How Johnny Bench's Home Runs Compares to Similar Players
Johnny Bench totaled 389 career Home Runs, well above the league average of 38.9 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Home Runs season came in 1970, posting 45, well above the league average of 5.4 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at 1, well below the league average of 4.1 that year. The Home Runs trended upward through the final seasons. The Home Runs total went from 8 in 1981 to 13 in 1982 and 12 in 1983, rising over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Home Runs profile — ranging from 1 to 45 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Johnny Bench Lifetime Home Runs and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Home Runs for Johnny Bench
| Johnny Bench
Home Runs | Johnny Bench
Home Runs Per at Bat | Johnny Bench
Home Runs Per Hit |
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| Career | 389 | 0.051 | 0.19 |
| Season Avg. | 22.88 | 0.051 | 0.19 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 29.2 | 0.051 | 0.19 |
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Johnny Bench Home Runs Per Season
Johnny Bench's Home Runs 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 Home Runs by Team
Johnny Bench's career Home Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Johnny Bench Cumulative Home Runs — Career Progression
A running total of Johnny Bench's career Home Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Johnny Bench Home Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Johnny Bench's seasonal Home Runs 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 Home Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Johnny Bench's MLB career with Home Runs 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.
