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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 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	W,2-1	CG	53	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	CIN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	CIN		LAD	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 13	CIN	@	SDP	W,10-0	GS	23	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	7	Apr 14	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
8	8	Apr 15	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
9	9	Apr 16	CIN	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	6	1	0	7	1	C
10	10	Apr 17	CIN	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	4	2	0	6	0	C
11	11	Apr 18	CIN		HOU	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	12	Apr 19	CIN		HOU	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
13	13	Apr 20 (1)	CIN		HOU	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
14	15 (1)	Apr 21	CIN		SFG	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
15	16	Apr 22	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
16	17	Apr 23	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	44	10.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
17	18	Apr 24	CIN	@	ATL	W,11-3	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	19	Apr 25	CIN	@	HOU	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	20	Apr 26	CIN	@	HOU	W,9-3	GS	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
20	21	Apr 27	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	22	Apr 29	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	23	Apr 30	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	24	May 2	CIN		ATL	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
24	25	May 3	CIN		ATL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	26	May 4	CIN		ATL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	27	May 6	CIN		SDP	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	28	May 7	CIN		SDP	W,10-2	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	29	May 8	CIN		SDP	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
29	30	May 9	CIN	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	31	May 10	CIN	@	NYM	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	32	May 11	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
32	33	May 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
33	34	May 14	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
34	35	May 15 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	36	8.2	11	1	0	12	1	C
35	36	May 15 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
36	37	May 16	CIN	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	38	May 17	CIN	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	47	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
38	39	May 18	CIN	@	MON	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	40	May 20	CIN		NYM	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	41	May 21	CIN		NYM	W,11-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	42	May 23	CIN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	43	May 24	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	44	May 25	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	45	May 26 (1)	CIN		MON	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
45	46	May 26 (2)	CIN		MON	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
46	47	May 28	CIN		MON	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	48	May 30	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
48	49	May 31	CIN	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	50	Jun 1	CIN	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
50	51	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	52	Jun 4	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B C
52	53	Jun 6	CIN		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	54	Jun 7	CIN		CHC	W,8-1	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
54	55	Jun 8 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	56	Jun 8 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	57	Jun 9	CIN		PIT	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	58	Jun 10	CIN		PIT	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
58	59	Jun 11	CIN		STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
59	60	Jun 12	CIN		STL	W,10-1	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
60	61	Jun 13	CIN	@	CHC	W,18-11	GS	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	62	Jun 14 susp	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C 1B
62	63	Jun 15	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	64	Jun 16	CIN		ATL	W,9-2	GS	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
64	65	Jun 17	CIN		ATL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	66	Jun 18	CIN		ATL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
66	67	Jun 20	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	68	Jun 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	56	14.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
68	69	Jun 22	CIN	@	HOU	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
69	70	Jun 23	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	71	Jun 24	CIN	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	72	Jun 25	CIN	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	73	Jun 27	CIN		SDP	W,5-2	CG	40	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	74	Jun 28	CIN		SDP	W,6-4	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	75	Jun 29 (1)	CIN		SDP	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	76	Jun 29 (2)	CIN		SDP	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	77	Jun 30	CIN		HOU	W,9-6	CG	55	12.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	78	Jul 1	CIN		HOU	W,8-7	CG	66	15.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
78	80 (1)	Jul 3	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF C
79	81	Jul 4	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	82	Jul 5	CIN	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	84 (1)	Jul 7	CIN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	85	Jul 8	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	86	Jul 9	CIN		PHI	W,9-7	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
84	87	Jul 11 (1)	CIN		NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	88	Jul 11 (2)	CIN		NYM	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	89	Jul 12	CIN		NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	90	Jul 13	CIN		NYM	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	91	Jul 17	CIN	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	92	Jul 18	CIN	@	MON	W,10-3	GS	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
90	93	Jul 19	CIN	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	95 (1)	Jul 21	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
92	96	Jul 22	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	97	Jul 23	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	98	Jul 24	CIN	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
95	99	Jul 25 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
96	100	Jul 25 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF C
97	101	Jul 26	CIN		LAD	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
98	102	Jul 27	CIN		LAD	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
99	103	Jul 28	CIN		SFG	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
100	105 (1)	Jul 30	CIN		SFG	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
101	106	Jul 31	CIN		SFG	W,11-6	GS	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	107	Aug 1	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	42	9.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
103	108	Aug 2	CIN	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
104	113 (4)	Aug 8	CIN		MON	L,7-8	GS	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF C
105	114	Aug 9	CIN		MON	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
106	115	Aug 10	CIN		MON	W,11-3	GS	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
107	116	Aug 11	CIN		CHC	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
108	117	Aug 12	CIN		CHC	W,12-8	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
109	118	Aug 14	CIN		PIT	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
110	119	Aug 15	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
111	120	Aug 16	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
112	122 (1)	Aug 18	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	123	Aug 19	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
114	124	Aug 20	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
115	125	Aug 22 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
116	127 (1)	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,12-7	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
117	128	Aug 24	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
118	129	Aug 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-4	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
119	130	Aug 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF C
120	132 (1)	Aug 28	CIN		STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
121	133	Aug 29	CIN		STL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
122	134	Aug 30	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
123	135	Aug 31	CIN		STL	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	137 (1)	Sep 2	CIN		SDP	W,10-4	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
125	138	Sep 3	CIN		LAD	W,13-2	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
126	139	Sep 4	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
127	140	Sep 5	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
128	141	Sep 6	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
129	142	Sep 7	CIN		SFG	W,8-4	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
130	143	Sep 8	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
131	144	Sep 9	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
132	145	Sep 10	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
133	146	Sep 11	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	C
134	147	Sep 12	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-3	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
135	153 (5)	Sep 18	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS	15	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
136	160 (6)	Sep 26	CIN		ATL	W,12-5	GS	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
137	161	Sep 27	CIN		ATL	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
138	162	Sep 28	CIN		ATL	W,7-6	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
							149gm		1193.0	646	52	8	706	11