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Johnny Bench -- C

AVG OBP SLG

0.163 / 0.207 / 0.256

HR OPS WAR

1 / 0.462 / -0.4

MVP 2x

GG 10x

AS 14x

ROY

WS 2x

Hall of Fame

Year	Name	Team	POS	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SF	HBP	wOBA	WAR	Awards
1967	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	19	26	93	86	7	14	3	1	1	6	0	1	5	19	0.163	0.207	0.256	0.462	22	1	0	0.211	-0.4
1968	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	20	154	607	564	67	155	40	2	15	82	1	5	31	96	0.275	0.311	0.433	0.743	244	8	2	0.332	4.5	AS, GG-C, MVP-16, ROY
1969	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	21	148	592	532	83	156	23	1	26	90	6	6	49	86	0.293	0.353	0.487	0.840	259	7	4	0.373	5.3	AS, GG-C, MVP-13
1970	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	22	158	671	605	97	177	35	4	45	148	5	2	54	102	0.293	0.345	0.587	0.932	355	11	0	0.399	7.9	AS, GG-C, MVP-1
1971	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	23	149	613	562	80	134	19	2	27	61	2	1	49	83	0.238	0.299	0.423	0.722	238	2	0	0.324	4.1	AS, GG-C
1972	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	24	147	652	538	87	145	22	2	40	125	6	6	100	84	0.270	0.379	0.541	0.920	291	12	2	0.402	9.2	AS, GG-C, MVP-1
1973	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	25	152	651	557	83	141	17	3	25	104	4	1	83	83	0.253	0.345	0.429	0.774	239	10	0	0.343	4.9	AS, GG-C, MVP-10
1974	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	26	160	708	621	108	174	38	2	33	129	5	4	80	90	0.280	0.363	0.507	0.870	315	4	3	0.387	8.0	AS, GG-C, MVP-4
1975	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	27	142	606	530	83	150	39	1	28	110	11	0	65	108	0.283	0.359	0.519	0.878	275	8	2	0.387	6.8	AS, GG-C, MVP-4, WS
1976	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	28	135	552	465	62	109	24	1	16	74	13	2	81	95	0.234	0.348	0.394	0.741	183	4	2	0.344	4.8	AS, GG-C, WS
1977	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	29	142	563	494	67	136	34	2	31	109	2	4	58	95	0.275	0.348	0.540	0.889	267	7	1	0.380	4.9	AS, GG-C, MVP-21
1978	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	30	120	451	393	52	102	17	1	23	73	4	2	50	83	0.260	0.340	0.483	0.823	190	6	1	0.361	4.0	AS
1979	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	31	130	538	464	73	128	19	0	22	80	4	2	67	73	0.276	0.364	0.459	0.824	213	4	0	0.363	5.2	AS, MVP-23
1980	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	32	114	407	360	52	90	12	0	24	68	4	2	41	64	0.250	0.327	0.483	0.810	174	4	2	0.358	3.2	AS, MVP-17
1981	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	33	52	196	178	14	55	8	0	8	25	0	2	17	21	0.309	0.369	0.489	0.858	87	0	0	0.386	1.4
1982	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	34	119	439	399	44	103	16	0	13	38	1	2	37	58	0.258	0.320	0.396	0.716	158	2	0	0.321	0.0
1983	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	35	110	334	310	32	79	15	2	12	54	0	1	24	38	0.255	0.308	0.432	0.741	134	0	0	0.329	0.9	AS
Totals					2158	8673	7658	1091	2048	381	24	389	1376	68	43	891	1278	0.267	0.342	0.476	0.818	3644	90	19	-	74.7

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