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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CIN		ATL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	CIN		ATL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	43	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	CIN	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	44	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 13	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	7	Apr 14	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
8	8	Apr 17	CIN	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
9	9	Apr 18 (1)	CIN	@	MON	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	5	1B C
10	10	Apr 18 (2)	CIN	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	11	Apr 20	CIN		NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
12	12	Apr 21	CIN		NYM	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
13	13	Apr 23	CIN		LAD	L,0-3	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	14	Apr 24	CIN		LAD	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	15	Apr 25 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
16	16	Apr 25 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,2-0	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF C
17	17	Apr 27	CIN		SDP	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
18	18	Apr 28	CIN		SDP	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	19	Apr 29	CIN		SDP	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
20	20	Apr 30	CIN		SFG	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	22	May 2	CIN		SFG	L,3-4	CG	52	13.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	23	May 4	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	24	May 5	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	25	May 6	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
26	26	May 8 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-10	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	27	May 8 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
28	28	May 9	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	29	May 10	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
30	30	May 11	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	31	May 12	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	32	May 14	CIN		MON	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
33	33	May 15	CIN		MON	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	34	May 16	CIN		MON	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	35	May 17	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
36	36	May 18	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
37	37	May 19	CIN		PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	38	May 20	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
39	39	May 21	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C 1B
40	40	May 22	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	41	May 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	42	May 24	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
43	43	May 25	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	44	May 26	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	45	May 27	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	46	May 28	CIN		HOU	W,1-0	CG	52	13.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
47	47	May 29	CIN		HOU	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	48	May 30	CIN		HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
49	49	May 31	CIN		HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	50	Jun 2 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,3-6	GF	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
51	51	Jun 2 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	52	Jun 3	CIN		CHC	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	53	Jun 4	CIN		STL	W,12-0	GS	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C LF
54	54	Jun 5	CIN		STL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
55	55	Jun 6	CIN		STL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	56	Jun 8	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
57	57	Jun 9	CIN	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
58	58	Jun 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
59	59	Jun 12	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
60	64 (4)	Jun 17	CIN		ATL	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B 1B
61	65	Jun 18	CIN		ATL	W,6-1	GS	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B 1B
62	66	Jun 19	CIN		ATL	L,3-9	GS	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B C
63	67	Jun 20 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	68	Jun 20 (2)	CIN		ATL	W,2-0	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF C
65	69	Jun 21	CIN		PHI	L,3-5	CG	52	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
66	70	Jun 22	CIN		PHI	W,6-1	GS	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C 1B
67	71	Jun 23	CIN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
68	72	Jun 24	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	73	Jun 25 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	74	Jun 25 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-10	GS	45	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	LF 1B
71	75	Jun 26	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
72	76	Jun 27	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
73	77	Jun 28 (1)	CIN	@	MON	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
74	78	Jun 28 (2)	CIN	@	MON	W,5-4	GS	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C 1B
75	79	Jun 29	CIN	@	MON	W,14-0	GS	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C 1B
76	80	Jun 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	81	Jul 1	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	82	Jul 2	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
79	83	Jul 3	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	53	12.2	7	2	0	9	0	C
80	84	Jul 4	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	85	Jul 5	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	86	Jul 6	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
83	87	Jul 7	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-9	GS	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
84	93 (5)	Jul 15	CIN		SFG	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF C
85	94	Jul 16	CIN		SFG	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF C
86	95	Jul 17	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
87	98 (2)	Jul 20	CIN		LAD	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	99	Jul 21	CIN		LAD	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
89	100	Jul 22	CIN		LAD	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	101	Jul 23	CIN	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
91	102	Jul 24	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
92	103	Jul 25 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
93	104	Jul 25 (2)	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF C
94	105	Jul 27	CIN	@	SDP	W,11-3	GS	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
95	106	Jul 28	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	107	Jul 29	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
97	108	Jul 30	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
98	109	Jul 31	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	110	Aug 1	CIN	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	9	0	1	10	0	C
100	111	Aug 2	CIN	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
101	112	Aug 3 (1)	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-2	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
102	113	Aug 3 (2)	CIN	@	NYM	L,4-9	GS	35	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
103	114	Aug 4	CIN	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
104	115	Aug 6	CIN		MON	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	116	Aug 7	CIN		MON	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
106	117	Aug 8	CIN		MON	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
107	118	Aug 10	CIN		HOU	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	119	Aug 11	CIN		HOU	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
109	120	Aug 13	CIN		CHC	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
110	121	Aug 14	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
111	122	Aug 15	CIN		CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
112	123	Aug 16	CIN		STL	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	124	Aug 17	CIN		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
114	125	Aug 18	CIN		STL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
115	126	Aug 19	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
116	127	Aug 20	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
117	128	Aug 21	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
118	129	Aug 22	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
119	130	Aug 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
120	131	Aug 24	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
121	132	Aug 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C RF 1B
122	133	Aug 27	CIN	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
123	134	Aug 28	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
124	135	Aug 29	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
125	136	Aug 30 (1)	CIN		SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
126	137	Aug 30 (2)	CIN		SDP	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
127	138	Aug 31	CIN		SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	139	Sep 1	CIN		SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
129	140	Sep 3	CIN	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	9	0	0	9	0	C
130	141	Sep 4	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
131	142	Sep 5	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
132	143	Sep 6	CIN	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
133	144	Sep 7	CIN	@	SDP	L,7-8	GS	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
134	145	Sep 8	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
135	146	Sep 10	CIN		HOU	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
136	147	Sep 11	CIN		HOU	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
137	148	Sep 12	CIN		HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
138	149	Sep 13	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	CG	47	13.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
139	150	Sep 14	CIN		ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
140	151	Sep 15	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
141	152	Sep 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-1	GS	22	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
142	154 (1)	Sep 18	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS	42	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C 1B
143	155	Sep 19	CIN	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	47	10.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
144	156	Sep 21	CIN		LAD	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
145	157	Sep 22	CIN		LAD	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
146	158	Sep 24	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
147	159	Sep 25	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
148	160	Sep 26	CIN		SFG	L,5-12	GS	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
149	161	Sep 28	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							169gm		1300.2	734	67	10	811	16