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Johnny Bench

Bats: R   Throws: R   Born: December 7, 1947

Career Batting Statistics     Glossary     Baseball-Reference.com

Year    PA  AVG  OBP  SLG *OPS+  RC RC/27 *OWP *EQA *EQR  *WAR  *WAA  *WAP
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1967    93 .163 .207 .256   29    2  0.68 .027 .164    4  -0.6  -1.0  -0.9
1968   607 .275 .311 .433  116   71  4.39 .592 .279   85   3.3   1.5   0.9
1969   592 .293 .353 .487  128   90  6.09 .671 .296   91   4.4   2.7   3.2
1970   671 .293 .345 .587  146  119  7.05 .710 .310  115   6.3   4.3   5.5
1971   613 .238 .299 .423  105   67  4.01 .523 .267   79   2.5   0.5   0.6
1972   652 .270 .379 .541  171  107  6.76 .773 .331  126   7.6   5.9   5.8
1973   651 .253 .345 .429  121   82  4.92 .607 .289   94   4.3   2.4   2.9
1974   708 .280 .363 .507  144  112  6.46 .713 .306  117   6.2   4.1   4.8
1975   605 .283 .359 .519  140   99  6.67 .718 .308  100   5.3   3.6   3.9
1976   552 .234 .348 .394  108   70  5.08 .610 .281   75   3.0   1.4   1.4
1977   560 .275 .348 .540  133   90  6.42 .671 .297   87   4.3   2.6   3.1
1978   451 .260 .340 .483  129   64  5.54 .659 .295   69   3.3   2.0   1.9
1979   538 .276 .364 .459  123   78  5.90 .660 .294   79   3.7   2.1   2.3
1980   407 .250 .327 .483  124   57  5.40 .637 .287   60   2.7   1.4   1.5
1981   196 .309 .369 .489  140   30  6.27 .714 .301   31   1.6   1.0   0.5
1982   439 .258 .320 .396   98   48  4.12 .490 .261   52   1.4   0.1  -0.5
1983   334 .255 .308 .432   99   38  4.17 .487 .260   40   1.1   0.0  -0.4
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Tot   8669 .267 .342 .476  126 1224  5.54 .648 .292 1304  60.3  34.6  36.6

Note: * indicates figure is era- and park-adjusted.

MVP Awards Shares (Rank)

1968: 0.04 (16)  1969: 0.04 (13)  1970: 0.97 ( 1)  1972: 0.78 ( 1)  
1973: 0.12 (10)  1974: 0.42 ( 4)  1975: 0.35 ( 4)  1977: 0.01 (21)  
1979: 0.02 (23)  1980: 0.02 (17)  

Similar Peaks - Wins Above Position

Name                  Y1   Y2   Y3   Y4   Y5   Y6   Y7   Y8   Y9  Y10
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Johnny Bench         5.8  5.5  4.8  3.9  3.2  3.1  2.9  2.3  1.9  1.5
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Eddie Murray         5.7  5.5  5.0   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Ron Santo            5.7  5.5  4.5   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Paul Molitor         5.9  5.2  4.8   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Craig Biggio         5.7  5.1  5.0   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Willie Stargell      6.3  5.5  4.8   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
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Ron Santo            5.7  5.5  4.5  4.2  2.9   .    .    .    .    . 
Craig Biggio         5.7  5.1  5.0  4.1  3.5   .    .    .    .    . 
Dwight Evans         5.4  5.3  5.1  4.0  3.5   .    .    .    .    . 
Duke Snider          6.0  5.9  5.2  3.7  3.3   .    .    .    .    . 
Dave Winfield        5.2  5.1  5.0  3.8  3.5   .    .    .    .    . 
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Craig Biggio         5.7  5.1  5.0  4.1  3.5  3.2  3.1   .    .    . 
George Davis         5.2  5.2  4.5  3.8  3.5  2.9  2.9   .    .    . 
Rafael Palmeiro      5.5  5.0  4.7  3.4  3.4  3.1  3.0   .    .    . 
Dwight Evans         5.4  5.3  5.1  4.0  3.5  3.4  3.3   .    .    . 
Dave Winfield        5.2  5.1  5.0  3.8  3.5  3.3  2.5   .    .    . 
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Craig Biggio         5.7  5.1  5.0  4.1  3.5  3.2  3.1  2.3  2.0  1.9
Dwight Evans         5.4  5.3  5.1  4.0  3.5  3.4  3.3  3.1  2.2  1.5
Julio Franco         5.9  4.7  4.1  3.7  3.1  2.9  2.8  2.6  1.5  1.5
Ron Santo            5.7  5.5  4.5  4.2  2.9  2.3  2.3  2.2  1.7  1.0
Jim Rice             5.6  5.0  5.0  4.1  4.0  3.1  2.3  2.2  1.8  1.2
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