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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
3	5 (2)	Apr 13	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	9 (3)	Apr 18	CIN		STL	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	10	Apr 21	CIN		ATL	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
6	13 (2)	Apr 24	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
7	17 (3)	Apr 29	CIN		SDP	W,8-5	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	21 (3)	May 3	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	10	1	0	11	1	1B
9	22	May 6	CIN		PIT	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
10	23	May 7 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
11	25 (1)	May 8	CIN		HOU	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
12	26	May 9	CIN		HOU	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
13	27	May 10	CIN		HOU	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
14	28	May 11	CIN		HOU	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
15	29	May 12	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
16	30	May 13	CIN		CHC	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
17	32 (1)	May 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
18	33	May 16	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
19	34	May 17	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
20	38 (3)	May 22	CIN		LAD	L,2-4	CG	49	12.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
21	39	May 23	CIN		LAD	L,6-9	CG	48	10.0	19	2	0	21	1	1B
22	40	May 24 (1)	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
23	42 (1)	May 25	CIN		SFG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	1	15	0	1B
24	43	May 27	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
25	44	May 28	CIN		SFG	W,7-4	GS	26	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	79 (34)	Sep 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-3	GS	36	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
27	81 (1)	Sep 5	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
28	83 (1)	Sep 7	CIN		SDP	W,8-7	GS	32	7.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
29	85 (1)	Sep 9	CIN		SDP	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
30	86	Sep 11	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
31	87	Sep 12	CIN		LAD	W,6-5	GS	32	7.1	7	0	1	8	1	1B
32	89 (1)	Sep 14	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
33	90	Sep 15	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
34	94 (3)	Sep 19	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-3	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
35	96 (1)	Sep 21	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	11	0	1	12	2	1B
36	97	Sep 22	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	GF	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	PH 1B
37	98	Sep 23	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
38	99	Sep 25	CIN	@	ATL	W,10-2	GS	26	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
39	100	Sep 26	CIN	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
40	102 (1)	Sep 28	CIN		SFG	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
41	103	Sep 29	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
42	104	Sep 30	CIN		HOU	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
43	105	Oct 1	CIN		HOU	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
44	106	Oct 2	CIN		ATL	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
45	107	Oct 3	CIN		ATL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
							45gm		382.0	375	28	7	410	35