55
5th19071682.05191312182.66
6th1908891.7519142161.82
7th19091881.661915594.52
8th19102351.58————
9th19111752.16————
10th19121382.74————
11th191321102.21————
12th19141732.26————
13th19154163.99————
14th1916773.74————
15th1917821.67————
16th19250018.00————

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA