Catcher's Battery Mates


Johnny Bench's Pitchers


Johnny Bench caught his entire career for Cincinnati (NL) 1967-1983. He played in 2,158 games, caught 1,742 games, and caught 118 shutouts. Thirty-six of Bench's shutouts were with multiple pitchers).


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HALL-OF-FAME
CATCHER

 

PITCHERS IN BENCH'S STARTS
(Not all of Bench's battery starts are shown, but all batteries who had a SHO are.)

Gary Nolan 197   Clay Kirby 39
Jack Billingham 147   Gerry Arrigo 37
Fred Norman 132   Pat Zachry 32
Don Gullett 118   Frank Pastore 24
Tom Seaver 94   Charlie Leibrandt 19
Ross Grimsley 70   Mario Soto 18
Jim Merritt 70   Milt Pappas 17
Jim McGlothlin 67   Santo Alcala 15
Jim Maloney 58   Tom Hall 12
Wayne Simpson 55   Woodie Fryman 9
Tony Cloninger 54   Mel Queen 4
Mike LaCoss 50   Milt Wilcox 2
Paul Moskau 46   Camilo Pascual 1
George Culver 43      

 

PITCHERS IN BENCH'S SHUTOUTS

Jack Billingham 12   Paul Moskau 2
Jim Maloney **9   Mario Soto 2
Gary Nolan 9   Santo Alcala 1
Don Gullett 7   Gerry Arrigo 1
Tom Seaver 6   Tom Hall 1
Fred Norman 5   Clay Kirby 1
Mike LaCoss 4   Charlie Leibrandt 1
Frank Pastore 4   Mel Queen 1
Tony Cloninger 3   Wayne Simpson 1
Ross A. Grimsley 3   Milt Wilcox 1
Jim McGlothlin 3   Pat Zachry 1
George Culver 2   multiple pitchers 36
Jim Merritt 2      


HALL OF FAME PITCHERS are in RED

** Indicates 1 Shutout was a NO-HITTER
(4/30/1969 CIN vs HOU 10-0)




Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR



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