Johnny Bench,

Johnny Lee Bench ( born December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ) is a former professional baseball catcher who played in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983 and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

At the post-World Series press conference, Reds manager Sparky Anderson was asked by a journalist to compare Munson with his catcher, Johnny Bench.

Anderson replied, " You don't compare anyone to Johnny Bench.

The Cincinnati Reds proclaimed September 17, 1983, " Johnny Bench Night " at Riverfront Stadium.

Starting with the college baseball season, the best collegiate catcher annually receives the Johnny Bench Award.

In a September interview with Heidi Watney of the New England Sports Network, Johnny Bench, who was watching a Cleveland Indians / Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park, did an impression of late Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray after Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis, a native of Cincinnati, made a tough play.

* Johnny Bench: Number 1 Home Run Hitter of All Catchers, Baseball Digest, December 1980

He is second on Cincinnati's all-time home run leaders list ( 324 ) behind Johnny Bench and is the Reds'all-time leader in slugging percentage (. 554 ).

Other Reds players in the unit included Johnny Bench, Bobby Tolan, and Darrel Chaney.

On a team with many great players, Rose, along with Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Tony Pérez, was viewed as one of the club's leaders.

From 1983-1989, Buck teamed with the likes of Sparky Anderson, Bill White, and Johnny Bench for World Series radio broadcasts on CBS.

Buck, along with CBS Radio colleagues Johnny Bench and John Rooney, was on hand at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on October 17, 1989, when the Loma Prieta earthquake hit.

A few of the many Carolina League players who have gone on to star in the Major Leagues are: Johnny Bench ( Peninsula, 1966 ), Wade Boggs ( Winston-Salem, 1977 ), Barry Bonds ( Prince William, 1985 ), Rod Carew ( Wilson, 1966 ), Dock Ellis ( Kinston, 1965 ), Dwight Evans ( Winston-Salem, 1971 ), Dwight Gooden ( Lynchburg, 1983 ), Andruw Jones ( Durham, 1996 ), Chipper Jones ( Durham, 1992 ), Willie McCovey ( Danville, 1956 ), Joe Morgan ( Durham, 1963 ), Dave Parker ( Salem, 1972 ), Tony Pérez ( Rocky Mount, 1962 ), Andy Pettitte ( Prince William, 1993 ), Jorge Posada ( Prince William, 1993 ), Darryl Strawberry ( Lynchburg, 1981 ), Bernie Williams ( Prince William, 1988 ), and Carl Yastrzemski ( Raleigh, 1959 ).

" He also said Johnny Bench ( who played for him in Cincinnati ) " will never throw a baseball as hard as Mike Heath " ( a catcher who played for him in Detroit ).

Major League Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench grew up in Binger.

He came in third in the Most Valuable Player voting behind Billy Williams and winner Johnny Bench, his Cincinnati Reds teammate who had one of the best offensive seasons in the history of catchers that year (. 293 / 45 / 148 ), in addition to winning a Gold Glove.

During the decade of the 1970s, Pérez was second among all major-leaguers in RBI, with 954, behind only his teammate Johnny Bench.

* Johnny Bench, a former Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983

Other players with 10 or more wins include shortstop Omar Vizquel ( 11 ), catcher Johnny Bench ( 10 ), third baseman Mike Schmidt ( 10 ), and outfielders Ken Griffey, Jr., Ichiro Suzuki, Andruw Jones, and Al Kaline ( 10 each ).

The feat had previously been accomplished by Mickey Cochrane, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Johnny Bench and Carlton Fisk, all in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Reds catcher Johnny Bench was named World Series MVP.

A fairly obvious comparison of opposing backstops was made to Reds manager Sparky Anderson during the post-World Series press conference, to which, Anderson responded, " Munson is an outstanding ballplayer and he would hit. 300 in the National League, but you don't ever compare anybody to Johnny Bench.

Don't never embarrass nobody by comparing them to Johnny Bench.

The CTCA distributed a khaki-bound songbook that provided the impetus for spirited renditions of the selections found therein, plus a number of others whose lyrics were more earthy -- from `` Johnny Get Your Gun '' to `` Keep The Home Fires Burning '' to `` Mademoiselle From Armentieres ''.

From Hell was adapted by the Hughes brothers into a 2001 film starring Johnny Depp, Heather Graham and Ian Holm.

Lobotomization is a plot element in the 2001 film, From Hell with Johnny Depp and Heather Graham.

In early 1916 a promoter from Chicago approached clarinetist Alcide Nunez and drummer Johnny Stein about bringing a New Orleans-style band to Chicago, where the similar Brown's Band From Dixieland led by trombonist Tom Brown already was enjoying success.

He first presented Jerome Kern's " The Way You Look Tonight " in Swing Time ( 1936 ); the Gershwins ' " They Can't Take That Away From Me " in Shall We Dance ( 1937 ), " A Foggy Day " and " Nice Work if You Can Get it " in A Damsel in Distress ( 1937 ); Johnny Mercer's " One for My Baby " from The Sky's the Limit ( 1943 ) and " Something's Gotta Give " from Daddy Long Legs ( 1955 ); and Harry Warren and Arthur Freed's " This Heart of Mine " from Ziegfeld Follies ( 1946 ).

From September to December 1927 the Hot Five Armstrong assembled consisted of Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory, Johnny St. Cyr, Lonnie Johnson, and Baby Dodds.

From the late 1940s on, the US arm of Decca had a sizable roster of Country artists, including Kitty Wells, Johnny Wright, Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce, Wilburn Brothers, Bobbejaan Schoepen, and Red Foley.

A period of success for Australian musical theatre came in the 1990s with the debut of musical biographies of Australian music singers Peter Allen ( The Boy From Oz in 1998 ) and Johnny O ' Keefe ( Shout!

* " Let's Call a Heart a Heart " w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur Johnston from the film Pennies From Heaven

** Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen ( arrangers ) for " Theme From Shaft " performed by Isaac Hayes

From the late 1940s he played in more prestigious pictures, including Captain from Castile starring Tyrone Power, Key Largo with Humphrey Bogart, ( 1948 ), Lust for Gold with Glenn Ford ( 1949 ), Broken Arrow ( 1950 ) with James Stewart, War Arrow ( 1953 ) with Maureen O ' Hara, Jeff Chandler and Noah Beery, Jr., Drums Across the River ( 1954 ), Walk the Proud Land ( 1956 ) with Audie Murphy and Anne Bancroft, Alias Jesse James ( 1959 ) with Bob Hope, and Indian Paint ( 1964 ) with Johnny Crawford.

The sketch was featured on the 1973 record album Here's Johnny: Magic Moments From The Tonight Show.

From 1925 until 1936, Shaw performed with many bands and orchestras, including those of Johnny Caverello and Austin Wylie.

El-P and Mr. Len followed up their debut with the instrumental album Little Johnny From the Hospitul ( Rawkus ).

Issue four, another anthology comic called Tales From Beyond, introduces readers to the Unbelievable N-Man, based on The Incredible Hulk, and Johnny Beyond, a beatnik version of Doctor Strange.

** Johnny Mandel & Paul Francis Webster ( songwriters ) for " The Shadow of Your Smile " ( Love Theme From The Sandpiper ) performed by Tony Bennett

* " A Kiss From You " ( 1964 ) with Johnny Mercer

A few hardcore punk bands gained a following, including His Hero Is Gone ( Memphis ), Love Is Red ( Nashville, TN ), Committee for Public Safety ( Nashville ), From Ashes Rise ( Nashville ), and bands like Johnny Fives, The Malignmen and STD ( Knoxville ).

From 1933 to 1936, he worked with the Swiss pianist Johnny Hess as a duo known as " Charles and Johnny ".

From then until he died twenty years later Hines recorded endlessly both solo and with jazz notables like Cat Anderson, Harold Ashby, Barney Bigard, Lawrence Brown, Dave Brubeck ( they recorded duets in 1975 ), Jaki Byard ( duets in 1972 ), Benny Carter, Buck Clayton, Cozy Cole, Wallace Davenport, Eddie " Lockjaw " Davis, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington ( duets in 1966 ), Ella Fitzgerald, Panama Francis, Bud Freeman, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Gonsalves, Stephane Grappelli, Sonny Greer, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges, Peanuts Hucko, Helen Humes, Budd Johnson, Jonah Jones, Max Kaminsky, Gene Krupa, Ellis Larkins, Marian McPartland ( duets in 1970 ), Gerry Mulligan, Ray Nance, Oscar Peterson ( duets in 1968 ), Russell Procope, Pee Wee Russell, Jimmy Rushing, Stuff Smith, Rex Stewart, Maxine Sullivan, Buddy Tate, Jack Teagarden, Clark Terry, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Venuti, Earle Warren, Ben Webster, Teddy Wilson ( duets in 1965 & 1970 ), Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy Woode and Lester Young.

** Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chips Moman, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins & Sam Phillips for Interviews From the Class of ' 55 Recording Sessions