Johnny Bench
Johnny Lee Bench
Born: December 7, 1947
Oklahoma City, OK USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, 3B, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 197
Career: 1967-1983
Draft: Round 2 (1965 June Amateur Draft, Cincinnati Reds)
School: Anadarko HS (Binger, OK)
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.
Minor League Statistics
Johnny Bench compiled a career batting average of .267 with 389 home runs and 1376 RBI in his 2158-game career with the Cincinnati Reds. He began playing during the 1967 season and last took the field during the 1983 campaign. Bench was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1967 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 26 | 93 | 86 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 | .163 | .207 | .256 | .462 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1968 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 154 | 607 | 564 | 67 | 155 | 40 | 2 | 15 | 82 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 96 | .275 | .311 | .433 | .743 | 244 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
1969 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 148 | 592 | 532 | 83 | 156 | 23 | 1 | 26 | 90 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 86 | .293 | .353 | .487 | .840 | 259 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 158 | 671 | 605 | 97 | 177 | 35 | 4 | 45 | 148 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 102 | .293 | .345 | .587 | .932 | 355 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 149 | 613 | 562 | 80 | 134 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 83 | .238 | .299 | .423 | .722 | 238 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 147 | 652 | 538 | 87 | 145 | 22 | 2 | 40 | 125 | 6 | 6 | 100 | 84 | .270 | .379 | .541 | .920 | 291 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 23 |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 152 | 651 | 557 | 83 | 141 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 83 | 83 | .253 | .345 | .429 | .774 | 239 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 |
1974 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 160 | 708 | 621 | 108 | 174 | 38 | 2 | 33 | 129 | 5 | 4 | 80 | 90 | .280 | .363 | .507 | .870 | 315 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 142 | 605 | 530 | 83 | 150 | 39 | 1 | 28 | 110 | 11 | 0 | 65 | 108 | .283 | .359 | .519 | .878 | 275 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 135 | 552 | 465 | 62 | 109 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 74 | 13 | 2 | 81 | 95 | .234 | .348 | .394 | .741 | 183 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
1977 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 142 | 560 | 494 | 67 | 136 | 34 | 2 | 31 | 109 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 95 | .275 | .348 | .540 | .889 | 267 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
1978 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 120 | 451 | 393 | 52 | 102 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 83 | .260 | .340 | .483 | .823 | 190 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 130 | 538 | 464 | 73 | 128 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 73 | .276 | .364 | .459 | .824 | 213 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
1980 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 114 | 407 | 360 | 52 | 90 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 64 | .250 | .327 | .483 | .810 | 174 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
1981 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 52 | 196 | 178 | 14 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 21 | .309 | .369 | .489 | .858 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
1982 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 119 | 439 | 399 | 44 | 103 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 58 | .258 | .320 | .396 | .716 | 158 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
1983 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 110 | 334 | 310 | 32 | 79 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 38 | .255 | .308 | .432 | .741 | 134 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 2158 | 8669 | 7658 | 1091 | 2048 | 381 | 24 | 389 | 1376 | 68 | 43 | 891 | 1278 | .267 | .342 | .476 | .817 | 3644 | 201 | 19 | 11 | 90 | 135 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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1967 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 26 | 26 | 233.0 | 175 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .995 | 7.378 | 7.346 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 |
1968 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 154 | 139 | 1301.0 | 942 | 102 | 9 | 10 | .991 | 7.222 | 6.779 | 18 | 55 | 49 | 44 | 47.3 |
1969 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 147 | 135 | 1249.0 | 793 | 76 | 7 | 10 | .992 | 6.262 | 5.912 | 14 | 63 | 30 | 40 | 57.1 |
1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 139 | 130 | 1158.0 | 755 | 73 | 12 | 12 | .986 | 6.435 | 5.957 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 48.4 |
1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 24 | 17 | 151.0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.490 | 1.042 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 12 | 5 | 54.0 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .987 | 13.000 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 141 | 133 | 1170.0 | 687 | 59 | 9 | 9 | .988 | 5.738 | 5.291 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 26 | 41.3 |
1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 12 | 10 | 79.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.481 | 1.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 12 | 1 | 33.0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .972 | 9.545 | 2.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 3 | 3 | 19.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.789 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 129 | 124 | 1140.0 | 735 | 56 | 6 | 9 | .992 | 6.245 | 6.132 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 31 | 56.4 |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 17 | 17 | 138.0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.957 | 1.765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 4 | 4 | 33.0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.455 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 7 | 2 | 28.0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 7.714 | 3.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 134 | 124 | 1115.0 | 693 | 61 | 4 | 7 | .995 | 6.086 | 5.627 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 27 | 49.1 |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 23 | 22 | 181.0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.740 | 1.522 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 4 | 3 | 26.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.038 | 7.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1974 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 137 | 129 | 1133.3 | 757 | 68 | 6 | 16 | .993 | 6.551 | 6.022 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 35 | 48.6 |
1974 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 36 | 30 | 263.0 | 22 | 55 | 3 | 2 | .963 | 2.635 | 2.139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1974 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 5 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 121 | 115 | 1002.7 | 568 | 51 | 7 | 9 | .989 | 5.556 | 5.116 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 27 | 45.8 |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 19 | 18 | 153.0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1.789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 9 | 3 | 37.3 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.848 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 128 | 120 | 1071.0 | 651 | 60 | 2 | 11 | .997 | 5.975 | 5.555 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 42 | 42.4 |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 5 | 3 | 28.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.286 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1977 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 135 | 125 | 1065.7 | 705 | 66 | 10 | 10 | .987 | 6.511 | 5.711 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 42 | 39.6 |
1977 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 8 | 7 | 52.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.558 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1977 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 4 | 2 | 21.0 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .958 | 9.857 | 5.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1977 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1978 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 107 | 96 | 836.0 | 605 | 48 | 7 | 6 | .989 | 7.030 | 6.103 | 12 | 0 | 49 | 35 | 41.7 |
1978 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 11 | 9 | 75.0 | 75 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .976 | 9.600 | 7.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1978 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 2 | 2 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 126 | 123 | 1083.3 | 619 | 68 | 10 | 11 | .986 | 5.707 | 5.452 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 45 | 39.1 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1980 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 105 | 98 | 847.0 | 505 | 39 | 5 | 7 | .991 | 5.780 | 5.181 | 6 | 0 | 83 | 34 | 29.1 |
1981 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 38 | 37 | 322.0 | 334 | 23 | 6 | 35 | .983 | 9.978 | 9.395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1981 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 7 | 7 | 60.0 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 6.900 | 6.571 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 30.8 |
1982 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 107 | 103 | 858.7 | 54 | 155 | 19 | 10 | .917 | 2.191 | 1.953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1982 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 8 | 5 | 45.7 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 11.234 | 7.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1982 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1983 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 42 | 41 | 319.3 | 26 | 58 | 6 | 5 | .933 | 2.367 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1983 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 32 | 29 | 251.0 | 249 | 14 | 3 | 21 | .989 | 9.430 | 8.219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1983 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | C | 5 | 3 | 23.0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 7.435 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 33.3 |
1983 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 2193 | 2003 | 17714.3 | 10469 | 1191 | 151 | 238 | .987 | 5.924 | 5.317 | 94 | 130 | 610 | 469 | 43.5 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .222 | .417 | .556 | .972 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 5 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .211 | .250 | .368 | .618 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 5 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .350 | .667 | 1.017 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 7 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .261 | .393 | .435 | .828 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 5 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .263 | .333 | .526 | .860 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 7 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .207 | .258 | .379 | .637 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .385 | .667 | 1.051 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 4 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .533 | .533 | 1.133 | 1.667 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 3 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .357 | .667 | 1.024 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 45 | 188 | 169 | 27 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 29 | .266 | .335 | .527 | .862 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
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1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | C | 3 | 3 | 28.0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.393 | 7.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | C | 5 | 5 | 43.0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.163 | 7.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | C | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 6.341 | 6.200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | C | 7 | 7 | 62.3 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 6.930 | 6.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | C | 5 | 5 | 46.0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.457 | 6.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | C | 3 | 3 | 28.0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.071 | 7.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | C | 7 | 7 | 65.0 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.923 | 7.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | C | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 | 5.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | C | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | C | 3 | 3 | 29.0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.897 | 6.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 45 | 45 | 408.3 | 265 | 36 | 2 | 8 | .993 | 6.634 | 6.689 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Awards
1968 - NL Rookie of the Year
1968 - NL TSN All-Star C
1968 - NL Gold Glove C
1969 - NL Gold Glove C
1969 - NL TSN All-Star C
1970 - NL TSN Player of the Year
1970 - NL Most Valuable Player
1970 - NL TSN All-Star C
1970 - NL Gold Glove C
1971 - NL Gold Glove C
1972 - NL TSN All-Star C
1972 - NL Gold Glove C
1972 - NL Most Valuable Player
1973 - NL TSN All-Star C
1973 - NL Gold Glove C
1974 - NL TSN All-Star C
1974 - NL Gold Glove C
1975 - NL TSN All-Star C
1975 - NL Gold Glove C
1976 - NL Babe Ruth Award C
1976 - NL Gold Glove C
1977 - NL Gold Glove C
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