The Johnny Bench thread

redlegs · October 21, 2010 10:48AM

I thought I would start a thread for Johnny Bench who many consider to be the best catcher of all time. I'll always remember attending a game at Riverfront Stadium on September 17, 1983, "Johnny Bench Night". During the game he hit his 389th and final home run.

He was a 14-time All-Star selection and a two-time National League Most Valuable Player, was the best offensive and defensive catcher of the 1970s, and was a key member of The Big Red Machine, which won six division titles, four National League pennants, and two World Series championships

firedawg45 · October 21, 2010 11:11AM

hey phil. awesome proof cards, very rare...congrats. im glad bench and rose made up..

redlegs · October 21, 2010 11:41AM

Thanks Corey. I'm glad to see Pete trying to reach out and make ammends. I was always a Rose fan growing up.

Phil

firedawg45 · October 24, 2010 9:35AM

phil were did you find those proofs? would love to get rose's for my collection.

cougar701 · October 24, 2010 11:20AM

I missed the feud...what happened and when did Rose reach out to him to make amends? Was it received well by Bench?

With the stuff that has gone on in pro sports all through time, what Rose did was not an eternal baseball sin and he should be in the HoF!

Dialj · October 24, 2010 6:39PM

As a catcher growing up, I always admired Bench. Even wore #5 even though my favorite number was #4 (Gehrig). Here are two of my favorites of both Bench and Rose, even though Rose had moved on to Philadelphia.

leadoff4 · October 24, 2010 11:08PM

Phil, where was the bottom photo taken? It looks like some Pirate players on the other side... perhaps that was a Spring Training game in Bradenton, FL but I'm not sure if the Pirates played their spring games in Bradenton at that time. Love the Bench stuff!

Ironmanfan · October 25, 2010 1:18AM

<< <i>Phil, where was the bottom photo taken? It looks like some Pirate players on the other side... perhaps that was a Spring Training game in Bradenton, FL but I'm not sure if the Pirates played their spring games in Bradenton at that time. Love the Bench stuff! >>

It doesnt't matter as the Pirates were obvioiusly the visting team......where did the Reds train (Tampa?)

redlegs · October 25, 2010 8:40AM

<< <i>Phil, where was the bottom photo taken? It looks like some Pirate players on the other side... perhaps that was a Spring Training game in Bradenton, FL but I'm not sure if the Pirates played their spring games in Bradenton at that time. Love the Bench stuff! >>

I believe it was taken in Tampa at spring training 1972.

hammered · October 25, 2010 3:13PM

Great stuff
the 76 Bench is one of my all time favorite cards
and that is an awesome proof

redlegs · September 8, 2012 1:31AM

Here are a few others from my collection...

bishop · September 8, 2012 2:26AM

redlegs · September 8, 2012 2:35AM

Very nice. The test Comic and Pinup have always been some of my favorites.
Phil

redlegs · September 8, 2012 2:42AM

ahkmedbinladen · September 8, 2012 1:45PM

Im gonna start a thread on Manny Sanguillen who was a far superior catcher than old Johnny Bench. The Roadrunner was totally under rated

BPorter26 · September 8, 2012 2:41PM

Here's a Pirates program with Bench

ahkmedbinladen · September 8, 2012 2:49PM

You mean a program with an over rated Bench and an under rated Roadrunner!! Great shot Bobby!

Sangy35 · September 9, 2012 1:11PM

I would like to see a sanguillen thread....check out my sanguillen master set registry for many of my sanguillen items

Sangy35 · September 9, 2012 1:18PM

<< <i>You mean a program with an over rated Bench and an under rated Roadrunner!! Great shot Bobby! >>

That is not manny at bat....it is Clemente

GDM67 · September 9, 2012 4:10PM

<< <i>I would like to see a sanguillen thread... >>

You should start one. Even if people don't collect the same stuff, most of us like to see what everyone else is doing with their collections.

Bkritz · September 24, 2012 1:43AM

If anyone needs a PSA 10 1975 sspc Johnny bench, please PM me.

Brian

redlegs · February 17, 2013 3:18AM

mcholke · February 17, 2013 5:59AM

Phil

Beautiful cards. Really like those 1971 OPCs.

Kevin

Kid4hof03 · February 17, 2013 6:05AM

Great stuff, I love the Bazooka box

CocoaBeachDodgers · February 17, 2013 4:04PM

I wonder why the Bazooka box only graded a 6? I am no expert on Bazooka boxes, but it looks perfect to me!

Also, what's a Bench thread without a rookie:

redlegs · February 17, 2013 7:37PM

I recently sent these Bench postcards to PSA after receiving a response from them that they would grade them.

estang · February 17, 2013 10:51PM

Great thread. Reds' uniform is a favorite of mine & shows up well in photos...I never did care for the giant lettering on the back of jersey though...may have been good for Rose and Bench but not Concepcion...

redlegs · February 23, 2013 4:44AM

redlegs · February 23, 2013 4:46AM

The owner of this Bench Shillito's cards is a sports memorabilia shop in Cincinnati by the name of "Sports Investments". It is in the museum section of the store and is not for sale. I have been trying to find one for a long time.

paleocards · February 23, 2013 8:07AM

OK, I'll play:

svtPONY95 · February 23, 2013 11:06AM

A few of my favorites !

redlegs · February 23, 2013 11:35AM

those are some sharp looking cards. I like the 1971 O Pee Chee.

Here are a few others....

redlegs · March 16, 2013 2:38AM

I recently made a trade for this Hostess panel.

SDSportsFan · May 20, 2018 5:31PM

Johnny Bench singing on Hee Haw (go to 9:56 on the video)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_6oH-QRnWyk

Steve

JBrules · May 24, 2018 6:31PM

@SDSportsFan said:
Johnny Bench singing on Hee Haw (go to 9:56 on the video)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_6oH-QRnWyk

Steve

Thanks for posting. Watching that brings back some memories of watching HEE-HAW as a kid.

redlegs · April 13, 2022 2:19AM

I thought I would revive this dormant thread. Anyone pickup any interesting Johnny Bench items recently?
I picked up this very high end 1976 Kroger Cincinnati Reds set. Eventually I would like to get this entire set graded. There have only been a handful of examples from this set graded so far. Paper thin cards and condition sensitive.

The Johnny Bench thread

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