Johnny Bench
Born: December 7, 1947, Oklahoma City, OKHeight: 6'1" Weight: 197 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1967 Cincinnati NL 19 26 86 7 14 22 3 1 1 6 1 1 0 1 5 0 0 19 4 .163 .256 .207 1968 Cincinnati NL 20 154 564 67 155 244 40 2 15 82 2 8 1 5 23 8 2 96 14 .275 .433 .311 1969 Cincinnati NL 21 148 532 83 156 259 23 1 26 90 0 7 6 6 42 7 4 86 7 .293 .487 .353 1970 Cincinnati NL 22 158 605 97 177 355 35 4 45 148 1 11 5 2 45 9 0 102 12 .293 .587 .345 1971 Cincinnati NL 23 149 562 80 134 238 19 2 27 61 0 2 2 1 42 7 0 83 20 .238 .423 .299 1972 Cincinnati NL 24 147 538 87 145 291 22 2 40 125 0 12 6 6 77 23 2 84 18 .270 .541 .379 1973 Cincinnati NL 25 152 557 83 141 239 17 3 25 104 1 10 4 1 69 14 0 83 22 .253 .429 .345 1974 Cincinnati NL 26 160 621 108 174 315 38 2 33 129 0 4 5 4 65 15 3 90 13 .280 .507 .363 1975 Cincinnati NL 27 142 530 83 150 275 39 1 28 110 0 8 11 0 53 12 2 108 12 .283 .519 .359 1976 Cincinnati NL 28 135 465 62 109 183 24 1 16 74 0 4 13 2 75 6 2 95 9 .234 .394 .348 1977 Cincinnati NL 29 142 494 67 136 267 34 2 31 109 0 7 2 4 50 8 1 95 10 .275 .540 .348 1978 Cincinnati NL 30 120 393 52 102 190 17 1 23 73 1 6 4 2 40 10 1 83 9 .260 .483 .340 1979 Cincinnati NL 31 130 464 73 128 213 19 0 22 80 3 4 4 2 59 8 0 73 11 .276 .459 .364 1980 Cincinnati NL 32 114 360 52 90 174 12 0 24 68 0 4 4 2 39 2 2 64 9 .250 .483 .327 1981 Cincinnati NL 33 52 178 14 55 87 8 0 8 25 1 0 0 2 14 3 0 21 4 .309 .489 .369 1982 Cincinnati NL 34 119 399 44 103 158 16 0 13 38 1 2 1 2 35 2 0 58 14 .258 .396 .320 1983 Cincinnati NL 35 110 310 32 79 134 15 2 12 54 0 0 0 1 23 1 0 38 13 .255 .432 .308 TOTALS 2158 7658 1091 2048 3644 381 24 389 1376 11 90 68 43 756 135 19 1278 201 .267 .476 .342
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1967 Cincinnati NL C 233.0 26 0 4 26 175 16 1 0 .995 5 5 2 1968 Cincinnati NL C 1301.0 139 15 2 154 942 102 9 10 .991 49 44 18 1969 Cincinnati NL C 1249.0 135 12 4 147 793 76 7 10 .992 30 40 14 1970 Cincinnati NL C 1158.0 130 9 11 139 755 73 12 12 .986 32 30 9 1970 Cincinnati NL LF 78.0 8 7 4 15 14 1 1 0 .938 1.73 1970 Cincinnati NL 1B 54.0 5 7 1 12 74 4 1 7 .987 13.00 1970 Cincinnati NL RF 58.0 7 0 3 7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.24 1970 Cincinnati NL CF 15.0 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 1970 Cincinnati NL 3B 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1971 Cincinnati NL C 1169.2 133 9 13 142 687 59 9 9 .988 37 26 6 1971 Cincinnati NL 1B 33.0 1 11 1 12 34 1 1 7 .972 9.55 1971 Cincinnati NL LF 63.0 8 2 7 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.43 1971 Cincinnati NL 3B 19.0 3 0 3 3 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.79 1971 Cincinnati NL RF 16.0 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 1972 Cincinnati NL C 1139.2 124 5 9 129 735 56 6 9 .992 24 31 2 1972 Cincinnati NL RF 138.0 17 0 7 17 30 0 2 0 .938 1.96 1972 Cincinnati NL 1B 28.0 2 6 0 8 24 0 1 1 .960 7.71 1972 Cincinnati NL 3B 33.0 4 0 2 4 2 7 1 0 .900 2.45 1973 Cincinnati NL C 1115.0 124 10 13 134 693 61 4 7 .995 28 27 8 1973 Cincinnati NL RF 181.0 22 1 12 23 33 0 2 0 .943 1.64 1973 Cincinnati NL 1B 26.0 3 1 1 4 29 0 0 3 1.000 10.04 1973 Cincinnati NL 3B 7.0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 1974 Cincinnati NL C 1133.1 129 8 18 137 757 68 6 16 .993 37 35 3 1974 Cincinnati NL 3B 263.0 30 6 8 36 22 55 3 2 .963 2.63 1974 Cincinnati NL 1B 13.0 0 5 0 5 15 0 0 0 1.000 10.38 1975 Cincinnati NL C 1002.2 115 6 20 121 568 51 7 9 .989 32 27 0 1975 Cincinnati NL LF 129.0 15 1 5 16 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 1975 Cincinnati NL 1B 37.1 3 6 1 9 45 0 1 2 .978 10.85 1975 Cincinnati NL RF 24.0 3 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 1976 Cincinnati NL C 1071.0 120 8 15 128 651 60 2 11 .997 57 42 5 1976 Cincinnati NL LF 28.0 3 2 3 5 4 0 2 0 .667 1.29 1976 Cincinnati NL 1B 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1977 Cincinnati NL C 1065.2 125 10 23 135 705 66 10 10 .987 64 42 3 1977 Cincinnati NL LF 44.0 6 1 4 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 1977 Cincinnati NL 1B 21.0 2 2 1 4 21 2 1 3 .958 9.86 1977 Cincinnati NL 3B 5.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.80 1977 Cincinnati NL RF 8.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1978 Cincinnati NL C 836.0 96 11 27 107 605 48 7 6 .989 49 35 12 1978 Cincinnati NL 1B 75.0 9 2 7 11 75 5 2 7 .976 9.60 1978 Cincinnati NL RF 5.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1978 Cincinnati NL LF 10.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1979 Cincinnati NL C 1083.1 123 3 9 126 619 68 10 11 .986 70 45 5 1979 Cincinnati NL 1B 14.0 2 0 2 2 13 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 1980 Cincinnati NL C 847.0 98 7 17 105 505 39 5 7 .991 83 34 6 1981 Cincinnati NL 1B 322.0 37 1 10 38 334 23 6 35 .983 9.98 1981 Cincinnati NL C 60.0 7 0 1 7 41 5 1 0 .979 9 4 1 1982 Cincinnati NL 3B 858.2 103 4 34 107 54 155 19 10 .917 2.19 1982 Cincinnati NL 1B 45.2 5 3 1 8 53 4 0 7 1.000 11.23 1982 Cincinnati NL C 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 1983 Cincinnati NL 3B 319.1 41 1 23 42 26 58 6 5 .933 2.37 1983 Cincinnati NL 1B 251.0 29 3 3 32 249 14 3 21 .989 9.43 1983 Cincinnati NL C 23.0 3 2 3 5 17 2 1 0 .950 4 2 0 1983 Cincinnati NL LF 0.2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
- Placed on military list by Cincinnati Reds (June 13, 1971)
- Activated by Cincinnati Reds (June 17, 1971)
- Placed on disabled list by Cincinnati Reds, (May 29, 1981).
- Activated by Cincinnati Reds, (August 22, 1981).
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