Johnny Bench
Johnny Lee Bench (Little General)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 208 lb.

Born: December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Anadarko (Binger, OK)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 28, 1967
Final Game: September 29, 1983
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1989 (431/447 ballots).
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1967 19 CIN NL 26 93 86 7 14 3 1 1 6 0 1 5 19 .163 .207 .256 .462 26 22 4 0 1 1 0 2
1968 20 CIN NL 154 607 564 67 155 40 2 15 82 1 5 31 96 .275 .311 .433 .743 117 244 14 2 2 8 8 *2 AS,MVP-16,RoY-1,GG
1969 21 CIN NL 148 592 532 83 156 23 1 26 90 6 6 49 86 .293 .353 .487 .840 129 259 7 4 0 7 7 *2 AS,MVP-13,GG
1970 22 CIN NL 158 671 605 97 177 35 4 45 148 5 2 54 102 .293 .345 .587 .932 141 355 12 0 1 11 9 *273/985 AS,MVP-1,GG
1971 23 CIN NL 149 613 562 80 134 19 2 27 61 2 1 49 83 .238 .299 .423 .722 107 238 20 0 0 2 7 *237/59 AS,GG
1972 24 CIN NL 147 652 538 87 145 22 2 40 125 6 6 100 84 .270 .379 .541 .920 166 291 18 2 0 12 23 *29/35 AS,MVP-1,GG
1973 25 CIN NL 152 651 557 83 141 17 3 25 104 4 1 83 83 .253 .345 .429 .774 119 239 22 0 1 10 14 *29/35 AS,MVP-10,GG
1974 26 CIN NL 160 708 621 108 174 38 2 33 129 5 4 80 90 .280 .363 .507 .870 143 315 13 3 0 4 15 *25/3 AS,MVP-4,GG
1975 27 CIN NL 142 605 530 83 150 39 1 28 110 11 0 65 108 .283 .359 .519 .878 140 275 12 2 0 8 12 *27/39 AS,MVP-4,GG
1976 28 CIN NL 135 552 465 62 109 24 1 16 74 13 2 81 95 .234 .348 .394 .741 109 183 9 2 0 4 6 *2/73 AS,GG
1977 29 CIN NL 142 560 494 67 136 34 2 31 109 2 4 58 95 .275 .348 .540 .889 133 267 10 1 0 7 8 *2/7359 AS,MVP-21,GG
1978 30 CIN NL 120 451 393 52 102 17 1 23 73 4 2 50 83 .260 .340 .483 .823 129 190 9 1 1 6 10 23/79 AS
1979 31 CIN NL 130 538 464 73 128 19 0 22 80 4 2 67 73 .276 .364 .459 .824 123 213 11 0 3 4 8 *2/3 AS,MVP-23
1980 32 CIN NL 114 407 360 52 90 12 0 24 68 4 2 41 64 .250 .327 .483 .810 123 174 9 2 0 4 2 2 AS,MVP-17
1981 33 CIN NL 52 196 178 14 55 8 0 8 25 0 2 17 21 .309 .369 .489 .858 141 87 4 0 1 0 3 3/2
1982 34 CIN NL 119 439 399 44 103 16 0 13 38 1 2 37 58 .258 .320 .396 .716 98 158 14 0 1 2 2 5/32
1983 35 CIN NL 110 334 310 32 79 15 2 12 54 0 1 24 38 .255 .308 .432 .741 101 134 13 0 0 0 1 53/27 AS
17 Seasons 2158 8669 7658 1091 2048 381 24 389 1376 68 43 891 1278 .267 .342 .476 .817 126 3644 201 19 11 90 135
162 Game Avg. 162 651 575 82 154 29 2 29 103 5 3 67 96 .267 .342 .476 .817 126 274 15 1 1 7 10
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1967 19 CIN NL 93 79 4 1.4 100 .194 .163 .271 .207 .335 .256 .398 .462 .733 26 .125 -8.9 -1.0 .338 .140 .093 .0
1968 20 CIN NL 607 438 71 4.4 86 .304 .275 .259 .311 .318 .433 .364 .743 .682 117 .592 11.3 1.3 .638 .206 .158 1.9
1969 21 CIN NL 592 396 92 6.2 99 .304 .293 .265 .353 .336 .487 .393 .840 .729 129 .676 20.3 2.1 .802 .286 .194 9.8
1970 22 CIN NL 671 454 121 7.2 107 .281 .293 .272 .345 .345 .587 .415 .932 .760 141 .688 33.0 3.2 .932 .388 .294 9.0
1971 23 CIN NL 613 451 66 4.0 88 .236 .238 .254 .299 .319 .423 .372 .722 .691 107 .485 3.2 0.3 .641 .274 .185 3.7
1972 24 CIN NL 652 429 110 6.9 87 .246 .270 .250 .379 .317 .541 .369 .920 .685 166 .726 49.7 5.1 .942 .457 .271 10.4
1973 25 CIN NL 651 450 82 4.9 92 .253 .253 .257 .345 .325 .429 .382 .774 .706 119 .562 15.7 1.6 .740 .330 .176 6.9
1974 26 CIN NL 708 468 114 6.6 94 .281 .280 .261 .363 .333 .507 .378 .870 .711 143 .688 35.6 3.6 .860 .357 .227 8.7
1975 27 CIN NL 605 400 101 6.8 98 .303 .283 .268 .359 .339 .519 .387 .878 .725 140 .697 29.0 2.9 .901 .379 .236 15.8
1976 28 CIN NL 552 371 69 5.0 93 .260 .234 .265 .348 .332 .394 .378 .741 .709 109 .592 8.1 0.8 .755 .357 .159 14.3
1977 29 CIN NL 560 379 92 6.6 105 .280 .275 .272 .348 .340 .540 .414 .889 .754 133 .654 23.0 2.2 .871 .379 .265 3.8
1978 30 CIN NL 451 309 65 5.6 95 .270 .260 .262 .340 .330 .483 .385 .823 .715 129 .633 14.8 1.5 .805 .356 .224 6.8
1979 31 CIN NL 538 356 79 6.0 100 .284 .276 .270 .364 .336 .459 .401 .824 .737 123 .635 15.9 1.6 .808 .332 .183 6.8
1980 32 CIN NL 407 285 57 5.4 96 .239 .250 .268 .327 .330 .483 .389 .810 .719 123 .609 10.2 1.0 .779 .353 .233 6.9
1981 33 CIN NL 196 130 31 6.5 93 .315 .309 .265 .369 .330 .489 .379 .858 .710 141 .695 9.0 0.9 .791 .264 .180 .0
1982 34 CIN NL 439 315 48 4.1 96 .273 .258 .268 .320 .331 .396 .389 .716 .720 98 .488 -1.7 -0.2 .622 .228 .138 1.9
1983 35 CIN NL 334 245 37 4.1 99 .258 .255 .267 .308 .336 .432 .395 .741 .731 101 .480 -1.0 -0.1 .641 .252 .177 .0
17 Seasons 8669 5955 1239 5.6 95 .273 .267 .263 .342 .331 .476 .387 .817 .718 126 .627 267.2 26.8 .782 .328 .208 115.8
162 Game Avg. 651 447 93 5.6 95 .273 .267 .263 .342 .331 .476 .387 .817 .718 126 .627 20 2 .782 .328 .208 9
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 22 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 3 12 9 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 .222 .417 .556 .972 5 1 0 0 0 2
1970 22 CIN NL WS BAL L 5 20 19 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .211 .250 .368 .618 7 0 0 0 0 0
1972 24 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 5 20 18 3 6 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 .333 .350 .667 1.017 12 0 0 0 1 0
1972 24 CIN NL WS OAK L 7 28 23 4 6 1 0 1 1 2 0 5 5 .261 .393 .435 .828 10 0 0 0 0 3
1973 25 CIN NL NLCS NYM L 5 21 19 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .263 .333 .526 .860 10 0 0 0 0 1
1975 27 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 3 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 27 CIN NL WS BOS W 7 31 29 5 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 4 .207 .258 .379 .637 11 0 0 0 0 0
1976 28 CIN NL NLCS PHI W 3 13 12 3 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 .333 .385 .667 1.051 8 1 0 0 0 0
1976 28 CIN NL WS NYY W 4 15 15 4 8 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 1 .533 .533 1.133 1.667 17 2 0 0 0 0
1979 31 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 3 14 12 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 .250 .357 .667 1.024 8 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (10 Series) 45 188 169 27 45 8 3 10 20 6 1 18 29 .266 .335 .527 .862 89 4 0 0 1 6
6 NLCS 22 94 83 11 21 4 2 5 6 4 1 10 17 .253 .330 .530 .860 44 2 0 0 1 3
4 WS 23 94 86 16 24 4 1 5 14 2 0 8 12 .279 .340 .523 .864 45 2 0 0 0 3

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 CIN NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CIN NL 21 as C 4 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 1.667 2.417 5 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CIN NL 22 as C 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CIN NL 23 as C 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 5 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CIN NL 24 as C 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0
1973 CIN NL 25 as C 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CIN NL 26 as C 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .667 .750 .667 1.417 2 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CIN NL 27 as C 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CIN NL 28 as C 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CIN NL 29 as C 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CIN NL 30 DNP
1979 CIN NL 31 DNP
1980 CIN NL 32 as C 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CIN NL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons (12 Appearances) 30 28 5 10 0 0 3 6 0 0 2 6 .357 .400 .679 1.079 19 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1967 19 CIN NL 93 1.1% 20.4% 5.4% 5.4% 36% 3.80 4.5 86.0 14.3 0.57 72%
1968 20 CIN NL 607 2.5% 15.8% 5.1% 9.4% 37% 3.10 5.9 37.6 6.9 0.77 76%
1969 21 CIN NL 592 4.4% 14.5% 8.3% 8.5% 32% 1.76 6.2 20.5 5.9 0.78 72%
1970 22 CIN NL 671 6.7% 15.2% 8.1% 12.5% 48% 1.89 5.9 13.4 4.1 0.78 70%
1971 23 CIN NL 613 4.4% 13.5% 8.0% 7.8% 36% 1.69 6.8 20.8 9.2 0.79 74%
1972 24 CIN NL 652 6.1% 12.9% 15.3% 9.8% 44% 0.84 6.4 13.5 4.3 0.90 65%
1973 25 CIN NL 651 3.8% 12.8% 12.8% 6.9% 32% 1.00 6.7 22.3 5.4 1.08 71%
1974 26 CIN NL 708 4.7% 12.7% 11.3% 10.3% 42% 1.13 6.9 18.8 4.8 0.93 71%
1975 27 CIN NL 605 4.6% 17.9% 10.7% 11.2% 45% 1.66 4.9 18.9 4.8 0.84 66%
1976 28 CIN NL 552 2.9% 17.2% 14.7% 7.4% 38% 1.17 4.9 29.1 6.3 0.75 65%
1977 29 CIN NL 560 5.5% 17.0% 10.4% 12.0% 49% 1.64 5.2 15.9 4.5 0.84 67%
1978 30 CIN NL 451 5.1% 18.4% 11.1% 9.1% 40% 1.66 4.7 17.1 5.4 0.84 65%
1979 31 CIN NL 538 4.1% 13.6% 12.5% 7.6% 32% 1.09 6.4 21.1 5.8 0.83 69%
1980 32 CIN NL 407 5.9% 15.7% 10.1% 8.9% 40% 1.56 5.6 15.0 5.3 0.81 68%
1981 33 CIN NL 196 4.1% 10.7% 8.7% 8.2% 29% 1.24 8.5 22.3 7.1 0.96 76%
1982 34 CIN NL 439 3.0% 13.2% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.57 6.9 30.7 10.5 0.92 75%
1983 35 CIN NL 334 3.6% 11.4% 7.2% 8.7% 37% 1.58 8.2 25.8 5.7 1.04 78%
17 Seasons 8669 4.5% 14.7% 10.3% 9.2% 39% 1.43 6.0 19.7 5.6 0.85 70%
MLB Averages
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1967 19 CIN NL 2 0 33% 28 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22% 5 5 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
1968 20 CIN NL 11 0 30% 211 1 5 17% 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 44% 43 29 14 8 4 4 28 11 17
1969 21 CIN NL 14 0 31% 237 6 6 50% 4 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 9 44% 30 21 9 7 1 5 18 7 10
1970 22 CIN NL 8 0 28% 200 5 2 71% 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 16 46% 23 15 8 8 3 5 15 5 8
1971 23 CIN NL 9 0 34% 205 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 8 46% 33 23 10 12 6 6 14 3 11
1972 24 CIN NL 6 1 23% 237 6 6 50% 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 7 16 38% 37 24 13 14 9 4 10 4 6
1973 25 CIN NL 4 0 29% 232 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 21 35% 46 35 10 8 7 1 17 3 14
1974 26 CIN NL 12 0 34% 239 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 22 42% 41 26 13 12 7 5 26 9 15
1975 27 CIN NL 8 1 29% 231 11 0 100% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 18 44% 30 21 9 5 4 1 20 5 14
1976 28 CIN NL 8 0 26% 199 13 2 87% 11 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 9 44% 33 20 13 6 6 0 27 9 16
1977 29 CIN NL 9 3 22% 198 2 4 33% 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 44% 26 17 9 10 7 3 9 1 8
1978 30 CIN NL 13 0 22% 154 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 9 32% 24 16 5 7 6 1 13 4 8
1979 31 CIN NL 9 0 30% 204 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 37% 36 22 13 10 7 3 17 8 7
1980 32 CIN NL 7 0 26% 142 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 29% 19 16 3 6 5 1 9 2 6
1981 33 CIN NL 0 0 9% 61 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27% 8 8 0 3 2 1 4 1 3
1982 34 CIN NL 9 0 24% 160 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 36% 25 20 5 5 2 3 9 2 6
1983 35 CIN NL 9 0 22% 107 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 36% 16 12 4 4 3 1 8 3 5
17 Seasons 138 5 27% 3045 68 43 61% 61 36 5 2 2 5 14 3 78 194 40% 475 330 138 126 80 44 247 78 156
MLB Averages
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1967 19 CIN NL 93 27% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 17 4 24% 6 2 33% 45 5 11% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0
1968 20 CIN NL 607 24% 155 4 0 0 0 1.37 15 0 13 14 1 10 5 0 2 2 100% 113 14 12% 57 25 44% 358 73 20% 37 17 46% 36 14 39% 0
1969 21 CIN NL 592 17% 156 10 2 0 1 1.18 26 1 17 22 4 16 10 0 1 0 0% 105 7 7% 50 10 20% 363 69 19% 42 21 50% 35 13 37% 0
1970 22 CIN NL 671 24% 177 5 1 0 1 2.53 45 0 17 28 17 30 15 0 1 1 100% 150 12 8% 64 23 36% 506 107 21% 54 28 52% 48 20 42% 0
1971 23 CIN NL 607 24% 134 2 0 0 0 3.05 27 0 7 21 6 14 13 0 0 0 107 20 19% 44 10 23% 367 35 10% 22 6 27% 34 11 32% 6
1972 24 CIN NL 647 31% 145 0 0 0 0 40 1 14 26 14 16 24 1 0 0 114 18 16% 75 28 37% 481 90 19% 72 32 44% 59 12 20% 6
1973 25 CIN NL 644 31% 141 1 0 0 0 1.46 25 0 20 18 6 7 17 0 1 1 100% 126 22 17% 79 27 34% 472 82 17% 66 33 50% 56 18 32% 7
1974 26 CIN NL 708 26% 174 1 0 0 0 0.04 33 2 28 27 6 17 16 0 1 0 0% 138 13 9% 60 17 28% 552 98 18% 63 25 40% 59 17 29% 0
1975 27 CIN NL 606 29% 150 5 1 0 1 1.90 28 2 24 21 7 15 13 0 0 0 132 12 9% 71 17 24% 518 88 17% 60 26 43% 63 16 25% 0
1976 28 CIN NL 552 35% 109 8 1 0 1 2.19 16 0 24 10 6 12 4 0 0 0 84 9 11% 52 10 19% 392 58 15% 53 20 38% 43 13 30% 0
1977 29 CIN NL 563 40% 136 5 0 0 0 2.54 31 2 18 20 11 16 15 0 0 0 96 10 10% 48 13 27% 381 81 21% 44 23 52% 51 20 39% 0
1978 30 CIN NL 451 41% 102 11 2 1 2 2.09 23 1 15 10 13 11 12 0 1 1 100% 76 9 12% 50 18 36% 288 57 20% 29 15 52% 40 10 25% 0
1979 31 CIN NL 538 36% 128 4 0 0 0 3.01 22 0 23 9 13 7 15 0 3 3 100% 116 11 9% 45 14 31% 409 63 15% 34 19 56% 22 5 23% 0
1980 32 CIN NL 407 32% 90 13 2 1 1 2.75 24 2 18 14 10 9 15 0 0 0 70 9 13% 44 10 23% 271 47 17% 23 11 48% 24 9 38% 0
1981 33 CIN NL 196 30% 55 8 3 1 1 1.54 8 0 5 4 4 5 3 0 1 1 100% 36 4 11% 19 7 37% 141 18 13% 9 4 44% 13 5 38% 0
1982 34 CIN NL 439 31% 103 9 1 0 0 1.80 13 0 8 10 3 5 8 0 2 1 50% 86 14 16% 43 10 23% 299 30 10% 22 6 27% 32 8 25% 0
1983 35 CIN NL 334 28% 79 34 9 2 5 2.18 12 0 8 7 5 5 7 0 0 0 49 13 27% 28 8 29% 207 46 22% 25 15 60% 26 5 19% 0
17 Seasons 8655 30% 2048 120 22 5 13 2.09 389 11 259 262 126 195 193 1 14 11 79% 1615 201 12% 835 249 30% 6050 1047 17% 656 302 46% 644 196 30% 19
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 19 26 93 86 7 14 3 1 1 6 0 1 5 19 .163 .207 .256 .462 26 22 4 0 1 1 0
1968 20 180 700 650 74 169 43 3 16 88 1 6 36 115 .260 .297 .409 .706 104 266 18 2 3 9 8
1969 21 328 1292 1182 157 325 66 4 42 178 7 12 85 201 .275 .323 .444 .767 116 525 25 6 3 16 15
1970 22 486 1963 1787 254 502 101 8 87 326 12 14 139 303 .281 .330 .492 .823 125 880 37 6 4 27 24
1971 23 635 2576 2349 334 636 120 10 114 387 14 15 188 386 .271 .323 .476 .799 121 1118 57 6 4 29 31
1972 24 782 3228 2887 421 781 142 12 154 512 20 21 288 470 .271 .334 .488 .822 129 1409 75 8 4 41 54
1973 25 934 3879 3444 504 922 159 15 179 616 24 22 371 553 .268 .336 .479 .814 128 1648 97 8 5 51 68
1974 26 1094 4587 4065 612 1096 197 17 212 745 29 26 451 643 .270 .340 .483 .823 130 1963 110 11 5 55 83
1975 27 1236 5192 4595 695 1246 236 18 240 855 40 26 516 751 .271 .342 .487 .829 131 2238 122 13 5 63 95
1976 28 1371 5744 5060 757 1355 260 19 256 929 53 28 597 846 .268 .343 .478 .821 129 2421 131 15 5 67 101
1977 29 1513 6304 5554 824 1491 294 21 287 1038 55 32 655 941 .268 .343 .484 .827 130 2688 141 16 5 74 109
1978 30 1633 6755 5947 876 1593 311 22 310 1111 59 34 705 1024 .268 .343 .484 .827 130 2878 150 17 6 80 119
1979 31 1763 7293 6411 949 1721 330 22 332 1191 63 36 772 1097 .268 .345 .482 .827 129 3091 161 17 9 84 127
1980 32 1877 7700 6771 1001 1811 342 22 356 1259 67 38 813 1161 .267 .344 .482 .826 129 3265 170 19 9 88 129
1981 33 1929 7896 6949 1015 1866 350 22 364 1284 67 40 830 1182 .269 .344 .482 .827 129 3352 174 19 10 88 132
1982 34 2048 8335 7348 1059 1969 366 22 377 1322 68 42 867 1240 .268 .343 .478 .821 127 3510 188 19 11 90 134
1983 35 2158 8669 7658 1091 2048 381 24 389 1376 68 43 891 1278 .267 .342 .476 .817 126 3644 201 19 11 90 135

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1967 19 26 91 85 8 13 3 1 1 7 0 5 19 .153 .198 .247 .445 4 26
1968 20 153 616 573 81 167 43 2 16 99 1 33 95 .291 .328 .457 .785 86 154
1969 21 148 597 536 86 160 24 1 27 93 6 50 86 .299 .358 .498 .857 95 148
1970 22 158 658 596 91 168 33 4 43 139 5 51 102 .282 .333 .567 .900 114 158
1971 23 149 624 570 95 142 20 2 29 73 2 52 83 .249 .311 .444 .755 79 149
1972 24 154 710 579 109 168 25 2 46 157 7 116 88 .290 .403 .579 .981 138 147
1973 25 152 663 565 93 149 18 3 26 117 4 88 83 .264 .357 .444 .802 92 152
1974 26 160 720 629 116 182 40 2 35 139 5 84 90 .289 .374 .526 .900 123 160
1975 27 142 614 536 87 156 41 1 29 115 11 68 108 .291 .368 .534 .902 106 142
1976 28 135 573 477 68 121 27 1 18 81 14 90 95 .254 .372 .428 .799 76 135
1977 29 142 556 491 66 133 33 2 30 108 2 57 95 .271 .344 .530 .873 91 142
1978 30 120 459 399 58 108 18 1 24 81 4 53 83 .271 .353 .501 .854 72 120
1979 31 130 541 468 76 132 20 0 23 83 4 69 73 .282 .372 .472 .844 82 130
1980 32 114 413 364 56 94 13 0 25 73 4 43 64 .258 .337 .500 .837 61 114
1981 33 79 299 272 23 86 13 0 13 42 0 27 32 .316 .378 .507 .885 51 52
1982 34 119 438 399 47 103 16 0 13 41 1 37 58 .258 .320 .396 .716 51 119
1983 35 110 330 307 33 76 14 2 12 56 0 23 38 .248 .300 .423 .723 39 110
17 Seasons 2191 8902 7846 1193 2158 401 24 410 1504 70 946 1292 .275 .351 .489 .840 1360 2158
162 Game Avg. 162 658 580 88 160 30 2 30 111 5 70 96 .275 .351 .489 .840 101 2158
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1968 *
1969 (C)
1970 (C)
1971 (C)
1972 (C)
1973 (C)
1974 (C)
1975 (C)
1976 (C)
1977 (C)
1978
1979
1980 (C)
1983 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1968-NL-Rookie of the Year
1970-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1970-NL-MVP
1972-NL-MVP
1975-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1976-NL-Babe Ruth Award
1976-ML-WS MVP
1981-ML-Hutch Award

Gold Gloves
1968-NL-C
1969-NL-C
1970-NL-C
1971-NL-C
1972-NL-C
1973-NL-C
1974-NL-C
1975-NL-C
1976-NL-C
1977-NL-C
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1968-NL-16-4%
1969-NL-13-4%
1970-NL-1-97%
1972-NL-1-78%
1973-NL-10-12%
1974-NL-4-42%
1975-NL-4-35%
1977-NL-21-1%
1979-NL-23-2%
1980-NL-17-2%
2 MVPs
2.77 Career Shares (41st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1972 NL--.379--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1970 NL--.587--3rd
1972 NL--.541--3rd
1974 NL--.507--4th
1975 NL--.519--4th
1977 NL--.540--5th
Career--.476--198th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1970 NL--.932--9th
1972 NL--.920--4th
1974 NL--.870--7th
1975 NL--.878--9th
1977 NL--.889--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1970 NL--158--8th
1974 NL--160--5th
Career--2158--143rd

At Bats s c a p y
1970 NL--605--10th
1974 NL--621--7th
Career--7658--165th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1972 NL--652--10th
1974 NL--708--6th
Career--8669--166th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1972 NL--87--10th
1974 NL--108--2nd
Career--1091--240th

Hits s c a p y
Career--2048--236th

Total Bases s c a p y
1970 NL--355--2nd
1972 NL--291--3rd
1974 NL--315--1st
1975 NL--275--8th
Career--3644--122nd

Doubles s c a p y
1968 NL--40--3rd
1970 NL--35--6th
1974 NL--38--2nd
1975 NL--39--3rd
Career--381--195th

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 NL--45--1st
1971 NL--27--9th
1972 NL--40--1st
1974 NL--33--2nd
1975 NL--28--4th
1977 NL--31--7th
1980 NL--24--10th
Career--389--51st

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1968 NL--82--9th
1970 NL--148--1st
1972 NL--125--1st
1973 NL--104--3rd
1974 NL--129--1st
1975 NL--110--2nd
1977 NL--109--7th
Career--1376--73rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 NL--100--3rd
1976 NL--81--8th
Career--891--165th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1975 NL--108--8th
1976 NL--95--10th
Career--1278--109th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1970 NL--141--10th
1972 NL--166--2nd
1974 NL--143--7th
1975 NL--140--9th
Career--126--215th

Runs Created s c a p y
1970 NL--121--7th
1972 NL--110--4th
1974 NL--114--4th
1975 NL--101--8th
Career--1239--163rd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1972 NL--50--2nd
1974 NL--36--6th
Career--267--150th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1972 NL--5.1--2nd
1974 NL--3.6--6th
Career--26.8--148th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1968 NL--57--7th
1970 NL--84--1st
1972 NL--64--4th
1974 NL--73--1st
1975 NL--68--4th
1977 NL--67--5th
Career--794--98th

Times On Base s c a p y
1972 NL--247--5th
1974 NL--257--7th
Career--2958--199th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1972 NL--.726--9th
1974 NL--.688--8th
1975 NL--.697--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 NL--8--2nd
1969 NL--7--6th
1970 NL--11--1st
1972 NL--12--1st
1973 NL--10--1st
1975 NL--8--6th
Career--90--53rd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 NL--23--1st
1973 NL--14--8th
1974 NL--15--4th
1975 NL--12--8th
Career--135--57th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1971 NL--20--5th
1972 NL--18--3rd
1973 NL--22--5th
Career--201--85th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1975 NL--15.8--5th

AB per HR s c a p y
1970 NL--13.444--2nd
1971 NL--20.815--9th
1972 NL--13.450--2nd
1974 NL--18.818--4th
1975 NL--18.929--4th
1977 NL--15.935--6th
1978 NL--17.087--6th**
1980 NL--15.000--5th**
Career--19.686--105th

Outs Made s c a p y
1974 NL--468--9th
Career--5955--138th

Youngest s c a p y
1967 NL--born 1947-12-07--2nd
1968 NL--born 1947-12-07--9th

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 20 (76), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 78 (214), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 214 (32), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 39 (159), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Yogi Berra (906) *
  2. Gary Carter (899) *
  3. Carlton Fisk (887) *
  4. Dale Murphy (871)
  5. Ron Santo (868)
  6. Matt Williams (867)
  7. Mike Piazza (849)
  8. Miguel Tejada (844)
  9. Andruw Jones (833)
  10. Joe Carter (829)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Lew Brown (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Mazeroski (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Cal Ripken (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bobby Doerr (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Cal Ripken (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Cal Ripken (918) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cal Ripken (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cal Ripken (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Cal Ripken (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Cal Ripken (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Cal Ripken (899) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Cal Ripken (885) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ron Santo (870)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Gary Carter (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Dale Murphy (883)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Ernie Banks (877) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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