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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	CIN		SFG	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	CIN		SFG	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	3	Apr 7	CIN		SFG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 8	CIN		SFG	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 9	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	C
6	6	Apr 10	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
7	7	Apr 11	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-5	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 13	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
9	9	Apr 14	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	10	Apr 15 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	12 (1)	Apr 17	CIN		ATL	W,7-4	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	14 (1)	Apr 20	CIN	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
13	15	Apr 21	CIN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	19 (3)	Apr 27	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
15	20	Apr 28	CIN		STL	L,1-12	GS	41	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	21	Apr 29	CIN		STL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	22	May 1	CIN		CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
18	23	May 2	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
19	24	May 4	CIN		HOU	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	25	May 5	CIN		HOU	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	26	May 6 (1)	CIN		HOU	W,17-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	28 (1)	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
23	29	May 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	30	May 10 susp	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	77	17.1	9	1	0	10	0	C
25	31	May 11	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	32	May 12	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
27	33	May 13	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	34	May 14	CIN		SDP	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	35	May 15	CIN		SDP	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	37 (1)	May 18	CIN		LAD	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
31	38	May 19	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	39	May 20	CIN		LAD	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
33	40	May 22	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-12	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
34	41	May 23	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
35	42	May 24	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
36	43	May 25	CIN	@	LAD	L,6-17	GS	41	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	44	May 26	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	45	May 27	CIN	@	LAD	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	46	May 28	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
40	47	May 29	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
41	48	May 30	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	49	May 31	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	50	Jun 1	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	51	Jun 2	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	53 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,12-2	GS	24	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
46	54	Jun 4	CIN		NYM	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
47	55	Jun 5	CIN		NYM	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	57 (1)	Jun 8	CIN		MON	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	58	Jun 9	CIN		MON	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	60 (1)	Jun 11	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	63 (2)	Jun 15	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
52	64	Jun 16	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
53	65	Jun 17	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	66	Jun 18	CIN	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
55	67	Jun 19	CIN	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
56	68	Jun 20	CIN	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	44	10.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	69	Jun 22	CIN		SFG	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
58	70	Jun 23	CIN		SFG	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
59	71	Jun 24	CIN		SFG	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	72	Jun 25 (1)	CIN	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
61	74 (1)	Jun 26	CIN	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	75	Jun 27	CIN	@	LAD	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
63	76	Jun 28	CIN	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	77	Jun 29	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	79 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
66	81 (1)	Jul 3	CIN		HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
67	82	Jul 4	CIN		HOU	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	83	Jul 5	CIN		HOU	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	84	Jul 6	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	86 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
71	88 (1)	Jul 9	CIN		STL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
72	89	Jul 10	CIN		STL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
73	90	Jul 11	CIN		STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	92 (1)	Jul 13	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
75	95 (2)	Jul 19	CIN	@	STL	W,16-4	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	96	Jul 20	CIN	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
77	98 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	101 (2)	Jul 24	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	102	Jul 25	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
80	103	Jul 26	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
81	104	Jul 27	CIN	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	105	Jul 28 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	107 (1)	Jul 29	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-4	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	108	Jul 30	CIN		LAD	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
85	109	Jul 31	CIN		LAD	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	111 (1)	Aug 3	CIN		SDP	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	113 (1)	Aug 5	CIN		SDP	W,9-1	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
88	114	Aug 6	CIN		ATL	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
89	115	Aug 7	CIN		ATL	L,2-3	CG	49	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
90	116	Aug 8	CIN		ATL	W,3-1	CG	28	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	118 (1)	Aug 10	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
92	119	Aug 12 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
93	121 (1)	Aug 14	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	122	Aug 15	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
95	123	Aug 17	CIN		NYM	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
96	124	Aug 18	CIN		NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
97	125	Aug 19	CIN		NYM	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	126	Aug 20	CIN		MON	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
99	127	Aug 21	CIN		MON	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
100	128	Aug 22	CIN		MON	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
101	130 (1)	Aug 25	CIN	@	NYM	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	131	Aug 26	CIN	@	NYM	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
103	132	Aug 27	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
104	133	Aug 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	134	Aug 29	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
106	135	Aug 31	CIN	@	MON	L,7-8	CG	45	9.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	136	Sep 1	CIN	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
108	138 (1)	Sep 3	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	2	10	1	C
109	139	Sep 4	CIN	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
110	140	Sep 5	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
111	141	Sep 6	CIN		SFG	W,12-3	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
112	142	Sep 7	CIN		LAD	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
113	143	Sep 8	CIN		LAD	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
114	144	Sep 9	CIN		LAD	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	145	Sep 11	CIN		HOU	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
116	146	Sep 12	CIN		HOU	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
117	148 (1)	Sep 15	CIN	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
118	149	Sep 16	CIN	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
119	150	Sep 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
120	151	Sep 18	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
121	152	Sep 19	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
122	153	Sep 20	CIN	@	SDP	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
123	154	Sep 21	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	52	12.2	5	3	0	8	0	C
124	155	Sep 22	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
125	156	Sep 23	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
126	157	Sep 25	CIN		SDP	L,2-8	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
127	158	Sep 26	CIN		SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
128	159	Sep 28	CIN		ATL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							128gm		1097.1	632	69	10	711	12