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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	34-18 / in Starts: 29-15
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 196 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	141 (69-47-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 196 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	119 (58-39-20)

Most Driven In
Self	8
K Griffey	6
D ConcepciÃ³n	6
G Foster	2
D Driessen	2
R Oester	1

Most Driven In By
Self	8
R Knight	2
M Vail	1
R Oester	1
L Biittner	1
F Pastore	1
J Nolan	0

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1878	1	Apr 8	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.600	.000	.600	5	2.33	-0.094	1.57	-0.04%	-0.78	C
2	1879	2	Apr 10	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	6	.93	-0.095	.78	-0.05%	-0.80	C
3	1880	5 (2)	Apr 13	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.462	.667	1.128	6	.67	0.173	.53	0.08%	2.58	C
4	1881	8 (2)	Apr 17	CIN		STL	L,5-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.600	1.029	5	.54	-0.015	.43	-0.01%	-0.30	PH
5	1882	9	Apr 18	CIN		STL	L,4-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.389	.462	.850	5	.46	-0.013	.36	-0.01%	-0.39	C
6	1883	10	Apr 21	CIN		ATL	L,1-10	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.409	.438	.847	6	.82	0.035	.70	0.02%	-0.19	C
7	1884	13 (2)	Apr 24	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.423	.500	.923	7	.70	0.075	.48	0.03%	0.94	C
8	1885	17 (3)	Apr 29	CIN		SDP	W,8-5	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.458	.858	6	.78	0.041	.64	0.02%	0.46	C
9	1886	18	Apr 30	CIN		SDP	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.419	.480	.899	7	.27	0.032	.24	0.02%	1.16	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	1887	20 (1)	May 2	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.406	.462	.868	8	1.11	-0.031	.92	-0.02%	-0.21	PH
11	1888	21	May 3	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.290	.405	.484	.889	6	1.40	-0.041	1.08	-0.02%	-0.57	1B
12	1889	22	May 6	CIN		PIT	W,9-8	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.306	.405	.472	.877	5	1.31	-0.064	1.02	-0.03%	-0.43	1B
13	1890	23	May 7 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.391	.436	.827	5	1.59	-0.109	1.27	-0.05%	-0.65	1B
14	1891	25 (1)	May 8	CIN		HOU	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.360	.395	.755	5	.98	-0.104	.69	-0.04%	-1.16	1B
15	1892	26	May 9	CIN		HOU	W,9-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.364	.458	.822	5	.32	0.049	.23	0.02%	1.56	1B
16	1893	27	May 10	CIN		HOU	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.390	.481	.871	5	.75	0.034	.61	0.02%	0.60	1B
17	1894	28	May 11	CIN		HOU	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.381	.464	.845	5	.60	-0.043	.42	-0.02%	-0.73	1B
18	1895	29	May 12	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.388	.467	.855	5	1.81	-0.040	1.01	-0.01%	0.25	1B
19	1896	30	May 13	CIN		CHC	W,8-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.375	.446	.821	5	.26	-0.030	.15	-0.01%	-0.78	1B
20	1897	32 (1)	May 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.360	.426	.786	5	1.90	-0.116	1.22	-0.05%	-0.94	1B
21	1898	33	May 16	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.350	.425	.775	5	.57	0.030	.36	0.01%	-0.39	1B
22	1899	34	May 17	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.345	.416	.761	5	.54	-0.038	.34	-0.01%	-0.45	1B
23	1900	38 (3)	May 22	CIN		LAD	L,2-4	CG(12)	6	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.356	.434	.789	5	1.72	-0.019	2.18	-0.01%	0.03	1B
24	1901	39	May 23	CIN		LAD	L,6-9	CG(10)	5	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.389	.477	.866	5	1.05	0.245	1.21	0.17%	2.27	1B
25	1902	40	May 24 (1)	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.394	.489	.883	5	.85	0.081	.90	0.05%	0.81	1B
26	1903	42 (1)	May 25	CIN		SFG	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.398	.484	.882	5	1.56	0.242	1.15	0.11%	0.76	1B
27	1904	43	May 27	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.402	.479	.881	5	.98	0.057	.74	0.03%	0.44	1B
28	1905	44	May 28	CIN		SFG	W,7-4	GS-8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.343	.414	.485	.899	5	1.69	0.139	1.34	0.07%	0.94	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	1906	71 (26)	Aug 26	CIN	@	MON	L,0-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.411	.480	.891	9	.05	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.21	PH
30	1907	76 (4)	Aug 31	CIN		MON	W,9-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.337	.407	.475	.882	7	2.86	-0.066	1.90	-0.03%	-0.27	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	1908	79 (2)	Sep 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-3	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.419	.510	.928	5	1.10	0.275	.71	0.11%	2.23	1B
32	1909	81 (1)	Sep 5	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.430	.514	.944	5	.89	0.093	.51	0.03%	0.85	1B
33	1910	82	Sep 6	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.352	.426	.509	.935	9	1.35	-0.032	.72	-0.01%	-0.15	PH
34	1911	83	Sep 7	CIN		SDP	W,8-7	GS-8	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.429	.563	.991	5	1.30	0.530	.65	0.16%	2.25	1B
35	1912	85 (1)	Sep 9	CIN		SDP	W,5-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.359	.427	.581	1.009	5	1.96	0.494	.88	0.13%	1.40	1B
36	1913	86	Sep 11	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.347	.415	.562	.977	5	1.68	-0.162	1.37	-0.08%	-1.15	1B
37	1914	87	Sep 12	CIN		LAD	W,6-5	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.347	.417	.556	.974	5	1.70	0.009	1.58	0.01%	0.28	1B
38	1915	89 (1)	Sep 14	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS-8	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.359	.427	.563	.989	5	1.44	0.303	1.40	0.18%	2.81	1B
39	1916	90	Sep 15	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-0	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.356	.422	.553	.975	5	.47	-0.016	.64	-0.01%	-0.60	1B
40	1917	93 (2)	Sep 18	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.361	.426	.579	1.005	1	3.75	0.689	4.48	0.49%	1.76	PH
41	1918	94	Sep 19	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-3	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.358	.421	.569	.990	5	1.40	-0.150	2.62	-0.17%	-1.22	1B
42	1919	96 (1)	Sep 21	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.417	.560	.977	5	.36	-0.007	.73	-0.01%	-0.54	1B
43	1920	97	Sep 22	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	4-GF	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.425	.559	.984	5	1.01	0.066	1.62	0.06%	0.60	PH 1B
44	1921	98	Sep 23	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.421	.551	.972	5	.42	-0.019	.71	-0.02%	0.02	1B
45	1922	99	Sep 25	CIN	@	ATL	W,10-2	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.344	.411	.536	.947	5	1.36	-0.088	3.08	-0.12%	-2.31	1B
46	1923	100	Sep 26	CIN	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.342	.407	.529	.936	5	1.01	-0.128	3.29	-0.25%	-0.85	1B
47	1924	102 (1)	Sep 28	CIN		SFG	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.398	.516	.913	5	.57	-0.058	2.11	-0.13%	-0.72	1B
48	1925	103	Sep 29	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.337	.400	.534	.934	5	1.46	0.112	3.81	0.18%	0.76	1B
49	1926	104	Sep 30	CIN		HOU	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.331	.393	.524	.918	5	.84	-0.061	6.66	-0.29%	-0.56	1B
50	1927	105	Oct 1	CIN		HOU	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.385	.512	.897	5	2.13	-0.203	25.60	-1.46%	-1.38	1B
51	1928	106	Oct 2	CIN		ATL	L,5-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.377	.500	.877	5	.19	-0.019	.79	-0.05%	-0.84	1B
52	1929	107	Oct 3	CIN		ATL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.369	.489	.858	5	1.89	-0.153	6.26	-0.30%	-0.97	1B
							34-18		196	178	14	55	8	0	8	25	17	3	21	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	.309	.369	.489	.858		1.13	1.789	1.80	-1.32%	5.29

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