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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

Hall of Fame
1989 BBWAA (96.4%)
Selected to HOF in 1989 by BBWAA

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

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)

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

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 (146th)

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  27.1 (145th)

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  13.4 (2nd)
1971 NL  20.8 (9th)
1972 NL  13.5 (2nd)
1974 NL  18.8 (4th)
1975 NL  18.9 (4th)
1977 NL  15.9 (6th)
1978 NL  17.1 (6th)**
1980 NL  15.0 (5th)**
Career  19.7 (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 (106), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 93 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 214 (36), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 45 (111), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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

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