Chief Bender stats

Last played for the Chicago White Sox, 1925

Pitcher

Age 142

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Chief Bender played 16 MLB seasons, 1903 to 1925.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
459
W
212
L
127
ERA
2.46
IP
3,017.0
K
1,711
BB
712
WHIP
1.11
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.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.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1903ATH3617143.07270.0127651.13
1904ATH2910112.87203.2149591.11
1905ATH3518112.83229.0142901.24
1906ATH3615102.53238.1159481.07
1907ATH331682.05219.1112341.00
1908ATH18891.75138.285211.02
1909ATH341881.66250.0161450.96
1910ATH302351.58250.0155470.92
1911ATH311752.16216.1114581.18
1912ATH271382.74171.090331.18
1913ATH4821102.21236.2135591.13
1914ATH281732.26179.0107551.20
1915—264163.99178.189371.32
1916PHI27773.74122.243341.39
1917PHI20821.67113.043260.97
1925CHW10018.001.0012.00

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
10
W
6
L
4
ERA
2.46
IP
84.0
K
59
BB
21
WHIP
1.01

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
255
SHO
40
K/9
5.1
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1903ATH02924.20000
1904ATH01846.60000
1905ATH01845.60000
1906ATH02406.00000
1907ATH02044.60000
1908ATH01425.50000
1909ATH02455.80000
1910ATH02535.60000
1911ATH01624.70000
1912ATH01214.70000
1913ATH01425.10000
1914ATH01475.40000
1915—01504.50000
1916PHI0403.20000
1917PHI0843.40000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
142 yearsMay 5, 1884
Debut
1903

What were Chief Bender's career stats?

Chief Bender played 16 seasons for the Athletics, the Phillies and the White Sox. He had 212 wins and 1,711 strikeouts with a 2.46 ERA over 3,017.0 innings. His best season was 1910: 23 wins, a 1.58 ERA and 155 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1903 to 1925

Championships ×3

All-time career rank

  • 155th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,711)
  • 91st in wins (pitching) (212)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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