Johnny Bench

Johnny Bench is an American former catcher who played his entire Major League Baseball career, from 1967 to 1983, with the Cincinnati Reds. He led the Reds team known as the Big Red Machine that dominated the National League in the mid-1970s, winning six division titles, four pennants and two World Series championships. A fourteen-time All-Star and two-time National League Most Valuable Player, he was a ten-time Gold Glove winner and the first catcher to lead the league in home runs. His 389 home runs and 1,376 runs batted in are the most in Cincinnati Reds history. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989 in his first year of eligibility.