Known as the popular catcher for the Cincinnati Reds during the 1970s, Johnny Bench set a standard of success as perhaps the finest at his position in modern Major League baseball. Bench first gained national attention by winning the National League...

Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947) is a former American baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in Major League Baseball history. He is currently on the Board of Directors...

Considered one of the best catchers in baseball history, Johnny Bench will be honored July 27 when a statue of him will be dedicated at the Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ballpark. The dedication ceremony will be at 7 p.m., just before the Oklahoma RedHawks' game...

at South Community Hospital for Monday's dedication of the new $3.2 million Central Oklahoma Cancer Center. If Johnny L. Bench didn't shake hands with all of them, it's not because he didn't try. He went around the room several times. He also visited...

His Baseball Hall of Fame plaque catches the greatness of Johnny Bench:He "redefined standards by which catchers are measured."But it wasn't always easy for him. Late in the 1972 season while Bench's Cincinnati Reds rolled toward the playoffs, doctors found a spot on his lung....

Willie Mays led a nostalgia wave _ and all vote-getters _ Monday in balloting to determine a 50th anniversary Gold Glove team.One week into the season, about 50,000 ballots had been received in what sponsor Rawlings is calling a "summer of glove." Voting to determine...