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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CIN		SFG	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	CIN		SFG	L,5-7	CG	49	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	CIN		SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 9	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	6	Apr 12	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
7	7	Apr 13	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 14	CIN	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	9	Apr 15 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	W,11-0	GS	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	10	Apr 15 (2)	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-3	GS	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B C
11	11	Apr 16	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	12	Apr 17	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	13	Apr 18	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	14	Apr 20	CIN		ATL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	15	Apr 21	CIN		ATL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	16	Apr 22	CIN		ATL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	17	Apr 24	CIN		MON	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	18	Apr 25	CIN		MON	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	19	Apr 27	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	20	Apr 28	CIN		PHI	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
21	21	Apr 29	CIN		PHI	W,8-0	GS	24	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 2	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	23	May 3	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
24	24	May 4	CIN	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	25	May 5	CIN	@	MON	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	26	May 6	CIN	@	MON	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	27	May 7	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	61	13.2	12	0	0	12	0	C
28	28	May 8	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	29	May 9	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	30	May 11	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
31	31	May 12	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
32	32	May 13	CIN	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
33	33	May 15	CIN		LAD	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	34	May 16	CIN		LAD	L,6-8	CG	52	11.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
35	35	May 17	CIN		LAD	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	36	May 18	CIN		SDP	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	37	May 19	CIN		SDP	W,10-4	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	38	May 20 (1)	CIN		SDP	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
39	39	May 20 (2)	CIN		SDP	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF C
40	40	May 22	CIN		HOU	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	41	May 23	CIN		HOU	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	42	May 25	CIN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	43	May 26	CIN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
44	44	May 27	CIN		CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
45	45	May 28	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	46	May 29	CIN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
47	47	May 30	CIN	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	48	May 31	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	49	Jun 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	50	Jun 2	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
51	51	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	52	Jun 4	CIN		NYM	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	53	Jun 5	CIN		NYM	W,6-5	GS	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF C
54	54	Jun 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	55	Jun 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
56	56	Jun 10	CIN	@	CHC	L,7-9	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	57	Jun 11	CIN		STL	L,4-12	GS	27	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
58	58	Jun 12	CIN		STL	L,5-11	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	59	Jun 13	CIN		STL	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	60	Jun 15	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
61	61	Jun 16	CIN		PIT	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	62	Jun 17 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
63	63	Jun 17 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	64	Jun 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	65	Jun 20	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-5	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF C
66	66	Jun 21	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
67	67	Jun 22	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	38	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	68	Jun 23 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	69	Jun 23 (2)	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	70	Jun 24	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
71	75 (4)	Jun 29	CIN		SDP	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
72	76	Jun 30	CIN		LAD	L,7-8	CG	60	13.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	78 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
74	79	Jul 2	CIN		LAD	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	80	Jul 3	CIN		SFG	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
76	81	Jul 4	CIN		SFG	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
77	82	Jul 5	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	83	Jul 6	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-2	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	84	Jul 7	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	85	Jul 8	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
81	86	Jul 9	CIN	@	MON	W,11-6	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	87	Jul 10	CIN	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
83	88	Jul 11	CIN	@	MON	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	RF C
84	89	Jul 13 (1)	CIN		NYM	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	91 (1)	Jul 14	CIN		NYM	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
86	92	Jul 15	CIN		NYM	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
87	93	Jul 16	CIN		PHI	W,1-0	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF C
88	94	Jul 17	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	95	Jul 18	CIN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
90	96	Jul 19	CIN		MON	W,3-2	GS	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B C
91	97	Jul 20	CIN		MON	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	98	Jul 21	CIN		MON	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
93	99	Jul 22	CIN		MON	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
94	100	Jul 26 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
95	101	Jul 26 (2)	CIN		ATL	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
96	102	Jul 27	CIN		ATL	W,12-2	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
97	103	Jul 28	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
98	104	Jul 29 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
99	105	Jul 29 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
100	106	Jul 31 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
101	107	Jul 31 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	W,13-11	GS	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	108	Aug 1	CIN	@	ATL	L,6-14	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
103	109	Aug 2	CIN	@	ATL	W,17-2	GS	21	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C RF
104	110	Aug 3 (1)	CIN		HOU	L,0-1	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	111	Aug 3 (2)	CIN		HOU	W,11-5	GS	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	RF 1B
106	112	Aug 4	CIN		HOU	W,7-6	GS	47	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF C
107	113	Aug 5	CIN		HOU	W,7-1	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	114	Aug 6	CIN		HOU	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
109	115	Aug 7	CIN		CHC	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
110	116	Aug 8	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
111	117	Aug 10	CIN	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
112	118	Aug 11	CIN	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
113	119	Aug 12	CIN	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
114	120	Aug 13	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
115	121	Aug 14	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
116	122	Aug 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
117	123	Aug 17	CIN	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS	36	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF C
118	124	Aug 18	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-12	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
119	125	Aug 19	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
120	126	Aug 20	CIN	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	61	16.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
121	127	Aug 21	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
122	128	Aug 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
123	129	Aug 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
124	130	Aug 24	CIN		STL	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
125	131	Aug 25	CIN		STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
126	132	Aug 26	CIN		STL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
127	133	Aug 28	CIN		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
128	134	Aug 29	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
129	135	Aug 31	CIN	@	SDP	W,10-4	GS	16	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	136	Sep 1	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
131	137	Sep 2	CIN	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
132	138	Sep 3	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
133	139	Sep 4	CIN	@	HOU	W,12-7	CG	45	10.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
134	140	Sep 5	CIN	@	HOU	W,9-3	GS	41	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
135	141	Sep 7	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
136	142	Sep 8	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
137	144 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
138	145	Sep 11	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
139	146	Sep 12	CIN		LAD	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
140	147	Sep 14	CIN		ATL	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
141	148	Sep 15	CIN		ATL	W,3-2	GS	27	6.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
142	149	Sep 16	CIN		ATL	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
143	150	Sep 17	CIN		HOU	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
144	151	Sep 18	CIN		HOU	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
145	152	Sep 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-1	GS	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
146	156 (3)	Sep 23	CIN	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
147	157	Sep 24	CIN		SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
148	160 (2)	Sep 28	CIN		SFG	L,3-5	CG	56	14.0	11	2	0	13	1	C
149	161	Sep 29	CIN		SFG	W,13-6	GS	25	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
150	162	Sep 30	CIN		SFG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							162gm		1328.2	755	63	6	824	10