Johnny Bench Gold Gloves
Later he would be recognized by rawlings gold glove with a lifetime achievement award and named to the all time gold glove team.
Johnny bench gold gloves. Bench hurt his shoulder in 1975 and runners were more aggressive on him after that but consider this fear factor. Among the over 150 lots are his gold glove awards from 1969 77 a reds home jersey from 1983. Yadier molina is third overall and second in the nl.
Ivan pudge rodriguez matched that feat in the american league winning ten consecutive gold gloves 1992 2001 and he too was inducted into the national baseball hall of fame on his first ballot. Johnny bench enterprises is hosting their 1 st annual charity golf classic benefiting believers academy which is a non for profit charity designed to educate and train kids with disabilities for employment and independent living. Rookie of the year 2x mvp 2x world series champion 14x all star and 10x golf glove.
He also won such awards as the lou gehrig award 1975 the babe ruth award 1976 and the hutch award 1981. Johnny bench who won ten consecutive gold gloves 1968 1977 is truly in a league by himself defensively and he was enshrined into the national baseball hall of fame on his first ballot. Back world series championships with the big red machine 1975 76 world series mvp 1976 14 time all star and 10 gold gloves.
In his career bench earned 10 gold gloves was the 1970 and 1972 most valuable player and was named to the national league all star team 14 times. 10x gold glove credited with pioneering the hinged catchers glove johnny bench revolutionized the catcher position with one handed catching. Johnny bench was born in oklahoma with a childhood dream to become a major league baseball player.
In 1980 bench set an endurance record by catching 100 or more games for 13 consecutive seasons. Bench was the leader of the reds team known as the big red machine that dominated the national league in the mid 1970s winning six division titles four national league pennants and two. Iván rodríguez has won the most gold gloves at catcher with 13.
He played his entire career in major league baseball as a catcher for the cincinnati reds from 1967 through 1983. Johnny lee bench born december 7 1947 is an american former professional baseball player. From 1970 to 1976 the reds played 42 postseason games and bench allowed just two.