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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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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

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

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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 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

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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

Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1965 amateur draft.

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