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

* Johnny Bench: From Binger to Cooperstown, Baseball Digest, February 2000

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.

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 stand on Stevenage Road celebrated its centenary in the 2005 – 2006 season and, following the death of Fulham FC's favourite son, former England captain Johnny Haynes, in a car accident in October 2005 the Stevenage Road Stand was renamed the Johnny Haynes Stand after the club sought the opinions of Fulham supporters.

Johnny Whitaker, Plato's former manager and a friend of the family, told ABCNews. com that Lambert always said he " wanted to be with Mom.

Unusually, and despite many offers from other clubs, he remained at Fulham for his entire professional career, until leaving for South Africa in 1970, where he played for the now defunct Durban City, alongside former Fulham teammates Johnny Byrne and Bobby Keetch.

His former co-star and movie son, Johnny Sheffield, wrote of him, " I can only say that working with Big John was one of the highlights of my life.

In 1988, Bernard Sumner teamed up with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr for the Electronic project ( also enlisting the help of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of the Pet Shop Boys ).

Soon after, Hell left Television and founded a band featuring a more stripped-down sound, The Heartbreakers, with former New York Dolls Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan.

In August, Television — with Fred Smith, former Blondie bassist, replacing Hell — recorded a single, " Little Johnny Jewel ", for the tiny Ork label.

Foday Sankoh, already in custody, was indicted, along with notorious RUF field commander Sam " Mosquito " Bockarie, Johnny Paul Koroma, and Hinga Norman, the Minister of Interior and former head of the Civil Defense Force, among several others.

Shortly after Lowery's former group Camper Van Beethoven finished in 1990, he began demoing material along with his boyhood friend, the guitarist Johnny Hickman.

In the early years of the show, many of the Team Members released a range of their own singles and albums, some of them through Kevin Lewis and Johnny Young's own label L & Y Records and through Kevin Lewis's former label Festival Records.

In order to boost ticket sales, Washington owner Joe Wheeler offered former Baltimore Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas a contract as head coach and general manager of the team.

Coached by Chicagoan and former NBA star Johnny " Red " Kerr, and led by former NBA assist leader Guy Rodgers and forward Bob Boozer, the Bulls qualified for the playoffs.

John Garrett Olerud (; nicknamed Big Rude, and Johnny O ; born August 5, 1968 ), is a former American first baseman in Major League Baseball.

Phillips died of respiratory failure at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on July 30, 2003, only one day before the original Sun Studio was designated a National Historic Landmark, and just weeks before the death of his former colleague, Johnny Cash, on September 12, 2003.

In 1967, the Tigers hired former major league pitcher, Johnny Sain, as their pitching coach.

Jonathan Adair, better known as Johnny " Mad Dog " Adair ( born 27 October 1963 in Belfast, Northern Ireland ) is an Ulster loyalist and the former leader of the " C Company ", 2nd Battalion Shankill Road, West Belfast Brigade of the " Ulster Freedom Fighters " ( UFF ).

In 1987, Rene Farrait reunited with former Menudo bandmates Xavier Serbia and Johnny Lozada and formed a trio called: Proyecto M. Following the success of their debut album ( Proyecto M ( 1987 )), Xavier left the group and was replaced ( again, same as when he left in Menudo ) by Ray Reyes.

In 1998, he got together with former bandmates Rene Farrait, Johnny Lozada, Ray Reyes, Charlie Masso and Miguel Cancel to make a comeback tour under the name of El Reencuentro.

In 1987, he joined fellow former Menudos René Farrait and Johnny Lozada in a group named Proyecto M. In 1989, he hosted a Spanish version of Remote Control for Puerto Rico.

* Johnny Esaw, CTV's former vice-president of sports

Years later he joined former Menudos Rene Farrait and Johnny Lozada in Proyecto M, once again substituting Serbia.

* Branimir " Johnny " Štulić ( born 1953 ), Yugoslav singer, songwriter, poet and a leader of the popular former Yugoslav rock group Azra