How Johnny Bench's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Johnny Bench posted a career Batting Average of .267, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1981, posting .309, above the league average of .259 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .163, well below the league average of .252 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .309 in 1981 to .258 in 1982 and .255 in 1983. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 17 seasons.
Johnny Bench Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Johnny Bench
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| Career | 0.267 | 8669 | 7658 | 0.273 |
| Season Avg. | 0.267 | 509.94 | 450.47 | 0.273 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.267 | 650.78 | 574.88 | 0.273 |
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Johnny Bench Batting Average Per Season
Johnny Bench's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Johnny Bench Batting Average by Team
Johnny Bench's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Johnny Bench Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Johnny Bench's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Johnny Bench Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Johnny Bench's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Johnny Bench Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Johnny Bench's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
