  charles albert "chief" bender (may 5, 1884there is uncertainty about bender's birthdate. he was voted the sabr "centennial celebrity" of 1983, as the best baseball player or figure born in 1883. however, the sabr baseball research journal for 1983 acknowledges that there are discrepancies in records about bender's birth year, ranging from 1883 to 1885. 1884 is the figure most often given. â may 22, 1954) was a pitcher in major league baseball during the first two decades of the 20th century. in 1911, bender tied a record by pitching three complete games in a single world series. he finished his career with a win-loss record of 212-127, for a .625 winning percentage and a career 2.46 earned run average (era). after his major league playing career, bender filled multiple baseball roles, including service as a major league coach, minor league manager and player-manager, college manager and professional scout. he was elected to the baseball hall of fame in 1953 and he died not long before his induction ceremony the following year. ==early life== bender was born in crow wing county, minnesota as a member of the ojibwe tribe. his father was german and his mother was part chippewa. as a child, he received the indian nickname "mandowescence", meaning "little spirit animal." his family had 160 acres on the white earth indian reservation near brainerd, minnesota. his father taught him to farm o
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