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Johnny Bench
Johnny Lee Bench (Little General)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 208 lb.

MLB Debut August 28, 1967
Final Game September 29, 1983
Born December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, OK (age 76)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1967 19 CIN NL   66   87    5   10   2   2   1    3   0   0    3   22  .115  .141  .218  .360    50    19   1   2   1   0   0  
 1968 20 CIN NL  157  586   59  140  35   3  11   54   0   3   18  101  .239  .264  .365  .629    96   214   1   4   1   3  18  
 1969 21 CIN NL  155  594   93  173  29   3  34   92   5   5   44  105  .291  .347  .522  .869   128   310   0   1   2   7  12  MVP-9
 1970 22 NYN NL  162  634  120  187  35   7  54  151   0   0   59   97  .295  .350  .628  .978   135   398   0   9   6   0  23  MVP-2
 1971 23 NYN NL  158  590   85  143  19   1  29   94   0   1   56   91  .242  .306  .425  .732   104   251   0   4   1   0  16  
 1972 24 NYN NL  162  602   99  150  18   4  35  105   0   0   89  110  .249  .342  .467  .809   123   281   0   8   6   0  13  MVP-6
 1973 25 NYN NL  162  600   67  138  19   1  19   73   3   1   85  104  .230  .323  .360  .683    95   216   0   5   3   0  20  
 1974 26 NYN NL  162  622   85  171  34   0  34  119   0   0   63   98  .275  .341  .494  .834   120   307   0   6   2   2  17  MVP-3
 1975 27 NYN NL  159  589   75  147  41   3  25   92   7   0   59  120  .250  .321  .457  .778   116   269   0   6   1   6  15  MVP-12
 1976 28 NYN NL  147  500   72  119  29   1  18   73   9   0   94   97  .238  .359  .408  .767   111   204   0   6   6   4  15  MVP-14
 1977 29 NYN NL  151  544   70  144  44   1  33  127   0   0   55  108  .265  .328  .531  .860   121   289   0   7   6   0   8  MVP-10
 1978 30 NYN NL  120  407   63  100  15   1  29   75   0   0   41   82  .246  .313  .501  .815   122   204   1   2   2   0  10  
 1979 31 NYN NL  133  461   67  125  23   0  19   94   3   0   52   64  .271  .342  .445  .787   109   205   0   4   1   0  17  
 1980 32 NYN NL  112  346   52   87  14   0  30   68   1   1   33   72  .251  .319  .552  .871   125   191   0   2   0   2   9  
 1981 33 NYN NL  104  269   33   81  11   1  12   51   0   0   25   30  .301  .357  .483  .840   126   130   1   3   2   0   5  
 1982 34 NYN NL  109  407   43  113  26   0   5   53   0   2   38   64  .278  .336  .378  .715   104   154   0   4   0   0  17  
 1983 35 NYN NL   89  300   47   92  15   1  20   57   0   0   24   40  .307  .357  .563  .920   130   169   0   1   4   0  14  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     2308 8138 1135 2120 409  29 408 1381  28  13  838 1405  .261  .329  .468  .797        3811   4  74  44  24 229
 Per 600 PA           538   75  140  27   2  27   91   2   1   55   93                                 252   0   5   3   2  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYN     1930 6871  978 1797 343  21 362 1232  23   5  773 1177  .262  .334  .476  .810        3268   2  67  40  14 199
   With CIN      378 1267  157  323  66   8  46  149   5   8   65  228  .255  .295  .429  .724         543   2   7   4  10  30
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2158 7658 1091 2048 381  24 389 1376  68  43  891 1278  .267  .342  .476  .817        3644  11  90 135  19 201
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1967 19 CIN NL  11    2   1.0   3   0   0  .000   0   10    9  .900    7    3  .700  C    2(-3)e3  -103   
 1968 20 CIN NL  29   50   2.9   2   0   0  .000   6   73   54  .740   39   30  .565  C    2(-3)e5  -115   
 1969 21 CIN NL  32  104   6.4   5   1   0  .200   6   78   57  .731   13   10  .565  C    1(-4)e4    29   
 1970 22 NYN NL  28  132   7.5   1   1   0 1.000   9   97   76  .784   10   15  .400  C    1(-4)e7    47   
 1971 23 NYN NL  27   74   4.3   3   2   0  .667   4   87   68  .782   22   15  .595  C    1(-4)e5    10   
 1972 24 NYN NL  25   99   5.7   0   0   0  .000   7   89   68  .764   18    6  .750  C    1(-4)e2  -111   
 1973 25 NYN NL  29   70   3.9   0   0   0  .000   1   82   65  .793    5   11  .312  C    1(-4)e1   -91   
 1974 26 NYN NL  28  103   5.9   0   0   0  .000   5   85   71  .835   15   17  .469  C    1(-4)e2   -36   
 1975 27 NYN NL  36   87   5.1   2   0   0  .000   9   69   55  .797   40   26  .606  C    1(-4)e3  -100   
 1976 28 NYN NL  31   78   5.3   3   1   0  .333   3   71   61  .859   52   19  .732  C    1(-3)e1    26   
 1977 29 NYN NL  38   96   6.3   6   1   0  .167  10   82   59  .720   50   31  .617  C    1(-3)e3   -29   
 1978 30 NYN NL  42   62   5.3   4   1   1  .250   7   50   37  .740   36   29  .554  C    2(-3)e1    -9   
 1979 31 NYN NL  31   68   5.2   2   0   0  .000   9   67   51  .761   25   19  .568  C    1(-3)e1   -36   
 1980 32 NYN NL  28   58   5.9  16   4   0  .250   3   42   36  .857   57   19  .750  C    1(-1)e3    60   
 1981 33 NYN NL  39   46   6.4  21   6   1  .286   5   29   20  .690   40   23  .635  C    2(+2)e3   -18   
 1982 34 NYN NL  40   48   4.2   7   2   0  .286   8   56   44  .786  122   48  .718  C    3(+2)e3    -1   
 1983 35 NYN NL  48   54   6.6   6   2   0  .333  17   40   27  .675   87   41  .680  C    4(+2)e16  180   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 17 Seasons         1241   5.3  81  21   2  .259 109 1107  858  .775  638  362  .638                 -22   8
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 51.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 151.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1967 19 CIN NL  C     64   217     6    0    0  1.000    22   272.2   7.36
 1968 20 CIN NL  C    156   995    58    6    5   .994   155  1386.0   6.84
 1969 21 CIN NL  C    153   964    46    6    5   .994   150  1359.1   6.69
 1970 22 NYN NL  C    162  1199    58    9    7   .993   161  1446.2   7.82  GG
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1971 23 NYN NL  C    158  1054    48    3    9   .997   151  1378.0   7.20  GG
                 1B     4    26     1    1    5   .964     3    24.0  10.12
                 3B     1     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1972 24 NYN NL  C    147   902    43    3   10   .997   139  1250.1   6.80
                 3B    27    24    38    4    5   .939    23   185.2   3.01
                 1B     2     8     0    0    2  1.000     0     8.0   9.00
 1973 25 NYN NL  C    157  1063    44    1    4   .999   149  1359.1   7.33
                 3B    15     9    13    0    2  1.000    13   100.1   1.97
                 1B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1974 26 NYN NL  C    156   942    61    2    8   .998   150  1352.2   6.67  GG
                 3B    13     6    22    3    0   .903    12    94.0   2.68
 1975 27 NYN NL  C    156   874    53    9    5   .990   149  1350.1   6.18  GG
                 LF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     2    13.0   2.08
                 1B     1    10     3    0    2  1.000     1     8.0  14.62
 1976 28 NYN NL  C    145   915    62    3    6   .997   136  1266.0   6.95  GG
 1977 29 NYN NL  C    150   970    57   10    2   .990   137  1256.2   7.36
 1978 30 NYN NL  C    115   731    47    5    0   .994    98   890.1   7.86
                 1B     5    43     2    2    6   .957     5    40.0  10.12
 1979 31 NYN NL  C    128   720    39    8    2   .990   113  1046.1   6.53
                 1B     3    21     0    1    2   .955     3    18.0  10.50
 1980 32 NYN NL  C     96   544    40    3    8   .995    82   763.2   6.88
 1981 33 NYN NL  C     75   305    37    4    4   .988    46   478.0   6.44
                 1B    11    68    13    1    6   .988    10    82.1   8.85
 1982 34 NYN NL  C    103   594    72    8    4   .988    98   901.2   6.65
 1983 35 NYN NL  C     84   431    56   17    1   .966    73   684.1   6.40
                 1B     1    10     1    0    1  1.000     1     8.0  12.38
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   2205 13420   827   97   80   .993  2009 18442.1   6.95
                 3B    57    39    75    7    7   .942    48   383.0   2.68
                 1B    28   186    20    5   24   .976    23   189.1   9.79
                 LF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     2    13.0   2.08
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1967 WS    CIN BOA   L    7  14  1  4  0  0  1   3  0  4  .286  .286  .500  0
 1971 NLCS  NYN LAN   L    3  10  1  2  0  0  1   1  0  0  .200  .200  .500  0
 1976 NLCS  NYN CIN   L    4  15  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  3  .067  .125  .067  0
 1979 NLCS  NYN CIN   L    5  22  2  8  3  0  0   3  0  6  .364  .364  .500  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1967  CIN  103-59   Larry Cupp
 1968  CIN   72-90   Alan Boodman
 1969  CIN   83-79   Alan Boodman
 1970  NYN  100-62   Ray Cappocchi
 1971  NYN  104-58   Ray Cappocchi
 1972  NYN   80-82   Ray Cappocchi
 1973  NYN   79-83   Ray Cappocchi
 1974  NYN   61-101  Chris Colucci, Jon Fellows
 1975  NYN   67-95   Jon Fellows
 1976  NYN   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1977  NYN   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1978  NYN   82-80   Jon Fellows
 1979  NYN  107-55   Jon Fellows
 1980  NYN   76-86   Jon Fellows
 1981  NYN   81-81   Jon Fellows
 1982  NYN   80-82   Jon Fellows
 1983  NYN   82-80   Jon Fellows

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