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Full name Johnny Lee Bench
Born December 7, 1947, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
First Game: August 28, 1967; Final Game: September 29, 1983
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 197
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1989
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1970 and 1972)
Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1970)
Named NL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1970)
Named NL Rookie of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1968)
Named NL Rookie Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1968)
Named World Series Most Valuable Player (1976)
Named Minor League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1967)
Named catcher on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1968 to 1970 and 1972 to 1975)
Won NL Gold Glove as catcher (1968 to 1977)
Ejections: 1968 (1), 1970 (1), 1971 (1), 1973 (1), 1974 (1), 1975 (1), 1976 (1), 1979 (1). Total: 8
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1967 CIN N Daily Splits 26 86 7 14 3 1 1 6 5 0 19 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 .163 .207 .256 -0.5 1967 CIN N 1968 CIN N Daily Splits 154 564 67 155 40 2 15 82 31 8 96 2 2 8 0 11 14 1 5 .275 .311 .433 2.8 1968 CIN N 1969 CIN N Daily Splits 148 532 83 156 23 1 26 90 49 7 86 4 0 7 0 15 7 6 6 .293 .353 .487 3.2 1969 CIN N 1970 CIN N Daily Splits 158 605 97 177 35 4 45 148 54 9 102 0 1 11 0 10 12 5 2 .293 .345 .587 5.9 1970 CIN N 1971 CIN N Daily Splits 149 562 80 134 19 2 27 61 49 7 83 0 0 2 0 11 20 2 1 .238 .299 .423 1.8 1971 CIN N 1972 CIN N Daily Splits 147 538 87 145 22 2 40 125 100 23 84 2 0 12 1 7 18 6 6 .270 .379 .541 6.5 1972 CIN N 1973 CIN N Daily Splits 152 557 83 141 17 3 25 104 83 14 83 0 1 10 0 4 22 4 1 .253 .345 .429 3.2 1973 CIN N 1974 CIN N Daily Splits 160 621 108 174 38 2 33 129 80 15 90 3 0 4 0 14 13 5 4 .280 .363 .507 5.7 1974 CIN N 1975 CIN N Daily Splits 142 530 83 150 39 1 28 110 65 12 108 2 0 8 1 13 12 11 0 .283 .359 .519 5.4 1975 CIN N 1976 CIN N Daily Splits 135 465 62 109 24 1 16 74 81 6 95 2 0 4 0 8 9 13 2 .234 .348 .394 2.4 1976 CIN N 1977 CIN N Daily Splits 142 494 67 136 34 2 31 109 58 8 95 1 0 7 3 12 10 2 4 .275 .348 .540 2.9 1977 CIN N 1978 CIN N Daily Splits 120 393 52 102 17 1 23 73 50 10 83 1 1 6 0 13 9 4 2 .260 .340 .483 2.7 1978 CIN N 1979 CIN N Daily Splits 130 464 73 128 19 0 22 80 67 8 73 0 3 4 0 9 11 4 2 .276 .364 .459 2.8 1979 CIN N 1980 CIN N Daily Splits 114 360 52 90 12 0 24 68 41 2 64 2 0 4 0 7 9 4 2 .250 .327 .483 0.4 1980 CIN N 1981 CIN N Daily Splits 52 178 14 55 8 0 8 25 17 3 21 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 .309 .369 .489 0.5 1981 CIN N 1982 CIN N Daily Splits 119 399 44 103 16 0 13 38 37 2 58 0 1 2 0 9 14 1 2 .258 .320 .396 -2.1 1982 CIN N 1983 CIN N Daily Splits 110 310 32 79 15 2 12 54 24 1 38 0 0 0 0 9 13 0 1 .255 .308 .432 -1.1 1983 CIN N Total (17 Years) Splits 2158 7658 1091 2048 381 24 389 1376 891 135 1278 19 11 90 5 155 201 68 43 .267 .342 .476 42.5 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1970 CIN N Daily Splits 3 9 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .417 .556 1970 CIN N 1972 CIN N Daily Splits 5 18 3 6 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .350 .667 1972 CIN N 1973 CIN N Daily Splits 5 19 1 5 2 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .333 .526 1973 CIN N 1975 CIN N Daily Splits 3 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .077 .143 .077 1975 CIN N 1976 CIN N Daily Splits 3 12 3 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .385 .667 1976 CIN N 1979 CIN N Daily Splits 3 12 1 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .357 .667 1979 CIN N Total ( 6 Years) Splits 22 83 11 21 4 2 5 6 10 3 17 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 1 .253 .330 .530 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1970 CIN N Daily Splits 5 19 3 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .250 .368 1970 CIN N 1972 CIN N Daily Splits 7 23 4 6 1 0 1 1 5 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .261 .393 .435 1972 CIN N 1975 CIN N Daily Splits 7 29 5 6 2 0 1 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 .258 .379 1975 CIN N 1976 CIN N Daily Splits 4 15 4 8 1 1 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .533 .533 1.133 1976 CIN N Total ( 4 Years) Splits 23 86 16 24 4 1 5 14 8 3 12 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 .279 .340 .523 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1968 NL Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1968 NL 1969 NL Daily Splits 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 1.667 1969 NL 1970 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1970 NL 1971 NL Daily Splits 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1971 NL 1972 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1972 NL 1973 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1973 NL 1974 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 .667 1974 NL 1975 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1975 NL 1976 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1976 NL 1977 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 NL 1980 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 NL 1983 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 NL Total (12 Years) Splits 12 28 5 10 0 0 3 6 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .357 .400 .679 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1967 CIN N Daily Splits C 26 26 22 233 175 16 1 0 0 2 5 5 3 .995 1968 CIN N Daily Splits C 154 139 137 1301 942 102 9 10 0 18 49 44 12 .991 1969 CIN N Daily Splits C 147 135 131 1249 793 76 7 10 0 14 30 40 7 .992 1970 CIN N Daily Splits C 139 130 119 1158 755 73 12 12 0 9 32 30 8 .986 1970 CIN N OF 24 17 8 151 24 1 2 0 0 .926 15 2 7 1970 CIN N LF 15 8 4 78 14 1 1 0 0 .938 1970 CIN N 1B 12 5 4 54 74 4 1 7 0 .987 1970 CIN N RF 7 7 4 58 8 0 1 0 0 .889 1970 CIN N CF 2 2 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1970 CIN N 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1971 CIN N Daily Splits C 142 133 120 1169.2 687 59 9 9 0 6 37 26 7 .988 1971 CIN N 1B 12 1 0 33 34 1 1 7 0 .972 1971 CIN N OF 12 10 2 79 12 1 0 0 0 1.000 10 0 3 1971 CIN N LF 10 8 1 63 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 1971 CIN N 3B 3 3 0 19 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 1971 CIN N RF 3 2 1 16 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1972 CIN N Daily Splits C 129 124 115 1139.2 735 56 6 9 0 2 24 31 8 .992 1972 CIN N RF 17 17 10 138 30 0 2 0 0 .938 1972 CIN N OF 17 17 10 138 30 0 2 0 0 .938 0 0 17 1972 CIN N 1B 8 2 2 28 24 0 1 1 0 .960 1972 CIN N 3B 4 4 2 33 2 7 1 0 0 .900 1973 CIN N Daily Splits C 134 124 111 1114.2 693 61 4 7 0 8 28 27 4 .995 1973 CIN N RF 23 22 10 181 33 0 2 0 0 .943 1973 CIN N OF 23 22 10 181 35 0 2 0 0 .946 0 0 23 1973 CIN N 1B 4 3 2 26 29 0 0 3 0 1.000 1973 CIN N 3B 1 1 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1974 CIN N Daily Splits C 137 129 111 1133.1 757 68 6 16 0 3 37 35 2 .993 1974 CIN N 3B 36 30 22 263 22 55 3 2 0 .963 1974 CIN N 1B 5 0 0 13 15 0 0 0 0 1.000 1975 CIN N Daily Splits C 121 115 95 1002.2 568 51 7 9 0 0 32 27 2 .989 1975 CIN N OF 19 18 12 153 33 1 0 0 0 1.000 16 0 3 1975 CIN N LF 16 15 10 129 28 0 0 0 0 1.000 1975 CIN N 1B 9 3 2 37.1 45 0 1 2 0 .978 1975 CIN N RF 3 3 2 24 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1976 CIN N Daily Splits C 128 120 105 1071 651 60 2 11 0 5 57 42 3 .997 1976 CIN N LF 5 3 0 28 4 0 2 0 0 .667 1976 CIN N OF 5 3 0 28 4 0 2 0 0 .667 5 0 0 1976 CIN N 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1977 CIN N Daily Splits C 135 125 102 1065.1 705 66 10 10 0 3 64 42 1 .987 1977 CIN N OF 8 7 2 52 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 7 0 1 1977 CIN N LF 7 6 2 44 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 1977 CIN N 1B 4 2 1 21 21 2 1 3 0 .958 1977 CIN N 3B 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 .500 1977 CIN N RF 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 1978 CIN N Daily Splits C 107 96 69 836 605 48 7 6 0 12 49 35 2 .989 1978 CIN N 1B 11 9 2 75 75 5 2 7 0 .976 1978 CIN N OF 2 2 1 15.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 1978 CIN N RF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 1978 CIN N LF 1 1 1 10.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1979 CIN N Daily Splits C 126 123 114 1083.1 619 68 10 11 0 5 70 45 2 .986 1979 CIN N 1B 2 2 0 14 13 1 0 1 0 1.000 1980 CIN N Daily Splits C 105 98 81 847 505 39 5 7 0 6 83 34 1 .991 1981 CIN N Daily Splits 1B 38 37 27 322 334 23 6 35 0 .983 1981 CIN N C 7 7 6 60 41 5 1 0 0 1 9 4 0 .979 1982 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 107 103 69 858.2 54 155 19 10 0 .917 1982 CIN N 1B 8 5 4 45.2 53 4 0 7 0 1.000 1982 CIN N C 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1983 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 42 41 18 319.1 26 58 6 5 0 .933 1983 CIN N 1B 32 29 26 251 249 14 3 21 0 .989 1983 CIN N C 5 3 0 23 17 2 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 .950 1983 CIN N LF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1983 CIN N OF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 Total (17 Years) Splits C 1743 1627 1438 14487.2 9249 850 97 127 0 94 610 469 62 .990 Total ( 8 Years) 3B 195 182 111 1506 107 284 30 17 0 .929 Total (13 Years) 1B 146 98 70 921 966 54 16 94 0 .985 Total ( 9 Years) OF 111 96 45 798.1 147 3 8 0 0 .949 55 2 55 Total ( 7 Years) LF 55 41 18 353.1 64 2 3 0 0 .957 Total ( 7 Years) RF 55 53 27 430 78 1 5 0 0 .940 Total ( 1 Year ) CF 2 2 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1970 CIN N Daily Splits C 3 3 3 28 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.000 1972 CIN N Daily Splits C 5 5 5 44 28 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 .969 1973 CIN N Daily Splits C 5 5 5 46 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1975 CIN N Daily Splits C 3 3 3 28 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1976 CIN N Daily Splits C 3 3 3 27 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1979 CIN N Daily Splits C 3 3 3 29 17 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.000 Total ( 6 Years) Splits C 22 22 22 202 126 18 1 2 0 1 4 5 1 .993 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1970 CIN N Daily Splits C 5 5 5 43 36 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1972 CIN N Daily Splits C 7 7 7 62.1 41 7 1 2 0 0 1 3 2 .980 1975 CIN N Daily Splits C 7 7 7 65 44 6 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1976 CIN N Daily Splits C 4 4 4 36 18 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1.000 Total ( 4 Years) Splits C 23 23 23 206.1 139 18 1 6 0 0 2 8 3 .994 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1968 NL Daily Splits C 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1969 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1970 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1971 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 1 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1972 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1973 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1974 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .875 1975 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 1 9 10 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1.000 1976 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1977 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1980 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Total (11 Years) Splits C 11 10 2 58 49 2 1 0 0 1 6 2 1 .981 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 7-21-1968 BOX CIN N John Kibler Called third strike (flipped bat) 8- 9-1970(1) BOX CIN N Chris Pelekoudas Call at HP 9- 7-1971 BOX CIN N Harry Wendelstedt Call at HP 9-15-1973 BOX CIN N Andy Olsen Granting of time at last moment 8- 4-1974(2) BOX CIN N Dick Stello Balls and strikes 6-15-1975 BOX CIN N Art Williams Call at 1B 7-10-1976 BOX CIN N John Kibler Called third strike 6-16-1979 BOX CIN N Eric Gregg Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).

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