Johnny Bench Career Stats
Johnny lee bench born december 7 1947 is an american former professional baseball player.
Johnny bench career stats. Johnny bench was born on sunday december 7 1947 in oklahoma city oklahoma. Bench was the leader of the reds team known as the big red machine that dominated the national league in the mid 1970s winning six division titles four national league pennants and two. Trained by his father ted to throw 254 feet twice the distance from home plate to second base from a crouch johnny bench boasted that he could throw out any runner alive. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us.
Johnny bench stats fantasy news. Catcher third baseman and first baseman bats. Right 6 1 197lb 185cm 89kg. Bench was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on august 28 1967 with the cincinnati reds.
National league rookie of the year 1968 the first catcher to ever earn such honors johnny caught 154 games in his first full season and made his defensive dominance known early with a 991 fielding percentage next to 102 assists. Johnny would later be called up to make his major league debut on august 28 1967. August 28 1967 age 19 264d 10 221st in mlb history. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us.
He played his entire career in major league baseball as a catcher for the cincinnati reds from 1967 through 1983. Binger hs binger ok debut. Drafted by the cincinnati reds in the 2nd round of the 1965 mlb june amateur draft from binger hs binger ok.