Johnny Bench

Full Name: Johnny Lee Bench	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/197	First Game: August 28, 1967
Birthdate: December 7, 1947	Final Game: September 29, 1983
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	MLB Experience: 17 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989

1 Biography
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- 2.1 Batting Stats
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[edit] Biography

Johnny Bench (Johnny Lee Bench) was born on December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He made his Major League debut on August 28, 1967 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1968, his rookie year, he hit .275 with 15 home runs and 82 RBI. Bench played for the Cincinnati Reds for his entire 17 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny Bench's best season was 1970, when he slugged 45 home runs, hit for a .293 average and knocked in 148 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1967	CIN	N	26	86	7	14	1	6	.163	.207	.256	3	1	5	19	0	1	0	0	4
1968	CIN	N	154	564	67	155	15	82	.275	.311	.433	40	2	31	96	2	2	1	8	14
1969	CIN	N	148	532	83	156	26	90	.293	.353	.487	23	1	49	86	4	0	6	7	7
1970	CIN	N	158	605	97	177	45	148	.293	.345	.587	35	4	54	102	0	1	5	9	12
1971	CIN	N	149	562	80	134	27	61	.238	.299	.423	19	2	49	83	0	0	2	7	20
1972	CIN	N	147	538	87	145	40	125	.270	.379	.541	22	2	100	84	2	0	6	23	18
1973	CIN	N	152	557	83	141	25	104	.253	.345	.429	17	3	83	83	0	1	4	14	22
1974	CIN	N	160	621	108	174	33	129	.280	.363	.507	38	2	80	90	3	0	5	15	13
1975	CIN	N	142	530	83	150	28	110	.283	.359	.519	39	1	65	108	2	0	11	12	12
1976	CIN	N	135	465	62	109	16	74	.234	.348	.394	24	1	81	95	2	0	13	6	9
1977	CIN	N	142	494	67	136	31	109	.275	.348	.540	34	2	58	95	1	0	2	8	10
1978	CIN	N	120	393	52	102	23	73	.260	.340	.483	17	1	50	83	1	1	4	10	9
1979	CIN	N	130	464	73	128	22	80	.276	.364	.459	19	0	67	73	0	3	4	8	11
1980	CIN	N	114	360	52	90	24	68	.250	.327	.483	12	0	41	64	2	0	4	2	9
1981	CIN	N	52	178	14	55	8	25	.309	.369	.489	8	0	17	21	0	1	0	3	4
1982	CIN	N	119	399	44	103	13	38	.258	.320	.396	16	0	37	58	0	1	1	2	14
1983	CIN	N	110	310	32	79	12	54	.255	.308	.432	15	2	24	38	0	0	0	1	13
Total			2158	7658	1091	2048	389	1376	.267	.342	.476	381	24	891	1278	19	11	68	135	201

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1967	CIN	N	C	26	26	233	175	16	1	0	2	5	5	3	.995
1968	CIN	N	C	154	139	1301	942	102	9	10	18	49	44	12	.991
1969	CIN	N	C	147	135	1249	793	76	7	10	14	30	40	7	.992
1970	CIN	N	OF	24	17	151	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1970	CIN	N	RF	7	7	58	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1970	CIN	N	LF	15	8	78	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1970	CIN	N	CF	2	2	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1970	CIN	N	C	139	130	1158	755	73	12	12	9	32	30	8	.986
1970	CIN	N	1B	12	5	54	74	4	1	7	0	0	0	0	.987
1970	CIN	N	3B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	CIN	N	OF	12	10	79	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	CIN	N	RF	3	2	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	CIN	N	C	142	133	1169.2	687	59	9	9	6	37	26	7	.988
1971	CIN	N	LF	10	8	63	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	CIN	N	1B	12	1	33	34	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	.972
1971	CIN	N	3B	3	3	19	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1972	CIN	N	OF	17	17	138	30	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1972	CIN	N	C	129	124	1139.2	735	56	6	9	2	24	31	8	.992
1972	CIN	N	1B	8	2	28	24	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.960
1972	CIN	N	RF	17	17	138	30	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1972	CIN	N	3B	4	4	33	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1973	CIN	N	C	134	124	1115	693	61	4	7	8	28	27	4	.995
1973	CIN	N	1B	4	3	26	29	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1973	CIN	N	RF	23	22	181	33	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1973	CIN	N	3B	1	1	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1973	CIN	N	OF	23	22	181	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1974	CIN	N	3B	36	30	263	22	55	3	2	0	0	0	0	.962
1974	CIN	N	1B	5	0	13	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1974	CIN	N	C	137	129	1133.1	757	68	6	16	3	37	35	2	.993
1975	CIN	N	OF	19	18	153	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1975	CIN	N	RF	3	3	24	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1975	CIN	N	LF	16	15	129	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1975	CIN	N	C	121	115	1002.2	568	51	7	9	0	32	27	2	.989
1975	CIN	N	1B	9	3	37.1	45	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.978
1976	CIN	N	OF	5	3	28	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1976	CIN	N	C	128	120	1071	651	60	2	11	5	57	42	3	.997
1976	CIN	N	1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	CIN	N	LF	5	3	28	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1977	CIN	N	OF	8	7	52	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1977	CIN	N	3B	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1977	CIN	N	LF	7	6	44	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1977	CIN	N	RF	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	CIN	N	C	135	125	1065.2	705	66	10	10	3	64	42	1	.987
1977	CIN	N	1B	4	2	21	21	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	.958
1978	CIN	N	C	107	96	836	605	48	7	6	12	49	35	2	.989
1978	CIN	N	RF	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	CIN	N	1B	11	9	75	75	5	2	7	0	0	0	0	.976
1978	CIN	N	LF	1	1	10.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	CIN	N	OF	2	2	15.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	CIN	N	1B	2	2	14	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	CIN	N	C	126	123	1083.1	619	68	10	11	5	70	45	2	.986
1980	CIN	N	C	105	98	847	505	39	5	7	6	83	34	1	.991
1981	CIN	N	C	7	7	60	41	5	1	0	1	9	4	0	.979
1981	CIN	N	1B	38	37	322	334	23	6	35	0	0	0	0	.983
1982	CIN	N	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1982	CIN	N	3B	107	103	858.2	54	155	19	10	0	0	0	0	.917
1982	CIN	N	1B	8	5	45.2	53	4	0	7	0	0	0	0	1.000
1983	CIN	N	C	5	3	23	17	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	.950
1983	CIN	N	3B	42	41	319.1	26	58	6	5	0	0	0	0	.933
1983	CIN	N	LF	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	CIN	N	1B	32	29	251	249	14	3	21	0	0	0	0	.989
1983	CIN	N	OF	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	146	98	921	966	54	16	94	0	0	0	0	.985
Total			CF	2	2	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	55	53	430	78	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.940
Total			3B	195	182	1506	107	284	30	17	0	0	0	0	.929
Total			LF	55	41	353.1	64	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.957
Total			C	1743	1627	14488.1	9249	850	97	127	94	610	469	62	.990
Total			OF	111	96	798.1	147	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	.949

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).

[edit] Trivia

MVP: 1970 and 1972
All-Star Games: 14 times (1968-1980 and 1983)
World Series Champion: 1975 and 1976
Gold Glove: 10 times (1968-1977)
NL Rookie of the Year in 1968
World Series MVP in 1976
389 career home runs; 47th on the all-time list, 2nd most amongst catchers
1376 career RBI; 67th on the all-time list, 2nd most amongst catchers
Lead the league in total bases in 1974, 2nd in 1970, and third in 1972
Lead the league in home runs in 1970 and 1972, finished 2nd in 1974
Lead the league in RBI in 1970, 1972, and 1974, finished 2nd in 1975, and 3rd in 1973
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