Johnny Lee Bench
(1967 - 1983)

Born December 7, 1947
Oklahoma City, Okla.

Batted Right
Threw Right
6'1"
215 lbs

Most Home Runs
by a Catcher (327)
Most Games by a Catcher in
a Rookie Season (1968 - 154)
Hit Home Runs in all 12 N.L.
Ballparks in 1972
N.L. ROY in 1968
N.L. MVP in 1970 & 1972
10 Gold Gloves
(1st All-Time for Catchers)
14 Time All-Star
1976 World Series MVP

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1972 (Devaney, 52)

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Hall of Fame inductee in 1989.

Year

Games By Position

1967

C-26

1968

C-154

1969

C-147

1970

C-139, OF-24, 1B-12, 3B-1

1971

C-141, 1B-12, OF-12, 3B-3

1972

C-129, OF-17, 1B-7, 3B-4

1973

C-134, OF-23, 1B-4 3B-1

1974

C-137, 3B-36, 1B-5

1975

C-121, OF-19, 1B-9

1976

C-128, OF-5, 1B-5

1977

C-135, OF-8, 1B-4, 3B-1

1978

C-107, 1B-11, OF-2

1979

C-126, 1B-2

1980

C-105

1981

1B-38, C-7

1982

3B-42, 1B-32, C-5, OF-1

1983

3B-107, 1B-8, C-1

Total

C-1742, 3B-195, 1B-145,OF-111

(Numbers in parenthesis are defensive statistic leaders for Catchers)

Overall Rankings --

ML 1st

NL 1st

NL 2nd

NL 3rd

NL 4th

NL 5th

Year

AVG

SLG

G

AB

R

H

TB

2B

3B

HR

RBI

SB

BB

SO

PO

A

E

DP

TC/G

FA

1967

.163

.256

26

86

7

14

22

3

1

1

6

0

5

19

175

16

1

0

7.5

.995

1968

.275

.433

154

564

67

155

244

40

2

15

82

1

31

96

942

102

9

10

6.8

.991

1969

.293

.487

148

532

83

156

259

23

1

26

90

6

49

86

793

76

7

10

5.9

.992

1970

.293

.587

158

605

97

177

355

35

4

45

148

5

54

102

854

78

15

19

6.0

.984

1971

.238

.423

149

562

80

134

238

19

2

27

61

2

49

83

735

57

10

16

5.4

.988

1972

.270

.541

147

538

87

145

291

22

2

40

125

6

100

84

791

63

10

10

5.9

.988

1973

.253

.429

152

557

83

141

239

17

3

25

104

4

83

83

757

63

6

10

5.4

.993

1974

.280

.507

160

621

108

174

315

38

2

33

129

5

80

90

794

123

9

18(16)

5.8

.990

1975

.283

.519

142

530

83

150

275

39

1

28

110

11

65

108

646

52

8

11

5.0

.989

1976

.234

.394

135

465

62

109

183

24

1

16

74

13

81

95

655(651)

60

4

11

5.3

.993(.997)

1977

.275

.540

142

494

67

136

267

34

2

31

109

2

58

95

735

69

12

13

5.7

.985

1978

.260

.483

120

393

52

102

190

17

1

23

73

4

50

83

680

53

9

13

6.2

.988

1979

.276

.459

130

464

73

128

213

19

0

22

80

4

67

73

632

69

10

12

5.5

.986

1980

.250

.483

114

360

52

90

174

12

0

24

68

4

41

64

505

39

5

7

4.8

.991

1981

.309

.489

52

178

14

55

87

8

0

8

25

0

17

21

375

28

7

35

7.9

.983

1982

.258

.396

119

399

44

103

158

16

0

13

38

1

37

58

108

159

19

17

2.4

.934

1983

.255

.432

110

310

32

79

134

15

2

12

54

0

24

38

292

74

10

26

3.4

.973

Total

.267

.476

2158

7658

1091

2048

3644

381

24

389

1376

68

891

1278

10469

1191

151

238

5.5

.987

Led National League in passed balls with 18 in 1968 and 10 in 1973.
Led National League with sacrifice flies with 11 in 1970 and 12 in 1972.