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Chief Bender

Charles Albert Bender

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 5, 1884 in Crow Wing County, MN
High School: Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA)
School: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1903. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1903 (Age 18.350, 2,495th in MLB history)
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1903 season [*]
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Phillies/Terrapins/WhiteSox 1903-1925

Last Game: July 21, 1925 (Age 41.077)   vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1953.
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Died: May 22, 1954 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn, PA
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W Awards
1903 19 PHA AL 17 14 .548 3.07 36 33 2 29 2 0 270.0 239 115 92 6 65 127 25 2 6 1099 100 3.10 1.126 8.0 0.2 2.2 4.2 1.95
1904 20 PHA AL 10 11 .476 2.87 29 20 8 18 4 0 203.2 167 90 65 1 59 149 4 0 5 806 93 1.95 1.110 7.4 0.0 2.6 6.6 2.53
1905 21 PHA AL 18 11 .621 2.83 35 23 12 18 4 0 229.0 193 103 72 5 90 142 11 0 12 939 94 2.89 1.236 7.6 0.2 3.5 5.6 1.58
1906 22 PHA AL 15 10 .600 2.53 36 27 9 24 0 3 238.1 208 98 67 5 48 159 8 0 3 931 108 2.01 1.074 7.9 0.2 1.8 6.0 3.31
1907 23 PHA AL 16 8 .667 2.05 33 24 8 20 4 3 219.1 185 67 50 1 34 112 3 0 5 838 127 1.72 0.998 7.6 0.0 1.4 4.6 3.29
1908 24 PHA AL 8 9 .471 1.75 18 17 1 14 2 1 138.2 121 48 27 1 21 85 3 2 2 537 145 1.49 1.024 7.9 0.1 1.4 5.5 4.05
1909 25 PHA AL 18 8 .692 1.66 34 29 5 24 5 1 250.0 196 68 46 1 45 161 5 1 5 968 147 1.58 0.964 7.1 0.0 1.6 5.8 3.58
1910 26 PHA AL 23 5 .821 1.58 30 28 2 25 3 0 250.0 182 63 44 1 47 155 10 0 7 936 150 1.82 0.916 6.6 0.0 1.7 5.6 3.30
1911 27 PHA AL 17 5 .773 2.16 31 24 6 16 2 3 216.1 198 66 52 2 58 114 4 0 4 848 145 2.69 1.183 8.2 0.1 2.4 4.7 1.97
1912 28 PHA AL 13 8 .619 2.74 27 19 6 12 1 2 171.0 169 63 52 1 33 90 1 5 10 645 114 2.47 1.181 8.9 0.1 1.7 4.7 2.73
1913 29 PHA AL 21 10 .677 2.21 48 21 24 14 2 13 236.2 208 78 58 2 59 135 3 0 6 942 126 2.31 1.128 7.9 0.1 2.2 5.1 2.29 MVP-22
1914 30 PHA AL 17 3 .850 2.26 28 23 4 14 7 2 179.0 159 49 45 4 55 107 1 0 3 718 115 2.47 1.196 8.0 0.2 2.8 5.4 1.95
1915 31 BAL FL 4 16 .200 3.99 26 23 3 15 0 1 178.1 198 103 79 5 37 89 7 0 3 708 81 2.52 1.318 10.0 0.3 1.9 4.5 2.41
1916 32 PHI NL 7 7 .500 3.74 27 13 12 4 0 3 122.2 137 71 51 3 34 43 10 0 5 539 72 3.01 1.394 10.1 0.2 2.5 3.2 1.26
1917 33 PHI NL 8 2 .800 1.67 20 10 9 8 4 2 113.0 84 24 21 1 26 43 7 0 3 436 169 2.49 0.973 6.7 0.1 2.1 3.4 1.65
1925 41 CHW AL 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 31 19.11 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
16 Yrs 212 127 .625 2.46 459 334 112 255 40 34 3017.0 2645 1108 823 40 712 1711 102 10 79 11895 112 2.29 1.113 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.40
162 Game Avg. 18 11 .625 2.46 39 29 10 22 3 3 259 227 95 71 3 61 147 9 1 7 1020 112 2.29 1.113 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.1 2.40
PHA (12 yrs) 193 102 .654 2.32 385 288 87 228 36 28 2602.0 2225 908 670 30 614 1536 78 10 68 10207 118 2.23 1.091 7.7 0.1 2.1 5.3 2.50
PHI (2 yrs) 15 9 .625 2.75 47 23 21 12 4 5 235.2 221 95 72 4 60 86 17 0 8 975 100 2.76 1.192 8.4 0.2 2.3 3.3 1.43
BAL (1 yr) 4 16 .200 3.99 26 23 3 15 0 1 178.1 198 103 79 5 37 89 7 0 3 708 81 2.52 1.318 10.0 0.3 1.9 4.5 2.41
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 31 19.11 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
AL (13 yrs) 193 102 .654 2.32 386 288 88 228 36 28 2603.0 2226 910 672 31 615 1536 78 10 68 10212 117 2.24 1.091 7.7 0.1 2.1 5.3 2.50
NL (2 yrs) 15 9 .625 2.75 47 23 21 12 4 5 235.2 221 95 72 4 60 86 17 0 8 975 100 2.76 1.192 8.4 0.2 2.3 3.3 1.43
FL (1 yr) 4 16 .200 3.99 26 23 3 15 0 1 178.1 198 103 79 5 37 89 7 0 3 708 81 2.52 1.318 10.0 0.3 1.9 4.5 2.41
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Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1903 19 PHA AL 270.0 36 33 115 3.83 4.06 -0.05 0.00 103.0 4.23 17 1.9 1.00 -0.3 4.3 37 .553 .512 $1,200
1904 20 PHA AL 203.2 29 20 90 3.98 3.53 -0.04 0.00 103.0 3.68 -4 -0.5 1.00 -0.2 1.3 9 .483 .497
1905 21 PHA AL 229.0 35 23 103 4.05 3.63 0.04 0.00 100.0 3.59 -10 -1.2 1.00 -0.2 0.9 7 .466 .493
1906 22 PHA AL 238.1 36 27 98 3.70 3.65 -0.05 0.00 101.0 3.74 2 0.2 1.00 -0.2 2.4 21 .506 .501
1907 23 PHA AL 219.1 33 24 67 2.75 3.63 0.04 0.00 102.0 3.66 22 2.8 1.00 -0.2 4.8 40 .586 .517
1908 24 PHA AL 138.2 18 17 48 3.12 3.50 -0.19 0.00 107.0 3.94 12 1.7 1.00 -0.1 2.9 23 .592 .510
1909 25 PHA AL 250.0 34 29 68 2.45 3.37 0.18 0.00 97.0 3.09 21 2.9 1.00 -0.3 5.0 37 .584 .518
1910 26 PHA AL 250.0 30 28 63 2.27 3.54 0.30 0.00 94.0 3.05 24 3.1 1.00 -0.2 5.3 43 .603 .519
1911 27 PHA AL 216.1 31 24 66 2.75 4.46 -0.02 0.00 95.0 4.25 36 4.0 1.00 -0.2 6.0 59 .627 .524
1912 28 PHA AL 171.0 27 19 63 3.32 4.35 0.26 0.00 93.0 3.80 10 1.1 1.00 -0.2 2.7 27 .540 .507
1913 29 PHA AL 236.2 48 21 78 2.97 3.75 0.18 0.00 94.0 3.35 12 1.4 1.00 -0.2 3.6 32 .529 .509 MVP-22
1914 30 PHA AL 179.0 28 23 49 2.46 3.50 0.09 0.00 95.0 3.24 17 2.2 1.00 -0.1 3.9 31 .579 .514 $4,000
1915 31 BAL FL 178.1 26 23 103 5.20 3.89 -0.35 0.00 105.0 4.45 -14 -1.6 1.00 -0.1 -0.9 -9 .439 .490
1916 32 PHI NL 122.2 27 13 71 5.21 3.40 0.07 0.00 102.0 3.39 -25 -2.9 1.00 -0.1 -1.9 -17 .394 .482
1917 33 PHI NL 113.0 20 10 24 1.91 3.50 0.04 0.00 103.5 3.58 21 2.8 1.00 -0.1 3.7 28 .641 .517
1925 41 CHW AL 1.0 1 0 2 18.00 4.28 0.06 0.00 90.0 3.80 -2 -0.1 1.00 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .369 .499 $3,000
16 Seasons 3017.0 459 334 1108 3.31 3.73 0.04 0.00 99.3 3.66 138 17.7 1.00 -2.5 44.0 367 .539 .507 $8,200
PHA (12 yrs) 2602.0 385 288 908 3.14 3.75 0.07 0.00 98.5 3.63 159 19.5 1.00 -2.3 43.2 365 .551 .510 $5,200
PHI (2 yrs) 235.2 47 23 95 3.63 3.45 0.06 0.00 102.7 3.48 -5 -0.1 1.00 -0.1 1.8 11 .499 .497
BAL (1 yr) 178.1 26 23 103 5.20 3.89 -0.35 0.00 105.0 4.45 -14 -1.6 1.00 -0.1 -0.9 -9 .439 .490
CHW (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 2 18.00 4.28 0.06 0.00 90.0 3.80 -2 -0.1 1.00 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .369 .499 $3,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W
1905 21 PHA AL WS L NYG 1 1 .500 1.06 2 2 0 2 1 0 17.0 9 2 2 0 6 0 13 0 0 0 64 0.882 4.8 0.0 3.2 6.9 2.17
1910 ❍ 26 PHA AL WS W CHC 1 1 .500 1.93 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.2 13 5 4 0 4 0 14 0 0 0 67 0.911 6.3 0.0 1.9 6.8 3.50
1911 ❍ 27 PHA AL WS W NYG 2 1 .667 1.04 3 3 0 3 0 0 26.0 16 6 3 0 8 0 20 1 0 1 104 0.923 5.5 0.0 2.8 6.9 2.50
1913 ❍ 29 PHA AL WS W NYG 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 1.111 9.5 0.5 0.5 4.5 9.00
1914 30 PHA AL WS L BSN 0 1 .000 10.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 6 6 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.875 13.5 0.0 3.4 5.1 1.50
5 Yrs (5 Series) 6 4 .600 2.44 10 10 0 9 1 0 85.0 65 28 23 1 21 0 59 2 0 1 331 1.012 6.9 0.1 2.2 6.2 2.81
5 WS 6 4 .600 2.44 10 10 0 9 1 0 85.0 65 28 23 1 21 0 59 2 0 1 331 1.012 6.9 0.1 2.2 6.2 2.81

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1903 19 PHA AL 43 129 120 10 22 4 1 0 8 3 3 14 .183 .216 .233 .449 33 28 2 4 1/3O
1904 20 PHA AL 31 87 79 8 18 3 2 0 5 3 5 12 .228 .282 .316 .599 85 25 1 2 1
1905 21 PHA AL 38 97 92 11 20 3 2 0 14 3 3 19 .217 .242 .293 .536 68 27 0 2 1
1906 22 PHA AL 44 113 99 9 25 4 0 3 13 2 9 13 .253 .333 .384 .717 121 38 3 2 1/O
1907 23 PHA AL 45 109 100 10 23 6 1 0 8 2 5 6 .230 .267 .310 .577 82 31 0 4 1/34
1908 24 PHA AL 20 61 50 5 11 1 0 0 2 1 10 13 .220 .350 .240 .590 88 12 0 1 1/3
1909 25 PHA AL 40 103 93 6 20 5 0 0 9 1 5 10 .215 .255 .269 .524 64 25 0 5 1
1910 26 PHA AL 36 106 93 6 25 3 2 0 16 0 6 8 .269 .333 .344 .677 113 32 3 4 1
1911 27 PHA AL 32 87 79 9 13 0 0 0 8 2 2 14 .165 .195 .165 .360 1 13 1 5 1
1912 28 PHA AL 27 69 60 5 9 1 1 0 4 2 2 6 3 .150 .227 .200 .427 24 12 0 3 1
1913 29 PHA AL 48 91 78 7 12 3 1 0 10 1 6 17 .154 .214 .218 .432 28 17 0 5 1 MVP-22
1914 30 PHA AL 28 70 62 4 9 1 0 1 8 0 0 4 13 .145 .197 .210 .407 24 13 0 4 1
1915 31 BAL FL 26 66 60 7 16 2 0 1 2 0 6 6 .267 .333 .350 .683 97 21 0 0 1
1916 32 PHI NL 28 47 43 2 12 4 0 0 5 0 3 9 .279 .326 .372 .698 110 16 0 1 1/5
1917 33 PHI NL 20 41 39 3 8 0 0 1 4 0 2 3 .205 .244 .282 .526 58 11 0 0 1
1925 41 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
16 Yrs 507 1276 1147 102 243 40 10 6 116 20 2 75 160 .212 .266 .280 .546 66 321 10 42
162 Game Avg. 162 408 366 33 78 13 3 2 37 6 24 51 .212 .266 .280 .546 66 103 3 13
PHA (12 yrs) 432 1122 1005 90 207 34 10 4 105 20 2 64 142 .206 .260 .272 .532 62 273 10 41
PHI (2 yrs) 48 88 82 5 20 4 0 1 9 0 5 12 .244 .287 .329 .617 86 27 0 1
BAL (1 yr) 26 66 60 7 16 2 0 1 2 0 6 6 .267 .333 .350 .683 97 21 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 433 1122 1005 90 207 34 10 4 105 20 2 64 142 .206 .260 .272 .532 62 273 10 41
NL (2 yrs) 48 88 82 5 20 4 0 1 9 0 5 12 .244 .287 .329 .617 86 27 0 1
FL (1 yr) 26 66 60 7 16 2 0 1 2 0 6 6 .267 .333 .350 .683 97 21 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1903 19 PHA AL 43 129 -10 -0 0 0 10 0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.1 0 $1,200 1/3O
1904 20 PHA AL 31 87 -1 0 0 0 5 4 0.5 0 4 0.5 .516 .503 0.5 -0.0 4 1
1905 21 PHA AL 38 97 -4 0 0 0 7 4 0.4 0 4 0.4 .511 .503 0.4 -0.0 4 1
1906 22 PHA AL 44 113 3 -0 0 0 7 10 1.1 0 10 1.1 .526 .507 1.1 0.0 10 1/O
1907 23 PHA AL 45 109 -2 -0 0 -1 7 4 0.5 0 4 0.5 .511 .503 0.6 -0.1 5 1/34
1908 24 PHA AL 20 61 -1 -0 0 1 4 4 0.5 0 4 0.5 .527 .503 0.4 0.1 3 1/3
1909 25 PHA AL 40 103 -4 -0 0 0 8 4 0.5 0 4 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 4 1
1910 26 PHA AL 36 106 2 0 0 0 7 9 1.0 0 9 1.0 .530 .507 1.1 -0.0 9 1
1911 27 PHA AL 32 87 -11 -0 0 0 8 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 1
1912 28 PHA AL 27 69 -5 -0 0 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 1
1913 29 PHA AL 48 89 -7 -0 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 1 MVP-22
1914 30 PHA AL 28 70 -6 0 0 0 6 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $4,000 1
1915 31 BAL FL 26 66 -0 0 0 0 5 5 0.6 0 5 0.6 .522 .504 0.6 0.0 5 1
1916 32 PHI NL 28 47 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.5 0 4 0.5 .518 .503 0.5 0.0 4 1/5
1917 33 PHI NL 20 41 -2 0 0 0 3 1 0.2 0 1 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 0.0 1 1
1925 41 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,000 /1
16 Seasons 507 1274 -47 -0 0 0 95 47 5.5 0 47 5.5 .511 .502 5.6 -0.1 47 $8,200
PHA (12 yrs) 432 1120 -46 -0 0 0 83 37 4.3 0 37 4.3 .510 .502 4.4 -0.2 37 $5,200
PHI (2 yrs) 48 88 -1 0 0 0 6 5 0.7 0 5 0.7 .514 .502 0.7 0.0 5
BAL (1 yr) 26 66 -0 0 0 0 5 5 0.6 0 5 0.6 .522 .504 0.6 0.0 5
CHW (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1905 21 PHA AL WS NYG L 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1 0
1910 ❍ 26 PHA AL WS CHC W 2 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .333 .429 .333 .762 2 0 0 0
1911 ❍ 27 PHA AL WS NYG W 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0
1913 ❍ 29 PHA AL WS NYG W 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
1914 30 PHA AL WS BSN L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (5 Series) 10 34 32 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 .094 .121 .094 .215 3 0 1 0
5 WS 10 34 32 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 .094 .121 .094 .215 3 0 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1903 PHA AL 19 P 36 270.0 100 12 79 9 0 .910 3.03 2.53 .948 3.19 3.13
1903 PHA AL 19 1B 3 21.0 25 23 1 1 2 .960 10.29 8.00 .981 10.97 10.80
1903 PHA AL 19 OF 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 2.00 .950 2.00 2.00 1-0-0
1904 PHA AL 20 P 29 204.0 68 13 48 7 0 .897 2.69 2.10 .952 3.45 3.39
1905 PHA AL 21 P 35 229.0 94 14 77 3 2 .968 3.58 2.60 .942 3.24 3.21
1906 PHA AL 22 P 36 238.0 87 25 54 8 1 .908 2.99 2.19 .948 3.22 3.17
1906 PHA AL 22 OF 4 27.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 1.75 .963 1.93 1.90 0-4-0
1907 PHA AL 23 P 33 219.0 76 14 57 5 2 .934 2.92 2.15 .946 3.28 3.25
1907 PHA AL 23 1B 2 17.0 21 18 0 3 0 .857 9.53 9.00 .982 11.28 11.15
1907 PHA AL 23 2B 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.40
1908 PHA AL 24 P 18 139.0 43 12 28 3 0 .930 2.59 2.22 .946 3.20 3.19
1908 PHA AL 24 1B 1 14.0 16 13 3 0 1 1.000 10.29 16.00 .984 11.44 11.40
1909 PHA AL 25 P 34 250.0 95 13 78 4 1 .958 3.28 2.68 .942 3.19 3.15
1910 PHA AL 26 P 30 250.0 101 13 85 3 3 .970 3.53 3.27 .942 3.29 3.28
1911 PHA AL 27 P 31 216.0 69 11 58 0 4 1.000 2.88 2.23 .938 2.88 2.85
1912 PHA AL 28 P 27 171.0 44 6 36 2 2 .955 2.21 1.56 .940 2.96 2.90
1913 PHA AL 29 P 48 21 14 237.0 65 8 55 2 1 .969 2.39 1.31 .938 3.01 2.98 MVP-22
1914 PHA AL 30 P 28 23 14 179.0 56 7 47 2 0 .964 2.72 1.93 .936 2.96 2.93
1915 BAL FL 31 P 26 23 15 178.0 61 12 45 4 3 .934 2.88 2.19 .956 3.08 3.05
1916 PHI NL 32 P 27 13 4 123.0 49 8 39 2 1 .959 3.44 1.74 .959 2.67 2.67
1916 PHI NL 32 3B 1 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 2.00 .940 3.30 3.20
1917 PHI NL 33 P 20 10 8 113.0 28 5 22 1 4 .964 2.15 1.35 .961 2.86 2.86
1925 CHW AL 41 P 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
16 Seasons P 459 90 55 3017.0 1036 173 808 55 24 .947 2.93 2.14 .945 3.13 3.07
3 Seasons 1B 6 52.0 62 54 4 4 3 .935 10.04 9.67 .982 11.20 11.02
2 Seasons OF 5 36.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.80 .960 1.95 1.92 1-4-0
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 2.00 .940 3.30 3.20
1 Season 2B 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.40
16 Seasons TOT 472 90 55 3110.0 1109 237 813 59 27 .947 3.04 2.22 .948 3.25 3.17 1-4-0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Complete player games played data.
Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1930 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1930 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1930 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1913 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1930 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1913) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1930 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 0.9%)
1937 BBWAA ( 8.5%)
1938 BBWAA (12.6%)
1939 BBWAA (14.6%)
1942 BBWAA (23.6%)
1945 BBWAA (16.2%)
1946 Final Ballot (13.3%)
1946 Nominating Vote (19.3%)
1947 BBWAA (44.7%)
1948 BBWAA ( 4.1%)
1949 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1950 BBWAA ( 3.6%)
1951 BBWAA (15.5%)
1952 BBWAA (29.9%)
1953 BBWAA (39.4%)
1953 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1953
by Veteran's Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1913 AL (22, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1308th)

Wins Above Replacement† †s c a p y
1910 AL  6.4 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† †s c a p y
1907 AL  4.8 (7th)
1909 AL  5.0 (7th)
1910 AL  5.4 (5th)
1911 AL  6.0 (6th)
1917 NL  3.7 (8th)
Career  44.0 (136th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1907 AL  2.05 (6th)
1909 AL  1.66 (3rd)
1910 AL  1.58 (5th)
1911 AL  2.16 (5th)
1912 AL  2.74 (9th)
1913 AL  2.21 (7th)
1914 AL  2.26 (8th)
Career  2.46 (38th)

Wins s c a p y
1909 AL  18 (7th)
1910 AL  23 (4th)
1911 AL  17 (9th)
1913 AL  21 (4th)
1914 AL  17 (7th)
Career  212 (93rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1905 AL  .621 (9th)
1906 AL  .600 (9th)
1907 AL  .667 (6th)
1909 AL  .692 (3rd)
1910 AL  .821 (1st)
1911 AL  .773 (1st)
1912 AL  .619 (10th)
1913 AL  .677 (8th)
1914 AL  .850 (1st)
Career  .625 (62nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1906 AL  1.074 (9th)
1907 AL  0.998 (3rd)
1909 AL  0.964 (5th)
1910 AL  0.916 (4th)
1911 AL  1.183 (7th)
1912 AL  1.181 (6th)
1913 AL  1.128 (7th)
Career  1.113 (30th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1903 AL  7.967 (8th)
1904 AL  7.380 (7th)
1909 AL  7.056 (9th)
1910 AL  6.552 (6th)
1911 AL  8.237 (9th)
Career  7.890 (92nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1907 AL  1.395 (4th)
1909 AL  1.620 (4th)
1910 AL  1.692 (4th)
1912 AL  1.737 (1st)
1913 AL  2.244 (7th)
1915 FL  1.867 (2nd)
Career  2.124 (135th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1903 AL  4.233 (10th)
1904 AL  6.584 (2nd)
1905 AL  5.581 (3rd)
1906 AL  6.004 (2nd)
1907 AL  4.596 (4th)
1909 AL  5.796 (3rd)
1910 AL  5.580 (6th)
1913 AL  5.134 (7th)
1914 AL  5.380 (5th)
1915 FL  4.492 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1913 AL  48 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1906 AL  3 (1st)
1907 AL  3 (4th)
1908 AL  1 (10th)
1909 AL  1 (9th)
1911 AL  3 (4th)
1912 AL  2 (6th)
1913 AL  13 (1st)
1916 NL  3 (5th)
1917 NL  2 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
Career  3,017.0 (134th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1904 AL  149 (10th)
1905 AL  142 (10th)
1906 AL  159 (5th)
1909 AL  161 (4th)
1910 AL  155 (5th)
1913 AL  135 (9th)
Career  1,711 (132nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1909 AL  29 (10th)
Career  334 (232nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1909 AL  24 (7th)
1910 AL  25 (6th)
Career  255 (73rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1905 AL  4 (7th)
1909 AL  5 (5th)
1911 AL  2 (9th)
1914 AL  7 (2nd)
Career  40 (44th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1903 AL  6 (8th)
1905 AL  5 (8th)
1906 AL  5 (4th)
1914 AL  4 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1905 AL  90 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
Career  2,645 (203rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1904 AL  2.525 (9th)
1906 AL  3.313 (2nd)
1907 AL  3.294 (2nd)
1909 AL  3.578 (1st)
1910 AL  3.298 (3rd)
1911 AL  1.966 (7th)
1912 AL  2.727 (3rd)
1913 AL  2.288 (4th)
1914 AL  1.946 (8th)
1915 FL  2.405 (2nd)
Career  2.403 (146th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1904 AL  0.044 (6th)
1907 AL  0.041 (9th)
1909 AL  0.036 (9th)
1910 AL  0.036 (5th)
1911 AL  0.083 (10th)
1912 AL  0.053 (10th)
Career  0.119 (55th)

Losses s c a p y
1915 FL  16 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1903 AL  92 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1903 AL  6 (9th)
1905 AL  12 (4th)
1912 AL  10 (5th)
Career  79 (201st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1903 AL  25 (1st)
1905 AL  11 (10th)
1910 AL  10 (9th)
1916 NL  10 (4th)
1917 NL  7 (7th)
Career  102 (82nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
Career  11,895 (165th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1904 AL  8 (3rd)
1905 AL  12 (3rd)
1906 AL  9 (4th)
1907 AL  8 (8th)
1913 AL  24 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1907 AL  127 (6th)
1909 AL  147 (5th)
1910 AL  150 (8th)
1911 AL  145 (7th)
1913 AL  126 (9th)
1914 AL  115 (10th)

Fielding Independent Pitching s c a p y
1904 AL  1.95 (3rd)
1906 AL  2.01 (3rd)
1907 AL  1.72 (2nd)
1909 AL  1.58 (1st)
1910 AL  1.82 (3rd)
1911 AL  2.69 (6th)
1912 AL  2.47 (3rd)
1913 AL  2.31 (3rd)
1914 AL  2.47 (9th)
1915 FL  2.52 (5th)
Career  2.29 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1907 AL  15 (8th)
1909 AL  21 (5th)
1910 AL  24 (5th)
1911 AL  28 (7th)
1913 AL  16 (9th)
1914 AL  12 (9th)
1917 NL  15 (8th)
Career  116 (201st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1907 AL  1.7 (8th)
1909 AL  2.5 (5th)
1910 AL  2.8 (5th)
1911 AL  2.9 (7th)
1913 AL  1.8 (9th)
1914 AL  1.3 (9th)
1917 NL  1.8 (8th)
Career  13.3 (179th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1906 AL  3 (8th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1913 AL  48 (2nd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1906 AL  25 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
Career  808 (58th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1903 AL  9 (3rd)
1906 AL  8 (4th)
Career  55 (85th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1910 AL  3.27 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1911 AL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1925 AL  born 1884-05-05 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1903 AL  born 1884-05-05 (1st)
1904 AL  born 1884-05-05 (3rd)
1905 AL  born 1884-05-05 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 17 (131), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 4 (1929), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 158 (86), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 119 (72), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 51 (34), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (128th), 49.5 career WAR/35.0 7yr-peak WAR/42.3 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 62) = 73.9 career WAR/50.3 7yr-peak WAR/62.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Carl Mays (925)
  2. Eddie Cicotte (925)
  3. Jack Chesbro (922) *
  4. Ed Walsh (916) *
  5. Mordecai Brown (909) *
  6. Stan Coveleski (903) *
  7. Lon Warneke (892)
  8. Sam Leever (881)
  9. Joe McGinnity (880) *
  10. Urban Shocker (877)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Larry Dierker (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bert Blyleven (989) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bert Blyleven (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Noodles Hahn (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Charlie Ferguson (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Tanana (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Charlie Buffinton (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Charlie Buffinton (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Robin Roberts (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tim Keefe (932) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Robin Roberts (904) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Pete Alexander (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ed Walsh (916) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Greg Maddux (929) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Greg Maddux (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Dazzy Vance (873) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Babe Adams (980)
  2. Art Nehf (977)
  3. Freddie Fitzsimmons (974)
  4. Bob Shawkey (971)
  5. Harvey Haddix (970)
  6. Bert Cunningham (969)
  7. Red Ehret (969)
  8. Tom Zachary (969)
  9. Ned Garver (968)
  10. Ice Box Chamberlain (967)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Christy Mathewson (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. George Haddock (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Catfish Hunter (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Stein (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Christy Mathewson (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lefty Tyler (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Camilo Pascual (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willis Hudlin (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bert Cunningham (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Hutchinson (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Freddie Fitzsimmons (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary ServTm(OpnDay) Sources Notes/Other Sources
1903 19 Philadelphia Athletics $1,200 ? 1942 TSN Guide 163
1914 30 Philadelphia Athletics $4,000 ? 1942 TSN Guide 163
1925 41 Chicago White Sox $3,000 ? Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,200
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesy of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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