Johnny Bench Stats
Johnny Bench
| Primary Position: Catcher |
Bats: R Throws: R |
| Born: December 07, 1947 |
Location: Oklahoma City, OK USA |
| Played in 17
Major League seasons (1967-1983) |
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Career Shark War: 74.3618
- Hitting WAR: 62.5014
- Fielding WAR: 11.8604
- Pitching WAR: 0.0
Hitting Statistics
| Year | League | Team | Age | Shark WAR | Batting WAR | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SB | CS | wRC | OBP | SLG | Pos |
| 1967 |
NL |
CIN |
19 |
-0.7 |
-0.8 |
26 |
93 |
14 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1.900 |
0.206 |
0.256 |
C |
| 1968 |
NL |
CIN |
20 |
6.3 |
3.2 |
154 |
607 |
155 |
40 |
2 |
15 |
31 |
1 |
5 |
66.764 |
0.311 |
0.433 |
C |
| 1969 |
NL |
CIN |
21 |
5.9 |
4.4 |
148 |
592 |
156 |
23 |
1 |
26 |
49 |
6 |
6 |
83.612 |
0.353 |
0.487 |
C |
| 1970 |
NL |
CIN |
22 |
8.8 |
6.7 |
158 |
671 |
177 |
35 |
4 |
45 |
54 |
5 |
2 |
108.734 |
0.345 |
0.587 |
C |
| 1971 |
NL |
CIN |
23 |
3.7 |
2.7 |
149 |
613 |
134 |
19 |
2 |
27 |
49 |
2 |
1 |
62.697 |
0.298 |
0.423 |
C |
| 1972 |
NL |
CIN |
24 |
8.9 |
8.2 |
147 |
652 |
145 |
22 |
2 |
40 |
100 |
6 |
6 |
105.541 |
0.379 |
0.541 |
C |
| 1973 |
NL |
CIN |
25 |
5.3 |
4.0 |
152 |
651 |
141 |
17 |
3 |
25 |
83 |
4 |
1 |
78.141 |
0.345 |
0.429 |
C |
| 1974 |
NL |
CIN |
26 |
8.4 |
6.7 |
160 |
708 |
174 |
38 |
2 |
33 |
80 |
5 |
4 |
106.161 |
0.363 |
0.507 |
C |
| 1975 |
NL |
CIN |
27 |
7.7 |
6.0 |
142 |
605 |
150 |
39 |
1 |
28 |
65 |
11 |
0 |
89.559 |
0.359 |
0.519 |
C |
| 1976 |
NL |
CIN |
28 |
4.4 |
3.3 |
135 |
552 |
109 |
24 |
1 |
16 |
81 |
13 |
2 |
63.282 |
0.348 |
0.394 |
C |
| 1977 |
NL |
CIN |
29 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
142 |
560 |
136 |
34 |
2 |
31 |
58 |
2 |
4 |
84.079 |
0.348 |
0.540 |
C |
| 1978 |
NL |
CIN |
30 |
4.1 |
3.3 |
120 |
451 |
102 |
17 |
1 |
23 |
50 |
4 |
2 |
59.617 |
0.340 |
0.483 |
C |
| 1979 |
NL |
CIN |
31 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
130 |
538 |
128 |
19 |
0 |
22 |
67 |
4 |
2 |
73.115 |
0.364 |
0.459 |
C |
| 1980 |
NL |
CIN |
32 |
1.3 |
2.6 |
114 |
407 |
90 |
12 |
0 |
24 |
41 |
4 |
2 |
52.230 |
0.327 |
0.483 |
C |
| 1981 |
NL |
CIN |
33 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
52 |
196 |
55 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
17 |
0 |
2 |
28.633 |
0.369 |
0.489 |
1B |
| 1982 |
NL |
CIN |
34 |
-0.2 |
1.3 |
119 |
439 |
103 |
16 |
0 |
13 |
37 |
1 |
2 |
44.942 |
0.320 |
0.396 |
3B |
| 1983 |
NL |
CIN |
35 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
110 |
334 |
79 |
15 |
2 |
12 |
24 |
0 |
1 |
35.794 |
0.308 |
0.432 |
3B |
| Career Totals | 74.4 | 62.5 | 2158 | 8669 | 2048 | 381 | 24 | 389 | 891 | 68 | 43 | 1144.803 | 0.341 | 0.476 |
Fielding Statistics
| Year | Position | Team | Age | Fielding WAR | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Def Runs Saved |
| 1967 |
C |
CIN |
19 |
0.1 |
26.0 |
233.0 |
175.0 |
16.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.556 |
| 1968 |
C |
CIN |
20 |
3.0 |
154.0 |
1301.0 |
942.0 |
102.0 |
9.0 |
10.0 |
28.165 |
| 1969 |
C |
CIN |
21 |
1.5 |
147.0 |
1249.0 |
793.0 |
76.0 |
7.0 |
10.0 |
14.246 |
| 1970 |
1B |
CIN |
22 |
-0.1 |
12.0 |
54.0 |
74.0 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
-0.566 |
| 3B |
CIN |
22 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.010 |
| C |
CIN |
22 |
2.3 |
139.0 |
1158.0 |
755.0 |
73.0 |
12.0 |
12.0 |
22.320 |
| CF |
CIN |
22 |
-0.0 |
2.0 |
15.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.087 |
| LF |
CIN |
22 |
-0.0 |
15.0 |
78.0 |
14.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
-0.197 |
| RF |
CIN |
22 |
-0.1 |
7.0 |
58.0 |
8.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
-0.917 |
| 1971 |
1B |
CIN |
23 |
-0.1 |
12.0 |
33.0 |
34.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
-0.934 |
| 3B |
CIN |
23 |
0.1 |
3.0 |
19.0 |
2.0 |
6.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.860 |
| C |
CIN |
23 |
1.1 |
141.0 |
1170.0 |
687.0 |
59.0 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
10.540 |
| LF |
CIN |
23 |
-0.0 |
10.0 |
63.0 |
9.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.377 |
| RF |
CIN |
23 |
-0.0 |
3.0 |
16.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.211 |
| 1972 |
1B |
CIN |
24 |
-0.1 |
7.0 |
28.0 |
24.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
-0.794 |
| 3B |
CIN |
24 |
-0.0 |
4.0 |
33.0 |
2.0 |
7.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
-0.313 |
| C |
CIN |
24 |
0.9 |
129.0 |
1140.0 |
735.0 |
56.0 |
6.0 |
9.0 |
8.365 |
| RF |
CIN |
24 |
-0.0 |
17.0 |
138.0 |
30.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
-0.384 |
| 1973 |
1B |
CIN |
25 |
-0.1 |
4.0 |
26.0 |
29.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
-0.983 |
| 3B |
CIN |
25 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.157 |
| C |
CIN |
25 |
1.5 |
134.0 |
1115.0 |
693.0 |
61.0 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
14.381 |
| RF |
CIN |
25 |
-0.1 |
23.0 |
181.0 |
33.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
-1.195 |
| 1974 |
1B |
CIN |
26 |
-0.0 |
5.0 |
13.0 |
15.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.318 |
| 3B |
CIN |
26 |
-0.3 |
36.0 |
263.0 |
22.0 |
55.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
-2.326 |
| C |
CIN |
26 |
2.0 |
137.0 |
1133.3 |
757.0 |
68.0 |
6.0 |
16.0 |
16.492 |
| 1975 |
1B |
CIN |
27 |
-0.1 |
9.0 |
37.3 |
45.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
-0.926 |
| C |
CIN |
27 |
1.8 |
121.0 |
1002.7 |
568.0 |
51.0 |
7.0 |
9.0 |
17.281 |
| LF |
CIN |
27 |
0.0 |
16.0 |
129.0 |
28.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.022 |
| RF |
CIN |
27 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
24.0 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.074 |
| 1976 |
1B |
CIN |
28 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.015 |
| C |
CIN |
28 |
1.2 |
128.0 |
1071.0 |
651.0 |
60.0 |
2.0 |
11.0 |
11.266 |
| LF |
CIN |
28 |
-0.1 |
5.0 |
28.0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
-0.948 |
| 1977 |
1B |
CIN |
29 |
-0.0 |
4.0 |
21.0 |
21.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
-0.248 |
| 3B |
CIN |
29 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
-0.408 |
| C |
CIN |
29 |
0.1 |
135.0 |
1065.7 |
705.0 |
66.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
0.417 |
| LF |
CIN |
29 |
0.0 |
7.0 |
44.0 |
9.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.061 |
| RF |
CIN |
29 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
8.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.271 |
| 1978 |
1B |
CIN |
30 |
0.0 |
11.0 |
75.0 |
75.0 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
7.0 |
0.072 |
| C |
CIN |
30 |
0.9 |
107.0 |
836.0 |
605.0 |
48.0 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
7.340 |
| LF |
CIN |
30 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
10.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.340 |
| RF |
CIN |
30 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.171 |
| 1979 |
1B |
CIN |
31 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
14.0 |
13.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.258 |
| C |
CIN |
31 |
0.3 |
126.0 |
1083.3 |
619.0 |
68.0 |
10.0 |
11.0 |
2.901 |
| 1980 |
C |
CIN |
32 |
-1.4 |
105.0 |
847.0 |
505.0 |
39.0 |
5.0 |
7.0 |
-13.840 |
| 1981 |
1B |
CIN |
33 |
-0.1 |
38.0 |
322.0 |
334.0 |
23.0 |
6.0 |
35.0 |
-0.979 |
| C |
CIN |
33 |
0.1 |
7.0 |
60.0 |
41.0 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.071 |
| 1982 |
1B |
CIN |
34 |
-0.0 |
8.0 |
45.7 |
53.0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
7.0 |
-0.160 |
| 3B |
CIN |
34 |
-1.6 |
107.0 |
858.7 |
54.0 |
155.0 |
19.0 |
10.0 |
-15.519 |
| C |
CIN |
34 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.033 |
| 1983 |
1B |
CIN |
35 |
-0.1 |
32.0 |
251.0 |
249.0 |
14.0 |
3.0 |
21.0 |
-0.517 |
| 3B |
CIN |
35 |
-0.5 |
42.0 |
319.3 |
26.0 |
58.0 |
6.0 |
5.0 |
-3.789 |
| C |
CIN |
35 |
0.0 |
5.0 |
23.0 |
17.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.371 |
| LF |
CIN |
35 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.022 |
| 1B (13 seasons) | -0.7 | 145.0 | 921.0 | 966.0 | 54.0 | 16.0 | 94.0 | -6.1099 |
| 3B (8 seasons) | -2.3 | 195.0 | 1506.0 | 107.0 | 284.0 | 30.0 | 17.0 | -21.3476 |
| C (17 seasons) | 15.3 | 1742.0 | 14489.0 | 9249.0 | 850.0 | 97.0 | 127.0 | 141.9041 |
| CF (1 season) | -0.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0866 |
| LF (7 seasons) | -0.2 | 55.0 | 353.3 | 64.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -1.7988 |
| RF (7 seasons) | -0.3 | 55.0 | 430.0 | 78.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | -3.0748 |