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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Charles_W._Bennett.jpg/330px-Charles_W._Bennett.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Charles_W._Bennett.jpg/440px-Charles_W._Bennett.jpg 2x" data-file-width="538" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">Catcher</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1854-11-21</span>)</span>November 21, 1854<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Pennsylvania" title="New Castle, Pennsylvania">New Castle, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Died:</b> February 24, 1927<span style="display:none">(1927-02-24)</span> (aged 72)<br /><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">May 1, 1878, for the Milwaukee Grays</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 30, 1893, for the Boston Beaneaters</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.256</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">55</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">Runs batted in</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">533</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Grays" title="Milwaukee Grays">Milwaukee Grays</a> (<a href="/wiki/1878_in_baseball" title="1878 in baseball">1878</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_Ruby_Legs" class="mw-redirect" title="Worcester Ruby Legs">Worcester Ruby Legs</a> (<a href="/wiki/1880_in_baseball" title="1880 in baseball">1880</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Wolverines" title="Detroit Wolverines">Detroit Wolverines</a> (<a href="/wiki/1881_in_baseball" title="1881 in baseball">1881</a>–<a href="/wiki/1888_in_baseball" title="1888 in baseball">1888</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Beaneaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Beaneaters">Boston Beaneaters</a> (<a href="/wiki/1889_in_baseball" title="1889 in baseball">1889</a>–<a href="/wiki/1893_in_baseball" title="1893 in baseball">1893</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles Wesley Bennett</b> (November 21, 1854 – February 24, 1927) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> player from 1875 or 1876 through the 1893 season. He played 15 years in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, principally as a <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Grays" title="Milwaukee Grays">Milwaukee Grays</a> (49 games, 1878), <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Ruby_Legs" class="mw-redirect" title="Worcester Ruby Legs">Worcester Ruby Legs</a> (51 games, 1880), <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Wolverines" title="Detroit Wolverines">Detroit Wolverines</a> (625 games, 1881–1888) and <a href="/wiki/Boston_Beaneaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Beaneaters">Boston Beaneaters</a> (337 games, 1889–1893). He played on four pennant-winning teams, one in Detroit and three in Boston, and is one of only two players (the other being <a href="/wiki/Ned_Hanlon_(baseball)" title="Ned Hanlon (baseball)">Ned Hanlon</a>) to play with the Detroit Wolverines during all eight seasons of the club's existence. </p><p>Bennett compiled a .256 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> and a .340 <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a> during his major league career with 549 <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">runs</a> scored, 203 <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubles</a>, 67 <a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">triples</a>, 55 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> and 533 <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">runs batted in</a> (RBIs). His greatest value, however, was as one of the greatest defensive players of his era. Between 1880 and 1891, he ranked among the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> leaders 10 times in <a href="/wiki/Wins_Above_Replacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Wins Above Replacement">Defensive Wins Above Replacement</a> (Defensive WAR) at all positions and led the league's catchers seven times in <a href="/wiki/Fielding_percentage" title="Fielding percentage">fielding percentage</a> and three times in <a href="/wiki/Double_play" title="Double play">double plays</a> and <a href="/wiki/Putout" title="Putout">putouts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bennett's baseball career ended in January 1894 when he lost both legs in a train accident in Kansas. In 1896, Detroit's new baseball stadium was named <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Park_(Detroit)" title="Bennett Park (Detroit)">Bennett Park</a> in his honor. The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> played their home games at Bennett Park from 1896 through the 1911 season. Bennett has also been credited with inventing the first <a href="/wiki/Catcher#Equipment" title="Catcher">chest protector</a>, an improvised cork-lined vest that he wore under his uniform. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bennett was born in <a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Pennsylvania" title="New Castle, Pennsylvania">New Castle, Pennsylvania</a>, in 1854.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Silas Bennett (1815–1887), was a native of Connecticut. His mother, Catherine (Nichols) Bennett, was a native of Pennsylvania. Charlie was the eighth of their 11 children.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_baseball_player">Professional baseball player</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional baseball player"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neshannock">Neshannock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Neshannock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bennett began his career in organized baseball as the catcher for the <a href="/wiki/Neshannock_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Neshannock Township, Pennsylvania">Neshannock</a> team in the Pennsylvania League.<sup id="cite_ref-DFP94_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP94-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sources are in conflict as to how long Bennett played for Neshannock, one account indicating he was on the Neshannocks' "pay roll for two seasons",<sup id="cite_ref-DFP13_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP13-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and others stating that he played for the Neshannocks in 1874, 1875 and 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-POD_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-POD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BG89_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BG89-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett was described while playing for the Neshannocks as a hard hitter who "nearly broke the directors of the club because of the number of balls knocked into the <a href="/wiki/Shenango_River" title="Shenango River">Shenango river</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-BG89_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BG89-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TSN_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSN-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While playing for Neshannock, Bennett was the catcher for <a href="/wiki/Cal_Hawk" title="Cal Hawk">Cal Hawk</a>, one of the pitching stars of the early 1870s.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Detroit_Aetnas">Detroit Aetnas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Detroit Aetnas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of the 1876 season, at age 22, Bennett signed with the Detroit Aetnas. The Aetnas were originally an amateur baseball team, but the club signed several professional players at the end of the 1876 season to aid in a rivalry with the Cass Club of Detroit. The professional players signed by the Aetnas included three members of the Neshannock team—Bennett, <a href="/wiki/George_Creamer" title="George Creamer">George Creamer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ned_Williamson" title="Ned Williamson">Ned Williamson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TSN_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSN-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DFP89_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP89-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett's first appearance for the Aetnas was on September 21, 1876, against the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves#1871–1913" title="Atlanta Braves">Boston Red Stockings</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Woodward_Avenue" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodward Avenue">Woodward Avenue</a> grounds in Detroit. Bennett played third base in the game and, in the first inning, hit a "hot one" that glanced off the pitcher and continued into center field for a <a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">triple</a> that drove in a run.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Aetnas' professional players, including Bennett, remained until the end of the season and were "stranded" in Detroit "without a dollar", until a "benefit was given and enough money realized to pay their way home."<sup id="cite_ref-DFP89_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP89-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Milwaukee_Grays">Milwaukee Grays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Milwaukee Grays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some sources state that Bennett signed with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1877 and played in one game for that team.<sup id="cite_ref-Poor_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Poor-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ultimately signed a contract to play in 1877 for the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a> club at a salary of $150 per month.<sup id="cite_ref-DFP13_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP13-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Bennett's first season with Milwaukee, the team was part of the <a href="/wiki/League_Alliance" title="League Alliance">League Alliance</a>, which has been classified as a minor league.<sup id="cite_ref-Minor_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Minor-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, the Milwaukee club was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> and became the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Grays" title="Milwaukee Grays">Milwaukee Grays</a>. Bennett made his major league debut on May 1, 1878, and appeared in 49 games, 35 as a catcher and 20 in the outfield. He compiled a .245 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> for the Grays with 16 runs scored and 12 RBIs.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His battery-mate, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Weaver_(baseball)" title="Sam Weaver (baseball)">Sam Weaver</a> lost 31 games that season.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Worcester_Ruby_Legs">Worcester Ruby Legs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Worcester Ruby Legs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_Richmond.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Lee_Richmond.jpg/145px-Lee_Richmond.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Lee_Richmond.jpg/218px-Lee_Richmond.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Lee_Richmond.jpg 2x" data-file-width="229" data-file-height="370" /></a><figcaption>Bennett caught the first perfect game in MLB history, thrown by <a href="/wiki/Lee_Richmond" title="Lee Richmond">Lee Richmond</a> (pictured) in 1880.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1879, after the Milwaukee club disbanded,<sup id="cite_ref-DFP94_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP94-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett joined the <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Ruby_Legs" class="mw-redirect" title="Worcester Ruby Legs">Worcester Ruby Legs</a>, a team organized and managed by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bancroft" title="Frank Bancroft">Frank Bancroft</a>. The team played in the National Association, which has been rated as having been a minor league in 1879. Bennett began at Worcester as a backup catcher to <a href="/wiki/Doc_Bushong" title="Doc Bushong">Doc Bushong</a>, but eventually replaced Bushong.<sup id="cite_ref-DFP13_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP13-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett hit .328 in 42 games during the 1879 season.<sup id="cite_ref-Minor_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Minor-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the winter of 1879–1880, Bancroft took his team, including Bennett, on a baseball tour of <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> and the Southern United States. Bennett stayed in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> and played for local baseball teams there until the 1880 season began.<sup id="cite_ref-BG_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BG-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1880, Worcester was admitted to the National League, replacing the <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Stars_(National_League)" title="Syracuse Stars (National League)">Syracuse Stars</a>, and attaining major league status.<sup id="cite_ref-POD_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-POD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That season, Bennett appeared in 51 games, 45 of them as the team's catcher.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett caught for <a href="/wiki/Lee_Richmond" title="Lee Richmond">Lee Richmond</a>, baseball's first left-handed pitching star.<sup id="cite_ref-DFP13_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP13-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richmond compiled a 32–32 record in 1880,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also pitched the first <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a> in major league history, with Bennett catching. Bennett had a .228 batting average with 20 runs scored and 18 RBIs during the 1880 season. Defensively, he ranked second among the National League's catchers with a .913 <a href="/wiki/Fielding_percentage" title="Fielding percentage">fielding percentage</a> and fifth in <a href="/wiki/Putout" title="Putout">putouts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Range_factor" title="Range factor">range factor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Detroit_Wolverines">Detroit Wolverines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Detroit Wolverines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of the 1880 season, Bancroft, who had been Bennett's manager in Worcester, signed as the manager of a new Detroit baseball club that was admitted to play in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> starting in 1881. Bancroft brought several Worcester players with him, including Bennett, <a href="/wiki/George_Wood_(baseball)" title="George Wood (baseball)">George Wood</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lon_Knight" title="Lon Knight">Lon Knight</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-POD_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-POD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett played eight seasons with the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Wolverines" title="Detroit Wolverines">Detroit Wolverines</a>. He was one of only two players, the other being <a href="/wiki/Ned_Hanlon_(baseball)" title="Ned Hanlon (baseball)">Ned Hanlon</a>, to play for the Wolverines during every season that the franchise existed. </p><p>In his first season with Detroit, Bennett established himself as one of the best players in the National League. With a .301 batting average and a .478 slugging percentage,<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett's overall <a href="/wiki/Wins_Above_Replacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Wins Above Replacement">Wins Above Replacement</a> (WAR) rating of 4.2 was the second highest among all of the league's position players, trailing only <a href="/wiki/Cap_Anson" title="Cap Anson">Cap Anson</a> (5.8 WAR).<sup id="cite_ref-L81_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L81-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also finished among the league leaders with seven home runs (2nd), 64 RBIs (2nd), .478 slugging percentage (4th), and 32 <a href="/wiki/Extra_base_hit" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra base hit">extra base hits</a> (4th).<sup id="cite_ref-L81_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L81-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett also excelled defensively in 1881, leading the league's catchers in putouts (418) and <a href="/wiki/Range_factor" title="Range factor">range factor</a> (7.19), compiling the second highest Defensive WAR rating in the league, and setting a major league record for catchers with a .962 fielding percentage (.962). With his strong performance on both offense and defense, Bennett helped lead the Wolverines to a respectable 41–43 record in the first season of the franchise's existence.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to baseball historian Peter Morris, Bennett took the first recorded "curtain call" in baseball during the 1881 season. After hitting a home run in May 1881, Bennett was "loudly applauded, and the crowd would not desist until he bowed in acknowledgment."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1882, Bennett had another strong season, batting .301 and compiling a 4.1 WAR rating that ranked sixth in the league among position players. He also ranked among the league leaders with a .450 slugging percentage (6th), 10 triples (10th), and five home runs (4th). Defensively, he led the league's catchers with 446 putouts and a 7.94 range factor.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett was the Wolverines' dominant offensive player, and helped the team to its first winning record at 42–41.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1883, Bennett hit for a career high .305 batting average, and his 4.9 WAR rating was the third highest among the National League's position players, trailing only <a href="/wiki/Dan_Brouthers" title="Dan Brouthers">Dan Brouthers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Farrell" title="Jack Farrell">Jack Farrell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-L83_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L83-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett's defensive performance as dominant as his offense, with a 1.8 Defensive WAR rating that was the highest among catchers and the third highest among all players in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-L83_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L83-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also led the league's catchers with 11 double plays turned and a .944 fielding percentage.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As good as Bennett was in 1883, the Wolverines team was not good, dropping to seventh place with a 40–58 record.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1884, matters got worse for the Wolverines, as they finished in last place with a 28–84 record.<sup id="cite_ref-t84_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t84-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett's batting average fell to .264, but his on-base percentage remained high at .334, and his WAR rating remained strong at 4.1.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett later recalled the toll of multiple losing seasons in Detroit: "During the next four years [1882–1885] I wished many times I was out of Detroit, or, rather, out of that team. It was awful. I thought sometimes we were lucky to finish last. Once we lost twenty-five straight games. Every week I caught a new pitcher."<sup id="cite_ref-PCB_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCB-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1885, the Wolverines added another slugger in <a href="/wiki/Sam_Thompson_(outfielder)" title="Sam Thompson (outfielder)">Sam Thompson</a>, and the team improved incrementally to sixth place with a 41–67 record.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett compiled a 4.5 WAR rating for the season, the second highest of his career and fifth highest among the league's position players. He was also among the league leaders with 42 extra base hits (4th), 47 bases on balls (5th), a .456 slugging percentage (6th), 24 doubles (6th), a .356 on-base percentage (7th), and 64 RBIs (10th).<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Defensively, he led the league's catchers with a 7.00 range factor and ranked second in double plays (10), fielding percentage (.919) and putouts (347).<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1886, the Wolverines added several star players and improved substantially, finishing in second place with an 85–38 record.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett put in another solid year for the Wolverines with a .371 on-base percentage and a 3.9 WAR rating. He also compiled perhaps his best defensive season with a 2.0 Defensive WAR rating that was the highest among all players in the National League. He also led the league's catchers in fielding percentage (.955), double plays (13), and putouts (425), and ranked second in range factor (7.38).<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1887 season was the pinnacle in the history of the Detroit Wolverines. The team won the National League pennant with a 79–45 record and then defeated the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Browns (NL)">St. Louis Browns</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1887_World_Series" title="1887 World Series">1887 World Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett's WAR rating of 1.7 was the lowest during his time in Detroit, but still a respectable showing. Even though he was limited by injury to 46 games during the regular season, Bennett still finished with the sixth highest Defensive WAR rating among all players in the league and compiled a .363 on-base percentage.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his only World Series, Bennett had nine RBIs, 11 hits, and a triple, stole five bases, and scored six runs.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1887 season, an excursion of fans from Bennett's hometown in Pennsylvania traveled to watch Bennett play in Detroit who enjoyed watching him receive a wheel barrow loaded with 500 silver dollars when the Wolverines returned to Detroit to celebrate their 1887 world championship victory. Bennett then wheeled the barrow around the field "to the delight of 5000 people."<sup id="cite_ref-Poor_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Poor-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1888 season, Bennett rebounded with one of the best seasons of his career. His overall 4.2 WAR rating was the third highest of Bennett's career, and his 2.2 Defensive WAR rating was the highest of his career and the second highest in the National League. Despite being the eighth oldest player in the league, he broke his own major league record with a .966 fielding percentage.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wolverines as a whole finished in fifth place with a 68–63 record.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With high salaries owed to the team's star players, and gate receipts declining markedly, the team folded in October 1888 with the players being sold to other teams. On October 16, 1888, the Wolverines sold Bennett, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Brouthers" title="Dan Brouthers">Dan Brouthers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Ganzel" title="Charlie Ganzel">Charlie Ganzel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hardy_Richardson" title="Hardy Richardson">Hardy Richardson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deacon_White" title="Deacon White">Deacon White</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Beaneaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Beaneaters">Boston Beaneaters</a> for a price estimated at $30,000.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chest_protector">Chest protector</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chest protector"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bennett has been credited with inventing the first chest protector worn by catchers.<sup id="cite_ref-TSNO_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSNO-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Bennett, his wife worried about his safety as "a target for the speed merchants" and saw a need for a form of body armor to protect her husband from broken ribs. Bennett and his wife designed a homemade shield by sewing thick strips of cork between layers of "heavy bedticking material". Out of a concern for spectators "roasting him for being chicken-hearted", he wore the device under his shirt.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Durability_as_a_catcher">Durability as a catcher</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Durability as a catcher"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During Bennett's era, catchers lacked the protective equipment present in 20th-century baseball. It was not until 1888 that specialized catcher's mitts began to be used on the non-throwing hand.<sup id="cite_ref-Catcher_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Catcher-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, catchers' hands, fingers, legs, and bodies took a beating in Bennett's time. For this reason, catchers in the era were not every-day players, needing time to recuperate after catching a game. When Bennett began his major league career, the major league record for games caught in a season was 63 games.<sup id="cite_ref-Catch_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Catch-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most catchers of the 1870s and 1880s minimized wear and tear on their hands by playing some games at other positions. For example, the three "catchers" from the era who have been inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> each played less than half of their games as a catcher: (1) <a href="/wiki/Buck_Ewing" title="Buck Ewing">Buck Ewing</a>, often cited as the greatest catcher of the 19th century, played only 636 of his 1,345 games (47%) as a catcher;<sup id="cite_ref-Buck_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buck-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2) <a href="/wiki/King_Kelly" title="King Kelly">King Kelly</a> played only 583 of his 1,455 games (40%) at catcher;<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and (3) <a href="/wiki/Deacon_White" title="Deacon White">Deacon White</a> eventually moved to third base as his regular position, finishing his career with only 458 of 1,622 games (28%) as a catcher.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett, on the other hand, played 954 of his 1,084 games (88%) at the catcher position.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Bennett's durability came not from avoiding injuries, but from playing through them. When he broke another finger during the <a href="/wiki/1887_World_Series" title="1887 World Series">1887 World Series</a>, <i>The New York Times</i> reported:</p><blockquote><p>It did not seem anything unusual to Bennett or his fingers. ... When he held up that battered right hand, with its fingers swollen and spread like a boxing glove, with rags tied around three of them, and a general appearance of having been run over by a freight-car about the entire hand, it did not seem as though there were room to split it in any new place.<sup id="cite_ref-Bak_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bak-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> Accounts of Bennett's mangled or gnarled hands and fingers are common. In his book, <i>Catcher: The Evolution of an American Folk Hero</i>, Peter Morris cited one such account:</p><blockquote><p>Bennett 'declared that only a sissy would use a padded glove with the fingers and thumb cut off. During one of the games in which he figured a foul ball split the left thumb of Bennett's hand from the tip right down to the palm. The flesh was laid open right to the bone. A doctor who examined it immediately told Bennett that it would be necessary for him to quit the game until such time as the thumb healed sufficiently. The physician pointed out ... that blood poisoning might set in which would cause him the loss not only of the thumb but perhaps a hand or an arm. But despite all the doctor's caution Bennett remained in the game catching day after day with his horribly mangled finger. He kept a bottle of antiseptic and a wad of cotton batting on the bench and between innings would devote his time to washing out the wound.'<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Another account arises out of the 1889 pennant race. That year, Bennett played for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Beaneaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Beaneaters">Boston Beaneaters</a> in a close pennant race with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a>. Bennett's hands had taken a beating while catching for <a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">John Clarkson</a>, who won 49 games and pitched five games a week during the season. On the last day of the season, Boston had to win, and New York had to lose for Boston to finish in first place. By the sixth inning, second baseman <a href="/wiki/Hardy_Richardson" title="Hardy Richardson">Hardy Richardson</a> told the manager, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hart_(manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Hart (manager)">Jim Hart</a>, that the ball was coming to him in a bloody state due to the condition of Bennett's hands. Bennett did not want to come out of the game, but Hart removed him over Bennett's protest, and Bennett "had to keep his hands in plasters for two weeks."<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the physical battering and breaking every finger on both hands, Bennett was able to continue catching for 20 years (1874–1893).<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Minor_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Minor-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His total of 954 major league games at catcher stood as the record until 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-Catch_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Catch-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boston_Beaneaters">Boston Beaneaters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Boston Beaneaters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlie_Bennett-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Charlie_Bennett-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="98" height="300" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="98" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Bennett, c. 1891, with the Boston Beaneaters</figcaption></figure> <p>After a brief dispute with the Boston management with respect to his salary, Bennett signed a contract with the club In January 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-BG89_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BG89-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, Bennett appeared in 82 games, all at catcher. His batting average dropped to .231, his lowest tally since he was a part-time player in 1880. However, he continued to show his value defensively. Despite being the sixth oldest player in the National League, Bennett finished fifth among all players at all positions with a Defensive WAR of 1.4. He also led the league's catchers with a .955 fielding percentage, ranked second among the league's catchers with 419 putouts and third with nine double plays turned.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Bennett's assistance, Boston pitcher <a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">John Clarkson</a> compiled a 49–19 record, and the Beaneaters finished second in the league with an 83–45 record.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1890, Bennett remained with the Beaneaters even though he had in 1886 joined the <a href="/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Professional_Base-Ball_Players" class="mw-redirect" title="Brotherhood of Professional Base-Ball Players">Brotherhood of Professional Base-Ball Players</a>, the union that represented the players and organized the <a href="/wiki/Players%27_League" title="Players' League">Players' League</a> in response to unfair treatment by team owners. As a member of the Brotherhood, his refusal to play in the Players' League was criticized by many of his fellow Brotherhood members. <a href="/wiki/Hardy_Richardson" title="Hardy Richardson">Hardy Richardson</a>, a Brotherhood representative and former teammate of Bennett, stated that Bennett offered to sign with the Brotherhood only if he was given a three-year contract guaranteed by two responsible men.<sup id="cite_ref-Foxy_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foxy-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some reports indicated that former Detroit manager <a href="/wiki/Robert_Leadley" title="Robert Leadley">Robert Leadley</a> was paid $1,000 to convince Bennett to remain with the Beaneaters and that Bennett was himself paid a substantial signing bonus.<sup id="cite_ref-Poor_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Poor-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Foxy_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foxy-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TSN2_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSN2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett later described his ambivalence about the Players' League: "I was a Brotherhood man from the first. Mrs. Bennett was strongly opposed to my going into it and before the season opened I told my friends that I could not join them, so I remained with the Boston Club. When I went into the Brotherhood it was a protective order and I had no idea that they intended organizing an association of their own."<sup id="cite_ref-TSN94_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSN94-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bennett became the catcher for Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, <a href="/wiki/Kid_Nichols" title="Kid Nichols">Kid Nichols</a>, in 1890, as Nichols compiled a 27–19 record while Clarkson went 26–18. The team finished in fifth place with a 76–57 record.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Offensively, Bennett's production continued to decline, as he finished the 1890 season with a .214 batting average. Though he had only 60 hits, he also drew 72 bases on balls, boosting his <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a> to .377. Already the third oldest player in the league, Bennett nevertheless also continued to rank among the best defensive catchers. He led the league's catchers with a .959 fielding percentage and ranked fourth in putouts and double plays and fifth in assists and runners caught stealing.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1891, Bennett appeared in 75 games, all as a catcher, for a Boston team that won the National League pennant with an 87–51 record. The team had two 30-game winners, as John Clarkson won 33 and Kid Nichols won 30.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett's batting average remained low at .215, but his .332 on-base percentage was significantly higher. Moreover, he led the National League in fielding percentage by a catcher for the seventh time in his career. He also led the league with 10 double plays turned by a catcher.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1892, <a href="/wiki/King_Kelly" title="King Kelly">King Kelly</a> took over as the Beaneaters' number one catcher. In a backup role, Bennett, at age 37, appeared in 35 games as Boston's catcher. The team continued to play well, winning its second consecutive National League pennant with a 102–48 record.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1893, Bennett returned to his role as the team's number one catcher, appearing in 60 games at the position. In that role, he helped Boston win its third consecutive National League pennant with an 86–43 record.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett compiled a .209 batting average and .352 on-base percentage and appeared in what proved to be his final baseball game on September 30, 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Train_accident">Train accident</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Train accident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Clarkson_Baseball.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/John_Clarkson_Baseball.jpg/150px-John_Clarkson_Baseball.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/John_Clarkson_Baseball.jpg/225px-John_Clarkson_Baseball.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/John_Clarkson_Baseball.jpg/300px-John_Clarkson_Baseball.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="497" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">John Clarkson</a>, who won 49 games in 1889, was traveling with Bennett when his legs were crushed.</figcaption></figure> <p>While playing for Boston, Bennett returned each year to his home in Detroit for the off-season, and also traveled with his dog to <a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Kansas" title="Williamsburg, Kansas">Williamsburg, Kansas</a>, for extended hunting trips. In 1894, Bennett was joined on his annual hunting trip by pitcher <a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">John Clarkson</a>. On January 10, 1894, Bennett's legs were crushed by a <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Fe Railroad">Santa Fe Railroad</a> passenger train in <a href="/wiki/Wellsville,_Kansas" title="Wellsville, Kansas">Wellsville, Kansas</a>, while traveling from Kansas City to Williamsburg.<sup id="cite_ref-Poor_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Poor-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bennett stepped off the train to talk to an old friend who lived in Kansas and whom Bennett had arranged to greet when the train stopped at Wellsville. It was raining, and the <a href="/wiki/Railway_platform" title="Railway platform">platform</a> was wet. When the train started moving, Bennett "swung around to catch the railing", but his foot slipped, and his left foot went over the rail. Bennett pushed his right leg against the rail to push himself back, but it also slipped and went over the track. The train's wheels ran over his left foot and right leg at the knee.<sup id="cite_ref-PCB_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCB-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TSN94_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSN94-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>That evening, doctors at the North Ottawa Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Kansas" title="Ottawa, Kansas">Ottawa, Kansas</a>, amputated Bennett's left leg just above the ankle and his right leg just above the knee.<sup id="cite_ref-TSN2_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSN2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1894, he was fitted with artificial limbs, but his baseball career was over.<sup id="cite_ref-TSN94_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSN94-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 1894, a benefit to raise money for Bennett was held at Boston's <a href="/wiki/South_End_Grounds" title="South End Grounds">South End Grounds</a>; the event included a baseball game between the Boston team and a team of collegiate players as well as foot races and other attractions.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The boxing champion <a href="/wiki/Gentleman_Jim_Corbett" class="mw-redirect" title="Gentleman Jim Corbett">Gentleman Jim Corbett</a> attended and briefly played in left field with the Boston team. The benefit was attended by nearly 9,000 people and raised $6,000 for Bennett. Bennett walked to home plate during the event, aided by crutches and artificial limbs, and bowed to the crowd "until the grounds fairly shook with cheers."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catching_records_and_legacy">Catching records and legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Catching records and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During his 15 years in the major leagues, Bennett set numerous fielding records. Several of those records are set forth below. </p> <ul><li><b>Fielding percentage</b>. In 1882, Bennett set a major league record with a .962 <a href="/wiki/Fielding_percentage" title="Fielding percentage">fielding percentage</a> as a catcher. He broke his own major league record in 1888 with a .966 fielding percentage. Bennett's career fielding percentage of .942 stood until 1896 as the major league career record. Bennett also led all major league catchers in fielding percentage six times; no other catcher has accomplished this feat more than four times.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Putouts</b>. In 1886, Bennett set a major league, single-season record with 445 putouts by a catcher. His career total of 5,123 putouts was also a major league record that stood until 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Double plays</b>. In 1887, Bennett broke the career record for most double plays turned as a catcher. His final career total of 114 double plays was the major league record until 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Games played</b>. Bennett's career total of 954 games at catcher stood as the major league record until 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-Catch_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Catch-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Sports writer <a href="/wiki/Tim_Murnane" title="Tim Murnane">Tim Murnane</a> in 1894 declared Bennett "unquestionably the greatest back stop the game ever produced, taking his throwing and batting into consideration ... Year after year Bennett led the catchers of the League and country until it seemed impossible to get a player to head him off. It made no difference to him who pitched the ball, he was there to catch it, and always with big hands. Who can remember Bennett dropping a pitched ball? Passed balls were a lost art when this man was behind the stick, and he was the ideal back stop. [Kid] Nichols always insisted on having him do his catching, saying that Bennett knew every batsman's weak points, and made easy work for the pitcher."<sup id="cite_ref-TSN2_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSN2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pitcher <a href="/wiki/Lee_Richmond" title="Lee Richmond">Lee Richmond</a>, whose perfect game Bennett caught in 1880, later stated that, among the catchers he had worked with, "my favorite was Charley Bennett, the best backstop that ever lived in the world. He went after everything, he knew no fear, he kept his pitcher from going into the air."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Bill_James_Historical_Baseball_Abstract" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract">The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract</a></i>, sports historian <a href="/wiki/Bill_James" title="Bill James">Bill James</a> wrote that Bennett was perhaps the best defensive catcher of the era. In comparing Bennett to <a href="/wiki/Buck_Ewing" title="Buck Ewing">Buck Ewing</a>, James noted: "Buck Ewing was supposedly a brilliant catcher, but Bennett caught 50% more innings than Ewing, with a lot fewer mistakes: per 1000 defensive innings, Ewing was charged with 59 errors and 66 passed balls, while Bennett was charged with 46 errors and 43 passed balls."<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although James ranked Ewing ahead of Bennett as an overall player, he chose Bennett as the catcher on his Gold Glove Team for the 1880s.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the offensive side, Ewing compiled a .303 career batting average, 47 points higher than Bennett. However, with Bennett's talent for drawing walks, Ewing's career on-base percentage (.351) was only 11 points higher than Bennett (.340).<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Buck_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buck-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_later_years">Family and later years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Family and later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlie_Bennett_in_China_Painting_Studio.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Charlie_Bennett_in_China_Painting_Studio.png/175px-Charlie_Bennett_in_China_Painting_Studio.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Charlie_Bennett_in_China_Painting_Studio.png/263px-Charlie_Bennett_in_China_Painting_Studio.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Charlie_Bennett_in_China_Painting_Studio.png/350px-Charlie_Bennett_in_China_Painting_Studio.png 2x" data-file-width="476" data-file-height="569" /></a><figcaption>"Bennett in his <a href="/wiki/China_painting" title="China painting">china painting</a> studio", <i>The Seattle Press</i> (January 24, 1908)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1882, Bennett was married to his wife, Alice, a Vermont native. They met while Bennett was playing for Worcester. They had no children,<sup id="cite_ref-Poor_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Poor-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and lived for more than 20 years at 67 Alexandria Street in Detroit,<sup id="cite_ref-China_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-C00_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C00-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-C10_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C10-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-C20_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C20-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later at 1313 Delaware Avenue in Detroit.<sup id="cite_ref-BG26_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BG26-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his injury, Bennett operated a cigar store in Detroit.<sup id="cite_ref-TSNO_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSNO-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Bennett first announced plans to open a cigar store, shortly after losing his legs, one woman wrote to him and said, "If Charley Bennett opens a cigar store in Detroit, all the ladies will commence smoking."<sup id="cite_ref-PCB_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCB-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bennett later took lessons in <a href="/wiki/China_painting" title="China painting">china painting</a> and became quite proficient at the decorative art, first as a hobby and then as a supplemental source of income.<sup id="cite_ref-TSNO_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSNO-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-China_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One writer wrote that the art of china painting was "the last thing one would expect in the world from a man whose hands have been battered out of shape and whose every finger has been broken."<sup id="cite_ref-China_58-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Sporting News</i> wrote: "It was with characteristic patience that Bennett trained his distorted fingers in the delicate art of china painting."<sup id="cite_ref-TSNO_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSNO-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When a new ballpark was opened in Detroit in 1896, it was named <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Park_(Detroit)" title="Bennett Park (Detroit)">Bennett Park</a> in his honor. Bennett caught the first pitch at Bennett Park in 1896. It became a Detroit tradition for Bennett to catch the first pitch in Detroit, an honor that Bennett continued for every home opener through 1926. </p><p>In November 1926, Bennett underwent surgery at Grace Hospital in Detroit to remove "a superorbital abscess of the face."<sup id="cite_ref-BG26_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BG26-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had been ill for several months before the surgery and never fully recovered afterward, as the poison from the abscess reportedly spread through Bennett's system. Bennett died in February 1927 at age 72 at his home in Detroit. He was buried at <a href="/wiki/Woodmere_Cemetery" title="Woodmere Cemetery">Woodmere Cemetery</a> in Detroit.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TSNO_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSNO-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Bennett&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 9,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=baseball-reference.com&rft.atitle=Charlie+Bennett+Statistics+and+History&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fplayers%2Fb%2Fbennech01.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1870 U.S. Census entry for Silas and Catherine Bennett residing in New Castle, Penn. Son Charles, age 14, born in Pennsylvania. Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: New Castle Ward 1, Lawrence, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1360; Page: 102B; Image: 208; Family History Library Film: 552859. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line].</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Charles Wesley Bennett profile on Ancestry.com. Birth 21 Nov 1854 in New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, USA. Death 24 Feb 1927 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. Parents Silas Bennett (1815–1887) and Katherine Nichols (1815–1882).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DFP94-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DFP94_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DFP94_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115950/https://secure.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/562505400.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+23,+1894&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=&desc=POOR+CHARLEY+BENNETT">"Poor Charley Bennett: The Afflicted Catcher Recites His Baseball Career; Telling of the Turbulent Times in Detroit in 1881"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. June 23, 1894. p. 4. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://secure.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/562505400.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+23%2C+1894&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+%281858-1922%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=POOR+CHARLEY+BENNETT">the original</a> on March 4, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 9,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Poor+Charley+Bennett%3A+The+Afflicted+Catcher+Recites+His+Baseball+Career%3B+Telling+of+the+Turbulent+Times+in+Detroit+in+1881&rft.pages=4&rft.date=1894-06-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Fdoc%2F562505400.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DJun%2B23%252C%2B1894%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%25281858-1922%2529%26edition%3D%26startpage%3D%26desc%3DPOOR%2BCHARLEY%2BBENNETT&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DFP13-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DFP13_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DFP13_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DFP13_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DFP13_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMcLean_Kennedy1913" class="citation news cs1">McLean Kennedy (March 30, 1913). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140714180344/https://secure.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/565281627.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+30%2C+1913&author=KENNEDY%2C+MLEAN&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+%281858-1922%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=GREATEST+BACKSTOP+OF+THEM+ALL+WAS+THE+DETROIT+BOY%2C+CHARLIE+BENNETT">"Greatest Backstop of Them All Was The Detroit Boy, Charlie Bennett: Records Show No Catcher Superior to Famous Catcher of the 1887 World's Diamond Champions; Was Wonder in All Departments of Game – Cut Off in His Prime by Railroad Accident"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://secure.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/565281627.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+30%2C+1913&author=KENNEDY%2C+MLEAN&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+%281858-1922%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=GREATEST+BACKSTOP+OF+THEM+ALL+WAS+THE+DETROIT+BOY%2C+CHARLIE+BENNETT">the original</a> on July 14, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Gruber (November 30, 1913). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203106/https://secure.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/565390962.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+30%2C+1913&author=Gruber%2C+John&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+%281858-1922%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=PLAYERS+OF+OTHER+DAYS">"Players of Other Days: Charley Bennett"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://secure.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/565390962.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+30%2C+1913&author=Gruber%2C+John&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+%281858-1922%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=PLAYERS+OF+OTHER+DAYS">the original</a> on July 14, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 9,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Players+of+Other+Days%3A+Charley+Bennett&rft.date=1913-11-30&rft.au=John+H.+Gruber&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Fdoc%2F565390962.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DNov%2B30%252C%2B1913%26author%3DGruber%252C%2BJohn%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%25281858-1922%2529%26edition%3D%26startpage%3D%26desc%3DPLAYERS%2BOF%2BOTHER%2BDAYS&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BG89-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BG89_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BG89_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BG89_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/493511335">"Bennett Signed: Boston Gets a Famous Backstop; His Record While in the League"</a>. <i>Boston Daily Globe</i>. January 22, 1889. p. 5.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Daily+Globe&rft.atitle=Bennett+Signed%3A+Boston+Gets+a+Famous+Backstop%3B+His+Record+While+in+the+League&rft.pages=5&rft.date=1889-01-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F493511335&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TSN-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TSN_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TSN_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1886/VOL_06_NO_19/SL0619001.pdf">"A Nursery: A Club From Which Many Now Famous Players Graduated"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Sporting Life</i>. February 17, 1886. p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sporting+Life&rft.atitle=A+Nursery%3A+A+Club+From+Which+Many+Now+Famous+Players+Graduated&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1886-02-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.la84.org%2FSportsLibrary%2FSportingLife%2F1886%2FVOL_06_NO_19%2FSL0619001.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193521/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1899/VOL_34_NO_15/SL3415011.pdf">"A Veteran Dead: Cal Hawk, a Noted Player of the 70s, Called Out by the Great Umpire"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Sporting Life</i>. December 30, 1899. p. 11. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1899/VOL_34_NO_15/SL3415011.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on July 14, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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February 24, 1889. p. 7. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://secure.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/561982624.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+24%2C+1889&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+%281858-1922%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=RECORD+OF+THE+AETNAS.">the original</a> on March 4, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 9,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Record+of+the+Aetnas%3A+The+Four+Years%27+Career+of+the+Club+Was+a+Brilliant+One&rft.pages=7&rft.date=1889-02-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Fdoc%2F561982624.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DFeb%2B24%252C%2B1889%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%25281858-1922%2529%26edition%3D%26startpage%3D%26desc%3DRECORD%2BOF%2BTHE%2BAETNAS.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074541/https://secure.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/560766957.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+22,+1876&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=&desc=BASE+BALL.">"Base Ball: The Aetnas Beaten in Fine Style by the Bostons; The Score 14 to 3 in Favor of the Latter"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. September 22, 1876. p. 1. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://secure.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/560766957.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+22%2C+1876&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+%281858-1922%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=BASE+BALL.">the original</a> on March 4, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 9,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Base+Ball%3A+The+Aetnas+Beaten+in+Fine+Style+by+the+Bostons%3B+The+Score+14+to+3+in+Favor+of+the+Latter&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1876-09-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Fdoc%2F560766957.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DSep%2B22%252C%2B1876%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%25281858-1922%2529%26edition%3D%26startpage%3D%26desc%3DBASE%2BBALL.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Poor-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Poor_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Poor_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Poor_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Poor_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Poor_12-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFT.H._Murnane1894" class="citation news cs1">T.H. Murnane (January 12, 1894). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/497518076">"Poor Bennett: Both of His Legs Cut Off at Wellsville, Kan.; Close of a Brilliant Career on the Baseball Field; He Led League Catchers Many Years; Sorrow of All Members of Champion Bostons; Will Live if Blood Poisoning Does Not Set In"</a>. <i>Boston Daily Globe</i>. p. 8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Daily+Globe&rft.atitle=Poor+Bennett%3A+Both+of+His+Legs+Cut+Off+at+Wellsville%2C+Kan.%3B+Close+of+a+Brilliant+Career+on+the+Baseball+Field%3B+He+Led+League+Catchers+Many+Years%3B+Sorrow+of+All+Members+of+Champion+Bostons%3B+Will+Live+if+Blood+Poisoning+Does+Not+Set+In&rft.pages=8&rft.date=1894-01-12&rft.au=T.H.+Murnane&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F497518076&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Minor-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Minor_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Minor_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Minor_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bennech01.shtml">"Charlie Bennett Minor League Statistics"</a>. <i>baseball-reference.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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February 25, 1927. p. 26. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/251063652.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+25%2C+1927&author=&pub=Boston+Daily+Globe+%281923-1927%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=BENNETT+ONCE+RANKED+AS+KING+OF+BACKSTOPS">the original</a> on July 14, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Sports Reference LLC.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Deacon+White+Statistics+and+History&rft.pub=Sports+Reference+LLC&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fplayers%2Fw%2Fwhitede01.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Others in Bennett's era who showed extraordinary durability, playing the vast majority of their games at the catcher position, include: <a href="/wiki/Pop_Snyder" title="Pop Snyder">Pop Snyder</a>, 877 of 948 games (92.5%); <a href="/wiki/Silver_Flint" title="Silver Flint">Silver Flint</a>, 743 of 817 games (91%); and <a href="/wiki/Doc_Bushong" title="Doc Bushong">Doc Bushong</a>, 668 of 679 games (98.3%).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bak-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bak_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRichard_Bak1998" class="citation book cs1">Richard Bak (1998). <i>A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium</i>. Wayne State University Press. p. 34.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Place+for+Summer%3A+A+Narrative+History+of+Tiger+Stadium&rft.pages=34&rft.pub=Wayne+State+University+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.au=Richard+Bak&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFPeter_Morris2009" class="citation book cs1">Peter Morris (2009). <i>Catcher: The Evolution of an American Folk Hero</i>. Government Institutes. pp. <span class="nowrap">208–</span>209. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1615780037" title="Special:BookSources/978-1615780037"><bdi>978-1615780037</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Catcher%3A+The+Evolution+of+an+American+Folk+Hero&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E208-%3C%2Fspan%3E209&rft.pub=Government+Institutes&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1615780037&rft.au=Peter+Morris&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1">"A Story of Charley Bennett". <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. January 23, 1898. p. 6.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=A+Story+of+Charley+Bennett&rft.pages=6&rft.date=1898-01-23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BSN/1889.shtml">"1889 Boston Beaneaters"</a>. <i>baseball-reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=baseball-reference.com&rft.atitle=1889+Boston+Beaneaters&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fteams%2FBSN%2F1889.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Foxy-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Foxy_41-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Foxy_41-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/494089297">"Foxy Charley Bennett: Director Hart Returns Unsuccessful; League Offers a $2500 Bonus and $1000 Blood Money"</a>. February 11, 1890. p. 5.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Foxy+Charley+Bennett%3A+Director+Hart+Returns+Unsuccessful%3B+League+Offers+a+%242500+Bonus+and+%241000+Blood+Money&rft.pages=5&rft.date=1890-02-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F494089297&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TSN2-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TSN2_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TSN2_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TSN2_42-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1894/VOL_22_NO_17/SL2217003.pdf">"A Tragic Close to a Brilliant and Long Career on the Diamond: Details of the Horrible Accident Which Cut Off Bennett's Legs and Livelihood – A Tribute to the Suffering Player – Sketch of His Career"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Sporting Life</i>. January 20, 1894. p. 3.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sporting+Life&rft.atitle=A+Tragic+Close+to+a+Brilliant+and+Long+Career+on+the+Diamond%3A+Details+of+the+Horrible+Accident+Which+Cut+Off+Bennett%27s+Legs+and+Livelihood+%E2%80%93+A+Tribute+to+the+Suffering+Player+%E2%80%93+Sketch+of+His+Career&rft.pages=3&rft.date=1894-01-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.la84.org%2FSportsLibrary%2FSportingLife%2F1894%2FVOL_22_NO_17%2FSL2217003.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/494087989">"Charles W. 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February 12, 1890.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Daily+Globe&rft.atitle=Charles+W.+Bennett%3A+That+Name+is+on+a+League+Contract%3B+Leadley+Secures+the+Star+for+the+Triumvirs&rft.date=1890-02-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F494087989&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TSN94-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TSN94_44-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TSN94_44-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TSN94_44-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1894/VOL_23_NO_10/SL2310005.pdf">"Maimed Bennett: Interesting News About the Great and Popular Ex-Catcher; Quite Recovered From the Dreadful Accident Which Deprived Him of His Legs Cheerful and Hopeful For the Future"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Sporting Life</i>. June 2, 1894. p. 5.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sporting+Life&rft.atitle=Maimed+Bennett%3A+Interesting+News+About+the+Great+and+Popular+Ex-Catcher%3B+Quite+Recovered+From+the+Dreadful+Accident+Which+Deprived+Him+of+His+Legs+Cheerful+and+Hopeful+For+the+Future&rft.pages=5&rft.date=1894-06-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.la84.org%2FSportsLibrary%2FSportingLife%2F1894%2FVOL_23_NO_10%2FSL2310005.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BSN/1890.shtml">"1890 Boston Beaneaters"</a>. <i>baseball-reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=baseball-reference.com&rft.atitle=1890+Boston+Beaneaters&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fteams%2FBSN%2F1890.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BSN/1891.shtml">"1891 Boston Beaneaters"</a>. <i>baseball-reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=baseball-reference.com&rft.atitle=1891+Boston+Beaneaters&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fteams%2FBSN%2F1891.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BSN/1892.shtml">"1892 Boston Beaneaters"</a>. <i>baseball-reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=baseball-reference.com&rft.atitle=1892+Boston+Beaneaters&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fteams%2FBSN%2F1892.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BSN/1893.shtml">"1893 Boston Beaneaters"</a>. <i>baseball-reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=baseball-reference.com&rft.atitle=1893+Boston+Beaneaters&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fteams%2FBSN%2F1893.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/497535536">"Bennett's Recovery Assured: Boston's Great Catcher is Gaining Much Faster Than Was Expected"</a>. <i>Boston Daily Globe</i>. January 19, 1894. p. 2.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Daily+Globe&rft.atitle=Bennett%27s+Recovery+Assured%3A+Boston%27s+Great+Catcher+is+Gaining+Much+Faster+Than+Was+Expected&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1894-01-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F497535536&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/497887087">"Charley Bennett's Benefit: It Will be a 'Corker' -- Exercises at the Ball Grounds – Charlie Arrives – Subscription Fund"</a>. <i>Boston Daily Globe</i>. August 26, 1894. p. 4.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Daily+Globe&rft.atitle=Charley+Bennett%27s+Benefit%3A+It+Will+be+a+%27Corker%27+--+Exercises+at+the+Ball+Grounds+%26ndash%3B+Charlie+Arrives+%26ndash%3B+Subscription+Fund&rft.pages=4&rft.date=1894-08-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F497887087&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/497887476">"Nearly $6000: Benefit to Bennett Was a Grand Success; Catcher Bowed to 9000 Friends; Walked Out to Home Plate to Do It; Champion Corbett in the Left Field"</a>. <i>Boston Daily Globe</i>. August 28, 1894. p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Daily+Globe&rft.atitle=Nearly+%246000%3A+Benefit+to+Bennett+Was+a+Grand+Success%3B+Catcher+Bowed+to+9000+Friends%3B+Walked+Out+to+Home+Plate+to+Do+It%3B+Champion+Corbett+in+the+Left+Field&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1894-08-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F497887476&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/fielding_perc_c_progress.shtml">"Progressive Leaders & Records for Fielding % as C"</a>. <i>baseball-reference.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 9,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=baseball-reference.com&rft.atitle=Progressive+Leaders+%26+Records+for+Fielding+%25+as+C&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fleaders%2Ffielding_perc_c_progress.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span>(<a href="/wiki/Gabby_Hartnett" title="Gabby Hartnett">Gabby Hartnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Rosar" title="Buddy Rosar">Buddy Rosar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sherm_Lollar" title="Sherm Lollar">Sherm Lollar</a> each led the majors four times, and <a href="/wiki/Pop_Snyder" title="Pop Snyder">Pop Snyder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_Zimmer" title="Chief Zimmer">Chief Zimmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Schalk" title="Ray Schalk">Ray Schalk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brad_Ausmus" title="Brad Ausmus">Brad Ausmus</a> each led the majors three times.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/PO_c_progress.shtml">"Progressive Leaders & Records for Putouts as C"</a>. <i>baseball-reference.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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