Nickname: Little General
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 12-07-1947
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Career Positions Played: C,1B,3B,LF,CF,RF
Rookie of the Year: 1968
All-Star: 1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1983
Gold Glove Award: 1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977
League MVP Award: 1970,1972,1976
Hall of Fame: Entered in 1989
Height: 6 ft., 1 in. Weight: 208 lbs.
(Johnny Bench at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 678 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1967 CIN:N 2 19 26 93 86 14 9 3 1 1 6 7 .163 .249 .207 .256 5 0 19 1 1 0 1967 CIN:N
1968 CIN:N 2 20 154 607 564 155 98 40 2 15 82 67 .275 .243 .311 .433 31 8 96 2 8 2 1968 CIN:N
1969 CIN:N 2 21 148 593 532 156 106 23 1 26 90 83 .293 .250 .353 .487 49 7 86 1 7 4 1969 CIN:N
1970 CIN:N 2,3,5,7,8,9 22 158 671 605 177 93 35 4 45 148 97 .293 .258 .345 .587 54 9 102 1 11 0 1970 CIN:N
1971 CIN:N 2,3,5,7,9 23 149 609 559 132 85 18 2 27 61 80 .236 .252 .296 .420 48 7 82 0 2 0 1971 CIN:N
1972 CIN:N 2,3,5,9 24 147 652 538 145 81 22 2 40 125 87 .270 .248 .379 .541 100 23 84 0 12 2 1972 CIN:N
1973 CIN:N 2,3,5,9 25 152 651 557 141 96 17 3 25 104 83 .253 .254 .345 .429 83 14 83 1 10 0 1973 CIN:N
1974 CIN:N 2,3,5 26 160 708 621 174 101 38 2 33 129 108 .280 .255 .365 .507 80 15 90 0 4 3 1974 CIN:N
1975 CIN:N 2,3,7,9 27 142 605 530 150 82 39 1 28 110 83 .283 .257 .363 .519 65 12 108 0 8 2 1975 CIN:N
1976 CIN:N 2,3,7 28 135 552 465 109 68 24 1 16 74 62 .234 .255 .350 .394 81 6 95 0 4 2 1976 CIN:N
1977 CIN:N 2,3,5,7,9 29 142 560 494 136 69 34 2 31 109 67 .275 .262 .353 .540 58 8 95 0 7 1 1977 CIN:N
1978 CIN:N 2,3,7,9 30 120 451 393 102 61 17 1 23 73 52 .260 .254 .345 .483 50 10 83 1 6 1 1978 CIN:N
1979 CIN:N 2,3 31 130 538 464 128 87 19 0 22 80 73 .276 .261 .367 .459 67 8 73 3 4 0 1979 CIN:N
1980 CIN:N 2 32 114 407 360 90 54 12 0 24 68 52 .250 .259 .330 .483 41 2 64 0 4 2 1980 CIN:N
1981 CIN:N 2,3 33 52 196 178 55 39 8 0 8 25 14 .309 .255 .369 .489 17 3 21 1 0 0 1981 CIN:N
1982 CIN:N 2,3,5 34 119 439 399 103 74 16 0 13 38 44 .258 .258 .321 .396 37 2 58 1 2 0 1982 CIN:N
1983 CIN:N 2,3,5,7 35 110 334 310 79 50 15 2 12 54 32 .255 .255 .308 .432 24 1 38 0 0 0 1983 CIN:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1967 CIN:N 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 .07 .00 .00 .67 2 0 0 0 22 79 19 34 3 .56 4 18 1967 CIN:N
1968 CIN:N 20 1 5 1 0 0 1 .03 .01 .33 .61 7 0 0 0 244 439 146 173 14 .84 15 123 1968 CIN:N
1969 CIN:N 21 6 6 1 0 1 0 .06 .01 .30 .56 11 0 0 1 259 398 141 154 16 .92 8 112 1969 CIN:N
1970 CIN:N 22 5 2 0 0 0 2 .05 .00 .35 .53 20 0 0 0 355 454 149 181 12 .82 12 169 1970 CIN:N
1971 CIN:N 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 .02 .01 .24 .79 13 0 0 0 235 450 151 185 16 .82 20 120 1971 CIN:N
1972 CIN:N 24 6 6 0 2 0 2 .05 .02 .35 .60 24 0 0 1 291 429 148 161 17 .92 18 139 1972 CIN:N
1973 CIN:N 25 4 1 0 0 0 0 .03 .00 .21 .82 16 0 0 0 239 450 174 158 23 1.10 22 156 1973 CIN:N
1974 CIN:N 26 5 4 0 0 0 0 .06 .00 .29 .58 22 0 0 2 315 468 184 175 18 1.05 13 182 1974 CIN:N
1975 CIN:N 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 .09 .00 .30 .70 12 0 0 2 275 400 135 137 23 .99 12 176 1975 CIN:N
1976 CIN:N 28 13 2 1 0 1 0 .10 .01 .39 .59 8 0 0 0 183 371 119 147 11 .81 9 119 1976 CIN:N
1977 CIN:N 29 2 4 1 0 0 0 .05 .01 .35 .89 17 0 0 2 267 379 125 136 22 .92 10 109 1977 CIN:N
1978 CIN:N 30 4 2 0 0 0 0 .07 .00 .17 .62 9 0 0 1 190 309 103 100 17 1.03 9 93 1978 CIN:N
1979 CIN:N 31 4 2 0 0 0 0 .05 .00 .33 .41 7 0 0 0 213 356 127 144 10 .88 11 125 1979 CIN:N
1980 CIN:N 32 4 2 0 0 0 0 .08 .00 .16 .67 6 0 0 2 174 285 94 109 9 .86 9 78 1980 CIN:N
1981 CIN:N 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 .05 .00 .00 .75 7 0 0 0 87 130 52 49 7 1.06 4 39 1981 CIN:N
1982 CIN:N 34 1 2 0 0 0 0 .03 .00 .20 .67 5 0 0 0 158 315 115 113 14 1.02 14 101 1982 CIN:N
1983 CIN:N 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 .02 .00 .25 .62 7 0 0 0 134 245 98 87 9 1.13 13 61 1983 CIN:N
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1967 CIN:N 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1968 CIN:N 20 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000
1969 CIN:N 21 10 2 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .200
1970 CIN:N 22 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200
1971 CIN:N 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1972 CIN:N 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1973 CIN:N 25 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000
1974 CIN:N 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1975 CIN:N 27 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .200
1976 CIN:N 28 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 .125 .250
1977 CIN:N 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000
1978 CIN:N 30 11 2 0 0 1 0 1 .182 .455
1979 CIN:N 31 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .000
1980 CIN:N 32 13 2 0 0 1 1 2 .154 .385
1981 CIN:N 33 8 3 0 0 1 0 2 .375 .750
1982 CIN:N 34 9 1 0 0 0 1 3 .111 .111
1983 CIN:N 35 34 9 1 0 2 0 8 .265 .471
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1967 CIN:N 19 53 7 3 0 0 4 15 .132 .189 33 7 0 1 1 1 4 .212 .364 1967 CIN:N
1968 CIN:N 20 285 88 25 2 10 16 50 .309 .516 279 67 15 0 5 15 46 .240 .348 1968 CIN:N
1969 CIN:N 21 269 87 12 1 16 28 33 .323 .554 263 69 11 0 10 21 53 .262 .418 1969 CIN:N
1970 CIN:N 22 308 93 21 1 30 29 48 .302 .669 297 84 14 3 15 25 54 .283 .502 1970 CIN:N
1971 CIN:N 23 279 70 7 2 14 23 41 .251 .441 280 62 11 0 13 25 41 .221 .400 1971 CIN:N
1972 CIN:N 24 267 62 9 2 16 43 48 .232 .461 271 83 13 0 24 57 36 .306 .620 1972 CIN:N
1973 CIN:N 25 273 64 11 2 7 44 44 .234 .366 284 77 6 1 18 39 39 .271 .489 1973 CIN:N
1974 CIN:N 26 301 91 14 2 17 38 43 .302 .532 320 83 24 0 16 42 47 .259 .484 1974 CIN:N
1975 CIN:N 27 279 83 23 1 15 35 51 .297 .548 251 67 16 0 13 30 57 .267 .486 1975 CIN:N
1976 CIN:N 28 215 58 13 0 12 49 50 .270 .498 250 51 11 1 4 32 45 .204 .304 1976 CIN:N
1977 CIN:N 29 234 68 20 1 16 24 47 .291 .590 260 68 14 1 15 34 48 .262 .496 1977 CIN:N
1978 CIN:N 30 205 54 9 1 11 31 47 .263 .478 188 48 8 0 12 19 36 .255 .489 1978 CIN:N
1979 CIN:N 31 214 55 5 0 7 29 36 .257 .379 250 73 14 0 15 38 37 .292 .528 1979 CIN:N
1980 CIN:N 32 160 30 5 0 9 19 33 .188 .388 200 60 7 0 15 22 31 .300 .560 1980 CIN:N
1981 CIN:N 33 110 33 4 0 5 12 13 .300 .473 68 22 4 0 3 5 8 .324 .515 1981 CIN:N
1982 CIN:N 34 185 49 8 0 5 21 23 .265 .389 214 54 8 0 8 16 35 .252 .402 1982 CIN:N
1983 CIN:N 35 169 43 10 0 5 12 19 .254 .402 141 36 5 2 7 12 19 .255 .468 1983 CIN:N
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1967 CIN:N 19 23 3 1 0 0 1 6 .130 .174 63 11 2 1 1 4 13 .175 .286 1967 CIN:N
1968 CIN:N 20 131 37 7 1 1 10 23 .282 .374 433 118 33 1 14 21 73 .273 .450 1968 CIN:N
1969 CIN:N 21 85 27 1 0 4 11 7 .318 .471 447 129 22 1 22 38 79 .289 .490 1969 CIN:N
1970 CIN:N 22 152 50 12 2 17 9 24 .329 .770 453 127 23 2 28 45 78 .280 .525 1970 CIN:N
1971 CIN:N 23 127 26 6 0 6 15 15 .205 .394 432 106 12 2 21 33 67 .245 .428 1971 CIN:N
1972 CIN:N 24 147 39 3 0 14 45 22 .265 .571 391 106 19 2 26 55 62 .271 .529 1972 CIN:N
1973 CIN:N 25 166 39 6 2 6 30 21 .235 .404 391 102 11 1 19 53 62 .261 .440 1973 CIN:N
1974 CIN:N 26 165 43 10 0 6 21 18 .261 .430 456 131 28 2 27 59 72 .287 .535 1974 CIN:N
1975 CIN:N 27 160 47 14 0 7 14 30 .294 .513 370 103 25 1 21 51 78 .278 .522 1975 CIN:N
1976 CIN:N 28 157 38 13 1 6 34 28 .242 .452 308 71 11 0 10 47 67 .231 .364 1976 CIN:N
1977 CIN:N 29 194 46 11 2 11 24 31 .237 .485 300 90 23 0 20 34 64 .300 .577 1977 CIN:N
1978 CIN:N 30 157 45 9 0 13 26 29 .287 .592 236 57 8 1 10 24 54 .242 .411 1978 CIN:N
1979 CIN:N 31 159 45 8 0 13 35 19 .283 .579 305 83 11 0 9 32 54 .272 .397 1979 CIN:N
1980 CIN:N 32 111 34 5 0 10 18 19 .306 .622 249 56 7 0 14 23 45 .225 .422 1980 CIN:N
1981 CIN:N 33 50 18 5 0 4 8 8 .360 .700 128 37 3 0 4 9 13 .289 .406 1981 CIN:N
1982 CIN:N 34 121 36 7 0 3 17 15 .298 .430 278 67 9 0 10 20 43 .241 .381 1982 CIN:N
1983 CIN:N 35 87 24 6 1 5 7 12 .276 .540 223 55 9 1 7 17 26 .247 .390 1983 CIN:N
FIELDING STATS - CATCHER
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP PB WP SB CS
1967 CIN:N 19 .995 .990 26 26 233.0 175 17 1 0 0 2 12 5 5
1968 CIN:N 20 .991 .990 154 139 1301.0 951 94 9 6 8 17 54 49 42
1969 CIN:N 21 .992 .989 147 135 1249.0 794 77 7 4 8 13 63 30 38
1970 CIN:N 22 .986 .987 139 130 1158.0 760 72 12 9 12 9 32 32 25
1971 CIN:N 23 .989 .988 141 132 1160.7 685 58 8 6 10 6 27 37 23
1972 CIN:N 24 .992 .987 129 124 1139.7 734 58 6 4 9 2 32 24 27
1973 CIN:N 25 .995 .987 134 124 1115.0 694 57 4 1 7 7 23 28 24
1974 CIN:N 26 .993 .985 137 129 1133.3 749 65 6 5 16 2 39 37 32
1975 CIN:N 27 .989 .985 121 115 1002.7 564 50 7 3 9 0 28 32 25
1976 CIN:N 28 .997 .986 128 120 1071.0 649 65 2 1 11 4 27 57 39
1977 CIN:N 29 .987 .985 135 125 1065.7 705 69 10 8 10 3 37 64 39
1978 CIN:N 30 .989 .985 107 96 836.0 605 48 7 4 6 11 19 49 31
1979 CIN:N 31 .986 .985 126 123 1083.3 619 68 10 6 11 5 18 70 42
1980 CIN:N 32 .991 .983 105 98 847.0 505 39 5 3 7 6 20 83 32
1981 CIN:N 33 .979 .983 7 7 60.0 41 5 1 1 0 1 1 9 4
1982 CIN:N 34 1.000 .985 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CIN:N 35 .950 .984 5 3 23.0 17 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 2
FIELDING STATS - FIRST BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1970 CIN:N 22 .987 .992 12 5 54.0 73 4 1 0 7
1971 CIN:N 23 .974 .992 12 1 33.0 36 1 1 0 7
1972 CIN:N 24 .966 .992 8 2 28.0 26 2 1 0 2
1973 CIN:N 25 1.000 .992 4 3 26.0 30 0 0 0 3
1974 CIN:N 26 1.000 .991 5 0 13.0 15 0 0 0 0
1975 CIN:N 27 .978 .990 9 3 37.3 45 0 1 0 2
1976 CIN:N 28 .000 .991 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CIN:N 29 .958 .991 4 2 21.0 21 2 1 0 3
1978 CIN:N 30 .976 .992 11 9 75.0 75 5 2 0 7
1979 CIN:N 31 1.000 .992 2 2 14.0 13 1 0 0 1
1981 CIN:N 33 .983 .992 38 37 322.0 334 23 6 0 35
1982 CIN:N 34 1.000 .992 8 5 45.7 53 4 0 0 7
1983 CIN:N 35 .989 .992 32 29 251.0 249 14 3 0 21
FIELDING STATS - THIRD BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1970 CIN:N 22 1.000 .945 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
1971 CIN:N 23 1.000 .949 3 3 19.0 2 6 0 0 0
1972 CIN:N 24 .900 .945 4 4 33.0 2 7 1 0 0
1973 CIN:N 25 1.000 .946 1 1 7.0 0 2 0 0 0
1974 CIN:N 26 .962 .948 36 30 263.0 21 54 3 0 2
1977 CIN:N 29 .500 .956 1 0 5.0 0 1 1 0 0
1982 CIN:N 34 .917 .951 107 103 858.7 54 155 19 1 10
1983 CIN:N 35 .933 .949 42 41 319.3 26 58 6 0 5
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1970 CIN:N 22 .938 .976 15 8 78.0 14 1 1 0 0
1971 CIN:N 23 1.000 .979 10 8 63.0 9 1 0 0 0
1975 CIN:N 27 1.000 .978 16 15 129.0 28 0 0 0 0
1976 CIN:N 28 .667 .979 5 3 28.0 4 0 2 0 0
1977 CIN:N 29 1.000 .978 7 6 44.0 9 0 0 0 0
1978 CIN:N 30 .000 .980 1 1 10.7 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CIN:N 35 .000 .977 1 0 .7 0 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - CENTER FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1970 CIN:N 22 1.000 .976 2 2 15.0 3 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - RIGHT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1970 CIN:N 22 .889 .976 7 7 58.0 8 0 1 0 0
1971 CIN:N 23 1.000 .979 3 2 16.0 2 0 0 0 0
1972 CIN:N 24 .938 .978 17 17 138.0 30 0 2 0 0
1973 CIN:N 25 .943 .977 23 22 181.0 33 0 2 0 0
1975 CIN:N 27 1.000 .978 3 3 24.0 5 1 0 0 0
1977 CIN:N 29 .000 .978 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CIN:N 30 .000 .980 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 2,574 1,471 189 1,130 4,314 118 1,055 4,069 3,191
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Bench - Historical Batting Stastistics
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Johnny Bench - Fielding Statistics - Catcher
Fielding Statistics - First Base
Fielding Statistics - Third Base
Fielding Statistics - Left Field
Fielding Statistics - Center Field
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