Johnny Bench

Positions: Catcher, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 197lb (185cm, 89kg)

Born: December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Binger HS (Binger, OK).

High School: Binger HS (Binger, OK)

Debut: August 28, 1967 (Age 19-264d, 12,612th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1983 (Age 35-296d)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1989. (Voted by BBWAA on 431/447 ballots)
View Johnny Bench's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Johnny Lee Bench

Nicknames: Little General

Twitter: @JohnnyBench_5

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.1

7658

2048

389

.267

1091

RBI

1376

OBP

.342

SLG

.476

OPS

.817

OPS+

126

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-19 / in Starts: 26-19
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	14 games
Most Games w/o HR	9 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1970	NLCS g1	Oct 3	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG(10)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	4	1.25	-0.082	39.06	-1.47%	-0.53	C
2	1970	NLCS g2	Oct 4	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	4	.92	-0.105	26.54	-1.83%	-1.00	C
3	1970	NLCS g3	Oct 5	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.417	.556	.972	4	.84	0.085	15.20	0.87%	1.02	C
4	1970	WS g1	Oct 10	CIN		BAL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.375	.462	.837	4	1.54	-0.052	80.19	-1.85%	-0.07	C
5	1970	WS g2	Oct 11	CIN		BAL	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.625	1.025	4	1.50	0.043	77.05	1.56%	0.60	C
6	1970	WS g3	Oct 13	CIN	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.500	.833	4	.61	-0.067	25.52	-1.57%	-0.77	C
7	1970	WS g4	Oct 14	CIN	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.321	.458	.780	4	1.62	0.029	35.88	0.21%	-0.12	C
8	1970	WS g5	Oct 15	CIN	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.429	.741	4	.51	0.073	24.09	2.27%	0.44	C
1972 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	1972	NLCS g1	Oct 7	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	4	.72	0.005	22.35	0.07%	0.10	C
10	1972	NLCS g2	Oct 8	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	4	.46	0.035	15.22	0.77%	0.48	C
11	1972	NLCS g3	Oct 9	CIN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.455	.705	4	1.41	-0.061	58.47	-1.67%	0.26	C
12	1972	NLCS g4	Oct 10	CIN		PIT	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.286	.313	.500	.813	4	.55	0.067	24.51	1.65%	0.52	C
13	1972	NLCS g5	Oct 11	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.350	.667	1.017	4	1.49	0.423	124.38	21.83%	0.72	C
14	1972	WS g1	Oct 14	CIN		OAK	L,2-3	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381	.417	.714	1.131	4	1.54	0.157	80.32	5.25%	1.13	C
15	1972	WS g2	Oct 15	CIN		OAK	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.429	.667	1.095	4	1.25	0.131	64.11	4.04%	0.96	C
16	1972	WS g3	Oct 18	CIN	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.375	.571	.946	4	.92	-0.119	38.34	-2.99%	-1.11	C
17	1972	WS g4	Oct 19	CIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.344	.389	.563	.951	4	1.10	0.043	70.35	1.73%	0.36	C
18	1972	WS g5	Oct 20	CIN	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.350	.500	.850	4	1.44	-0.172	68.65	-4.96%	-0.94	C
19	1972	WS g6	Oct 21	CIN		OAK	W,8-1	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.386	.579	.965	4	.77	0.129	68.41	6.41%	0.89	C
20	1972	WS g7	Oct 22	CIN		OAK	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.293	.375	.537	.912	4	2.37	0.060	395.00	6.40%	0.13	C
1973 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	1973	NLCS g1	Oct 6	CIN		NYM	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.750	2.500	5	1.51	0.509	47.19	9.05%	1.43	C
22	1973	NLCS g2	Oct 7	CIN		NYM	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.875	1.250	4	.85	-0.083	28.27	-1.72%	-0.60	C
23	1973	NLCS g3	Oct 8	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.750	1.083	4	.57	-0.057	23.42	-1.31%	-0.62	C
24	1973	NLCS g4	Oct 9	CIN	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.625	.978	4	2.04	0.085	78.72	2.30%	0.45	C
25	1973	NLCS g5	Oct 10	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.526	.860	5	1.10	-0.047	91.46	-2.06%	-0.40	C
1975 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	1975	NLCS g1	Oct 4	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	3	.70	-0.013	21.75	-0.21%	-0.18	C
27	1975	NLCS g2	Oct 5	CIN		PIT	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	3	.55	-0.059	18.48	-1.09%	-1.29	C
28	1975	NLCS g3	Oct 7	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	3	1.05	0.069	25.29	0.77%	-0.21	C
29	1975	WS g1	Oct 11	CIN	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.111	.059	.170	3	.94	-0.106	49.26	-3.30%	-0.95	C
30	1975	WS g2	Oct 12	CIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.190	.372	3	1.37	0.248	72.35	7.29%	1.07	C
31	1975	WS g3	Oct 14	CIN		BOS	W,6-5	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.320	.512	5	1.20	0.182	74.98	6.82%	1.20	C
32	1975	WS g4	Oct 15	CIN		BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.200	.345	.545	5	1.65	-0.057	106.15	-2.89%	0.12	C
33	1975	WS g5	Oct 16	CIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.344	.579	4	.97	-0.072	79.95	-4.31%	-0.04	C
34	1975	WS g6	Oct 21	CIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG(12)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.225	.316	.541	4	1.71	-0.109	152.89	-6.11%	-0.54	C
35	1975	WS g7	Oct 22	CIN	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.222	.286	.508	3	1.88	-0.184	314.00	-17.32%	-1.31	C
1976 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	1976	NLCS g1	Oct 9	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	6	1.11	0.045	34.69	1.04%	0.53	C
37	1976	NLCS g2	Oct 10	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	6	.64	-0.030	18.29	-0.45%	-0.34	C
38	1976	NLCS g3	Oct 12	CIN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.385	.667	1.051	6	2.03	0.445	36.31	5.00%	0.75	C
39	1976	WS g1	Oct 16	CIN		NYY	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.400	.438	.800	1.238	7	.71	0.044	36.97	1.27%	1.52	C
40	1976	WS g2	Oct 17	CIN		NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.421	.450	.789	1.239	7	.67	0.034	35.36	1.02%	-0.02	C
41	1976	WS g3	Oct 19	CIN	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.435	.458	.739	1.197	7	.48	0.034	19.92	0.89%	-1.12	C
42	1976	WS g4	Oct 21	CIN	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.464	.926	1.390	7	1.07	0.293	20.55	3.62%	3.57	C
1979 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	1979	NLCS g1	Oct 2	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG(11)	5	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.800	1.333	2.133	5	1.54	0.093	48.07	1.76%	1.01	C
44	1979	NLCS g2	Oct 3	CIN		PIT	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	5	2.44	-0.294	69.87	-5.28%	-1.48	C
45	1979	NLCS g3	Oct 5	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.667	1.024	5	.45	-0.027	7.87	-0.26%	0.43	C
									188	169	27	45	8	3	10	20	18	6	29	0	0	1		4	6	1	.266	.335	.527	.862

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