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Johnny Bench
Johnny Lee Bench (Little General)

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 Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1967	CIN	NL	19	C	26	26	233.0	192	175	16	1	0	.995	0.0	0.0						0	7.38	7.35	.990	6.89	5.85	2	12	5	5	50%
1968	CIN	NL	20	C	154	139	1301.0	1053	942	102	9	10	.991	1.0	0.9						1	7.22	6.78	.990	6.87	6.12	18	55	49	44	47%	AS,MVP-16,RoY-1,GG
1969	CIN	NL	21	C	147	135	1249.0	876	793	76	7	10	.992	4.0	3.8						4	6.26	5.91	.989	7.06	6.25	14	63	30	40	57%	AS,MVP-13,GG
1970	CIN	NL	22	C	139	130	1158.0	840	755	73	12	12	.986	12.0	12.4						12	6.44	5.96	.987	6.85	5.94	9	32	32	30	48%	AS,MVP-1,GG
1970	CIN	NL	22	OF	24	17	151.0	27	24	1	2	0	.926	-1.9	-15.1	-2.9	-1.5	-1.3	1			1.49	1.04	.978	2.07	1.78						AS,MVP-1,GG
1970	CIN	NL	22	LF	15	8	78.0	16	14	1	1	0	.938	0.2	3.1	-0.8	-0.2	-0.6	1			1.73	1.00	.975	1.75	1.38						AS,MVP-1,GG
1970	CIN	NL	22	1B	12	5	54.0	79	74	4	1	7	.987	-0.5	-11.1	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1		0		13.00	6.50	.992	9.68	8.37						AS,MVP-1,GG
1970	CIN	NL	22	RF	7	7	58.0	9	8	0	1	0	.889	-2.3	-47.6	-2.3	-1.3	-1.0	0			1.24	1.14	.978	2.00	1.69						AS,MVP-1,GG
1970	CIN	NL	22	CF	2	2	15.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	16.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0			1.80	1.50	.967	2.34	2.05						AS,MVP-1,GG
1970	CIN	NL	22	3B	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-120.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0		0		9.00	1.00	.900	2.70	2.60						AS,MVP-1,GG
1971	CIN	NL	23	C	141	133	1169.2	755	687	59	9	9	.988	8.0	8.2						8	5.74	5.29	.988	6.34	5.63	6	29	37	26	41%	AS,GG
1971	CIN	NL	23	1B	12	1	33.0	36	34	1	1	7	.972	-1.3	-47.3	-1.3	-1.2	-0.1		0		9.55	2.92	.992	9.87	8.58						AS,GG
1971	CIN	NL	23	OF	12	10	79.0	13	12	1	0	0	1.000	-1.2	-18.2	-2.2	-1.6	-0.6	1			1.48	1.08	.977	2.19	1.92						AS,GG
1971	CIN	NL	23	LF	10	8	63.0	10	9	1	0	0	1.000	-0.5	-9.5	-1.5	-0.9	-0.6	1			1.43	1.00	.970	1.87	1.53						AS,GG
1971	CIN	NL	23	3B	3	3	19.0	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.1	69.5	1.1	0.0	1.1		0		3.79	2.67	.950	2.79	2.33						AS,GG
1971	CIN	NL	23	RF	3	2	16.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.7	-52.5	-0.7	-0.7	0.0	0			1.12	0.67	1.000	2.08	1.80						AS,GG
1972	CIN	NL	24	C	129	124	1139.2	797	735	56	6	9	.992	12.0	12.6						12	6.25	6.13	.987	6.61	5.87	2	33	24	31	56%	AS,MVP-1,GG
1972	CIN	NL	24	OF	17	17	138.0	32	30	0	2	0	.938	0.9	7.8	1.9	0.5	1.5	-1			1.96	1.76	.978	2.18	1.96						AS,MVP-1,GG
1972	CIN	NL	24	RF	17	17	138.0	32	30	0	2	0	.938	0.9	7.8	1.9	0.5	1.5	-1			1.96	1.76	.981	2.03	1.74						AS,MVP-1,GG
1972	CIN	NL	24	1B	7	2	28.0	25	24	0	1	1	.960	0.4	17.1	0.4	0.6	-0.1		0		7.71	3.43	.992	9.74	8.41						AS,MVP-1,GG
1972	CIN	NL	24	3B	4	4	33.0	10	2	7	1	0	.900	-0.1	-3.6	-0.1	-0.1	0.0		0		2.45	2.25	.950	2.86	2.55						AS,MVP-1,GG
1973	CIN	NL	25	C	134	124	1115.0	758	693	61	4	7	.995	9.0	9.7						9	6.09	5.63	.987	6.34	5.58	8	23	28	27	49%	AS,MVP-10,GG
1973	CIN	NL	25	OF	23	22	181.0	37	35	0	2	0	.946	-1.4	-9.3	-1.4	-1.5	0.1	0			1.74	1.52	.978	2.23	1.96						AS,MVP-10,GG
1973	CIN	NL	25	RF	23	22	181.0	35	33	0	2	0	.943	-1.4	-9.3	-1.4	-1.5	0.1	0			1.64	1.43	.974	2.01	1.77						AS,MVP-10,GG
1973	CIN	NL	25	1B	4	3	26.0	29	29	0	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.1		0		10.04	7.25	.993	9.83	8.40						AS,MVP-10,GG
1973	CIN	NL	25	3B	1	1	7.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0		2.57	2.00	.950	2.83	2.50						AS,MVP-10,GG
1974	CIN	NL	26	C	137	129	1133.1	831	757	68	6	16	.993	10.0	10.6						10	6.55	6.02	.985	6.12	5.37	3	40	37	35	49%	AS,MVP-4,GG
1974	CIN	NL	26	3B	36	30	263.0	80	22	55	3	2	.963	-0.9	-4.1	0.1	-2.8	2.9		-1		2.63	2.14	.948	3.04	2.64						AS,MVP-4,GG
1974	CIN	NL	26	1B	5	0	13.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	0.6	55.4	0.6	0.7	-0.2		0		10.38	3.00	.993	9.97	8.34						AS,MVP-4,GG
1975	CIN	NL	27	C	121	115	1002.2	626	568	51	7	9	.989	10.0	12.0						10	5.56	5.12	.985	6.03	5.24	0	29	32	27	46%	AS,MVP-4,GG
1975	CIN	NL	27	OF	19	18	153.0	34	33	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0			2.00	1.79	.976	2.29	2.01						AS,MVP-4,GG
1975	CIN	NL	27	LF	16	15	129.0	28	28	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	1.9	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0			1.95	1.75	.971	2.10	1.71						AS,MVP-4,GG
1975	CIN	NL	27	1B	9	3	37.1	46	45	0	1	2	.978	-0.5	-16.1	-0.5	-0.6	0.1		0		10.85	5.00	.989	9.96	8.52						AS,MVP-4,GG
1975	CIN	NL	27	RF	3	3	24.0	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	-0.2	-10.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0			2.25	2.00	.967	2.06	1.73						AS,MVP-4,GG
1976	CIN	NL	28	C	128	120	1071.0	713	651	60	2	11	.997	12.0	13.4						12	5.97	5.55	.986	5.96	5.16	5	27	57	42	42%	AS,GG
1976	CIN	NL	28	LF	5	3	28.0	6	4	0	2	0	.667	-1.7	-72.9	-0.7	-0.4	-0.3	-1			1.29	0.80	.983	2.02	1.60						AS,GG
1976	CIN	NL	28	OF	5	3	28.0	6	4	0	2	0	.667	-1.7	-72.9	-0.7	-0.4	-0.3	-1			1.29	0.80	.983	2.35	2.02						AS,GG
1976	CIN	NL	28	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.1	-120.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1				0.00	0.00		9.90	8.60						AS,GG
1977	CIN	NL	29	C	135	125	1065.2	781	705	66	10	10	.987	2.0	2.3						2	6.51	5.71	.985	6.49	5.54	3	39	64	42	40%	AS,MVP-21,GG
1977	CIN	NL	29	OF	8	7	52.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-0.3	-6.9	-0.3	-0.7	0.4	0			1.56	1.13	.978	2.27	1.92						AS,MVP-21,GG
1977	CIN	NL	29	LF	7	6	44.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-2.7	-0.1	-0.5	0.4	0			1.84	1.29	.967	1.92	1.51						AS,MVP-21,GG
1977	CIN	NL	29	1B	4	2	21.0	24	21	2	1	3	.958	1.2	68.6	1.2	0.3	0.9		0		9.86	5.75	.992	9.90	8.30						AS,MVP-21,GG
1977	CIN	NL	29	3B	1	0	5.0	2	0	1	1	0	.500	-0.7	-168.0	-0.7	-0.7	0.0		0		1.80	1.00	1.000	3.06	2.50						AS,MVP-21,GG
1977	CIN	NL	29	RF	1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.2	-30.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0			0.00	0.00		2.14	1.80						AS,MVP-21,GG
1978	CIN	NL	30	C	107	96	836.0	660	605	48	7	6	.989	7.0	10.0						7	7.03	6.10	.985	6.17	5.11	12	20	49	35	42%	AS
1978	CIN	NL	30	1B	11	9	75.0	82	75	5	2	7	.976	-1.3	-20.8	-1.3	-0.3	-1.0		0		9.60	7.27	.993	9.98	8.32						AS
1978	CIN	NL	30	OF	2	2	15.2	0	0	0	0	0		-1.0	-76.6	-1.0	-1.0	0.0	0			0.00	0.00		2.30	1.95						AS
1978	CIN	NL	30	LF	1	1	10.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0.8	-90.0	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	0			0.00	0.00		2.02	1.60						AS
1978	CIN	NL	30	RF	1	1	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.2	-48.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.0				0.00	0.00		2.16	1.80						AS
1979	CIN	NL	31	C	126	123	1083.1	697	619	68	10	11	.986	10.0	11.1						10	5.71	5.45	.985	6.13	5.27	5	21	70	45	39%	AS,MVP-23
1979	CIN	NL	31	1B	2	2	14.0	14	13	1	0	1	1.000	-0.2	-17.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2		0		9.00	7.00	.993	9.90	8.60						AS,MVP-23
1980	CIN	NL	32	C	105	98	847.0	549	505	39	5	7	.991	0.0	0.0						0	5.78	5.18	.983	6.09	5.23	6	21	83	34	29%	AS,MVP-17
1981	CIN	NL	33	1B	38	37	322.0	363	334	23	6	35	.983	-0.3	-1.1	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1		0		9.98	9.39	.992	10.22	8.68
1981	CIN	NL	33	C	7	7	60.0	47	41	5	1	0	.979	0.0	0.0						0	6.90	6.57	.983	5.92	5.07	1	1	9	4	31%
1982	CIN	NL	34	3B	107	103	858.2	228	54	155	19	10	.917	-15.2	-21.2	-14.2	-7.3	-6.9		-1		2.19	1.95	.953	2.77	2.43
1982	CIN	NL	34	1B	8	5	45.2	57	53	4	0	7	1.000	-0.1	-2.6	-0.1	-0.1	0.0		0		11.23	7.13	.991	10.23	8.89
1982	CIN	NL	34	C	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	9.00	1.00	1.000	6.30	5.50	0	0	0	0
1983	CIN	NL	35	3B	42	41	319.1	90	26	58	6	5	.933	-2.5	-9.4	-2.5	-2.6	0.2		0		2.37	2.00	.950	2.70	2.29						AS
1983	CIN	NL	35	1B	32	29	251.0	266	249	14	3	21	.989	2.4	11.5	1.4	-0.3	1.6		1		9.43	8.22	.992	9.96	8.39						AS
1983	CIN	NL	35	C	5	3	23.0	20	17	2	1	0	.950	0.0	0.0						0	7.43	3.80	.985	6.57	5.56	0	1	4	2	33%	AS
1983	CIN	NL	35	LF	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.00	0.00		2.70	1.60						AS
1983	CIN	NL	35	OF	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.00	0.00		2.70	1.90						AS
17 Seasons				C	1742	1627	14488.1	10196	9249	850	97	127	.990	97.0	8.0						97	6.27	5.80	.987	6.42	5.59	94	446	610	469	43%
8 Seasons				3B	195	182	1506.0	421	107	284	30	17	.929	-18.4	-14.7	-16.4	-13.6	-2.7		-2		2.34	2.01	.951	2.81	2.44
13 Seasons				1B	145	98	921.0	1036	966	54	16	94	.985	0.3	0.4	-0.7	-1.6	0.8		1		9.97	7.03	.992	10.03	8.51
9 Seasons				OF	111	96	798.1	158	147	3	8	0	.949	-6.6	-9.9	-6.6	-6.0	-0.4	0			1.69	1.35	.978	2.21	1.92
7 Seasons				LF	55	41	353.1	69	64	2	3	0	.957	-2.7	-9.2	-3.7	-2.4	-1.3	1			1.68	1.20	.972	1.95	1.55
7 Seasons				RF	55	53	430.0	84	78	1	5	0	.940	-4.1	-11.4	-3.1	-3.6	0.6	-1			1.65	1.44	.977	2.02	1.75
1 Season				CF	2	2	15.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	16.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0			1.80	1.50	.967	2.34	2.05
17 Seasons				TOT	2193	2003	17713.2	11811	10469	1191	151	238	.987	72.3	4.9	-23.7	-21.2	-2.3	0	-1	97	5.92	5.32	.973	6.11	5.32	94	446	610	469	43%
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards

Appearances

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1967	CIN	NL	19	26	26	26	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
1968	CIN	NL	20	154	139	154	154	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0
1969	CIN	NL	21	148	135	148	148	0	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	0
1970	CIN	NL	22	158	152	158	158	0	139	12	0	1	0	15	2	7	24		5	0
1971	CIN	NL	23	149	147	149	149	0	141	12	0	3	0	10	0	3	12		2	0
1972	CIN	NL	24	147	147	147	147	0	129	7	0	4	0	0	0	17	17		0	0
1973	CIN	NL	25	152	150	152	152	0	134	4	0	1	0	0	0	23	23		2	0
1974	CIN	NL	26	160	159	160	159	0	137	5	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1975	CIN	NL	27	142	136	142	138	0	121	9	0	0	0	16	0	3	19	0	6	0
1976	CIN	NL	28	135	123	135	131	0	128	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	9	0
1977	CIN	NL	29	142	134	142	142	0	135	4	0	1	0	7	0	1	8	0	6	0
1978	CIN	NL	30	120	107	120	111	0	107	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	12	0
1979	CIN	NL	31	130	125	130	128	0	126	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1980	CIN	NL	32	114	98	114	105	0	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1981	CIN	NL	33	52	44	52	45	0	7	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1982	CIN	NL	34	119	108	119	113	0	1	8	0	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1983	CIN	NL	35	110	73	110	77	0	5	32	0	42	0	1	0	0	1	0	34	0
17 Seasons				2158	2003	2158	2083	0	1742	145	0	195	0	55	2	55	111	0	133	0
				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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					Pitching Stats						Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	ERA	RAvg	Fld	F2O%	XI	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	SO	Tot	1B	2B	3B	K23	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	263	n23	GB	bFld	bF2O%
1967	CIN	NL	19	970	2.28	2.67	12	100%	1	0	175	5	1	4	165	17	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100%
1968	CIN	NL	20	5713	3.49	3.99	103	96%	1	0	951	75	8	25	843	94	19	4	0	5	9	0	3	6	0	8	0	0	1	15	87%
1969	CIN	NL	21	5581	3.85	4.40	122	99%	0	0	794	97	8	9	679	77	22	1	2	6	7	2	1	4	0	8	0	1	2	18	94%
1970	CIN	NL	22	5021	3.49	3.98	84	95%	0	0	760	58	7	12	683	72	24	3	0	5	12	0	3	9	0	12	0	5	6	8	88%
1971	CIN	NL	23	4903	3.37	3.64	74	100%	1	0	685	43	6	30	606	58	18	2	1	3	8	0	2	6	0	10	1	0	2	13	100%
1972	CIN	NL	24	4820	3.22	3.56	75	97%	0	0	734	57	4	22	650	58	9	5	0	2	6	1	2	3	0	9	1	1	3	7	100%
1973	CIN	NL	25	4742	3.24	3.61	69	96%	0	0	688	44	5	23	616	57	19	1	2	6	4	1	2	1	1	7	0	1	2	15	87%
1974	CIN	NL	26	4875	3.47	3.85	76	96%	0	0	748	47	4	21	676	66	18	3	3	5	6	0	1	5	0	16	1	0	3	16	88%
1975	CIN	NL	27	4298	3.15	3.36	77	99%	0	0	564	64	3	13	484	50	10	2	0	5	7	0	2	5	1	9	0	0	2	15	100%
1976	CIN	NL	28	4617	3.54	3.87	77	99%	0	0	649	59	6	17	567	65	13	2	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	11	1	2	3	8	100%
1977	CIN	NL	29	4730	4.26	4.55	56	96%	0	1	705	41	4	15	644	69	15	0	0	6	10	0	1	9	0	10	0	3	3	10	90%
1978	CIN	NL	30	3712	3.79	4.21	57	96%	0	0	607	40	3	22	542	49	11	2	1	1	7	0	0	7	0	5	0	0	2	7	86%
1979	CIN	NL	31	4681	3.49	3.96	58	100%	1	0	622	44	3	19	556	68	10	0	1	9	10	1	2	7	0	10	0	0	1	10	100%
1980	CIN	NL	32	3711	3.78	4.13	39	95%	0	0	508	32	3	13	460	37	2	1	0	0	5	0	1	4	0	7	0	0	1	2	100%
1981	CIN	NL	33	272	4.05	4.95	2	100%	0	0	40	1	0	0	39	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	100%
1982	CIN	NL	34	8	27.00	27.00	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CIN	NL	35	103	4.30	4.30	1	100%	0	0	17	1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
17 Seasons				62757	3.53	3.91	982	97%	4	1	9248	708	65	245	8227	845	196	27	11	58	96	5	21	70	2	122	4	13	31	148	93%
MLB Averages					3.66	4.13		95%																							91%
				PA	ERA	RAvg	Fld	F2O%	XI	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	SO	Tot	1B	2B	3B	K23	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	263	n23	GB	bFld	bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PB	WP	SBO	SB	CS	CSctch	CS%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	RBA	RK	SBlev	CSlev
1967	CIN	NL	19	2	12	351	5	5	5	50%	4	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	25	9	1.37	1.87
1968	CIN	NL	20	18	55	2077	49	44	43	47%	44	39	5	3	0	2	12	2	170	59	1.23	1.10
1969	CIN	NL	21	14	63	2090	30	40	37	57%	27	32	3	6	0	2	7	0	146	51	1.07	1.17
1970	CIN	NL	22	10	32	1824	32	30	28	48%	27	26	4	3	1	1	8	3	108	37	1.31	1.23
1971	CIN	NL	23	6	29	1724	37	26	24	41%	32	22	5	3	0	1	7	1	90	36	1.55	1.26
1972	CIN	NL	24	2	33	1766	24	31	29	56%	22	28	2	3	0	0	8	2	89	38	1.14	1.50
1973	CIN	NL	25	8	23	1687	28	27	24	49%	26	24	2	2	0	1	4	1	73	36	1.02	1.24
1974	CIN	NL	26	3	40	1766	37	35	30	49%	34	29	3	4	0	2	2	0	99	38	1.47	1.39
1975	CIN	NL	27	0	29	1514	32	27	25	46%	29	25	3	2	0	0	2	0	93	32	1.37	1.24
1976	CIN	NL	28	5	27	1679	57	42	39	42%	51	39	6	2	0	1	3	0	108	49	1.14	1.40
1977	CIN	NL	29	3	39	1710	64	42	38	40%	57	35	7	4	0	3	1	0	144	46	1.21	1.26
1978	CIN	NL	30	12	20	1271	49	35	28	42%	48	29	1	1	0	5	2	0	112	38	1.18	1.00
1979	CIN	NL	31	5	21	1653	70	45	41	39%	65	39	5	5	0	1	2	0	129	51	1.32	1.46
1980	CIN	NL	32	6	21	1248	83	34	33	29%	81	31	2	2	0	1	1	1	131	41	1.23	1.24
1981	CIN	NL	33	1	1	91	9	4	4	31%	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	4	1.33	0.92
1982	CIN	NL	34	0	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CIN	NL	35	0	1	37	4	2	2	33%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	1.71	0.89
17 Seasons				95	446	22491	610	469	430	43%	560	409	49	40	1	20	62	10	1535	567	1.26	1.27
MLB Averages										36%											1.29	1.26
				PB	WP	SBO	SB	CS	CSctch	CS%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	RBA	RK	SBlev	CSlev

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1970	CIN	NL	22	7	71%	57%	14%	2	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	CIN	NL	23	76	46%	84%	33%	9	89%	0	2	2	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%
1972	CIN	NL	24	131	60%	85%	40%	10	90%	0	2	2	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1973	CIN	NL	25	32	47%	78%	13%	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1974	CIN	NL	26	1149	64%	78%	26%	76	93%	2	21	15	2	4	54	43	9	1	2	3	0	3	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	6	83%
1977	CIN	NL	29	25	56%	92%	40%	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CIN	NL	34	3805	57%	75%	24%	229	83%	4	54	38	8	8	153	112	30	2	5	19	0	18	1	18	10	9	1	10	0	0	0	17	65%
1983	CIN	NL	35	1417	53%	77%	25%	81	86%	2	27	15	2	10	56	46	6	2	4	6	0	6	0	6	5	3	0	4	0	0	0	1	100%
8 Seasons				6642	57%	76%	25%	411	86%	8	107	73	12	22	279	215	47	5	11	30	0	29	1	27	17	14	1	16	0	0	0	27	70%
MLB Averages					60%	78%	27%		89%																								67%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1970	CIN	NL	22	264	51%	78%	30%	21	90%	0	73	6	67	0	9	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	2	100%
1971	CIN	NL	23	145	58%	87%	34%	4	100%	0	36	1	36	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	0
1972	CIN	NL	24	130	73%	82%	25%	6	100%	0	26	1	24	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1973	CIN	NL	25	103	84%	87%	32%	3	100%	0	30	1	29	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	100%
1974	CIN	NL	26	63	67%	84%	32%	4	100%	0	15	1	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CIN	NL	27	162	56%	80%	32%	9	89%	0	45	2	42	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CIN	NL	28	5	80%	100%	0%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	CIN	NL	29	93	70%	78%	33%	9	78%	0	21	0	21	0	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1978	CIN	NL	30	328	57%	75%	25%	18	94%	0	72	5	64	3	7	5	5	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	5	100%
1979	CIN	NL	31	56	63%	80%	29%	1	100%	0	13	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1981	CIN	NL	33	1430	49%	76%	27%	78	92%	0	332	15	315	2	39	21	15	2	1	2	6	3	3	0	3	34	0	0	0	31	1	3	0	3	7	100%
1982	CIN	NL	34	199	35%	76%	27%	13	100%	0	53	4	49	0	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	0	0
1983	CIN	NL	35	1107	50%	74%	23%	65	92%	1	249	17	230	0	34	14	4	4	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	21	2	0	1	18	6	3	0	3	0
13 Seasons				4085	53%	77%	27%	231	93%	1	965	53	904	7	116	54	35	8	1	5	15	5	10	0	8	95	2	0	1	85	7	10	1	9	16	100%
MLB Averages					60%	78%	27%		94%																											88%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1970	CIN	NL	22	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	5	3	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	13	9	69.2%	3	1	7.7%	0	352	63%	77%	21%	41	37%
1971	CIN	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75.0%	0	1	25.0%	0	273	74%	80%	27%	20	50%
1975	CIN	NL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	0	5	2	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	20	14	70.0%	6	0	0.0%	0	541	57%	83%	30%	75	37%
1976	CIN	NL	28	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	33.3%	2	0	0.0%	0	128	62%	75%	27%	10	40%
1977	CIN	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33.3%	2	0	0.0%	0	198	55%	78%	27%	18	50%
1978	CIN	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	52	75%	79%	17%	4	0%
1983	CIN	NL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	100%	100%	67%	0
7 Seasons				3	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	16	13	0	11	4	1	10	7	1	4	3	0	4	3	0	45	30	66.7%	13	2	4.4%	0	1547	62%	80%	27%	168	39%
MLB Averages																															57.8%			2.7%			60%	78%	26%		47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1970	CIN	NL	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	8	6	75.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	266	62%	74%	21%	24	33%
1971	CIN	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	76	82%	72%	22%	7	29%
1972	CIN	NL	24	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	9	4	44.4%	5	0	0.0%	0	544	56%	75%	27%	53	55%
1973	CIN	NL	25	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	4	3	0	18	9	50.0%	9	0	0.0%	0	784	71%	82%	31%	65	51%
1975	CIN	NL	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.0%	4	0	0.0%	1	104	43%	85%	31%	11	55%
1977	CIN	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	33	88%	70%	30%	2	0%
1978	CIN	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	19	95%	58%	21%	0
7 Seasons				5	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	18	7	0	7	2	0	6	4	0	5	2	0	6	5	0	42	20	47.6%	22	0	0.0%	1	1826	65%	78%	28%	162	48%
MLB Averages																															42.6%			3.1%			60%	78%	26%		52%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1970	CIN	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	59	63%	83%	20%	5	60%
1 Season				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	59	63%	83%	20%	5	60%
MLB Averages																															42.7%			2.2%			60%	78%	26%		57%

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