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Johnny Bench
| Full name Johnny Lee Bench |
| Born December 7, 1947, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| First Game: August 28, 1967; Final Game: September 29, 1983 |
| Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 197 |
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| Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1989 |
| Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1970 and 1972) |
| Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1970) |
| Named NL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1970) |
| Named NL Rookie of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1968) |
| Named NL Rookie Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1968) |
| Named World Series Most Valuable Player (1976) |
| Named Minor League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1967) |
| Named catcher on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1968 to 1970 and 1972 to 1975) |
| Won NL Gold Glove as catcher (1968 to 1977) |
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| Ejections: 1968 (1), 1970 (1), 1971 (1), 1973 (1), 1974 (1), 1975 (1), 1976 (1), 1979 (1). Total: 8 |
| SABR Biography |
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1967 CIN N Daily Splits 26 86 7 14 3 1 1 6 5 0 19 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 .163 .207 .256 -0.5 1967 CIN N
1968 CIN N Daily Splits 154 564 67 155 40 2 15 82 31 8 96 2 2 8 0 11 14 1 5 .275 .311 .433 2.8 1968 CIN N
1969 CIN N Daily Splits 148 532 83 156 23 1 26 90 49 7 86 4 0 7 0 15 7 6 6 .293 .353 .487 3.2 1969 CIN N
1970 CIN N Daily Splits 158 605 97 177 35 4 45 148 54 9 102 0 1 11 0 10 12 5 2 .293 .345 .587 5.9 1970 CIN N
1971 CIN N Daily Splits 149 562 80 134 19 2 27 61 49 7 83 0 0 2 0 11 20 2 1 .238 .299 .423 1.8 1971 CIN N
1972 CIN N Daily Splits 147 538 87 145 22 2 40 125 100 23 84 2 0 12 1 7 18 6 6 .270 .379 .541 6.5 1972 CIN N
1973 CIN N Daily Splits 152 557 83 141 17 3 25 104 83 14 83 0 1 10 0 4 22 4 1 .253 .345 .429 3.2 1973 CIN N
1974 CIN N Daily Splits 160 621 108 174 38 2 33 129 80 15 90 3 0 4 0 14 13 5 4 .280 .363 .507 5.7 1974 CIN N
1975 CIN N Daily Splits 142 530 83 150 39 1 28 110 65 12 108 2 0 8 1 13 12 11 0 .283 .359 .519 5.4 1975 CIN N
1976 CIN N Daily Splits 135 465 62 109 24 1 16 74 81 6 95 2 0 4 0 8 9 13 2 .234 .348 .394 2.4 1976 CIN N
1977 CIN N Daily Splits 142 494 67 136 34 2 31 109 58 8 95 1 0 7 3 12 10 2 4 .275 .348 .540 2.9 1977 CIN N
1978 CIN N Daily Splits 120 393 52 102 17 1 23 73 50 10 83 1 1 6 0 13 9 4 2 .260 .340 .483 2.7 1978 CIN N
1979 CIN N Daily Splits 130 464 73 128 19 0 22 80 67 8 73 0 3 4 0 9 11 4 2 .276 .364 .459 2.8 1979 CIN N
1980 CIN N Daily Splits 114 360 52 90 12 0 24 68 41 2 64 2 0 4 0 7 9 4 2 .250 .327 .483 0.4 1980 CIN N
1981 CIN N Daily Splits 52 178 14 55 8 0 8 25 17 3 21 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 .309 .369 .489 0.5 1981 CIN N
1982 CIN N Daily Splits 119 399 44 103 16 0 13 38 37 2 58 0 1 2 0 9 14 1 2 .258 .320 .396 -2.1 1982 CIN N
1983 CIN N Daily Splits 110 310 32 79 15 2 12 54 24 1 38 0 0 0 0 9 13 0 1 .255 .308 .432 -1.1 1983 CIN N
Total (17 Years) Splits 2158 7658 1091 2048 381 24 389 1376 891 135 1278 19 11 90 5 155 201 68 43 .267 .342 .476 42.5 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1970 CIN N Daily Splits 3 9 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .417 .556 1970 CIN N
1972 CIN N Daily Splits 5 18 3 6 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .350 .667 1972 CIN N
1973 CIN N Daily Splits 5 19 1 5 2 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .333 .526 1973 CIN N
1975 CIN N Daily Splits 3 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .077 .143 .077 1975 CIN N
1976 CIN N Daily Splits 3 12 3 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .385 .667 1976 CIN N
1979 CIN N Daily Splits 3 12 1 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .357 .667 1979 CIN N
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 22 83 11 21 4 2 5 6 10 3 17 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 1 .253 .330 .530 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1970 CIN N Daily Splits 5 19 3 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .250 .368 1970 CIN N
1972 CIN N Daily Splits 7 23 4 6 1 0 1 1 5 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .261 .393 .435 1972 CIN N
1975 CIN N Daily Splits 7 29 5 6 2 0 1 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 .258 .379 1975 CIN N
1976 CIN N Daily Splits 4 15 4 8 1 1 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .533 .533 1.133 1976 CIN N
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 23 86 16 24 4 1 5 14 8 3 12 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 .279 .340 .523 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1968 NL Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1968 NL
1969 NL Daily Splits 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 1.667 1969 NL
1970 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1970 NL
1971 NL Daily Splits 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1971 NL
1972 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1972 NL
1973 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1973 NL
1974 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 .667 1974 NL
1975 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1975 NL
1976 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1976 NL
1977 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 NL
1980 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 NL
1983 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 NL
Total (12 Years) Splits 12 28 5 10 0 0 3 6 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .357 .400 .679 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1967 CIN N Daily Splits C 26 26 22 233 175 16 1 0 0 2 5 5 3 .995
1968 CIN N Daily Splits C 154 139 137 1301 942 102 9 10 0 18 49 44 12 .991
1969 CIN N Daily Splits C 147 135 131 1249 793 76 7 10 0 14 30 40 7 .992
1970 CIN N Daily Splits C 139 130 119 1158 755 73 12 12 0 9 32 30 8 .986
1970 CIN N OF 24 17 8 151 24 1 2 0 0 .926 15 2 7
1970 CIN N LF 15 8 4 78 14 1 1 0 0 .938
1970 CIN N 1B 12 5 4 54 74 4 1 7 0 .987
1970 CIN N RF 7 7 4 58 8 0 1 0 0 .889
1970 CIN N CF 2 2 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 CIN N 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CIN N Daily Splits C 142 133 120 1169.2 687 59 9 9 0 6 37 26 7 .988
1971 CIN N 1B 12 1 0 33 34 1 1 7 0 .972
1971 CIN N OF 12 10 2 79 12 1 0 0 0 1.000 10 0 3
1971 CIN N LF 10 8 1 63 9 1 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CIN N 3B 3 3 0 19 2 6 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CIN N RF 3 2 1 16 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 CIN N Daily Splits C 129 124 115 1139.2 735 56 6 9 0 2 24 31 8 .992
1972 CIN N RF 17 17 10 138 30 0 2 0 0 .938
1972 CIN N OF 17 17 10 138 30 0 2 0 0 .938 0 0 17
1972 CIN N 1B 8 2 2 28 24 0 1 1 0 .960
1972 CIN N 3B 4 4 2 33 2 7 1 0 0 .900
1973 CIN N Daily Splits C 134 124 111 1114.2 693 61 4 7 0 8 28 27 4 .995
1973 CIN N RF 23 22 10 181 33 0 2 0 0 .943
1973 CIN N OF 23 22 10 181 35 0 2 0 0 .946 0 0 23
1973 CIN N 1B 4 3 2 26 29 0 0 3 0 1.000
1973 CIN N 3B 1 1 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
1974 CIN N Daily Splits C 137 129 111 1133.1 757 68 6 16 0 3 37 35 2 .993
1974 CIN N 3B 36 30 22 263 22 55 3 2 0 .963
1974 CIN N 1B 5 0 0 13 15 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CIN N Daily Splits C 121 115 95 1002.2 568 51 7 9 0 0 32 27 2 .989
1975 CIN N OF 19 18 12 153 33 1 0 0 0 1.000 16 0 3
1975 CIN N LF 16 15 10 129 28 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CIN N 1B 9 3 2 37.1 45 0 1 2 0 .978
1975 CIN N RF 3 3 2 24 5 1 0 0 0 1.000
1976 CIN N Daily Splits C 128 120 105 1071 651 60 2 11 0 5 57 42 3 .997
1976 CIN N LF 5 3 0 28 4 0 2 0 0 .667
1976 CIN N OF 5 3 0 28 4 0 2 0 0 .667 5 0 0
1976 CIN N 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1977 CIN N Daily Splits C 135 125 102 1065.1 705 66 10 10 0 3 64 42 1 .987
1977 CIN N OF 8 7 2 52 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 7 0 1
1977 CIN N LF 7 6 2 44 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 CIN N 1B 4 2 1 21 21 2 1 3 0 .958
1977 CIN N 3B 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 .500
1977 CIN N RF 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 -
1978 CIN N Daily Splits C 107 96 69 836 605 48 7 6 0 12 49 35 2 .989
1978 CIN N 1B 11 9 2 75 75 5 2 7 0 .976
1978 CIN N OF 2 2 1 15.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 1
1978 CIN N RF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
1978 CIN N LF 1 1 1 10.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1979 CIN N Daily Splits C 126 123 114 1083.1 619 68 10 11 0 5 70 45 2 .986
1979 CIN N 1B 2 2 0 14 13 1 0 1 0 1.000
1980 CIN N Daily Splits C 105 98 81 847 505 39 5 7 0 6 83 34 1 .991
1981 CIN N Daily Splits 1B 38 37 27 322 334 23 6 35 0 .983
1981 CIN N C 7 7 6 60 41 5 1 0 0 1 9 4 0 .979
1982 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 107 103 69 858.2 54 155 19 10 0 .917
1982 CIN N 1B 8 5 4 45.2 53 4 0 7 0 1.000
1982 CIN N C 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 42 41 18 319.1 26 58 6 5 0 .933
1983 CIN N 1B 32 29 26 251 249 14 3 21 0 .989
1983 CIN N C 5 3 0 23 17 2 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 .950
1983 CIN N LF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1983 CIN N OF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
Total (17 Years) Splits C 1743 1627 1438 14487.2 9249 850 97 127 0 94 610 469 62 .990
Total ( 8 Years) 3B 195 182 111 1506 107 284 30 17 0 .929
Total (13 Years) 1B 146 98 70 921 966 54 16 94 0 .985
Total ( 9 Years) OF 111 96 45 798.1 147 3 8 0 0 .949 55 2 55
Total ( 7 Years) LF 55 41 18 353.1 64 2 3 0 0 .957
Total ( 7 Years) RF 55 53 27 430 78 1 5 0 0 .940
Total ( 1 Year ) CF 2 2 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1970 CIN N Daily Splits C 3 3 3 28 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.000
1972 CIN N Daily Splits C 5 5 5 44 28 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 .969
1973 CIN N Daily Splits C 5 5 5 46 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1975 CIN N Daily Splits C 3 3 3 28 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 CIN N Daily Splits C 3 3 3 27 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1979 CIN N Daily Splits C 3 3 3 29 17 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.000
Total ( 6 Years) Splits C 22 22 22 202 126 18 1 2 0 1 4 5 1 .993
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1970 CIN N Daily Splits C 5 5 5 43 36 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
1972 CIN N Daily Splits C 7 7 7 62.1 41 7 1 2 0 0 1 3 2 .980
1975 CIN N Daily Splits C 7 7 7 65 44 6 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
1976 CIN N Daily Splits C 4 4 4 36 18 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits C 23 23 23 206.1 139 18 1 6 0 0 2 8 3 .994
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1968 NL Daily Splits C 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1971 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 1 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1974 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .875
1975 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 1 9 10 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1.000
1976 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
Total (11 Years) Splits C 11 10 2 58 49 2 1 0 0 1 6 2 1 .981
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
7-21-1968 BOX CIN N John Kibler Called third strike (flipped bat)
8- 9-1970(1) BOX CIN N Chris Pelekoudas Call at HP
9- 7-1971 BOX CIN N Harry Wendelstedt Call at HP
9-15-1973 BOX CIN N Andy Olsen Granting of time at last moment
8- 4-1974(2) BOX CIN N Dick Stello Balls and strikes
6-15-1975 BOX CIN N Art Williams Call at 1B
7-10-1976 BOX CIN N John Kibler Called third strike
6-16-1979 BOX CIN N Eric Gregg Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
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