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Johnny Bench

Awards And Accomplishments



1967 Named Minor League Player of the Year by Sporting News
1968 Named Rookie of the Year by Sporting News and Baseball Writers' Association of America
1968-77 Earned ten Gold Glove awards
1968-80 Named to All-Star team fourteen times
1970 Named National League Most Valuable Player and Major League Player of the Year
1972 Named National League Most Valuable Player
1975-76 Cincinnati Reds World Series Champions
1976 World Series Most Valuable Player
1983 Cincinnati Reds establish Johnny Bench Scholarship Fund
1989 Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
1996 His No. 5 jersey is retired by the Cincinnati Reds
1998 Named greatest catcher ever by Sporting News
1999 Selected by fans to the All-Century team

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