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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 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,5-4	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 6	CIN		ATL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 8	CIN		CHC	W,7-3	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 9	CIN		CHC	W,8-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 10	CIN		CHC	W,7-2	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 11	CIN		CHC	W,5-1	GS	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	7	Apr 12	CIN	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 13	CIN	@	ATL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 15	CIN	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
11	11	Apr 17 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
12	13 (1)	Apr 19	CIN	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
13	14	Apr 20	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-4	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	15	Apr 21	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
15	16	Apr 22	CIN		MON	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
16	17	Apr 24	CIN		MON	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
17	18	Apr 26	CIN		NYM	W,7-0	GS	23	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
18	19	Apr 27	CIN		NYM	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
19	20	Apr 29	CIN	@	MON	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	21	Apr 30	CIN	@	MON	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 1 (1)	CIN	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
22	24 (1)	May 2	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
23	25	May 3	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-13	GS	38	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
24	26	May 4	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-9	GS	30	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
25	27	May 6	CIN	@	NYM	L,4-7	GS	23	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
26	28	May 7	CIN	@	NYM	W,7-5	GS	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
27	29	May 8	CIN	@	NYM	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	30	May 10	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
29	31	May 11	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	32	May 12	CIN		SFG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
31	33	May 13	CIN		SFG	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
32	34	May 14	CIN		SFG	L,7-8	GS	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B 1B
33	35	May 15	CIN		SFG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
34	36	May 17	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
35	37	May 18	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
36	38	May 20	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
37	39	May 21	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
38	40	May 22	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
39	41	May 23	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
40	42	May 24	CIN		STL	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
41	43	May 25	CIN		STL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
42	44	May 26	CIN		PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
43	45	May 27	CIN		PIT	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
44	49 (3)	May 31	CIN	@	STL	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	50	Jun 1	CIN	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	3B
46	51	Jun 3	CIN		HOU	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	52	Jun 4	CIN		HOU	L,0-13	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	54 (1)	Jun 7	CIN		SDP	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
49	55	Jun 8	CIN		SDP	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
50	56	Jun 9	CIN		SDP	W,8-1	GF	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
51	57	Jun 10	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
52	58	Jun 11	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
53	60 (1)	Jun 13	CIN		LAD	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
54	62 (1)	Jun 15	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	14	0	1	15	4	1B
55	63	Jun 16	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	1B
56	65 (1)	Jun 18	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
57	66	Jun 19	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
58	69 (2)	Jun 22	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
59	71 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	CIN		ATL	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
60	72	Jun 25	CIN		ATL	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
61	73	Jun 26	CIN		ATL	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
62	74	Jun 27	CIN		ATL	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
63	75	Jun 28	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	83 (7)	Jul 9	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
65	99 (15)	Jul 25 (2)	CIN		MON	L,1-8	GS	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B 1B
66	104 (4)	Jul 31	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	106 (1)	Aug 2	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
68	107	Aug 3	CIN	@	LAD	L,4-7	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
69	110 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-11	GS	31	7.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
70	118 (7)	Aug 14	CIN		SDP	L,9-10	GS	5	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
71	122 (3)	Aug 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
72	125 (2)	Aug 21	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS	32	7.1	6	0	0	6	0	1B 3B
73	128 (2)	Aug 24	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
74	129	Aug 26	CIN		STL	W,7-3	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
75	132 (2)	Aug 29	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
76	134 (1)	Aug 31	CIN		CHC	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	148 (13)	Sep 17	CIN		HOU	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							80gm		594.0	292	74	10	376	26