This clean, centered PSA EX+ 5.5 reflects a nostalgic wistfulness on Charles Bender and perhaps caught him waiting between innings for his next shot at the other side. Touched corners and a sligth print tilt explain the grade itself, which nonetheless looks sharp and appealing, especially for a HOF of that era. The population report shows just four higher!

Charles Bender won a trio of World Series for Connie Mack's dominant early Athletics teams, led the NL in winning percentage three different seasons, and appears here in Philly regalia from 1906-07, before they switched to a distinctive striped pillbox look in 1908.