Did Chief Bender Scout?

bace · #1 06-06-2009, 11:55 AM

i have a few pages from Chief Benders personal notebook, and there are scouting report. when was he a scout?

FrankWakefield · #2 06-06-2009, 11:57 AM

Yes he was. For several years.

He coached for the White Sox in 1925 and 1926. For the Giants in 1931. For the A's 1951-1953. In 1939 he was a scout for the A's, and did that for numerous years thereafter. He was coach for the Naval Academy's baseball team for a while. Chief was a well educated fellow, he was considered an expert on gemstones. Mr. Mack thought the world of him.

bace · #3 06-06-2009, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Yes he was. For several years.

can you tell me what years he was, and for what team?

FrankWakefield · #4 06-06-2009, 12:06 PM

He was a scout or minor league instructor for the A's for most of those years when he wasn't coaching elsewhere during those years I set out above. I think he was with the A's as a scout/instructor through the 1949 season, maybe 1950. And it's my recollection that he was in the Cincinnati Reds organization as a scout or instructor in the late 1960s. Surely there's a Reds fan here that would recall that.

FW

BillyCoxDodgers3B · #5 06-06-2009, 12:35 PM

He was fairly expired by the late 1960's.

I think he also ran a clothing store in Philly.

slidekellyslide · #6 06-06-2009, 12:48 PM

I used to own some photos from the 1940s of Bender instructing some minor leaguers. He was in his A's uniform while the minor leaguers were in "Pioneers" uniforms.

bace · #7 06-10-2009, 10:31 AM

I am talking to PSA/DNA and they might be able to authenticate and slab the pages for $50 each.. JSA will do this for $75 each..

would the authentication fees be "worth it"? would there be any added value with authentication?