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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CIN		HOU	W,11-9	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	CIN		HOU	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	CIN		HOU	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 9	CIN		HOU	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	CIN		SFG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	6	Apr 12	CIN		SFG	W,12-3	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	7	Apr 13	CIN		SFG	W,7-6	GS	49	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
8	8	Apr 14	CIN	@	HOU	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 15	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	10	Apr 16	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	56	12.2	9	2	1	12	1	C
11	11	Apr 17	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
12	12	Apr 18	CIN	@	LAD	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	13	Apr 19	CIN	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
14	14	Apr 21	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
15	15	Apr 22	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	16	Apr 23	CIN	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	45	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
17	17	Apr 25	CIN		LAD	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	18	Apr 26	CIN		LAD	L,4-14	CG	49	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
19	19	Apr 28	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
20	21 (1)	Apr 30	CIN	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 1	CIN		PHI	L,1-12	CG	55	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	C
22	23	May 3	CIN		PHI	W,12-3	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	24	May 5	CIN		MON	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	25	May 6	CIN		MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	26	May 7 (1)	CIN		MON	L,5-19	GS	39	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	27	May 7 (2)	CIN		MON	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B C
27	29 (1)	May 9	CIN		NYM	W,7-6	CG	39	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	30	May 11	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	31	May 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	32	May 13	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF C
31	33	May 14	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	C
32	34	May 16	CIN	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
33	35	May 17	CIN	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	36	May 18	CIN	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
35	37	May 19	CIN		SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	C
36	38	May 20	CIN		SDP	W,10-6	GS	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
37	39	May 21 (1)	CIN		SDP	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	15	2	1	18	1	1B
38	40	May 21 (2)	CIN		SDP	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	41	May 22	CIN		ATL	W,10-0	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	42	May 23	CIN		ATL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
41	43	May 24	CIN		ATL	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
42	44	May 26	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C 1B
43	45	May 27	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	76 (30)	Jun 30 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,3-5	GS	20	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	79 (2)	Jul 2	CIN		LAD	W,7-6	GS	34	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	80	Jul 3	CIN		HOU	W,8-7	CG	47	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	81	Jul 4	CIN		HOU	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	82	Jul 5	CIN		HOU	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
49	83	Jul 7 (1)	CIN		SFG	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	85 (1)	Jul 8	CIN		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	87 (1)	Jul 13	CIN		NYM	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	10	2	1	13	0	C
52	88	Jul 14	CIN		NYM	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
53	89	Jul 15	CIN		NYM	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	90	Jul 16	CIN		NYM	W,9-2	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	C 1B
55	91	Jul 17	CIN		MON	W,8-6	GS	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B C
56	92	Jul 18	CIN		MON	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
57	93	Jul 19	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-2	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	94	Jul 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	95	Jul 21	CIN	@	MON	W,10-3	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
60	96	Jul 22	CIN	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
61	97	Jul 23	CIN	@	MON	W,5-4	GS	50	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
62	100 (2)	Jul 26	CIN	@	NYM	L,3-12	GS	25	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
63	102 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
64	103	Jul 29	CIN		PHI	W,6-2	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	104	Jul 30	CIN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
66	105	Jul 31	CIN	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	106	Aug 1	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-16	GS	36	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
68	107	Aug 2	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-2	GS	16	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	108	Aug 4	CIN		SDP	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	112 (3)	Aug 8	CIN		ATL	L,5-6	GF	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
71	115 (2)	Aug 11	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-0	GS	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B C
72	116	Aug 12	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
73	118 (1)	Aug 14	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	119	Aug 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
75	121 (1)	Aug 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
76	122	Aug 18	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-3	GS	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B C
77	123	Aug 19	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	51	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	124	Aug 20	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
79	125	Aug 21	CIN		STL	L,9-14	GS	49	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
80	126	Aug 22	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
81	127	Aug 24	CIN		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	128	Aug 25	CIN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
83	129	Aug 26	CIN		CHC	L,6-8	GS	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	130	Aug 27	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
85	131	Aug 28	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	GS	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B C
86	132	Aug 29	CIN		PIT	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
87	133	Aug 31	CIN	@	STL	W,11-6	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	134	Sep 1	CIN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
89	135	Sep 2	CIN	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	45	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
90	137 (1)	Sep 4	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
91	139 (1)	Sep 7	CIN		SDP	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	140	Sep 8	CIN		SDP	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
93	141	Sep 9	CIN		SFG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	142	Sep 10	CIN		SFG	W,8-1	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	143	Sep 11	CIN		HOU	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	144	Sep 12	CIN		HOU	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	145	Sep 13	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
98	146	Sep 14	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
99	147	Sep 15	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
100	148	Sep 16	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-3	GF	6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
101	149	Sep 17	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
102	150	Sep 18	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	151	Sep 19	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
104	152	Sep 20	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
105	153	Sep 22	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
106	154	Sep 23	CIN	@	ATL	L,1-8	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
107	156 (1)	Sep 26	CIN		LAD	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
108	157	Sep 27	CIN		LAD	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	C
109	158	Sep 28	CIN		LAD	W,8-7	GS	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
110	160 (1)	Sep 30	CIN		ATL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
111	161	Oct 1	CIN		ATL	W,10-8	GS	34	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
							120gm		926.2	680	53	9	742	13