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Johnny Bench played 17 major-league seasons (1967-1983) as a C (1,742), 3B (195), 1B (145), OF (111). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 20 | CIN | 26 | 86 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .163 | .462 | 37 |
| 1968 | 21 | CIN | 154 | 564 | 67 | 155 | 15 | 82 | 1 | 31 | 96 | .275 | .743 | 130 |
| 1969 | 22 | CIN | 148 | 532 | 83 | 156 | 26 | 90 | 6 | 49 | 86 | .293 | .840 | 142 |
| 1970 | 23 | CIN | 158 | 605 | 97 | 177 | 45 | 148 | 5 | 54 | 102 | .293 | .932 | 154 |
| 1971 | 24 | CIN | 149 | 562 | 80 | 134 | 27 | 61 | 2 | 49 | 83 | .238 | .722 | 110 |
| 1972 | 25 | CIN | 147 | 538 | 87 | 145 | 40 | 125 | 6 | 100 | 84 | .270 | .920 | 169 |
| 1973 | 26 | CIN | 152 | 557 | 83 | 141 | 25 | 104 | 4 | 83 | 83 | .253 | .774 | 121 |
| 1974 | 27 | CIN | 160 | 621 | 108 | 174 | 33 | 129 | 5 | 80 | 90 | .280 | .870 | 150 |
| 1975 | 28 | CIN | 142 | 530 | 83 | 150 | 28 | 110 | 11 | 65 | 108 | .283 | .878 | 150 |
| 1976 | 29 | CIN | 135 | 465 | 62 | 109 | 16 | 74 | 13 | 81 | 95 | .234 | .741 | 118 |
| 1977 | 30 | CIN | 142 | 494 | 67 | 136 | 31 | 109 | 2 | 58 | 95 | .275 | .889 | 143 |
| 1978 | 31 | CIN | 120 | 393 | 52 | 102 | 23 | 73 | 4 | 50 | 83 | .260 | .823 | 136 |
| 1979 | 32 | CIN | 130 | 464 | 73 | 128 | 22 | 80 | 4 | 67 | 73 | .276 | .824 | 132 |
| 1980 | 33 | CIN | 114 | 360 | 52 | 90 | 24 | 68 | 4 | 41 | 64 | .250 | .810 | 131 |
| 1981 | 34 | CIN | 52 | 178 | 14 | 55 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 21 | .309 | .858 | 150 |
| 1982 | 35 | CIN | 119 | 399 | 44 | 103 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 37 | 58 | .258 | .716 | 106 |
| 1983 | 36 | CIN | 110 | 310 | 32 | 79 | 12 | 54 | 0 | 24 | 38 | .255 | .741 | 111 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | C | 26 | 26 | 175 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | C | 154 | 139 | 942 | 102 | 9 | 10 |
| 1969 | C | 147 | 135 | 793 | 76 | 7 | 10 |
| 1970 | C | 139 | 130 | 755 | 73 | 12 | 12 |
| 1970 | OF | 24 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1B | 12 | 5 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 1970 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | C | 141 | 133 | 687 | 59 | 9 | 9 |
| 1971 | 1B | 12 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 1971 | OF | 12 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | 3B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | C | 129 | 124 | 735 | 56 | 6 | 9 |
| 1972 | OF | 17 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1B | 7 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1972 | 3B | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | C | 134 | 124 | 693 | 61 | 4 | 7 |
| 1973 | OF | 23 | 22 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1B | 4 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1973 | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | C | 137 | 129 | 757 | 68 | 6 | 16 |
| 1974 | 3B | 36 | 30 | 22 | 55 | 3 | 2 |
| 1974 | 1B | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | C | 121 | 115 | 568 | 51 | 7 | 9 |
| 1975 | OF | 19 | 18 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1B | 9 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1976 | C | 128 | 120 | 651 | 60 | 2 | 11 |
| 1976 | OF | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | C | 135 | 125 | 705 | 66 | 10 | 10 |
| 1977 | OF | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1B | 4 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1977 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | C | 107 | 96 | 605 | 48 | 7 | 6 |
| 1978 | 1B | 11 | 9 | 75 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 1978 | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | C | 126 | 123 | 619 | 68 | 10 | 11 |
| 1979 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 | C | 105 | 98 | 505 | 39 | 5 | 7 |
| 1981 | 1B | 38 | 37 | 334 | 23 | 6 | 35 |
| 1981 | C | 7 | 7 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3B | 107 | 103 | 54 | 155 | 19 | 10 |
| 1982 | 1B | 8 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 1982 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3B | 42 | 41 | 26 | 58 | 6 | 5 |
| 1983 | 1B | 32 | 29 | 249 | 14 | 3 | 21 |
| 1983 | C | 5 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Johnny Bench won: Gold Glove 1968 (NL), Rookie of the Year 1968 (NL), TSN All-Star 1968 (NL), Gold Glove 1969 (NL), TSN All-Star 1969 (NL), Gold Glove 1970 (NL), MVP 1970 (NL), TSN All-Star 1970 (NL), Gold Glove 1971 (NL), Gold Glove 1972 (NL), MVP 1972 (NL), TSN All-Star 1972 (NL), Gold Glove 1973 (NL), TSN All-Star 1973 (NL), Gold Glove 1974 (NL), TSN All-Star 1974 (NL), Gold Glove 1975 (NL), TSN All-Star 1975 (NL), Babe Ruth Award 1976 (NL), Gold Glove 1976 (NL), World Series MVP 1976 (ML), Gold Glove 1977 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 3 wins). Full year pages: 1980, 1979, 1977, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1970, 1969, 1968.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 11 / 280 | 0 |
| 1968 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 10 / 20 | 10 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 12 / 336 | 0 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 326 / 336 | 22 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 263 / 336 | 11 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 41 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 141 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 117 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 23 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
Johnny Bench ranks on 6 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.