(1884-1954)
One of baseball's great pitchers. Bender played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1903-14, helping them to win 5 pennants and 3 world championships. After winning 212 games over 16 seasons and becoming one of the first World Series stars, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954. His mother was one-half Chippewa, and he attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School on this site from 1898-1901.| HM Number | HMK87 |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 2003 |
| Placed By | Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, September 15th, 2014 at 8:38am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 314875 N 4453231 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.20906667, -77.17531667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 12.544', W 77° 10.519' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 12' 32.64" N, 77° 10' 31.14" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 717 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 196 Ashburn Dr, Carlisle PA 17013, US |
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