Johnny Bench
Bats R Throws R6'1" 197 lbBorn 1947 Oklahoma City, USADebut 1967Team CIN14x All-StarDraft 1965 R2 #36 Cincinnati Reds, Anadarko HS (Binger, OK)
Awards: Gold Glove x10, TSN All-Star x7, Most Valuable Player x2, Babe Ruth Award, Hutch Award, Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, Rookie of the Year
Batting
| Year | Team | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HIT+ |
|---|
| 1983 | CIN | 110 | 334 | 32 | 79 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 54 | 0 | 24 | 38 | 0.255 | 0.308 | 0.432 | 0.741 | 102.2 |
| 1982 | CIN | 119 | 439 | 44 | 103 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 37 | 58 | 0.258 | 0.320 | 0.396 | 0.716 | 99.8 |
| 1981 | CIN | 52 | 196 | 14 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 0.309 | 0.369 | 0.489 | 0.858 | 144.2 |
| 1980 | CIN | 114 | 407 | 52 | 90 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 68 | 4 | 41 | 64 | 0.250 | 0.327 | 0.483 | 0.810 | 125.4 |
| 1979 | CIN | 130 | 538 | 73 | 128 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 80 | 4 | 67 | 73 | 0.276 | 0.364 | 0.459 | 0.824 | 124.5 |
| 1978 | CIN | 120 | 451 | 52 | 102 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 73 | 4 | 50 | 83 | 0.260 | 0.340 | 0.483 | 0.823 | 126.4 |
| 1977 | CIN | 142 | 560 | 67 | 136 | 34 | 2 | 31 | 109 | 2 | 58 | 95 | 0.275 | 0.348 | 0.540 | 0.889 | 131.4 |
| 1976 | CIN | 135 | 552 | 62 | 109 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 74 | 13 | 81 | 95 | 0.234 | 0.348 | 0.394 | 0.741 | 112.1 |
| 1975 | CIN | 142 | 605 | 83 | 150 | 39 | 1 | 28 | 110 | 11 | 65 | 108 | 0.283 | 0.359 | 0.519 | 0.878 | 138.5 |
| 1974 | CIN | 160 | 708 | 108 | 174 | 38 | 2 | 33 | 129 | 5 | 80 | 90 | 0.280 | 0.363 | 0.507 | 0.870 | 142.6 |
| 1973 | CIN | 152 | 651 | 83 | 141 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 104 | 4 | 83 | 83 | 0.253 | 0.345 | 0.429 | 0.774 | 117.2 |
| 1972 | CIN | 147 | 652 | 87 | 145 | 22 | 2 | 40 | 125 | 6 | 100 | 84 | 0.270 | 0.379 | 0.541 | 0.920 | 162.8 |
| 1971 | CIN | 149 | 613 | 80 | 134 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 61 | 2 | 49 | 83 | 0.238 | 0.299 | 0.423 | 0.722 | 107.2 |
| 1970 | CIN | 158 | 671 | 97 | 177 | 35 | 4 | 45 | 148 | 5 | 54 | 102 | 0.293 | 0.345 | 0.587 | 0.932 | 138.9 |
| 1969 | CIN | 148 | 592 | 83 | 156 | 23 | 1 | 26 | 90 | 6 | 49 | 86 | 0.293 | 0.353 | 0.487 | 0.840 | 129.5 |
| 1968 | CIN | 154 | 607 | 67 | 155 | 40 | 2 | 15 | 82 | 1 | 31 | 96 | 0.275 | 0.311 | 0.433 | 0.743 | 115.9 |
| 1967 | CIN | 26 | 93 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0.163 | 0.207 | 0.256 | 0.462 | 13.8 |
| Career | | 2158 | 8669 | 1091 | 2048 | 381 | 24 | 389 | 1376 | 68 | 891 | 1278 | 0.267 | 0.342 | 0.476 | 0.817 | 125.9 |
Fielding
| Year | Team | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Runs saved |
|---|
| 1983 | CIN | 3B | 42 | 319 | 26 | 58 | 6 | 5 | 0.933 | |
| 1983 | CIN | 1B | 32 | 251 | 249 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 0.989 | |
| 1983 | CIN | C | 5 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.950 | |
| 1983 | CIN | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1982 | CIN | 3B | 107 | 859 | 54 | 155 | 19 | 10 | 0.917 | |
| 1982 | CIN | 1B | 8 | 46 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | |
| 1982 | CIN | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1981 | CIN | 1B | 38 | 322 | 334 | 23 | 6 | 35 | 0.983 | |
| 1981 | CIN | C | 7 | 60 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.979 | |
| 1980 | CIN | C | 105 | 847 | 505 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 0.991 | |
| 1979 | CIN | C | 126 | 1083 | 619 | 68 | 10 | 11 | 0.986 | |
| 1979 | CIN | 1B | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| 1978 | CIN | C | 107 | 836 | 605 | 48 | 7 | 6 | 0.989 | |
| 1978 | CIN | 1B | 11 | 75 | 75 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.976 | |
| 1978 | CIN | OF | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1977 | CIN | C | 135 | 1066 | 705 | 66 | 10 | 10 | 0.987 | |
| 1977 | CIN | OF | 8 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1977 | CIN | 1B | 4 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.958 | |
| 1977 | CIN | 3B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | |
| 1976 | CIN | C | 128 | 1071 | 651 | 60 | 2 | 11 | 0.997 | |
| 1976 | CIN | OF | 5 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | |
| 1976 | CIN | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1975 | CIN | C | 121 | 1003 | 568 | 51 | 7 | 9 | 0.989 | |
| 1975 | CIN | OF | 19 | 153 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1975 | CIN | 1B | 9 | 37 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.978 | |
| 1974 | CIN | C | 137 | 1133 | 757 | 68 | 6 | 16 | 0.993 | |
| 1974 | CIN | 3B | 36 | 263 | 22 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 0.963 | |
| 1974 | CIN | 1B | 5 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1973 | CIN | C | 134 | 1115 | 693 | 61 | 4 | 7 | 0.995 | |
| 1973 | CIN | OF | 23 | 181 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.946 | |
| 1973 | CIN | 1B | 4 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | |
| 1973 | CIN | 3B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1972 | CIN | C | 129 | 1140 | 735 | 56 | 6 | 9 | 0.992 | |
| 1972 | CIN | OF | 17 | 138 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.938 | |
| 1972 | CIN | 1B | 7 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.960 | |
| 1972 | CIN | 3B | 4 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | |
| 1971 | CIN | C | 141 | 1170 | 687 | 59 | 9 | 9 | 0.988 | |
| 1971 | CIN | 1B | 12 | 33 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0.972 | |
| 1971 | CIN | OF | 12 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1971 | CIN | 3B | 3 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.
Postseason batting
| Year | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|
| 1979 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.250 | 0.357 | 0.667 | 1.024 |
| 1976 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.444 | 0.464 | 0.926 | 1.390 |
| 1975 | 10 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0.167 | 0.222 | 0.286 | 0.508 |
| 1973 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.263 | 0.333 | 0.526 | 0.860 |
| 1972 | 12 | 41 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0.293 | 0.375 | 0.537 | 0.912 |
| 1970 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0.214 | 0.312 | 0.429 | 0.741 |
| Career | 45 | 169 | 27 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 0.266 | 0.335 | 0.527 | 0.862 |