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Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career, which lasted from 1967 to 1983, with the Cincinnati Reds, primarily as a catcher.
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Johnny Bench retired from the game of baseball with an impressive 75 wins above replacement and 389 home runs, both the most for a catcher in the history of Major League Baseball. A 14-time All-Star, Bench collected over 2,000 hits and won 10 Gold Gloves.
Series showstopper. Oct. 16-21, 1976. The Big Red Machine functioned most forcefully in the World Series, when Cincinnati swept the Yankees in four games. The man who fueled the Machine most was Bench, who collected two hits in each game while batting .533 (8-for-15) to win World Series MVP honors.
Cincinnati Reds legend Johnny Bench discussed the career and legacy of Pete Rose on "The Dan Patrick Show" Tuesday. Bench, who along with Rose was an integral piece of Cincinnati's Big Red Machine ...
Johnny Bench, raised in the tiny town of Binger, Okla., was taught catching at an early age by his father. Making his major league debut in 1967 at the age of 19, he would go on to play his entire 17-year big league career (1967-83) with the Reds, rewriting the standards for catchers.
Fullname: Johnny Lee Bench. Born: 12/07/1947 in Oklahoma City, OK. Draft: 1965, Cincinnati Reds, Round: 2, Overall Pick: 36. High School: Binger, Binger, OK. Debut: 8/28/1967. Hall of Fame: 1989.
Although the season ended in disappointment in a five-game World Series loss to the Baltimore Orioles, Johnny Bench had become as big as baseball star as there was—a 22-year-old seemingly without weakness on the field, and a handsome and articulate person off the field.
Official website of Cincinnati Reds' Hall of Fame Catcher, Johnny Bench. Rookie of the Year, 2x MVP, 2x World Series Champion, 14x All Star and 10x Golf Glove.
Johnny Bench was going to become the biggest star in baseball. That’s just the way it was. No one, not even the harshest cynics, could deny his brilliance.