How Johnny Bench's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Johnny Bench posted a career Range Factor of 5.32, well above the league average of 3.19 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Range Factor season came in 1981, posting 8.96, well above the league average of 3.28 that year. The lowest point came in 1982 at 2.3, well below the league average of 3.23 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 8.96 in 1981 to 2.3 in 1982 and 4.58 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 well above league norms across 17 seasons.
Johnny Bench Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Johnny Bench
| Johnny Bench
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 5.317 |
| Season Avg. | 5.317 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5.317 |
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Johnny Bench Range Factor Per Season
Johnny Bench's Range Factor 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 Range Factor by Team
Johnny Bench's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Johnny Bench Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Johnny Bench's career Range Factor 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 Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Johnny Bench's seasonal Range Factor 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 Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Johnny Bench's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
