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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	CIN		ATL	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	CIN		ATL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 7	CIN		ATL	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
4	4	Apr 8	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 9	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
6	6	Apr 10	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	7	Apr 12	CIN	@	ATL	W,14-2	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C 3B
8	8	Apr 13	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	9	Apr 16	CIN		LAD	L,3-5	CG	46	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
10	10	Apr 17	CIN		LAD	L,1-14	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	11	Apr 19	CIN		SDP	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	12	Apr 20	CIN		SDP	W,11-0	GS	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C 3B 1B
13	13	Apr 21 (1)	CIN		SDP	W,10-1	GS	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C 3B
14	15 (1)	Apr 23	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
15	16	Apr 24	CIN		CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	17	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	18	Apr 27	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	19	Apr 28	CIN	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	21	May 3	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	22	May 4	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	10.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	23	May 5	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
23	24	May 7	CIN		STL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
24	25	May 8	CIN		STL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
25	26	May 10	CIN		HOU	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
26	27	May 11	CIN		HOU	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
27	28	May 12 (1)	CIN		HOU	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	29	May 12 (2)	CIN		HOU	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
29	30	May 13	CIN		SFG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
30	31	May 14	CIN		SFG	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
31	32	May 15	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	33	May 17	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	34	May 18	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
34	35	May 19	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-1	GS	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B C
35	36	May 20	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
36	37	May 21	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
37	38	May 22	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	39	May 23	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	60	12.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	40	May 24	CIN	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	41	May 25	CIN	@	SDP	W,12-4	GS	22	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
41	42	May 26	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
42	43	May 27	CIN		NYM	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	44	May 28	CIN		NYM	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	45	May 29	CIN		NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	46	May 31	CIN		PIT	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	47	Jun 1	CIN		PIT	L,1-14	GS	32	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
47	49 (1)	Jun 3	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
48	50	Jun 4	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	40	10.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
49	51	Jun 6	CIN	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
50	52	Jun 7	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
51	53	Jun 8	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
52	54	Jun 9	CIN	@	PHI	W,14-7	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
53	55	Jun 10	CIN	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	56	Jun 11	CIN	@	MON	L,6-16	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	57	Jun 12	CIN	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
56	58	Jun 14	CIN		PHI	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
57	59	Jun 15	CIN		PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	60	Jun 16	CIN		PHI	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	61	Jun 17	CIN		MON	W,12-3	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	62	Jun 18	CIN		MON	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
61	63	Jun 19	CIN		MON	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
62	64	Jun 21	CIN		ATL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	65	Jun 22	CIN		ATL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	66	Jun 23 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
65	67	Jun 23 (2)	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	GS	42	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B C
66	68	Jun 24	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-6	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B C
67	69	Jun 25	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	70	Jun 26	CIN	@	HOU	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	71	Jun 27	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	72	Jun 28 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
71	74 (1)	Jun 29	CIN	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	75	Jun 30	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	76	Jul 2	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
74	77	Jul 3 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
75	78	Jul 3 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	79	Jul 4	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
77	80	Jul 5	CIN		STL	L,2-3	GS	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
78	81	Jul 6	CIN		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
79	82	Jul 7 (1)	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
80	83	Jul 7 (2)	CIN		STL	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
81	84	Jul 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
82	85	Jul 10	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
83	86	Jul 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS	39	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B C
84	87	Jul 12 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
85	88	Jul 12 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C 3B
86	89	Jul 13	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	90	Jul 14 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
88	91	Jul 14 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B C
89	92	Jul 15	CIN	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
90	93	Jul 16	CIN	@	STL	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	94	Jul 17	CIN	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	47	12.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
92	95	Jul 18	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	C
93	96	Jul 19	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
94	97	Jul 20	CIN		CHC	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
95	98	Jul 21	CIN		CHC	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
96	99	Jul 25 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,14-13	CG	51	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
97	100	Jul 25 (2)	CIN		SFG	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	101	Jul 26	CIN		SFG	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	102	Jul 27	CIN		SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
100	103	Jul 28	CIN		SDP	W,14-1	GS	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C 3B
101	104	Jul 29	CIN		SDP	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
102	105	Jul 30	CIN		HOU	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
103	106	Jul 31	CIN		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	107	Aug 1	CIN	@	SFG	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
105	108	Aug 2	CIN	@	SFG	W,9-4	GS	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C 3B
106	109	Aug 4 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
107	110	Aug 4 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-1	GS	21	6.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
108	111	Aug 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
109	112	Aug 6	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
110	113	Aug 7	CIN	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
111	114	Aug 9	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
112	115	Aug 10	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
113	116	Aug 11	CIN	@	NYM	W,10-4	GS	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C 1B
114	117	Aug 12	CIN		PIT	L,4-7	GS	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B C
115	118	Aug 13	CIN		PIT	L,3-14	GS	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
116	119	Aug 14	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
117	120	Aug 16	CIN		NYM	L,1-2	GS	50	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B 1B C
118	121	Aug 17	CIN		NYM	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
119	122	Aug 18	CIN		NYM	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
120	123	Aug 19	CIN		PHI	W,15-2	GS	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C 1B
121	124	Aug 20	CIN		PHI	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
122	125	Aug 21	CIN		PHI	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
123	126	Aug 23	CIN	@	MON	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
124	127	Aug 24	CIN	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	C
125	128	Aug 25	CIN	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
126	129	Aug 26	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
127	130	Aug 27	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
128	131	Aug 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B C
129	132	Aug 30	CIN		MON	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
130	133	Aug 31	CIN		MON	W,10-3	GS	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	134	Sep 1	CIN		MON	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
132	135	Sep 2	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
133	136	Sep 3	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
134	137	Sep 4	CIN	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
135	138	Sep 6	CIN		LAD	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
136	139	Sep 7	CIN		LAD	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
137	140	Sep 8	CIN		LAD	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
138	141	Sep 9	CIN		SDP	W,8-3	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
139	142	Sep 10	CIN		SDP	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
140	143	Sep 11	CIN		ATL	T,1-1	CG	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
141	144	Sep 12 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
142	145	Sep 12 (2)	CIN		ATL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
143	146	Sep 13	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
144	147	Sep 14	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
145	148	Sep 15	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
146	149	Sep 16	CIN	@	SDP	W,9-2	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
147	150	Sep 17	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
148	151	Sep 18	CIN	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
149	152	Sep 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
150	153	Sep 20	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
151	154	Sep 21	CIN	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	41	9.2	10	0	0	10	0	C
152	155	Sep 22	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
153	156	Sep 24	CIN		HOU	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
154	157	Sep 25	CIN		HOU	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
155	158	Sep 26	CIN		HOU	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
156	159	Sep 27	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
157	160	Sep 28	CIN		SFG	W,13-6	GS	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
158	161	Sep 29	CIN		SFG	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
159	162	Oct 1	CIN	@	ATL	L,1-7	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							178gm		1409.1	794	123	9	926	18