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Name	Team	Age
Johnny Bench	Retired (1963, Age 35)	Died (1994, Age 66)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 16, Pick 245 (1950)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Wally Berger League	0	8 years (56 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	B	D+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C	D-	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	B-	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D-	0	1/14/1928
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (LF)
D- (6.1 %)	F  (2.6 %)	F  (0.6 %)
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (CF)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1950	PHI-BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77
1951	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	129
1952	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	131
1953	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	128
1954	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	126
1955	BOS	128	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
1956	BOS	130	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	BOS	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	BOS	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	BOS	90	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12
1960	BOS	118	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
1961	BOS	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	BOS-WAS	103	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	14
1963	WAS	51	9	0	0	0	2	1	8	5

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1963-11-01	Johnny Bench has retired from the Washington Colonials
1962-07-08	A trade has been completed between the Boston Black Sox and the Washington Colonials. The Washington Colonials receive Johnny Bench, Red Underwood, Desi Dickerson from the Boston Black Sox in exchange for Paul West, Chris Clark, Hank Batsch, Dave Host, Draft Pick - 1963 Round 2 (WAS).
1950-07-19	A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Hobos and the Boston Black Sox. The Boston Black Sox receive Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Christy Mathewson from the Philadelphia Hobos in exchange for Leo Fingers.
1950-06-18	The Philadelphia Hobos have promoted Johnny Bench to the major league team. The Philadelphia Hobos have sent Paul Molitor to the minors.
1950-06-03	The Philadelphia Hobos have promoted Josh Gibson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Hobos have sent Johnny Bench to the minors.
1950-04-01	The Philadelphia Hobos have renamed Jim Wheeler to Johnny Bench.