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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CIN		MON	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
4	4	Apr 9	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
5	5	Apr 10	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	6	Apr 11	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	7	1	0	8	1	C
7	7	Apr 12 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	13	1	1	15	1	1B
8	8	Apr 12 (2)	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
9	9	Apr 13	CIN		SDP	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	10	Apr 14	CIN		SDP	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
11	11	Apr 15	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
12	12	Apr 16	CIN		LAD	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	C
13	13	Apr 17	CIN		SFG	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	14	Apr 18	CIN		SFG	L,9-16	CG	51	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
15	15	Apr 19	CIN		SFG	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
16	16	Apr 20	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
17	17	Apr 21	CIN	@	ATL	W,13-8	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C 1B
18	18	Apr 24	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	19	Apr 25	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	20	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	21	Apr 28	CIN		HOU	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
22	22	Apr 29	CIN		HOU	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	23	May 1	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	24	May 2	CIN		PIT	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
25	25	May 3	CIN		PIT	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	26	May 4	CIN		STL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	27	May 5	CIN		STL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	28	May 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
29	29	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	30	May 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	31	May 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	32	May 11	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	33	May 12	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	34	May 15	CIN		ATL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
35	35	May 16	CIN		ATL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	36	May 17 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	37	May 17 (2)	CIN		ATL	W,7-6	GS	62	15.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF C
38	38	May 18	CIN		CHC	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	39	May 19	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	40	May 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
41	41	May 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	42	May 23	CIN	@	HOU	W,14-3	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C LF
43	43	May 24	CIN	@	HOU	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
44	44	May 25	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	45	May 26 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	46	May 26 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF 3B
47	47	May 27	CIN	@	SDP	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
48	48	May 29	CIN		MON	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	49	May 30	CIN		MON	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
50	50	May 31	CIN		MON	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	51	Jun 2	CIN		PHI	W,7-2	CG	31	7.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	52	Jun 3	CIN		PHI	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	14	1	1	16	0	C
53	53	Jun 5	CIN		NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
54	54	Jun 6	CIN		NYM	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
55	55	Jun 7	CIN		NYM	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	56	Jun 9	CIN	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	57	Jun 10	CIN	@	MON	W,7-0	GS	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C 1B
58	58	Jun 11	CIN	@	MON	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	59	Jun 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
60	60	Jun 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	61	Jun 14	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-1	GS	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C 1B
62	62	Jun 16	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	46	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
63	63	Jun 17	CIN	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
64	64	Jun 19	CIN		LAD	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
65	65	Jun 20	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	66	Jun 21 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
67	67	Jun 21 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
68	68	Jun 22	CIN		SFG	L,6-13	CG	47	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
69	69	Jun 23	CIN		SFG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	70	Jun 24	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
71	71	Jun 26	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
72	72	Jun 27	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
73	73	Jun 28	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
74	74	Jun 30	CIN		ATL	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	75	Jul 1	CIN		ATL	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	76	Jul 2	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	77	Jul 3 (1)	CIN		HOU	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
78	79 (1)	Jul 4	CIN		HOU	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	80	Jul 5	CIN		HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	81	Jul 6	CIN		SDP	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
81	82	Jul 7	CIN		SDP	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
82	83	Jul 8	CIN		SDP	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
83	84	Jul 9	CIN		SDP	L,9-10	CG	48	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	85	Jul 10 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,9-11	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
85	86	Jul 10 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	W,3-1	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	87	Jul 11	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
87	88	Jul 12	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	89	Jul 16	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	90	Jul 17	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	91	Jul 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF C
91	92	Jul 19	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF C
92	93	Jul 20 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
93	94	Jul 20 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,4-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
94	95	Jul 21	CIN	@	STL	W,6-5	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
95	97 (1)	Jul 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
96	98	Jul 24	CIN		STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	99	Jul 25	CIN		STL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
98	100	Jul 26	CIN		STL	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	101	Jul 27	CIN		STL	L,9-16	CG	54	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
100	102	Jul 28	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
101	103	Jul 29	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	104	Jul 30	CIN		PIT	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
103	105	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	GS	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C LF
104	106	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,7-11	GS	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	LF C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	107	Aug 1	CIN		CHC	W,6-4	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C LF
106	108	Aug 2	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
107	109	Aug 3	CIN	@	SDP	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
108	110	Aug 4	CIN	@	SDP	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
109	111	Aug 5	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
110	112	Aug 6	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-9	GS	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	C 1B
111	113	Aug 7	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
112	115 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS	39	7.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF C
113	116	Aug 9 (2)	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-13	CG	47	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
114	117	Aug 11	CIN		NYM	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	118	Aug 12	CIN		NYM	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
116	119	Aug 13	CIN		NYM	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	C
117	120	Aug 14	CIN		PHI	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
118	121	Aug 15	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	56	14.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
119	122	Aug 16	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
120	123	Aug 17	CIN		PHI	W,9-3	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C LF
121	124	Aug 18	CIN		MON	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
122	125	Aug 19	CIN		MON	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
123	126	Aug 21	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
124	127	Aug 22	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
125	128	Aug 23 (1)	CIN	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	10	1	0	11	0	C
126	129	Aug 23 (2)	CIN	@	NYM	W,7-5	GF	9	3.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH C
127	130	Aug 25	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	47	11.1	6	2	0	8	0	C
128	131	Aug 26	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
129	132	Aug 27	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
130	133	Aug 28	CIN	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	38	9.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
131	134	Aug 29	CIN	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
132	135	Aug 30	CIN	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	136	Sep 1	CIN		SFG	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
134	137	Sep 2	CIN		SFG	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
135	138	Sep 3	CIN		SFG	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
136	139	Sep 4	CIN		SDP	L,2-15	GS	49	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	LF 1B
137	140	Sep 5	CIN		SDP	W,6-2	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF C
138	141	Sep 6	CIN		SDP	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
139	142	Sep 7 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	2	9	0	C
140	144 (1)	Sep 8	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
141	145	Sep 9	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
142	146	Sep 10	CIN	@	LAD	W,13-4	GS	27	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
143	147	Sep 11	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
144	148	Sep 12	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
145	149	Sep 13	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
146	150	Sep 15	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
147	151	Sep 16	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
148	152	Sep 18	CIN	@	ATL	W,11-6	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C LF 1B
149	153	Sep 19	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-4	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
150	154	Sep 20	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-11	GS	35	5.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
151	155	Sep 21	CIN		HOU	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
152	156	Sep 22	CIN		HOU	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
153	158 (1)	Sep 25	CIN		LAD	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
154	159	Sep 26	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
155	160	Sep 27	CIN		LAD	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
156	161	Sep 29	CIN		ATL	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
157	162	Oct 1	CIN		ATL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							176gm		1364.0	855	78	15	948	19

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1970 Fielding Game Log (as 3B)

1970 Fielding Game Log (as LF)

1970 Fielding Game Log (as CF)

1970 Fielding Game Log (as RF)

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