NAME     : Johnny Bench
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : 
 
  BIRTHDAY : 12/7/1947
  AGE      : 33
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 190
 
  POSITION : Catcher
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $7,500,000 through 1981
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : VERY inconsistent
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Catcher : D (Fielding Pct. : .976) Catcher Arm : C
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : Speed : E Stealing Ability : C Sacrifice Bunt : C Bunt for Hit : E Hitter Type : Pull Hitter Getting Hits : 5 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average) Hitting Doubles : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Good) Hitting Homeruns : 11 (VS. RHP : 11, VS. LHP : 11, Talent Brilliant) Getting BB's : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Fair) Avoiding Strikeouts : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 vs RHP .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 vs LHP .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 At Home .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Away .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 R.I.S.P. .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1967 .163 1 6 26 86 14 3 1 7 0 1 5 19 .209 .256 CIN 1968 .275 15 82 154 564 155 40 2 67 1 5 31 96 .313 .433 CIN 1969 .293 26 90 148 532 156 23 1 83 6 6 49 86 .353 .487 CIN 1970 .281 46 108 158 570 160 40 3 103 1 1 68 97 .357 .604 CIN,NL 1971 .284 39 119 162 609 173 42 3 90 4 0 61 97 .349 .555 CIN,NY,NL 1972 .248 37 128 158 592 147 41 3 91 1 0 55 80 .312 .515 CIN,NL 1973 .268 49 140 162 630 169 40 3 101 0 0 66 103 .338 .575 CIN,NL 1974 .251 36 118 162 621 156 48 4 102 1 0 55 80 .312 .515 CIN,ATL,NL 1975 .234 27 88 161 572 134 40 1 82 1 0 68 87 .316 .449 ATL 1976 .239 49 111 160 586 140 36 3 86 0 0 57 90 .306 .561 ATL 1977 .221 37 104 151 533 118 26 4 65 1 1 50 79 .288 .493 ATL 1978 .239 37 98 155 569 136 43 2 81 1 0 61 71 .313 .517 ATL 1979 .230 31 89 159 608 140 45 3 88 1 1 61 60 .300 .467 ATL 1980 .230 41 111 160 608 140 29 7 110 12 2 65 66 .305 .503 ATL,CAL,AL Total AB : 7680 Total AVG : .252 Total Hits: 1938 Total HR : 471 Total RBI : 1392 Total Runs: 1156 Total SB : 30
PLAYER HISTORY
Hit for the cycle against Cincinnati on 9/25/1978... Traded from Atlanta to California on 3/2/1980... Had 5 hits with 8 RBI against Kansas City on 5/28/1980... Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game...