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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CIN		ATL	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	CIN		ATL	W,6-0	CG	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 13	CIN		ATL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	5	Apr 14	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	6	Apr 15	CIN		SFG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
6	8 (1)	Apr 17	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	9	Apr 18	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	10	Apr 19	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	12 (1)	Apr 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	13	Apr 22	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-8	GS	28	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	14	Apr 23	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	15	Apr 25	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	16	Apr 26	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
14	17	Apr 27	CIN	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	18	Apr 29	CIN		HOU	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	19	Apr 30	CIN		HOU	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	20	May 1	CIN		HOU	L,3-9	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
18	22 (1)	May 3	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
19	23	May 4 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
20	25 (1)	May 5	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
21	26	May 6	CIN	@	NYM	W,12-10	CG	65	14.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
22	28 (1)	May 9	CIN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	29	May 10	CIN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	31 (1)	May 13	CIN		NYM	W,15-4	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	32	May 14	CIN		NYM	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
26	35 (2)	May 19	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	36	May 20	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
28	37	May 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	43	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
29	39 (1)	May 24	CIN		MON	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
30	40	May 25	CIN		MON	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	41	May 26 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
32	43 (1)	May 27	CIN		LAD	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	44	May 29	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	45	May 30	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	46	May 31	CIN	@	SDP	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	47	Jun 1	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
37	48	Jun 2	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	49	Jun 3	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-5	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
39	54 (4)	Jun 9	CIN		SDP	T,6-6	GS	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
40	55	Jun 10	CIN		PIT	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
41	56	Jun 11	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
42	58 (1)	Jun 13	CIN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	59	Jun 14	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
44	60	Jun 15	CIN	@	STL	L,9-10	GF	23	4.1	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
45	61	Jun 16	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	62	Jun 17	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	64 (1)	Jun 19	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	65	Jun 20	CIN		STL	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
49	67 (1)	Jun 22	CIN		STL	L,2-12	GS	40	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	68	Jun 24	CIN		ATL	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	69	Jun 25	CIN		ATL	W,15-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	70	Jun 27	CIN	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
53	71	Jun 28	CIN	@	HOU	W,8-5	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	73 (1)	Jun 30	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	76 (2)	Jul 3	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
56	80 (3)	Jul 6	CIN		HOU	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
57	81	Jul 10	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	82	Jul 11	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
59	84 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CIN		SFG	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
60	86 (1)	Jul 14	CIN		SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
61	87	Jul 15	CIN		MON	W,11-7	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
62	89 (1)	Jul 17	CIN		MON	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
63	90	Jul 18 (1)	CIN		NYM	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	92 (1)	Jul 19	CIN		NYM	L,3-13	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	94 (1)	Jul 21	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	95	Jul 22	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	97 (1)	Jul 25	CIN	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
68	99 (1)	Jul 27	CIN	@	NYM	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	100	Jul 28 (1)	CIN	@	MON	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
70	101	Jul 28 (2)	CIN	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	103 (1)	Jul 30	CIN	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	104	Aug 1	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
73	105	Aug 2	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	107 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	CIN		SDP	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
75	109 (1)	Aug 5	CIN		SDP	W,9-2	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	111 (1)	Aug 8	CIN		LAD	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	112	Aug 9	CIN		LAD	L,4-9	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	115 (2)	Aug 12	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	117 (1)	Aug 15	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	118	Aug 16	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	120 (1)	Aug 18	CIN		STL	L,1-10	GS	33	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	122 (1)	Aug 20	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
83	125 (2)	Aug 24	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
84	126	Aug 25	CIN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
85	128 (1)	Aug 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
86	129	Aug 29	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
87	131 (1)	Aug 31	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	132	Sep 1	CIN	@	STL	W,8-1	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	134 (1)	Sep 3	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	135	Sep 5	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
91	136	Sep 6 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
92	139 (2)	Sep 8	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	140	Sep 9	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-1	GS	27	7.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
94	141	Sep 10	CIN	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	142	Sep 12	CIN		LAD	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
96	147 (4)	Sep 17	CIN		HOU	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	149 (1)	Sep 19	CIN	@	LAD	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
98	150	Sep 20	CIN	@	LAD	W,10-2	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	151	Sep 21	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
100	152	Sep 22	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-7	GS	34	7.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
101	154 (1)	Sep 24	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
102	156 (1)	Sep 26	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
103	157	Sep 27	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
104	159 (1)	Sep 30	CIN		SDP	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
105	163 (3)	Oct 5	CIN		ATL	W,1-0	GS	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							105gm		847.0	505	39	5	549	7