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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 7	CIN		CHC	W,6-2	GS	24	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 9	CIN		SFG	W,7-0	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 10	CIN		SFG	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 11	CIN		SFG	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
6	6	Apr 12	CIN		ATL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 13	CIN		ATL	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
8	8	Apr 14	CIN		ATL	L,2-5	GS	45	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B C
9	9	Apr 16	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	10	Apr 17	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 18	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	12	Apr 20	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
13	15 (2)	Apr 23	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	16	Apr 24	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
15	17	Apr 25	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
16	18	Apr 27	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	19	Apr 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
18	20	Apr 30	CIN		STL	W,8-2	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	23 (2)	May 2 (2)	CIN		STL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
20	24	May 4	CIN		HOU	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
21	25	May 5	CIN		HOU	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
22	26	May 7	CIN		PIT	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	27	May 8	CIN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	61	15.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
24	29 (1)	May 10	CIN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	30	May 11	CIN	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
26	31	May 13	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	32	May 14	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
28	33	May 15	CIN	@	PIT	L,9-12	GS	30	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	34	May 16	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	35	May 17	CIN	@	NYM	W,7-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	36	May 18	CIN	@	NYM	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
32	39 (2)	May 22	CIN		MON	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
33	40	May 23	CIN		MON	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
34	41	May 24	CIN		PHI	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
35	43 (1)	May 26	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
36	44	May 28	CIN	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	45	May 29	CIN	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
38	46	May 30	CIN	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
39	47	May 31	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	59	14.2	0	3	1	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	48	Jun 1	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
41	50 (1)	Jun 4	CIN		NYM	W,8-3	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	51	Jun 5	CIN		NYM	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	52	Jun 6	CIN		NYM	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	53	Jun 7	CIN	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
45	54	Jun 8	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	55	Jun 9	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
47	56	Jun 10	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	57	Jun 11	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-11	GS	34	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
49	58	Jun 12	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
50	59	Jun 13	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
51	60	Jun 15	CIN		SFG	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	61	Jun 16	CIN		SFG	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
53	63 (1)	Jun 18	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	46	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
54	64	Jun 19	CIN		LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
55	65	Jun 20	CIN		LAD	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
56	66	Jun 21	CIN		LAD	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
57	67	Jun 22	CIN		SDP	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
58	70 (2)	Jun 25	CIN		ATL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
59	71	Jun 26	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	GS	26	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
60	72	Jun 27	CIN		ATL	L,0-2	GS	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
61	73	Jun 28	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
62	74	Jun 29	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	76 (1)	Jul 2	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
64	77	Jul 3	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	81 (3)	Jul 7	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B 1B
66	82	Jul 8	CIN	@	PIT	L,8-9	GS	33	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
67	83	Jul 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-12	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	94 (10)	Jul 23	CIN		CHC	L,5-7	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	95	Jul 24	CIN		CHC	W,5-2	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
70	96	Jul 25	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
71	97	Jul 26	CIN		CHC	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
72	99 (1)	Jul 28	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
73	100	Jul 29	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	102 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		SDP	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	13	3	0	16	1	1B
75	103	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		SDP	L,2-6	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	104	Aug 1	CIN		SDP	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
77	105	Aug 2	CIN		LAD	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
78	106	Aug 3	CIN		LAD	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
79	108 (1)	Aug 5	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
80	109	Aug 6	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
81	111 (1)	Aug 8	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
82	112	Aug 9	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	49	12.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
83	113	Aug 10	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	114	Aug 11	CIN	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	115	Aug 13	CIN		HOU	W,3-0	GS	21	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
86	116	Aug 14	CIN		HOU	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
87	118 (1)	Aug 16	CIN		HOU	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
88	130 (11)	Aug 29	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
89	131	Aug 30	CIN	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
90	132	Aug 31	CIN	@	MON	W,2-1	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	133	Sep 1	CIN	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
92	134	Sep 3	CIN	@	NYM	W,1-0	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	135	Sep 4	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	136	Sep 5	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
95	137	Sep 6	CIN		LAD	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
96	138	Sep 7	CIN		LAD	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
97	139	Sep 8	CIN		SDP	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
98	140	Sep 9	CIN		SDP	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
99	141	Sep 10	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
100	142	Sep 11	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	143	Sep 12	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
102	144	Sep 13	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
103	145	Sep 14	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS	27	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B 3B
104	146	Sep 15	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1B
105	147	Sep 17	CIN		ATL	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
106	148	Sep 18	CIN		ATL	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
107	149	Sep 19	CIN		ATL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
108	150	Sep 21	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
109	153 (2)	Sep 24	CIN		HOU	W,2-0	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
110	154	Sep 25	CIN		HOU	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
111	156 (1)	Sep 27	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-1	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
112	157	Sep 28	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	48	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
113	161 (3)	Oct 2	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
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