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Historical player · 1967–1983 · ★ Hall of Fame 1989

Johnny Bench

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 197 · Born 12/7/1947 · From Oklahoma City, OK USA · Debut 1967-08-28 · Final 1983-09-29

Career · batting

2,158

7,658

2,048

389

RBI

1,376

891

AVG/OPS

0.267 · 0.818

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1967–1983

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389

#1 on the Reds

↓ 33 J. Votto

Hits

2,048

#6 on the Reds

↑ 87 J. Votto

↓ 114 T. Perez

RBI

1,376

#1 on the Reds

↓ 184 T. Perez

#67 on the Reds

↑ 1 C. Walker

↓ 2 O. Beard

Runs

1,091

#5 on the Reds

↑ 80 J. Votto

↓ 48 F. Robinson

891

#5 on the Reds

↑ 48 B. Larkin

↓ 10 J. Morgan

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

389

#66 all-time MLB

↑ 1 G. Nettles

↓ 3 A. Ramirez

Hits

2,048

#271 all-time MLB

↑ 2 A. Gonzalez

↓ 5 A. Pierzynski

RBI

1,376

#85 all-time MLB

↑ 2 L. Cross

↓ 4 C. Davis

#1,337 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Barrett

↓ 1 B. Adams

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1967	Reds	NL	26	86	7	14	3	1	1	6	0	5	19	0.163	0.207	0.256
1968	Reds	NL	154	564	67	155	40	2	15	82	1	31	96	0.275	0.311	0.433
1969	Reds	NL	148	532	83	156	23	1	26	90	6	49	86	0.293	0.353	0.487
1970	Reds	NL	158	605	97	177	35	4	45	148	5	54	102	0.293	0.345	0.587
1971	Reds	NL	149	562	80	134	19	2	27	61	2	49	83	0.238	0.299	0.423
1972	Reds	NL	147	538	87	145	22	2	40	125	6	100	84	0.270	0.379	0.541
1973	Reds	NL	152	557	83	141	17	3	25	104	4	83	83	0.253	0.345	0.429
1974	Reds	NL	160	621	108	174	38	2	33	129	5	80	90	0.280	0.363	0.507
1975	Reds	NL	142	530	83	150	39	1	28	110	11	65	108	0.283	0.359	0.519
1976	Reds	NL	135	465	62	109	24	1	16	74	13	81	95	0.234	0.348	0.394
1977	Reds	NL	142	494	67	136	34	2	31	109	2	58	95	0.275	0.348	0.540
1978	Reds	NL	120	393	52	102	17	1	23	73	4	50	83	0.260	0.340	0.483
1979	Reds	NL	130	464	73	128	19	0	22	80	4	67	73	0.276	0.364	0.459
1980	Reds	NL	114	360	52	90	12	0	24	68	4	41	64	0.250	0.327	0.483
1981	Reds	NL	52	178	14	55	8	0	8	25	0	17	21	0.309	0.369	0.489
1982	Reds	NL	119	399	44	103	16	0	13	38	1	37	58	0.258	0.320	0.396
1983	Reds	NL	110	310	32	79	15	2	12	54	0	24	38	0.255	0.308	0.432
Career			2,158	7,658	1,091	2,048	381	24	389	1,376	68	891	1,278	0.267	0.342	0.476

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
C	1,742	1,627	14,489.0	9,249	850	97	127
3B	195	182	1,506.0	107	284	30	17
1B	145	98	921.0	966	54	16	94
OF	111	96	798.3	147	3	8	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1989	BBWAA	431	336	Inducted