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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	CIN		LAD	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
3	3	Apr 11	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 12	CIN	@	ATL	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 13 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	6	Apr 13 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-5	GF	15	3.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
7	7	Apr 15	CIN		SFG	W,11-10	CG	57	12.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
8	8	Apr 19	CIN		ATL	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 20	CIN		ATL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	10	Apr 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	11	Apr 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,14-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
12	12	Apr 23	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
13	13	Apr 24	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	14	Apr 25	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	15	Apr 26	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	16	Apr 27 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	17	Apr 27 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,9-10	GF	30	6.2	7	1	0	8	0	PH C
18	18	Apr 28	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
19	19	Apr 29	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	55	12.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	20	Apr 30	CIN		HOU	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	CIN		HOU	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
22	22	May 2	CIN		SDP	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	23	May 3	CIN		SDP	L,5-13	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	24	May 4 (1)	CIN		SDP	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
25	25	May 4 (2)	CIN		SDP	W,12-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
26	26	May 6	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
27	27	May 7	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
28	28	May 9	CIN	@	MON	W,8-5	CG	30	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
29	29	May 10	CIN	@	MON	L,6-7	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
30	32 (2)	May 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
31	33	May 16	CIN		NYM	L,9-10	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
32	34	May 17	CIN		NYM	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	35	May 20	CIN		PHI	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	36	May 21	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	37	May 23	CIN		MON	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
36	38	May 24	CIN		MON	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	39	May 25	CIN		MON	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	40	May 28	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	41	May 29	CIN		PIT	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
40	42	May 30	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	43	May 31	CIN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	44	Jun 1	CIN	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
43	45	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	46	Jun 4	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	47	Jun 6	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-14	CG	45	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
46	48	Jun 7	CIN	@	CHC	T,5-5	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	49	Jun 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	50	Jun 10	CIN		STL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	2	1	11	0	C
49	51	Jun 11	CIN		STL	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
50	52	Jun 12	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	53	Jun 13	CIN		CHC	L,8-14	GS	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	54	Jun 14	CIN		CHC	L,8-9	CG	48	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
53	55	Jun 15 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	C
54	56	Jun 15 susp	CIN		CHC	L,4-5	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
55	57	Jun 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
56	58	Jun 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
57	59	Jun 18	CIN	@	SFG	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
58	60	Jun 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	61	Jun 20	CIN		LAD	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	62	Jun 21	CIN		LAD	L,0-9	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
61	63	Jun 22	CIN		LAD	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	64	Jun 23	CIN		SDP	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	65	Jun 24	CIN		SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
64	66	Jun 25	CIN		SDP	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
65	67	Jun 26	CIN		SFG	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	68	Jun 27 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
67	69	Jun 27 (2)	CIN		SFG	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
68	70	Jun 28	CIN		SFG	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	71	Jun 29	CIN		SFG	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	72	Jun 30	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	73	Jul 1	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	74	Jul 2	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-9	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
73	75	Jul 3	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	77 (1)	Jul 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,5-6	GF	15	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
75	78	Jul 6	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
76	79	Jul 7	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
77	81 (1)	Jul 9	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	82	Jul 10	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
79	90 (7)	Jul 18	CIN		HOU	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
80	95 (4)	Jul 27	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	96	Jul 29	CIN		MON	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
82	97	Jul 30	CIN		MON	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
83	98	Jul 31	CIN		MON	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	99	Aug 1	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
85	100	Aug 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
86	101	Aug 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,19-17	CG	51	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
87	102	Aug 4	CIN		NYM	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
88	103	Aug 5 (1)	CIN		NYM	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	105 (1)	Aug 6	CIN		NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
90	106	Aug 8	CIN		PHI	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	107	Aug 9	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	47	12.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
92	108	Aug 10	CIN		PHI	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
93	109	Aug 11	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
94	110	Aug 12 (1)	CIN	@	MON	L,3-8	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
95	111	Aug 12 (2)	CIN	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	112	Aug 13	CIN	@	MON	W,8-3	CG	48	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	113	Aug 14	CIN	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
98	114	Aug 15	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
99	115	Aug 16	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
100	116	Aug 17	CIN		PIT	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
101	117	Aug 18	CIN		PIT	L,5-12	CG	53	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
102	118	Aug 19	CIN	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
103	119	Aug 20	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
104	120	Aug 21	CIN	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	121	Aug 22 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
106	122	Aug 22 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	GF	13	2.2	2	2	0	4	0	C
107	123	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
108	124	Aug 24	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
109	125	Aug 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
110	126	Aug 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
111	127	Aug 27	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
112	128	Aug 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
113	129	Aug 29	CIN		STL	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
114	130	Aug 30	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
115	131	Aug 31	CIN		STL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	132	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
117	133	Sep 3	CIN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
118	134	Sep 5	CIN		ATL	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
119	135	Sep 6	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
120	136	Sep 7	CIN		ATL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
121	137	Sep 8 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
122	138	Sep 8 (2)	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	58	15.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
123	139	Sep 9	CIN		SFG	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
124	140	Sep 10	CIN		SDP	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
125	141	Sep 11	CIN		SDP	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
126	142	Sep 12	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
127	143	Sep 13	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
128	144	Sep 14	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
129	145	Sep 15	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
130	146	Sep 16 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	8	2	1	11	0	C
131	147	Sep 16 (2)	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	50	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
132	148	Sep 17	CIN	@	SDP	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
133	149	Sep 18	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
134	150	Sep 19	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	3	2	0	5	0	C
135	151	Sep 20	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
136	152	Sep 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
137	153	Sep 22	CIN		LAD	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
138	154	Sep 23 (1)	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
139	155	Sep 23 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
140	156	Sep 24	CIN		LAD	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
141	157	Sep 25	CIN		HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
142	158	Sep 26 (1)	CIN		HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
143	159	Sep 26 (2)	CIN		HOU	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
144	160	Sep 27	CIN		HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
145	161	Sep 28	CIN		HOU	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
146	162	Sep 30	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
147	163	Oct 2	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
							147gm		1249.0	793	76	7	876	10