Johnny Bench Career Stats & Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Johnny Bench made their MLB debut in 1967 and appeared in 2,158 games over 17 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.267, OPS of 0.818, hit 389 HRs, and recorded 75.3 WAR. They rank 66th all-time in HRs and 51th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

Johnny Bench made their MLB debut in 1967 and played in 2,158 games over 17 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G2,158 (MLB Rank: 170)
AB7,658 (MLB Rank: 191)
H2,048 (MLB Rank: 271)
BA0.267 (MLB Rank: 3,754)
2B381 (MLB Rank: 247)
3B24 (MLB Rank: 1,797)
HR389 (MLB Rank: 66)
RBI1376 (MLB Rank: 85)
R1091 (MLB Rank: 275)
BB891 (MLB Rank: 189)
OBP0.342 (MLB Rank: 3,034)
SLG0.476 (MLB Rank: 1,019)
OPS0.818 (MLB Rank: 1,272)
SB68 (MLB Rank: 1,318)
SO1,278 (MLB Rank: 181)
GIDP201 (MLB Rank: 110)
CS43 (MLB Rank: 776)
Rbat+130 (MLB Rank: 1,135)
WAR75.3 (MLB Rank: 51)
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Johnny Bench Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes Johnny Bench's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Last Season Summary (1983)

In 1983, Johnny Bench played in 110 games and posted the following stats:

G110
AB310
H79
BA0.255
2B15
3B2
HR12
RBI54
R32
BB24
OBP0.308
SLG0.432
OPS0.741
SB0
SO38
GIDP13
CS1
Rbat+113
WAR1.1

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are Johnny Bench's best seasons by category:

  • Most HR in a season: 1970, 45 HR
  • Most H in a season: 1970, 177 H
  • Most RBI in a season: 1970, 148 RBI
  • Most SB in a season: 1976, 13 SB
  • Best BA in a season: 1981, 0.309 BA
  • Best OBP in a season: 1972, 0.379 OBP
  • Best SLG in a season: 1970, 0.587 SLG
  • Best OPS in a season: 1970, 0.932 OPS
  • Best WAR in a season: 1972, 8.6 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

Johnny Bench appeared in 45 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.266, OBP of 0.335, SLG of 0.527, and OPS of 0.862. They also tallied 10 HR, 45 H, 20 RBI, and 6 SB.

Johnny Bench Career Stat Summary

seasonHHRRBIBAROPSWAROBPSLGPABBSO2B3BTBrOBARbat+OPS+GGIDPHBPIBBSBCSSFSHAB
1967
14
1
6
0.163
7
0.462
-0.5
0.207
0.256
93
5
19
3
1
22
0.227
19
26
26
4
0
0
0
1
1
1
86
1968
155
15
82
0.275
67
0.743
5
0.311
0.433
607
31
96
40
2
244
0.347
122
117
154
14
2
8
1
5
8
2
564
1969
156
26
90
0.293
83
0.84
6.2
0.353
0.487
592
49
86
23
1
259
0.394
138
129
148
7
4
7
6
6
7
0
532
1970
177
45
148
0.293
97
0.932
7.4
0.345
0.587
671
54
102
35
4
355
0.408
140
141
158
12
0
9
5
2
11
1
605
1971
134
27
61
0.238
80
0.722
4
0.299
0.423
613
49
83
19
2
238
0.338
110
107
149
20
0
7
2
1
2
0
562
1972
145
40
125
0.27
87
0.92
8.6
0.379
0.541
653
100
84
22
2
291
0.405
165
166
147
18
2
23
6
6
12
0
538
1973
141
25
104
0.253
83
0.774
4.7
0.345
0.429
651
83
83
17
3
239
0.349
114
119
152
22
0
14
4
1
10
1
557
1974
174
33
129
0.28
108
0.87
7.9
0.363
0.507
708
80
90
38
2
315
0.404
148
143
160
13
3
15
5
4
4
0
621
1975
150
28
110
0.283
83
0.878
6.6
0.359
0.519
606
65
108
39
1
275
0.406
141
140
142
12
2
12
11
0
8
0
530
1976
109
16
74
0.234
62
0.741
4.6
0.348
0.394
552
81
95
24
1
183
0.362
114
109
135
9
2
6
13
2
4
0
465
1977
136
31
109
0.275
67
0.889
5
0.348
0.54
563
58
95
34
2
267
0.394
137
133
142
10
1
8
2
4
7
0
494
1978
102
23
73
0.26
52
0.823
4.5
0.34
0.483
451
50
83
17
1
190
0.389
141
129
120
9
1
10
4
2
6
1
393
1979
128
22
80
0.276
73
0.824
5.6
0.364
0.459
538
67
73
19
0
213
0.382
130
123
130
11
0
8
4
2
4
3
464
1980
90
24
68
0.25
52
0.81
3.4
0.327
0.483
407
41
64
12
0
174
0.377
131
123
114
9
2
2
4
2
4
0
360
1981
55
8
25
0.309
14
0.858
1.2
0.369
0.489
196
17
21
8
0
87
0.382
138
141
52
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
178
1982
103
13
38
0.258
44
0.716
0
0.32
0.396
439
37
58
16
0
158
0.342
106
98
119
14
0
2
1
2
2
1
399
1983
79
12
54
0.255
32
0.741
1.1
0.308
0.432
334
24
38
15
2
134
0.356
113
101
110
13
0
1
0
1
0
0
310