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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 9	CIN		SDP	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
2	4	Apr 10	CIN		SDP	L,4-12	GS	32	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
3	5	Apr 11	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	6	Apr 12	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
5	7	Apr 13	CIN	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	8	Apr 15	CIN	@	SDP	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
7	9	Apr 16	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
8	10	Apr 17	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
9	11	Apr 18	CIN		LAD	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	12	Apr 20	CIN		LAD	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
11	13	Apr 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
12	15 (1)	Apr 25	CIN	@	ATL	W,23-9	GS	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C 3B
13	16	Apr 26	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-1	GS	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
14	17	Apr 27	CIN	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	18	Apr 29	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
16	19	Apr 30	CIN		CHC	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	20	May 1	CIN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
18	21	May 2	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	22	May 4	CIN		STL	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	C
20	23	May 6	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	24	May 7	CIN	@	PIT	L,10-12	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	25	May 8	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
23	26	May 9	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
24	27	May 10	CIN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
25	28	May 11	CIN	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
26	33 (4)	May 17	CIN		PIT	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
27	35 (1)	May 20	CIN		NYM	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
28	36	May 21	CIN		NYM	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
29	37	May 22 (1)	CIN		NYM	W,8-1	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	LF 1B
30	38	May 22 (2)	CIN		NYM	L,3-4	GF	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
31	39	May 25	CIN	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
32	40	May 26	CIN	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
33	41	May 27	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
34	42	May 28	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
35	43	May 29	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	44	May 30	CIN		ATL	W,7-3	GS	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
37	45	May 31	CIN		ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	46	Jun 1	CIN		ATL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	47	Jun 2	CIN		HOU	L,4-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
40	48	Jun 3	CIN		HOU	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
41	49	Jun 4	CIN		HOU	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	50	Jun 5	CIN		HOU	W,14-4	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	51	Jun 7	CIN	@	NYM	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
44	52	Jun 8	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	53	Jun 10	CIN		MON	W,13-1	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	54	Jun 11	CIN		MON	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	55	Jun 12 (1)	CIN		MON	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	57 (1)	Jun 13	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
49	58	Jun 14	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
50	59	Jun 15	CIN		PHI	W,8-7	GS	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
51	61 (1)	Jun 18	CIN	@	MON	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	62	Jun 19	CIN	@	MON	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	63	Jun 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
54	64	Jun 21	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-5	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	65	Jun 22	CIN	@	PHI	L,9-15	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	66	Jun 24	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
57	67	Jun 25	CIN		LAD	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	68	Jun 26 (1)	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	70 (1)	Jun 27	CIN		SFG	L,9-14	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
60	71	Jun 28	CIN		SFG	W,11-4	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
61	72	Jun 29	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
62	73	Jun 30	CIN		SFG	W,11-5	GF	6	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	74	Jul 1	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
64	76 (1)	Jul 3	CIN	@	SDP	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
65	77	Jul 4	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
66	78	Jul 5	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-3	GS	29	6.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
67	79	Jul 6	CIN	@	ATL	W,15-13	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	80	Jul 8	CIN	@	HOU	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
69	81	Jul 9	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	82	Jul 10	CIN	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
71	84 (1)	Jul 12	CIN		ATL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	85	Jul 13	CIN		ATL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	86	Jul 14	CIN		ATL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	87	Jul 15	CIN		HOU	W,8-3	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
75	88	Jul 16	CIN		HOU	L,0-8	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	89	Jul 17	CIN		HOU	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	90	Jul 21	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	91	Jul 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	49	11.2	4	1	0	5	1	C
79	92	Jul 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	93	Jul 24	CIN	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
81	94	Jul 25	CIN	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
82	95	Jul 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	96	Jul 27 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
84	98 (1)	Jul 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,15-16	CG	70	12.2	14	0	0	14	0	C
85	99	Jul 29 (1)	CIN		STL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	101 (1)	Jul 30	CIN		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
87	102	Jul 31	CIN		STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	103	Aug 1	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
89	104	Aug 2	CIN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
90	105	Aug 3	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
91	106	Aug 5 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,1-12	GS	26	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	107	Aug 5 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
93	108	Aug 6	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
94	109	Aug 7	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
95	110	Aug 8	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
96	111	Aug 9	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	112	Aug 10	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
98	113	Aug 11	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
99	114	Aug 12	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
100	115	Aug 13	CIN	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
101	116	Aug 14 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
102	118 (1)	Aug 15	CIN		SDP	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	119	Aug 16	CIN		SDP	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
104	120	Aug 17	CIN		SDP	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
105	121	Aug 19 (1)	CIN	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
106	123 (1)	Aug 20	CIN	@	NYM	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
107	124	Aug 21	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
108	125	Aug 22	CIN		MON	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	126	Aug 23	CIN		MON	L,2-4	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
110	127	Aug 24	CIN		NYM	W,11-4	GS	26	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	C 1B
111	128	Aug 25	CIN		NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
112	129	Aug 26	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
113	130	Aug 27	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	131	Aug 28	CIN		PHI	W,9-0	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	132	Aug 29	CIN	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
116	133	Aug 30	CIN	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	135 (1)	Sep 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
118	136	Sep 3	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	137	Sep 4	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
120	138	Sep 5	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
121	139	Sep 6	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	4	1	2	7	0	C
122	140	Sep 7	CIN		SFG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
123	141	Sep 8	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
124	142	Sep 9	CIN		LAD	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
125	143	Sep 10	CIN		LAD	W,7-4	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
126	144	Sep 11	CIN		LAD	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
127	147 (2)	Sep 14	CIN	@	LAD	W,9-8	CG	49	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
128	148	Sep 15	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
129	149	Sep 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
130	150	Sep 17	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-6	GF	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF C
131	151	Sep 18	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
132	152	Sep 20	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
133	153	Sep 21	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B C
134	154	Sep 22	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
135	155	Sep 23	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-1	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF C
136	156	Sep 24	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-7	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
137	157	Sep 25	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
138	158	Sep 27	CIN		SDP	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
139	159	Sep 28	CIN		SDP	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
140	160	Sep 30	CIN		ATL	W,7-1	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
141	161	Oct 1	CIN		ATL	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
142	162	Oct 2	CIN		ATL	L,3-6	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							148gm		1143.1	735	69	12	816	13