How Johnny Bench's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Johnny Bench posted a career OPS of .817, above the league average of .719 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best OPS season came in 1970, posting .932, well above the league average of .731 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .462, well below the league average of .682 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .858 in 1981 to .716 in 1982 and .741 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 remained above league norms across 17 seasons.

Johnny Bench Lifetime OPS

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Johnny Bench OPS Per Season

Johnny Bench's OPS 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 OPS per season line chart

Johnny Bench OPS by Team

Johnny Bench's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Johnny Bench career OPS by team bar chart

Johnny Bench OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Johnny Bench's career OPS 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 OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Johnny Bench OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Johnny Bench's seasonal OPS 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 OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Johnny Bench OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Johnny Bench's MLB career with OPS 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.
Johnny Bench OPS season-by-season breakdown table