Chief Bender

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Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Major League Baseball pitcher Native American baseball player human

Chief Bender was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher of the early 20th century, renowned for his success with Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics and his status as one of the first prominent Native American stars in the sport.

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instanceOf Baseball Hall of Fame inductee →
Major League Baseball pitcher →
Native American baseball player →
human →
bats right →
burialPlace Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn, Pennsylvania, United States →
careerEarnedRunAverage 2.46 →
careerLosses 127 →
careerStrikeouts 1711 →
careerWins 212 →
coachedFor Chicago White Sox →
Philadelphia Athletics →
countryOfCitizenship United States of America →
dateOfBirth 1884-05-05 →
dateOfDeath 1954-05-22 →
debutInMLB 1903-04-20 →
era early 20th century baseball →
ethnicGroup Native American →
Ojibwe →
familyName Bender →
finalMLBGameDate 1925-09-26 →
finalMLBTeam Chicago White Sox →
fullName Charles Albert Bender →
givenName Charles →
HallOfFameInductionYear 1953 →
honor Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame →
inductedInto National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum →
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
knownForPitch sweeping curveball →
“Bender slant” (a type of slider or breaking ball) →
league Major League Baseball →
managedBy Connie Mack →
middleName Albert →
MLBDebutTeam Philadelphia Athletics →
nickname Chief →
notableFor being one of the first prominent Native American stars in Major League Baseball →
postseason pitching success with the Philadelphia Athletics →
occupation baseball coach →
scout →
placeOfBirth Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States →
placeOfDeath Philadelphia →
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
primaryPosition pitcher →
team Baltimore Terrapins →
Philadelphia Athletics →
Philadelphia Phillies →
throws right →
WorldSeriesChampion 1910 →
1911 →
1913 →

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1905 World Series → notablePlayer → Chief Bender →