Charles Wesley Bennett was an American professional baseball player from 1875 or 1876 through the 1893 season. He played 15 years in Major League Baseball, principally as a catcher, with the Milwaukee Grays, Worcester Ruby Legs, Detroit Wolverines and Boston Beaneaters. He played on four pennant-winning teams, one in Detroit and three in Boston, and is one of only two players to play with the Detroit Wolverines during all eight seasons of the club's existence.
Charlie Bennett
Bennett caught the first perfect game in MLB history, thrown by Lee Richmond (pictured) in 1880.
John Clarkson, who won 49 games in 1889, was traveling with Bennett when his legs were crushed.
The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th-century Major League Baseball team that played in the National League from 1881 to 1888 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. In total, they won 426 games and lost 437, taking their lone pennant in 1887. The team was disbanded following the 1888 season.
1888 Detroit Wolverines, with Boston's South End Grounds as a backdrop
Hardy Richardson of the Detroit Wolverines, circa 1887