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.

Cincinnati Reds

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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
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%
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	SF	IBB
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	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
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	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	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	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
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
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
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
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
Totals				45	188	169	27	45	8	3	10	20	6	1	18	29	.266	.335	.527	.862	89	4	1	6

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
1970	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	C	3	3	28.0	20	3	0	0	1.000	7.393	7.667	0
1970	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	C	5	5	43.0	36	3	0	1	1.000	8.163	7.800	0
1972	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	C	5	5	44.0	28	3	1	1	.969	6.341	6.200	1
1972	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	C	7	7	62.3	41	7	1	2	.980	6.930	6.857	0
1973	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	C	5	5	46.0	31	2	0	0	1.000	6.457	6.600	0
1975	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	C	3	3	28.0	18	4	0	0	1.000	7.071	7.333	0
1975	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	C	7	7	65.0	44	6	0	3	1.000	6.923	7.143	0
1976	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	C	3	3	27.0	12	4	0	1	1.000	5.333	5.333	0
1976	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	C	4	4	36.0	18	2	0	0	1.000	5.000	5.000	0
1979	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	C	3	3	29.0	17	2	0	0	1.000	5.897	6.333	0
Totals					45	45	408.3	265	36	2	8	.993	6.634	6.689	1

Awards

1968 - NL TSN Rookie Player of the Year
1968 - NL TSN All-Star C
1968 - NL Gold Glove C
1968 - NL Rookie of the Year
1969 - NL Gold Glove C
1969 - NL TSN All-Star C
1970 - NL TSN All-Star C
1970 - NL Most Valuable Player
1970 - NL TSN Player of the Year
1970 - NL Gold Glove C
1971 - NL Gold Glove C
1972 - NL Gold Glove C
1972 - NL TSN All-Star C
1972 - NL Most Valuable Player
1973 - NL Gold Glove C
1973 - NL TSN All-Star C
1974 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1974-07-12
1974 - NL Gold Glove C
1974 - NL TSN All-Star C
1975 - NL Gold Glove C
1975 - NL TSN All-Star C
1976 - NL Babe Ruth Award C
1976 - NL Gold Glove C
1976 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1976-04-30
1977 - NL Gold Glove C
1983 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1983-04-08

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